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NYC mayor vetoes bill on parking grace period
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed a bill that gives drivers a five-minute grace period in certain parking zones around the city.
Muni stabbing suspect facing additional charges
- A man arrested on suspicion of stabbing a woman on a San Francisco light rail car is facing charges in connection with three other attacks.
Police arrest suspect in SF Muni stabbing
- San Francisco police have arrested a man they believe stabbed a woman on a light rail car, and are trying to determine if he's the same man who stabbed an 11-year-old boy on a city bus in September.
Police: SF Muni stabbing may be repeat attack
- A woman is being treated for stab wounds after a seemingly random attack on a San Francisco light rail car, and police say the suspect's description is similar to a man who stabbed a young boy on a city bus in September.
5-minute cushion for NY drivers on parking tickets
- Drivers will get a five-minute grace period in certain no-parking zones throughout the city under a bill passed Monday by the City Council.
Five-minute cushion for NYC drivers on parking tix
- The New York City Council is granting drivers get a five-minute cushion in certain no-parking zones.
SF train employee suspected of punching girl
- A San Francisco railway employee has been arrested on suspicion of punching a 17-year-old girl during a dispute over fares.
Western SoMa plan building up
- A plan that would turn Folsom and Howard into two-way streets and breathe new life into a neglected neighborhood is poised to take a major step forward today.
- A plan that would turn Folsom and Howard into two-way streets and breathe new life into a neglected neighborhood is poised to take a major step forward today.
Public-transit plan is a winner
- The Examiner generally opposes City Hall’s enthusiasm for burdening San Francisco’s struggling smaller business with extra expenses — paid sick leave, health care, higher minimum wage — that competitors in neighboring towns are not forced to pay.
BART has commuters all a-Twitter
- Somewhere on a BART train, a guy is watching Lord of the Rings on a tiny screen that could never capture the panoramic majesty of the film.
- Somewhere on a BART train, a guy is watching Lord of the Rings on a tiny screen that could never capture the panoramic majesty of the film.
Fire causes Muni delay near Pier 39
- A chimney fire near San Francisco’s busiest tourist area disrupted Muni service around Pier 39, forcing Sunday sightseers into shuttle buses.
City wins one round in litter fight
- For too long, an embarrassing feature of The City environment has been that some of our most attractive vistas are routinely littered with ugly fast-food wrappers and miscellaneous windblown papers, sticky wads of chewing gum, cigarette butts and tire-slashing broken glass. Often as not, the most heavily trafficked corridors suffer the worst littering.
Muni fine-tunes transformation
- San Franciscans lamenting the elimination of neighborhood bus lines marked for destruction may see those routes resurrected with vans.
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