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Chinatown campus on path to completion as patience for delays runs thin

By Don Clyde and Jessica Luthi The Guardsman Construction on the Chinatown/North Beach campus will resume after the City College board of trustees unanimously approved several subcontracts for projects needed to continue work on the campus during a Jan. 28 meeting. Due to complications in the bidding process, construction

Update: Elderly pedestrian struck by city truck

An elderly woman was struck and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission truck at the intersection of Miramar and Ocean avenues on the afternoon of Feb. 9.

Security upgrades yet to reach SFO

On Christmas day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man claiming ties to al-Qaida, attempted to set off an incendiary device he smuggled aboard a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam.

Foster youth housing needs federal bailout

Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2010-2011 budget includes a list of services that will be eliminated unless the state receives a $6.9 billion bailout from the federal government. According to the governor’s Web site, this includes $36 million for funding the Transitional Housing Placement Plus Pr

Eyewitness recounts Haiti disaster

Civil rights attorney and Haitian democracy activist Walter Riley spoke at Revolution Books in Berkeley Jan. 22 about his experience in Haiti during and after the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince.

City attorney draws protesters

The deadline for implementing San Francisco's amended sanctuary city policy is rapidly approaching, and immigrant rights groups, the city attorney’s office and U.S. attorney are embroiled in a legal back and forth.

Local 2 demands benefits

Unite Here Local 2, the union which represents hotel and restaurant workers in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, has been picketing city hotels.