Author Archives: Public Press staff

By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local The Mission restaurant boom that has transformed Valencia Street in recent years will continue to spread east on 24th Street and push out established businesses, many of which are owned by Latinos, a neighborhood merchants’ group fears. Members of the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association are analyzing a […]

By Laird Harrison, KQED News Fix How do you afford a studio apartment in San Francisco? Well, if you’re earning the minimum wage, you work 72 hours a week by the calculations of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. And that’s getting off easy. San Francisco has a higher minimum wage than the rest of […]

By Laird Harrison, KQED News Fix Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city’s prospects, according to a new opinion poll. Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the opposite feeling, and 12 percent who can’t decide, Survey […]

By Tay Wiles, Mission Local After many months of strained conversations between California Pacific Medical Center, city officials and neighborhood interest groups, Mayor Ed Lee announced that the parties have reached agreement on a deal to rebuild St. Luke’s Hospital at Cesar Chavez and Valencia streets. The new, seismically safe hospital will be larger than […]

By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local Hundreds of community organizers met for the second time late last week to put together a plan to end violence in the Mission District. Elements of the plan include determining what services are available, which ones need more funding, and what local laws should be changed to help get at-risk […]

By KQED News Staff and Wires, KQED News Fix A poll released Wednesday has promising news for marijuana users who hope California will join the two other states that have voted to legalize recreational use of the drug. A Field Poll found that a solid majority of those surveyed this month—54 percent—support allowing weed to […]

By Erica Hellerstein, Mission Local Have you had your home inspected for lead recently? If you’re anything like most San Franciscans, the answer is probably no. But consider this: 94 percent of the city’s houses were built before 1978, when the federal government banned lead-based paint. This puts urban dwellers — especially kids — at […]

By Isabel Angell, KALW Crosscurrents Parking a car-share vehicle in San Francisco is about to get easier. At least, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors hopes so. Last week, the board passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots to their new apartment buildings — if those spots are dedicated for […]

By Craig Miller, KQED News Fix California’s cap-and-trade program to cut greenhouse gases resumed this week with its second auction of carbon allowances to industrial polluters. The market is being closely watched around the world, and billions of dollars are at stake. But some nagging questions are lingering from the first auction. The state’s first-ever […]

By Elena Shore, New America Media Mee Moua’s family came to the United States in 1978 after fleeing Laos four years earlier and relocating to a refugee camp in Thailand. Her father planned to bring his brother and father over as soon as he was economically secure, but he had trouble finding a steady job as […]