SFMTA's exec. director responds to Valencia Street bike lane concerns

abc7news.com 12/5 10:40P Melanie Woodrow

For months, San Francisco Valencia Street's residents and merchants have complained about the center bike lane as it has been linked to shop closures, increased traffic fatalities and a drop in foot traffic. Now, the SFMTA's director of...

San Francisco supes introduce resolution for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

NBCBayArea.com (Local) 12/5 4:37P Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News

On Tuesday, fighting back tears as they spoke, San Francisco Supervisors Dean Preston and Hillary Ronan introduced a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, joining the cities of Richmond and Oakland in publicly condemning the conflict.

Large crowd packs San Francisco City Hall to support resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 4:12P Kelsi Thorud

Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters packed into San Francisco City Hall to show their support for a resolution introduced by Sup. Dean Preston calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. The line for those trying to get into the meeting was so long at...

Traffic from San Francisco ghost-kitchen location becoming safety issue, one business owner says

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 3:12P Max Darrow

SAN FRANCISCO The traffic created by a San Francisco ghost-kitchen location is becoming a safety issue, one nearby business owner said. Dan Perata spends his days teaching obedience to man's best friend. But step outside onto Charter Oak Avenue,...

Caltrans inspecting storage sites statewide after massive LA fire

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 2:07P Katie Nielsen

CalTrans is paying closer attention to what's under some Bay Area freeways, after last month's huge fire in Southern California. A crammed storage area under Interstate 10 in Los Angeles erupted in flames, shutting down the freeway for almost 2...

Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in West

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 11:54A CBS San Francisco

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the U.S. West, injecting new life into long-stalled projects hailed by supporters as the future of public transportation...

SF business owners say Valencia Street's center bike lane is driving away customers

NBCBayArea.com (Local) 12/5 11:37A Sergio Quintana

A coalition of small businesses on Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District says a recently installed center bike lane is killing their shops.

Suspect in San Francisco Nob Hill drives away in stolen van with dog inside

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 11:26A Jose Fabian

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco police said a dog was taken when a suspect drove away in a stolen van Tuesday afternoon. The van was stolen in the area of Mason and Sacramento streets. Murray, the dog, was in the van when the suspect drove away,...

Historic 1000 Van Ness, a former movie theater, sold for $28 million

San Francisco Business Times 12/5 11:09A Alex Barreira

The property that held San Francisco's largest movie theater faces uncertain future.

Wells Fargo CEO says bank has to be ‘more aggressive’ in cutting jobs

San Francisco Business Times 12/5 10:46A Mark Calvey

The San Francisco bank has cut tens of thousands of employees in recent years, but the CEO might see that as just a good start.

San Francisco State University faculty hold 1-day strike over wages, workloads

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 10:41A CBS San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO Banging on drums and chanting, hundreds of striking San Francisco State University faculty and supporters gathered in front of the university president's office Tuesday to demand better wages and improvements to workloads they see...

Former Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan seeks $34M from bank over withholding stock grants

San Francisco Business Times 12/5 9:17A Symone Graham

Tim Sloan filed his lawsuit on Dec. 1 in San Francisco Superior Court.

How yoga helped a Bay Area Marine veteran find balance in his life

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 6:35A Max Darrow

A Marine veteran who teaches yoga at his own San Francisco studio and at prisons says the physical, mental and spiritual practices have transformed his life. When Sean Silvera found his breath for the first time at a yoga class in Fairfax, it was...

San Francisco companies are still taking big losses on office space

San Francisco Business Times 12/5 6:30A Sarah Klearman

Downsizing, whether by placing space up for sublease or exiting a lease early, can be costly. A bevy of San Francisco companies have reported incurring millions of dollars in costs to shrink their office footprints.

Dense fog advisory in effect for much of the Bay Area

CBS SF Bay Area (News) 12/5 2:33A Paul Heggen

The National Weather Service forecast in the greater San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday morning calls for patchy dense fog in the morning before skies gradually clear for sunshine. Dense fog is being reported across the North Bay interior valleys...