Drivers caught illegally using disabled parking placards in The City will face stiffer penalties after a state law takes effect Jan. 1 that allows local agencies to hike fees for the misuse.
Fed up with rampant placard abuse in California, the state recently passed a new law that allows localities to hike fines for offenders up to $1,000 — 10 times higher than the current fine in The City.
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During a down economy, it’s always nice to see a job opening online – particularly when it pays between $131,000 and $167,000 annually.
The San Francisco Department of Environment is now soliciting applications for a new director on its Web site.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom looked well-rested Tuesday after returning last weekend from a weeklong Christmas vacation with family in Hawaii.
But we’ll never know whether he spent time at luaus, beaches or on hiking trails, because our celebrity mayor reiterated that he’s done with chatting about his personal life with the media.
Newsom said one of his goals for the New Year is to “focus on policy and outcome, not process and personality.”
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Mayor Gavin Newsom and Police Chief George Gascón are set to announce The City’s year-end crime and homicide statistics at City Hall this morning.
We’re guessing the news will be rather positive.
The announcement will be made in Room 200 at 11 a.m., the Mayor’s Office said.
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David Magidson, a 46-year-old Inner Sunset district resident and former Ringling Bros. clown, is taking his act to the theater, performing “Here Comes Boswick The Clown” at The City’s Boxcar Theatre through Friday.What can families expect at your show? The theme of the show is that I forgot I invited a bunch of friends to my house and I have to entertain them, and to do so, I do things like magic, juggling, cooking [and performances involving] audience interaction.
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera was re-elected to his post in November for a third term, but the victory was relatively subdued by the fact that he was uncontested in the race.
If you missed the post-election celebrations, you will have another chance soon to congratulate Herrera.
On Jan. 7, Herrera will be officially sworn in during a 4 p.m. ceremony in City Hall’s North Light Court, according to an invitation recently sent by the city attorney to supporters.
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If your tap water appears “cloudy or milky” on Monday, don’t worry — it’s perfectly drinkable, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said.
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Although she battled through cluttered sidewalks in The City’s central shopping district Thursday, Bethany Gonsman wouldn’t say she was a last-minute shopper panicking to make the Christmas deadline.
“I got all my main gifts last month,” the 34-year-old Hayes Valley resident said. “I’m browsing for deals … and stocking stuffers.”
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Some people may question a day job that requires standing at the edge of a steep hillside while grasping onto a growling chain saw.But that’s just a day at the office for San Francisco’s arborists.
On Wednesday, three veteran arborists with the Department of Public Works appeared unfazed as they cut into trees that had grown awkwardly out of an acacia tree stump on a daunting Telegraph Hill slope.
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While Mayor Gavin Newsom has been vacationing in Hawaii, he has still been communicative with San Franciscans via his Twitter page.
His latest post touts The City’s solar incentive program, presumably GoSolarSF, for increasing solar installations in San Francisco by 100 percent during 2009.
The mayor also predicted more major green adjustments for the New Year.
“Launching new $150 mil green loan program,” the post said.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom took some time out of his Hawaiian vacation to focus on one of the finer aspects of life – wine.
This afternoon, the mayor was giddy to announce on his Twitter account – where he mostly discusses work-related matters – that a bottle of wine made by the winery he launched 14 years ago received top marks from a well-known wine reviewer.
“PlumpJack 2007 Reserve Cab just received 99 points (out of 100) from Robert Parker,” the Twitter post said.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom is out of town today, presumably hanging on a Hawaiian beach with his family.Newsom’s trip continues through Sunday, the Mayor’s Office said.
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High-risk San Francisco residents whose healthcare providers have not ordered or received the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will have the opportunity to get vaccinated for free on Tuesday.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health has spent weeks planning for Tuesday’s mass vaccination clinic at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Officials said the clinic has been designed to allow for swift service so that folks won’t have to wait for hours in long lines.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom has taken off for a Hawaii vacation this week that he likely hopes will muster a lot less controversy, and allow him a much longer trip, than the last time he’d attempted it.
The mayor has joined his family for the holiday vacation that began last night and will continue through Sunday, according to the Mayor’s Office.
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We can only assume that Santa Claus misses his family when he is out delivering presents on a cold Christmas Eve, that his back aches after climbing into all those chimneys and that he may at times feel like collapsing under the pressure of all that deadline-driven gift-giving.
Imagine if old St. Nick had to do it every day.
To get a sense of what that would be like, The Examiner recently hitched a ride on a UPS truck for a few hours with veteran driver Armando Colmenares, who was delivering packages on a route in West Portal.
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