Joe Rivano Barros

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Senior Editor at Mission Local

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SFPD arrest suspect in fatal Tenderloin shooting

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

San Francisco police officers arrested a suspect after a fatal shooting at the edge of the Tenderloin on Monday afternoon — San Francisco’s fifth homicide of the year. At 5:29 p.m., San Francisco police officers came to the corner of Turk and Mason streets, near the Powell BART station, responding to reports of a shooting. They found a victim “suffering from a gunshot wound” and rendered aid, according to the department. Medics were called, but the victim was declared dead on-site.
‘Abundance,’ darling agenda of centrist Democrats, comes home to San Francisco

3 weeks ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Michael Pollan wasted no time cutting to the heart of the matter: The top-selling recently released book “Abundance,” a 288-page manifesto on creating a “liberalism that builds,” may no longer be relevant. “It’s almost like a sick parody of your book,” Pollan said of President Trump’s actions in D.C. — cutting a trail through the federal bureaucracy, firing tens of thousands of workers, cancelling the kinds of research grants the book seeks to reform.
Waymo, San Francisco strike deal to let robotaxis 'map' airport

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Eskenazi |Joe Rivano Barros

Multiple sources have confirmed that Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration has struck a deal with Waymo to let the autonomous vehicle company into San Francisco International Airport to “map” its environs for future autonomous use.
In last-minute reversal, S.F. homeless families avoid eviction — for now

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Xueer Lu |Joe Rivano Barros

Two San Francisco families who were set to be evicted from their homeless shelters on Monday night have won a reprieve following protests by advocates and several press stories highlighting their plight, according to Matt Alexander, an advocate working with the families.
S.F. police shoot man who purportedly shot at SFPD drone, officers

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

In a possible first, a suspect in the Outer Sunset today fired upon a San Francisco police drone — and, later, at officers — before police returned fire and sent him to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gun wound. The incident may be the first instance of a San Francisco Police Department drone being fired upon — the department only began using drones last year. It is unclear if the drone was hit.
SFPD looking for suspect who shot & killed man by Alemany public housing

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

San Francisco police officers are searching for a suspect after a man was shot and killed Friday morning outside the Alemany public housing complex, on the south side of Bernal Heights. At 6:56 a.m., according to the San Francisco Police Department, officers with Ingleside Station were called out to the 900 block of Ellsworth Street by Highway 280, where Ellsworth winds its way through the 151-unit Alemany complex.
The hottest bar in San Francisco today was in Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s office

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros |Joe Eskenazi

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is a recovering addict. He’s a 12-stepper and tells us he hasn’t had a drop in many years — he doesn’t think he has the self-control. “I never understood moderate drinking,” he told Mission Local in a recent interview, recounting his college-era DUI and arrest. “Who would bother?”A lot of people at City Hall, apparently — and Dorsey was happy to supply.
San Francisco's hottest St. Patty's Day party was in Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s office

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros |Joe Eskenazi

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is a recovering addict. He’s a 12-stepper and tells us he hasn’t had a drop in many years — he doesn’t think he has the self-control. “I never understood moderate drinking,” he told Mission Local in a recent interview, recounting his college-era DUI and arrest. “Who would bother?”A lot of people at City Hall, apparently — and Dorsey was happy to supply.
Mayor Lurie’s communications director departs just 2 months into the job

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Nina Negusse, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s communications director appointed in January alongside the rest of his PR and people team, has abruptly departed the administration. She is to be replaced by Han Zou, Lurie’s campaign manager who was key to his strong performance with Asian voters across the city. Negusse’s last day was Thursday.
Mayor Lurie asks $61M for SFPD overtime, despite reported pay abuse

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Mayor Daniel Lurie is seeking $61 million in overtime funds for San Francisco police officers this fiscal year, despite findings in a city report that police overtime had surged to $108 million over a one-year period, partly as a result of abuse and poor oversight. Lurie is also asking for $30 million for sheriff’s deputies to go towards “projected increases in overtime,” according to an ordinance that will go before the Board of Supervisors budget committee on March 27.