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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoSFPD has a new plan to target speeders, which includes ramping up enforcement at the most historically dangerous intersections in the city. The new crackdown comes as the number of traffic tickets in San Francisco fell by 96% from 2014 to 2023, per KNTV. The department blamed this on staffing shortages and new regulations. However, a renewed political pressure to crack down on reckless driving has emerged after a spike in accidents, including th…See the Story
Expect to See More Traffic Cops At Major SF Intersections As SFPD Cracks Down on Speeding
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThe average asking rent in San Francisco rose by 1% to $3,330 per month in March, marking the first increase in eight months. Still, the average rent remains 7% lower than a year ago and 25% below the 2015 peak of around $4,500. [Socketsite]Mayor Breed’s announcement that she’s bringing pandas to SF might have been premature. The city and the SF Zoo apparently still face some fundraising and permitting challenges at local and federal levels befo…See the Story
Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Rent Prices Rose Again in March, But Still Far From Pre-Pandemic Rates
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoEarlier this week, the Sundance Film Festival announced that it was exploring its options to move to a new locale in 2027, after throwing the revered festival in Park City, Utah for the last 43 of its 46 years. And SF will be throwing its hat in the ring."We are in a unique moment for our festival and our global film community, and with the contract up for renewal, this exploration allows us to responsibly consider how we best continue sustainab…See the Story
San Francisco Is Putting In a Bid to Become the New Home of the Sundance Film Festival
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoA new high-end Thai spot arrives in Japantown, a new but familiar French bistro is taking over the Catch space in the Castro, and Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan admits she likes it when servers are mean.A new, high-end Thai tasting-menu restaurant that we first told you about in February is opening May 3 in Japantown, and it's called Hed 11. It's a new project from restaurateur Naruephon “Billie” Wannajaro (of Hed Very Thai near Union Sq…See the Story
This Week In Food: A Thai Tasting Menu Experience Lands In Japantown
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Sports · San FranciscoYou no longer need to own roller skates to go roller skating at Golden Gate Park’s Skatin’ Place, because starting Saturday, roller skates and inline skates will be available for rental at the celebrated outdoor rink. That nutty outdoor roller disco party every Sunday near Sixth Avenue in Golden Gate Park dates all the way back to 1986. But the good times really only rolled for people who already owned roller skates or roller blades. There has …See the Story
Golden Gate Park Roller Skating Area Will Start Renting Out Skates This Weekend
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoThe SF HIV/AIDS prevention community is mourning the loss of 33-year-old Melanie Woods, a staple at fundraisers and events, who spent nearly three years organizing those events for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. If you attended any San Francisco HIV/AIDS fundraising events like the AIDS Walk, AIDS/LifeCycle, or the Santa Skivvies Run between 2015 and 2018, there is a good chance that you encountered Melanie Woods. A Sacaramento native and UC…See the Story
Former SF AIDS Foundation Employee Brutally Murdered in New York City
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Microsoft · San FranciscoAs TikTok faces its biggest challenge to date, with the US government insisting that it be divorced from its Chinese parent company or cease doing business here, the company has a trust and safety officer whose name may be familiar to San Franciscans.Suzy Loftus was very briefly San Francisco's interim district attorney, two DAs ago, and in 2021 she took a job as head of safety at TikTok. As she tells the Chronicle in an interview this week, Lof…See the Story
Former SF District Attorney Suzy Loftus, Now TikTok's Head of Safety, Compares Fight for TikTok to Defending SF
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