Updated 6:07 pm CST, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 San Francisco firefighters battle a fire on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighborhood shot flames high into the air Wednesday and was burning four buildings as utility crews scrambled to shut off the flow of gas. Construction workers cut a natural gas line, San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said. less San Francisco firefighters battle a fire on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighborhood shot flames high into the air Wednesday and was burning ... more Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 San Francisco firefighters battle a fire on Geary Boulevard … [Read more...] about The Latest: San Francisco officials say big fire is out
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MSU football serves meals to San Francisco’s homeless
Chris Solari Detroit Free Press Published 6:42 PM EST Dec 29, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Dimitri Douglas has yet to play in a college football game. But he and a number of other young Michigan State players learned a valuable lesson in teamwork and giving back. About 30 Spartans and football staff members served meals and bussed trays at St. Anthony’s Dining Room on Saturday morning as they took a break from preparing for Monday's Redbox Bowl against Oregon. The assembly line approach to helping the community resonated. “You have your different positions, you gotta execute your job to the best you can do,” said Douglas, a freshman offensive lineman from Saline. “I mean, it’s just a team thing. It’s a team responsibility. And all the people who do work here did a great job of explaining everything to us and helping us out along the way.” More: How well do you know your Michigan State bowl game history? Take our quiz and find out! … [Read more...] about MSU football serves meals to San Francisco’s homeless
Noncitizens can vote for San Francisco school board
Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press Published 9:55 PM EDT Oct 23, 2018 San Francisco – San Francisco has become the largest U.S. city to give people in the country illegally and other noncitizens the right to vote in a local election, but the possibility of the Trump administration learning their identities appears to have kept people away: only 35 noncitizens have registered. It is among a handful of cities nationwide to allow people who aren’t citizens to vote, which is illegal in state and federal elections. In San Francisco, they can only participate in the school board race. Voters in 2016 approved a measure allowing parents or guardians of a child in San Francisco schools to have a say in their children’s education by helping elect school board representatives regardless of their immigration status. In the same election, Donald Trump won the presidency and has since cracked down on illegal immigration and ramped up rhetoric against those living in the U.S. … [Read more...] about Noncitizens can vote for San Francisco school board
The Latest: San Francisco designates gay, leather district
SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on a gay and leather cultural district in San Francisco (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Supervisors in San Francisco have unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a gay and leather cultural district in the city’s South of Market neighborhood. Supervisor Jane Kim said before the vote Tuesday that legislation to designate a cultural district has been more than a decade in the making. It will give the cultural district negotiating rights in future development and access to public money.The neighborhood remains home to gay and kink bars and the popular Folsom Street Fair, which draws thousands of people every year to celebrate “leather sexuality.” ___ 8:00 a.m. San Francisco’s gay and leather community is set to get its own cultural district as part of a broader city effort to preserve neighborhoods at risk of disappearing under rising rents. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution Tuesday that would create … [Read more...] about The Latest: San Francisco designates gay, leather district
I Tried San Francisco’s Electric Scooter Share And It Was A Nightmare
Someone—Bird founder Travis VanderZanden, formerly of Uber—decided it was a great idea to litter the streets of San Francisco with tiny electric-driven scooters. He raised $300 million to put these tiny EVs on street corners. Speaking to a friend who lives in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, this was seemingly a surprise to everyone in the city, “I just woke up one morning, and these scooters were everywhere.” I tried it, and if this is the future of mobility, count me out. Bird is not the only electric scooter startup in the city, either, as an orange-branded Spin has offered identical units to Bird with a slightly different app. The bike-share company Limebike has introduced their own scooters called Lime-S. Bird is, by a wide margin, the most frequently seen of the three, however. That’s the app I downloaded, and the scooter I used. There is a lot more to this story, however. I was visiting San Francisco for the weekend, spending time with a few friends … [Read more...] about I Tried San Francisco’s Electric Scooter Share And It Was A Nightmare