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About Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts is a general assignment reporter for the San Francisco Examiner.

At least 4 critically injured in tour bus crash at Stockton and Post streets

November 13, 2015 3:16 pm
Five people suffered critical injuries after a double-decker tour bus lost control in traffic near Union Square on Friday afternoon, striking several vehicles and knocking over nearby construction scaffolding, witnesses said. »

In Shrimp Boy drama, connection to earlier FBI probe of ‘pay to play’ in City Hall

August 9, 2015 10:29 pm
A longtime city employee with ties to Mayor Ed Lee and a Marin County businesswoman who served as a city commissioner are at the center of allegations that Lee knew »

‘Shrimp Boy’ put scare into politician David Chiu

August 5, 2015 10:12 pm
David Chiu had been on the Board of Supervisors for less than two months when he first encountered Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the notorious Chinatown gangster who claimed to have »

Twitter’s ‘skybridge’ gets initial approval

July 15, 2015 5:01 pm
Plans to build a “skybridge” connecting Twitter’s headquarters in Mid-Market with another, smaller building used by the social media giant received initial approval on Wednesday. Twitter’s landlord, Shorenstein Properties, wants »

Sky bridge planned for Twitter building up for approval

July 15, 2015 11:07 am
To prepare the massive Furniture Mart building for its new life as the headquarters of Twitter, the impressive Art Deco structure in Mid-Market underwent a significant renovation in 2012. Work »

Popular medical marijuana event kiboshed by SF

July 14, 2015 8:39 pm
The organizer of a popular event last month in San Francisco that offered medical marijuana cookies, brownies and drinks for sale to the public will have to go elsewhere to »

Sinbad’s struggle to stay costing SF money

July 12, 2015 9:20 pm
Sinbad’s Pier 2 restaurant is starting to get expensive for The City – and that’s without dinner or drinks. The longtime waterfront restaurant had agreed to vacate its location on »

SF records all-time low in HIV infections, deaths

July 6, 2015 10:11 pm
Fourteen years after his death sentence, Randy Silva is in the best shape of his life. Silva, 51, was diagnosed with HIV in September 2001. In 2007, after suffering a »