Video shows the vessel striking the pier as it docked, with several passengers saying the impact knocked people off their feet and turned a scenic trip into a frightening experience. Olivia RiosAcuña said her son expected a good day because he loves boats, but the collision made it the worst day ever. She said the family spent much of the day on the deck before going downstairs as the ferry prepared to dock, then heard a loud noise and felt the whole boat shake.
This weekend's closure affects 19th Avenue between Sloat Boulevard and Holloway Avenue. Crews are working on the northbound lanes during the day and the southbound lanes at night. One lane remains open for public transit, emergency responders and local traffic. Caltrans is urging drivers to use alternate routes. "We're really pushing Junipero Serra this weekend, but you c
Join us on May 31, 2026 for a fun day in San Francisco's Chinatown! Experience the vibrant culture, tasty food, and lively performances that make Chinatown so special. Bring your friends and family to celebrate together in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Don't miss out on this festive and cultural local event!
OMI Cultural Participation Project warmly invites the general public, press, elected officials and all Bay Area media outlets to step into the spotlight at the annual San Francisco Ocean Avenue Car Show, happening on Saturday, May 30th, 2026 from Noon-3PM! San Francisco, CA 94112
San Francisco's historic Bayview district, tucked between a freeway and the bay, is a sprawling commercial, residential, and light-industrial corridor on the city's southeastern edge. It is the least photographed neighborhood in one of the world's most photogenic cities. It contains a toxic cleanup site at the Hunters Point Shipyard. Tour buses don't stop here except to refuel overnight.
The mayor wants to cut support for the Free City College program. It's yet another example of the city's chief executive diverting money that was approved by the voters to other priorities. It's also a violation of a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding that San Francisco signed with City College in 2017. Free City College has its roots in a 2016 ballot measure, spearheaded by then-Sup. Jane Kim, that slightly raised the transfer tax on properties selling for more than $5 million.
Several Muni bus passengers were injured Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 after the bus collided with a pickup truck on Mission Street near 21st Street, outside the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Theater. An SFMTA transit supervisor on the scene declined to give his name but said that the truck made an "illegal maneuver" - seemingly a U-turn - and that five to six passengers inside the bus were injured. No other people were injured.
In a sign of weak demand for restaurants overall, the once highly valued "full" liquor licenses in San Francisco, which could only be obtained on the secondary market due to a longstanding legal exception, are now worth about a third of what they were before the pandemic. You might not think that the market price for a liquor license would fluctuate, or that the price could tank in a matter of just a few years. It's not like people have stopped drinking Gen Z maybe has and it's not like the local restaurant scene is in the doldrums like it was in 2021.
Venture capitalist Michael Moritz's philanthropic foundation, Crankstart, is reportedly contributing $10 million, and the Downtown Development Corp (DDC) has pledged to acquire additional donors to match the other $10 million. Formed last summer, the DDC is a business-backed civic group aligned with the mayor's downtown revitalization agenda that's supported by major tech, real estate, and philanthropic donors including OpenAI, Salesforce, and Emerson Collective.
Castro Merchants president Nate Bourg lamented the “deliberate hate crime targeting a gay-owned business and the values of safety, pride, and inclusion that define the Castro.” “Our community has fought too hard for visibility, d
In April, Harper, a retired San Francisco Muni driver, received an eviction notice stating she owed $93,000. A second letter later reduced that amount. "Something is not right. How can you go from $93K to $10K. At first, I'm concerned they have bad bookkeepers," Harper said. Now, the uncertainty has left her fearing to end up homeless "on the sidewalk," Harper said.
A committee is being established to lead the process of renaming Cesar Chavez Street, 30 years after the name supplanted Army Street, and following the revelation that the workers' rights icon sexually assaulted women and girls. It took the state of California just a matter of days to rename Cesar Chavez Day, the state holiday that falls on March 31, as Farmworkers Day, following the bombshell March revelations from multiple women that Chavez had assaulted them in the 1970s.
“We know that smoking is linked to heart disease, respiratory disease, all types of illnesses like asthma,” said Dr. John Maa, a member of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society. His organization supports Melgar's proposal and says tobacco is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States.
