Almost 50 percent of The City’s government workers actually live in San Francisco, and generally they are the ones paid the least, according to the Department of Human Resources.
When it comes to higher-paid workers such as police and firefighters, most of them live beyond the county line, in places such as Sonoma, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties, among others. Read More
A man was struck by a taxi in front of the old Virgin Records building in downtown San Francisco Wednesday afternoon, according to fire officials and a horrified witness.Emergency crews were called to bustling Market and Stockton streets at 1:41 p.m., San Francisco fire spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge said.A witness said she heard a “thud” that sounded like a car striking a car, but when she turned she saw that a man had been struck by a cab and was seriously injured. Read More
Firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard are responding to an area near San Francisco’s Pier 70, according to a fire dispatcher and Coast Guard personnel.The Coast Guard said it is dispatching a small boat to the area from Sector San Francisco, which is on Yerba Buena Island.Pier 70 is a historic shipyard and is one of the largest ship repair yards on the West Coast, according to its website. Read More
One person was taken to the hospital after a one-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Castro District this morning, fire officials said.Fire crews were dispatched at 3:03 a.m. to 4343 19th St. after reports of a fire.The fire was contained by 3:15 a.m. and all crews left the scene by 4:50 a.m.One person was hospitalized with what appeared to be injuries not considered life-threatening, a fire official said. Read More
Caltrain was halted for nearly 30 minutes in San Francisco on Thursday morning while firefighters battled a debris fire near the tracks.Around 9:40 a.m., the fire department responded to a call about a three-foot pile of debris that was blazing under the freeway at Seventh and 16th streets, fire spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge said. Read More
IMAGE OF THE WEEKOn the edge: A firefighter balances himself on the emergency stairway railing outside a window at a blaze in the Haight on Tuesday. No injuries were reported in the four-alarm fire at the 41-unit apartment building on the corner of Haight and Fillmore streets. (Mike Koozmin/The Examiner)WHAT TO READDreams of the DeadBy Perri O’Shaughnessy ($25) Read More
An underground fire sent smoke billowing up through manholes at a SoMa District intersection and knocked out power for about 1,100 people Thursday afternoon.The fire, which was first reported at 1:48 p.m., occurred at the intersection of Folsom and Harriet streets, according to fire department spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge. Firefighters doused the blaze with CO2, and by 3 p.m. it had been contained. Read More
A four-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Lower Haight neighborhood Tuesday displaced more than a dozen residents.The blaze was reported at 4:08 p.m. at a three-story building on the corner of Haight and Fillmore streets and was under control by 5:15 p.m.No injuries were reported, a fire dispatcher said. Read More
