Nearly half a million people in San Francisco say they visit their local library branch every month — for books, sure, but the library offers services for a variety of needs.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, News
Iranian-American Organizer on Anxiety and Resilience During International Tension
Donna Farvard, national organizing director for the National Iranian American Council, shares what communities in the Bay Area have been experiencing as law enforcement agencies announced heightened scrutiny and the threat of war loomed.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Arts & Culture
In “Mimi’s Suitcase,” a Personal Story Explores Familiar Themes of Displacement and Identity
“Mimi’s Suitcase” is a coming-of-age story in which Bayat plays 27 roles, in four languages, with just a suitcase, a trenchcoat and two scarves.
Posted inLaw & Justice, Public Safety, Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data, Transportation
California Agency Is Hiding Uber and Lyft Accident Reports
The number of ride-hailing accidents is rising as the services boom. But the industry has hidden safety records — with help from its chief regulator. 1. Footnote 42 Around midnight on March 13, 2016, Robert Robinson and his wife, Ruth, used the Uber app to hail a ride to their home at the edge of […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Law & Justice, Public Safety, Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data, Transportation, Utilities
Seth Rosenfeld’s Reporting Shines Light on Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data
Audio interview: When investigative reporter Seth Rosenfeld couldn’t find published data on Lyft and Uber’s safety records in California, he set out to find that information for himself
Posted inLaw & Justice, Public Safety, Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data, Transportation, Utilities
Safety Report From Uber Leaves Out Most Accidents
San Francisco-based ride-hailing giant Uber has advertised that it is “embarking on a new chapter of transparency, connectivity and community right here in the city we call home.” But the report does not include thousands of accidents involving the Uber app that the firm knows about.
Posted inLaw & Justice, Public Safety, Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data, Transportation, Utilities
Dumped on the Highway, Passengers Fought Uber Secrecy in Court
After an evening of socializing in Santa Barbara, Margaret Schimmel and her brother, Joseph, hailed an Uber to take them home, but the ride turned into a nightmare, according to a lawsuit they filed against Uber and the driver in San Francisco Superior Court. The case illustrates Uber’s use of secrecy in responding to lawsuits that accuse it and its drivers of injuring people — and the hurdles that accident victims can face in trying to hold the nation’s largest ride-hailing firm accountable.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, City Hall, Public Safety
What it Means for a Former Police Union Boss to Threaten to Reveal a Cop’s Record
What should we make of revelations that the union’s former president, Gary Delagnes, sent a letter in 2018 threatening to release the confidential disciplinary record of Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer’s husband, a retired police officer?