Burning Man LLC is relocating its offices to the heart of the blighted mid-Market area. Mayor Edwin Lee announced the move via his Twitter account this morning. Burning Man looked at several office spaces, including the Warfield Building, before deciding to relocate its offices to 995 Market Street. Curbed SF is reporting that a lease […]
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Investigation into Muni train door left opened while moving hints at cause
Muni continues to probe how a light-rail vehicle door was open on an outbound L-Taraval while the vehicle was moving between Van Ness and Church stations during the evening commute last Friday. The door had been placed “out of service” by the operator at Van Ness station, but may have forgotten to use a pin […]
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Muni service on the decline again
For the last three months of 2010, Muni on-time service was down for a second consecutive quarter, according to a service standards report by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency released on Friday. The report states that Muni’s on-time performance fell from 72 percent to 71.1 percent in the October to December quarter last year. On-time […]
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City transit agency springs Muni fare increase
Update 3/31/11: Muni riders might have been surprised by the fare increase announced Wednesday, but Muni spokesman Paul Rose said the increase was approved last year. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board of directors approved the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 proposed budget last April, which included the increases to the monthly Fast Passes. Rose also […]
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Industry optimistic about Bay Area biotech future, educators worry about benefits to community
Even in the midst of a recession, the Bay Area remains the leading biotechnology hub. But other areas both in the U.S. and worldwide are making serious efforts to catch up. Can the area hold its position in the next 20 years? That was the question at a recent panel discussion at the University of […]
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City transit expert, 62, dies unexpectedly
Cameron Beach, one of California’s long-time transit officials and a member of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board of directors, died from a heart attack last Friday, the agency reported over the weekend. He was 62 years old. Born in 1949, Beach served for 25 years as the chief operating officer for the Sacramento […]
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FCC denies move of KUSF transmitter to Sausalito
The Federal Communications Commission has denied a request to move the former KUSF transmitter from the University of San Francisco campus to Sausalito, citing a lack of sufficient justification. UPDATE 5 p.m. 3/17/11: Brenda Barnes, president of KUSC and managing director of the Classical Public Radio Network, confirmed that the company’s lawyers made a “procedural misstep” […]
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Muni chief ‘s bid for D.C. job runs into a delay
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced on Wednesday it was delaying its decision to name the agency’s next executive director, with San Francisco’s MTA executive director and CEO, Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., considered a frontrunner for the position. The MWAA’s board of directors said it will take considerably longer to choose its next chief, leaving […]
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Attorney general wants marriage ban lifted before Prop 8 ruling
State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is the most recent political entrant in the crusade against Proposition 8, the ballot measure that has prevented marriage between same-sex couples in California since November 2008. This month, Harris issued a statement backing the work of attorneys supporting same-sex marriage, Theodore Olson and David Boies, who are requesting […]
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‘Local hires’ for $5,000 apiece: the Chronicle misses the punch line
Last Wednesday, John Coté wrote an article for the San Francisco Chronicle explaining the new local hiring ordinance. The legislation was presented as pretty straight forward. But the Chronicle didn’t explain some of the more arcane details of the costs of implementation of the plan, which could run into the thousands of dollars per job. Coté […]