METABLOKS / SAN FRANCISCO

SF Standard

Alysa Liu comes home: How Oakland celebrated its ‘American hero’

The town celebrated the figure skating champion with a rapturous party featuring a surprise Kehlani concert.

12 hours ago

SF Standard

Alysa Liu comes home: How Oakland celebrated its ‘American hero’

SF Standard

Man who grappled with Lurie’s security speaks out

Tony Phillips, who lives in a tent in the alley where the rumble took place, said he had no idea he was dealing with the mayor.

16 hours ago

SF Standard

Man who grappled with Lurie’s security speaks out

SF Standard

BART brutally framemogged by cortisol-spiking Transbay Tube closure

Claims of “BARTmogging” prove greatly exaggerated.

16 hours ago

SF Standard

BART brutally framemogged by cortisol-spiking Transbay Tube closure

SF Standard

The British invasion of Bay FC

From deciphering American slang to learning grocery-store etiquette, a contingent that moved to California is quickly adjusting to life in the U.S.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

The British invasion of Bay FC

SF Standard

We found the city’s most expensive gas station. It’s disgusting drivers

The price of a gallon of fuel has jumped nearly a dollar in less than two weeks.

22 hours ago

SF Standard

We found the city’s most expensive gas station. It’s disgusting drivers

SF Standard

Ready to rumble: The 37 most powerful labor leaders in San Francisco

Their names and faces are unknown to most San Franciscans. But these are the people who craft law, elect politicians, and run city-shaking strikes.

22 hours ago

SF Standard

Ready to rumble: The 37 most powerful labor leaders in San Francisco

Mission Local

Miles apart, they painted the same mural — one inside San Quentin, one in San Francisco

One man painted the calligraphic mural in San Quentin, while his wife painted the same one at the Orpheum Theater Miles apart, they painted the same mural — one inside San Quentin, one in San Francisco

45 minutes ago

Mission Local

Miles apart, they painted the same mural — one inside San Quentin, one in San Francisco

Mission Local

UCSF workers move to unionize — with potential statewide strike on the way

About 200 workers at UCSF this week voted to form a new union, the third group of U.C. employees to recently unionize. UCSF workers move to unionize — with potential statewide strike on the way

5 hours ago

Mission Local

UCSF workers move to unionize — with potential statewide strike on the way

Mission Local

Resist

At 19th Avenue and Judah Street. Photo by Junyao Yang. Resist

9 hours ago

Mission Local

Resist

Mission Local

Holy views!

See all snaps here. To contribute, send in a horizontal photo, a headline, neighborhood and where it was taken to info@missionlocal.com. Holy views!

13 hours ago

Mission Local

Holy views!

Mission Local

Meet the District 4 Candidates: Would you move 1234 Great Highway project forward?

An oceanfront affordable housing project faces funding challenges. Candidates weigh in on what they'd do, if anything, to move it forward. Meet the District 4 Candidates: Would you move 1234 Great Highway project forward?

16 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the District 4 Candidates: Would you move 1234 Great Highway project forward?

Mission Local

Iran war protest

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Iran war protest

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Two Homes Catch Fire In Sunset District

Two homes were damaged in a fire in SF's Sunset District Thursday; the snowmelt happening in the Sierra is unprecedented in its speed and volume; and SF's emergency sirens sure would come in handy if Iran were to send a drone here, but they will not be used.

10 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Two Homes Catch Fire In Sunset District

SFiST

Prominent Pac Heights Mansion to Be Used as Entertaining Space for the Algerian Consulate

A highly visible mansion at Divisadero and Pacific in Pacific Heights has finally sold after languishing on the market for over two years, and it has sold to a foreign government.

11 hours ago

SFiST

Prominent Pac Heights Mansion to Be Used as Entertaining Space for the Algerian Consulate

SFiST

SF Community Reunites Dog of SoMa Homicide Victim With Relatives

Carl Jones, Jr., who grew up in SF’s Fillmore District, was fatally shot on Sixth Street in the South of Market neighborhood on March 3, and a neighbor who rescued Jones’s dog Teddy G at the scene collaborated with others to reunite him with one of Jones’s siblings.

12 hours ago

SFiST

SF Community Reunites Dog of SoMa Homicide Victim With Relatives

SFiST

Cal/OSHA May Fine BART $200K Over 2024 Incident With Staff on Live Track

BART has set aside over $500,000 to fight citations for violations dating back to 2019, as Cal/OSHA considers fining the agency more than $200,000 over a 2024 incident where managers allowed employees to work on a live track, and BART is blaming the workers.

13 hours ago

SFiST

Cal/OSHA May Fine BART $200K Over 2024 Incident With Staff on Live Track

SFiST

District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong Launches Contest to Call Out 'Dumb' SF Laws

Newbie SF Supervisor Alan Wong launched a “dumb laws” contest Wednesday inviting residents and small businesses to submit examples of regulations or permit requirements they consider unnecessary, outdated, or overly burdensome, which could potentially be repealed.

14 hours ago

SFiST

District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong Launches Contest to Call Out 'Dumb' SF Laws

SFiST

Mark Bittner, Writer and Musician Known for 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,' Dies at 74

A local celebrity of a very particular kind, Mark Bittner, has passed away, 21 years after he helped put San Francisco's wild parrots on the map in 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.'

14 hours ago

SFiST

Mark Bittner, Writer and Musician Known for 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,' Dies at 74

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