Presidents Day Parking Enforcement in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland
George Washington and Abe Lincoln would not have approved, but there’s no free parking in San Francisco today. More parking enforcement rules for Presidents Day: San Francisco Commuter towaway – Not...
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7 Berkeley Police Officers Arrest One Man Downtown (Video)
Several readers asked Berkeleyside to find out why it took seven officers to detain one man in downtown Berkeley last week. Wondered Stefanie Kalem: “Anybody know what just happened with seven cops and...
View ArticleICYMI: Jim Harbaugh Says He Was Fired by 49ers (Audio)
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News certainly created a lot of interest in his debut podcast Friday when he interviewed Jim Harbaugh and got the ex-49ers coach to flat-out say that his departure...
View ArticleShipping Resumes at Port of Oakland; Labor Dispute Continues
The Port of Oakland reopened Tuesday after being idle for most of the last week. Employers have been shutting down operations in response to what they call intentional worker slowdowns, which the...
View ArticleKing Tides Are Back — Where and When They’ll Be at Their Peak
Update: Tuesday, Feb. 17: Our weather has been so mild and sunny lately that we’ve actually heard people complaining that it’s overcast and relatively cool in the Bay Area for once. In a drought winter...
View Article4-Year Contract Dispute Between Kaiser, NUHW Thaws; Union ‘Hopeful’
(Ted Eytan/Flickr) For more than four years, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, representing 2,600 Kaiser mental health clinicians in California, has been in a small war with the health care...
View ArticleHow Many Times Have You Forgotten to Dial ‘415’ This Week?
“It’s not the end of the world if you have to do it,” one citizen told the San Francisco Chronicle’s Steve Rubenstein. “If this is the biggest inconvenience in your life, you’re lucky. You could have...
View ArticleSilicon Valley is Thinner Than San Francisco-Oakland, According to This …
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The South Bay and San Francisco compete on a multitude of fronts: Which will snag the hottest tech firms, which can retain or attract the most sports teams, which will...
View ArticleCalifornia Bill Would Outlaw Unvaccinated Workers at Child-Care Facilities
Rhett Krawitt, of Corte Madera, received the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. (Lisa Aliferis/KQED) Child-care facilities and preschools would be prevented from employing anyone who has not been...
View ArticleCovered California: Almost 1.3 Million Have Signed Up For New Coverage...
CCHP enrollment counselor Kristen Chow explains Covered California and federal subsidies to a Chinese-language caller in 2013. (Marcus Teply/KQED) Covered California, the state’s Obamacare exchange,...
View ArticleAnxious Parents Try to Game System in San Francisco School Lottery
Thousands of San Francisco parents are on tenterhooks this week as they wait to find out which schools their kids have been assigned to in the first round of the school district’s lottery. The district...
View Article49ers Wunderkind Retires After 1 Year, Brings Concussion Issue Again to Fore
“From what I’ve researched and what I’ve experienced, I don’t think it’s worth the risk.” “I feel largely the same, as sharp as I’ve ever been. For me, it’s wanting to be proactive. … I’m concerned...
View ArticleNonprofit Blue Shield No Longer Tax-Exempt
On the Blue Shield of California web page called “What Does Being a Not-for-Profit Mean to Us?” the health insurer provides an answer: Operationally, it means we don’t answer to Wall Street – we don’t...
View ArticleOne More Time: Lon Simmons Goes Nuts as Steve Young Scrambles For TD
It was a great run, and maybe even a better call. Lon Simmons passed away on Sunday (see his Associated Press obit below). He was a Bay Area institution and a Baseball Hall of Fame announcer who called...
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Behold the New Muni Map (and Discontinued Stops)
Behold the new Muni map, and click on it for a closer-up view. The map reflects increased service on certain lines, part of the Muni Forward program. Muni says the changes, which will go into effect...
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Berkeley Almost Ready for Input on Tuolumne Camp
April might be the biggest month in quite some time for those interested in the fate of the popular Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp. A public process focused on how Berkeley may one day rebuild the camp...
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White People No Longer Majority in 11 California Counties
The Pew Research Center released an analysis today showing that from 2000 to 2013, 78 counties in 19 states “flipped from majority white to counties where no single racial or ethnic group is a...
View ArticleBART Announces Fare Increases for Next Year
BART is taking public comments on a plan to increase current fares by 3.4 percent next year, transit agency officials said. Starting on Jan. 1, 2016, fares will increase by either 10 or 15 cents,...
View ArticleState Senate Committee Votes to End Vaccine Personal Belief Exemption
A bill that would prevent parents from sending unvaccinated kids to school with waivers citing religious or personal beliefs succeeded in its first legislative test Wednesday, passing out of the state...
View ArticleSan Jose City Council Race: Orozco Maintains Lead, Nguyen and Diep Close
Update, Thursday 9:05 a.m. With 98 percent of the ballots counted, here’s how the race stands: Tim Orozco 2,230 votes 22.03% Manh Nguyen 1,940 votes 19.16% Lan Diep 1,912 votes 18.89% The top two...
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