The 61 department chairs at City College of San Francisco are keeping their jobs but taking large pay cuts under a tentative labor agreement.
The agreement, if approved by the Department Chair Council and the board of trustees, would reduce the school’s costs by more than $1 million annually.
Darlene Alioto, president of the council and chairwoman of the social sciences department, said taking the pay cut is telling.
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Local gardening and sustainability efforts are growing rapidly in The City, and residents and city officials would like an easier way to help such efforts take root. But with 84 gardens already in existence and dozens of other potential locations still available, there is no clear way to start such projects without creeping from one city department to another to learn which oversees the site.
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Students from the San Mateo County Community College District are expected to be the first in California to have the opportunity to apply for a program to travel to China, free of charge, to study the language and learn about the nation’s economics and relationship with the U.S.
“It’s exciting,” said district Chancellor Ron Galatolo. “We have a number of students who come here from China, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to send our folks to China.”
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In the center of the new Exploratorium building on the waterfront sits a 40-foot-tall clock. At the top of each hour, a gong goes off alerting visitors of the time of day. Its numbers retract around the concrete column it circles to make an interactive exhibit.
For instance, there’s a small “tinkerer” with a wrench waiting to fix the number two once it moves back to its place, and another with a saw works on the six. These tiny tinkerers are controlled by visitors who can crank a wheel to put them to work.
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When 54-year-old Luther Robinson was stabbed and killed in Mendell Plaza in February 2012, the Bayview district community decided they had had enough of the violence plaguing their streets.
Within two months, a group of residents had mobilized to turn the plaza from a center of drug dealing and violent behavior into a community gathering space. A year later, the efforts appear to have paid off.
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The southern approach to the Golden Gate Bridge will be completely transformed when it’s completed in 2015, and with it will come a new look for The City’s northern waterfront.
The rebuild of Doyle Drive is bringing new parkland and pedestrian access between Crissy Field and the Main Post of the Presidio, a former Army base. The seismically unsafe roadway is being replaced by a pair of tunnels, and they will be covered with greenery.
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Last month, Sophia kept her 8-year-old daughter out of school because of alleged bullying that she thought was not being properly addressed by school administrators.
Tired of waiting for a satisfactory official response to a situation that she says began in August, Sophia called police after her daughter was allegedly thrown to the ground by her neck. That’s when she removed the girl from class.
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The historic Armory building at 14th and Mission streets will soon be home to a community center where trade shows, sporting events and theater can be held.
Andrew Harvill, director of the community center, said the space will serve as a hub for the surrounding neighborhood.
“We’re excited about this project,” Harvill told the Entertainment Commission on Tuesday. “This used to be a premier venue in The City in the ’20s and ’40s, and then it sat empty for the past 40 years. We’re trying to resurrect that.”
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State and local officials are joining UC San Francisco Medical Center employees today for a rally to protest against the decision to cut nearly 300 positions.
The medical center says the staff reductions are being made to prepare for costs associated with the Affordable Care Act, the sweeping health care reform signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010.
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The entertainment permit that would allow dozens of concerts to be held at the America’s Cup Pavilion was approved unanimously Tuesday night by the Entertainment Commission, despite objections from surrounding neighborhoods.
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When GK Callahan began working to transform a blighted plot of land into the Please Touch Community Garden in 2010, he and his volunteers were astounded at the volume of hypodermic needles piled up in the empty lot.
“When I started the garden project, it had been desolate for years,” Callahan said of its Grove Street location. “I collected about 2,000 needles. That’s when it became apparent to me there was a need.”
Although San Francisco began needle-exchange programs in 1993, that didn’t begin to take all the needles off The City’s streets.
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The number of concerts planned for the America’s Cup Pavilion on the northern waterfront is being scaled back ahead of a hearing for the venue permit at the Entertainment Commission on Tuesday.
Instead of as many as 40 concerts between May 31 and Oct. 15, there will be up to 30, according to pavilion organizers and neighbors.
Big-name acts including Sting, Train and Jason Mraz have already been booked. Seven concerts are already scheduled according to the America’s Cup entertainment website. Imagine Dragons is scheduled to be the first show on May 31.
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All-electronic tolling on the Golden Gate Bridge began Wednesday, but some drivers may have been a little too eager to take advantage of the lack of congestion.
Some drivers were clocked at speeds of 60 mph going through the now-vacant toll plaza, according to the California Highway Patrol.
That’s more than double the posted 25 mph limit through the toll booths, which are narrow.
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Inside the Nourse Auditorium on Hayes Street, construction and sound crews are working diligently to upgrade the 86-year-old facility.
Scaffolding that rises to the ceiling on the side walls is assisting in the installation of acoustic paneling, sound engineers are finalizing checks on speakers and lighting fixtures are awaiting installation.
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The 330 Ritch nightclub, where three people were injured in a weekend shooting, is no more.
The owners agreed to surrender their entertainment permit Monday, which means the club will no longer operate, according to Entertainment Commission Executive Director Jocelyn Kane. The decision is indefinite, she said.
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