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  • 2 weeks ago | missionlocal.org | Xueer Lu |Madera Longstreet-Lipson

    A fourth playground fire in the month of May broke out in the Outer Richmond at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday night, burning down the playground structure at Lincoln Park. This comes on the heels of two recent fires at nearby Lafayette Elementary School that destroyed a PTA storage shed and the schoolyard play structure, and a May 10 fire also at Lincoln Park.

  • 1 month ago | berkeleyside.org | Xueer Lu |Zac Farber

    Editors’ note: A version of this story first appeared on Mission Local. Workers at the Berkeley sex-toy shop Good Vibes, along with colleagues at the chain’s six other locations, have unanimously ratified their first union contract after their February 2024 vote to unionize.

  • 1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Xueer Lu |Joe Eskenazi

    It’s been almost 100 days of Daniel Lurie as San Francisco mayor. During his 13-month-long campaign, Lurie promised to make streets safer and cleaner, to crack down on  open-air drug markets, revitalize downtown, and reduce homelessness. He has worked with the Board of Supervisors to pass legislation to expedite contracts related to homelessness, drug overdoses, and substance use, and pushed the board to let go of some of its oversight power.

  • 2 months ago | missionlocal.org | Xueer Lu |Lydia Chávez

    In the wake of the pandemic, the 16th and 24th Street BART stations became overwhelmed by unpermitted vendors selling stolen and other goods. They block pedestrian traffic, extort money from other sellers, and threaten Bart workers and passersby. Former Supervisor Hilary Ronen described trying to fix it as “literally one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever dealt with in my life.” The problem?

  • 2 months 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.

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