Growing concerns about neighborhood crime trends have led to frustrations with the Police Department’s “CrimeMaps” system, a six-year-old technology that pinpoints where crimes have occurred in The City.

Four local principals were honored Friday as the first recipients of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Principal of the Year awards.

San Francisco’s public schools are in line to receive $17.9 million to $19.7 million in city funds from a “rainy day” reserve, Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce today.

Labor unions representing city workers are being asked to give money in the form of benefits and/or salary increases to help resolve the projected budget deficit for the next fiscal year, but at least one of the politically powerful groups says try something else.