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City approves solar-power projects
- The City will more than triple the solar energy it produces from municipal buildings under a plan approved Tuesday by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Solar power plants are expected to be switched on next year at Pier 96 and at the Sunset Reservoir, said SFPUC spokesman Tony Winnicker. A private company will own the plants and sell the electricity to The City, which can purchase them after seven years.
Decision on Potrero power plant delayed
- Mayor Gavin Newsom asked city legislators to delay a vote on a controversial plan to build a new power plant in Potrero Hill that will replace an older, more polluting plant, saying he needs another week to work on an alternative strategy.
Dead whale stuck under pier
- A dead whale wedged beneath a pier was spotted by swimmers Thursday, but no government agency raced to remove the foul-smelling mammal.
- A dead whale wedged beneath a pier was spotted by swimmers Thursday, but no government agency raced to remove the foul-smelling mammal.
Fine of $50,000 for illegal billboard a sign of stepped-up enforcement
- A private homeowner was fined $50,000 after he refused to remove an illegal billboard from his freeway-fronting house, as a result of a legal ruling that’s expected to boost The City’s quest to cleanse San Francisco of hundreds of advertising signs that are up without permits.
- A private homeowner was fined $50,000 after he refused to remove an illegal billboard from his freeway-fronting house, as a result of a legal ruling that’s expected to boost The City’s quest to cleanse San Francisco of hundreds of advertising signs that are up without permits.
3-Minute Interview: Kofi Bonner
- The Lennar Corp. regional vice president will accept an award Thursday night from City of Hope’s local real estate and construction committee for his “significant role in revitalizing Bayview-Hunters Point” and other areas.
- The Lennar Corp. regional vice president will accept an award Thursday night from City of Hope’s local real estate and construction committee for his “significant role in revitalizing Bayview-Hunters Point” and other areas.
Public housing in Hunters Point to have soaring views
- Six residential towers will stretch up to 65 feet above the highest peaks of Hunters Point providing enviable views of The City and Bay, under newly released redevelopment plans to rebuild the public-housing site for low-income as well as market-rate residents.
Pitch reaches for sky to help build terminal
- As an effort starts to raise revenue for a new downtown transit terminal that would eventually link nine public-transportation systems under one roof, city officials say the trade-off would be to approve up to seven new high-rise towers in the neighborhood that would exceed the area’s current 550-foot limit.
- As an effort starts to raise revenue for a new downtown transit terminal that would eventually link nine public-transportation systems under one roof, city officials say the trade-off would be to approve up to seven new high-rise towers in the neighborhood that would exceed the area’s current 550-foot limit.
Opposition growing against proposed Potrero power plant
- A controversial plan to build a new natural gas-burning power plant at Potrero Hill to replace a more polluting plant in the same area is slated to go before a Board of Supervisors subcommittee on Monday.
3-Minute Interview: Ed Harrington
- The new general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission started work April 1. The CPA, who had been San Francisco’s controller since 1991, will share his thoughts on the PUC’s future at a breakfast this morning hosted by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
- The new general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission started work April 1. The CPA, who had been San Francisco’s controller since 1991, will share his thoughts on the PUC’s future at a breakfast this morning hosted by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
Cost of home-improvement permits to soar
- San Francisco is set to increase permit fees for commercial building and for homeowners who remodel or rebuild their residences — a plan that city officials say will improve customer service at the Department of Building Inspection and close the agency’s projected $14.8 million deficit for next fiscal year.
Sewer backwash poses hefty bill
- The City is facing the prospect of millions of dollars in payouts to dozens of residents and businesses after a judge ruled that it’s liable for property damage caused by diluted sewage that brimmed out of its sewer system in 2004.
3-Minute Interview: Roberto Vargas
- The Nicaraguan-born poet, who will perform Friday evening at the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, was an organizer who helped establish The City’s four cultural centers, including the Bayview Opera House, in the 1960s and ’70s. Today at 1 p.m., The City’s Neighborhood Arts Program will host performances and unveil renovations at the Opera House as part of two weeks of 40th anniversary celebrations.
- The Nicaraguan-born poet, who will perform Friday evening at the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, was an organizer who helped establish The City’s four cultural centers, including the Bayview Opera House, in the 1960s and ’70s. Today at 1 p.m., The City’s Neighborhood Arts Program will host performances and unveil renovations at the Opera House as part of two weeks of 40th anniversary celebrations.
Blighted street seeing the light
- A French bakery and restaurant set to replace a pawn shop and liquor store near Market and Sixth streets will become the latest in a barrage of boutique businesses to move into the world-wearied neighborhood when it fires up its ovens this summer.
- A French bakery and restaurant set to replace a pawn shop and liquor store near Market and Sixth streets will become the latest in a barrage of boutique businesses to move into the world-wearied neighborhood when it fires up its ovens this summer.