Author Archives: Public Press staff

By Alan Sanchez, Mission Local Gared Hansen, 36, a San Francisco police officer for seven years, has been taking heat for his hobby, erotic photography, for almost as long as he has worked at Mission station. Hansen has received two multiday suspensions for his hobby, once in 2009 and again in January of this year. […]

By Zusha Elinson, Bay Citizen For the first time in more than a decade, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency released a report on the on-time arrival rate of its buses and trains without inflating the numbers. Muni’s vehicles were on time 57.2 percent of the time in August, leaving passengers waiting, and waiting, at […]

By Michael Montgomery, California Watch State corrections officials are moving forward with a plan for handling prison gangs and other violent groups, including changing rules that have kept some inmates locked in special isolation units for decades. But the initiative is raising concern among prisoner rights advocates and some experts who worry that it will […]

By Erica Perez, Bay Citizen The Academy of Art University has sued the California Student Aid Commission, arguing the state agency should not have ruled the San Francisco college’s students ineligible for Cal Grants in the 2012-13 academic year. Under new rules signed into law in June, California colleges must have a student loan default […]

By KQED News and Staff Wires, KQED News Two new major studies find that wind could be used to meet the world’s power demands several times over by the year 2030. Read the complete story at KQED News. 

By Courtney Quirin, Bay Nature Fabled as a wily shape-shifter and trickster, the coyote’s latest magic trick has been turning cities into habitat, and San Francisco is one of its latest acts. Coyotes may have evolved in the plains and deserts of Mexico and North America, but they’ve rapidly expanded their range and are now making new […]

By Lisette Mejia, Mission Local It could be a while longer before Dolores Park visitors get the renovated park they’ve been dreaming about. The Dolores Park Rehabilitation Project, which includes plans for new bathrooms, pathways and a multi-use building, is behind schedule and may not even go forward as agreed upon by the community. Delays […]

By Michael Montgomery, KQED’s California Report Last October, California embarked on an unprecedented overhaul of its criminal justice system, known as realignment. Under court order to ease prison overcrowding, the state shifted responsibility for thousands of felons to local counties. The state also gave money to the counties and broad discretion over how to spend […]

By Christine Sculati, Bay Nature After six months of fundraising, the nonprofit Friends of China Camp raised $250,000, enough money to take over operations of the cultural and historical landmark along the northwest shores of the San Francisco Bay. Just one day after assuming the state’s responsibilities, the news broke that the California Department of […]

By Laird Harrison, KQED News Fix When Salvatore Cordileone took over as the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, academics I interviewed said he might pressure churches that welcome lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. They noted that he has campaigned actively against same-sex marriage. That was July 27. Now, reports are surfacing that Most Holy […]