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If you live in San Francisco, there is an election on March 5, 2024 during which voters will decide a number of specific local ballot measures—including Proposition E. Proponents of Proposition E have raised over $1 million …but what does the measure actually do? This will break down what the initiative actually does, why it …

San Francisco had the air this week of teenagers frantically cleaning up after a house party with their parents on the way home. On Market Street, the city’s main thoroughfare, maintenance workers resurfaced uneven sidewalks and installed plywood over empty tree wells. Nearby, a crew gave a long-derelict plaza a makeover by turning it into …

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest setback for General Motors-owned Cruise, the driverless-car company issued a voluntary recall of 950 of its vehicles nationwide after a horrific crash here last month and signaled layoffs could be coming. The latest developments come after one of Cruise’s …

Drive down U.S. Highway 101 in and around San Francisco, and you’re bound to notice a few things: Teslas, potholes and the sheer abundance of tech billboards that make absolutely no sense to most people outside the tech workforce. In theory, effective advertising captures a viewer’s attention and clearly conveys what it’s selling. A blowout …

San Francisco’s reparations committee has proposed paying each Black longtime resident $5 million and granting total debt forgiveness due to the decades of “systematic repression” faced by the local Black community. The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee, which advises the city on developing a plan for reparations for Black residents, released its draft …

Foley Partner Claire Marblestone, member of the firm’s Health Care Practice and Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, will be a speaker at The Future of Reproductive Health: Building & Investing in Post-Roe America event in San Francisco on October 26, 2022.  Ms. Marblestone’s presentation is titled, “The Latest on the Telemedicine Abortion Landscape.” During …

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies seized 20,000 suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop last week. Members of the Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit stopped a car for undisclosed vehicle code violations some time last week. Three people were inside of the vehicle and were taken into custody without incident. After deputies searched the car, …

Eleven of San Diego County’s technology innovators were recognized at the 15th annual Top Tech Awards held at the newly constructed Snapdragon Stadium in Mission Valley. The awards celebration honored the region’s “unsung heroes of business”—the information technology (IT) leaders — in the areas of business, education, government, and nonprofit organizations. Since 2008, Cox Business …

A lab employee at Persephone Biosciences pulled bacteria samples out of the tank in which they’re stored in small boxes at minus 200 degrees Celsius (minus 328 F). This is infant bacteria, which Persephone CEO Stephanie Culler calls her “company assets.” And where do they come from? “This is our baby poop kit!” Culler said. …

According to the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” survey, UC San Diego Health has once again ranked #1 in San Diego and #5 in California, placing it among the nation’s best health care providers. Designed to assist patients and doctors in making informed health care decisions, these annual rankings distinguish hospitals that …