Category: San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor Floats Razing Mall in Crisis-Ridden Downtown
USD. +0.50 +0.39%. San Francisco Mayor London Breed called on investors to redevelop the city’s struggling downtown core by converting or even demolishing empty buildings to make way for new …
Declining downtowns in San Francisco and Boston
San Francisco’s homeless population is far larger and more visible: A 2022 federal count found more than 4,300 of its 7,150 residents experiencing homelessness are living on the streets there …
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/21/business/urban-doom-loop-in-san-francisco/
Dozens shot, at least 10 dead, across the U.S. on holiday weekend
In San Francisco, two people were injured Sunday evening in a shooting near Fisherman’s Wharf and the Embarcadero, two of the city’s most popular attractions for visitors, police said.
San Francisco mayor proposes tearing down Westfield Mall – CNN
San Francisco’s mayor Thursday proposed remaking the city’s struggling downtown by tearing down abandoned retail space, including the city’s Westfield mall, and building new structures to …
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/business/sf-mayor-proposes-tearing-down-westfield-mall/index.html
Gavin Newsom’s homeless survey of San Francisco | Fortune
Gavin Newsom ordered the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative to find out just how bad San Francisco’s crisis is: ‘People are homeless because their rent is too high’. BY Janie Har …
https://fortune.com/2023/06/20/how-bad-san-francisco-homeless-crisis-rent-too-high-benioff/
Man and two dogs safe after San Francisco cliff rescue
June 21, 2023 at 2:27 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO — A man and two dogs were safe and sound after falling off a cliff Wednesday morning and being rescued a short time later, according to the San Francisco …
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/21/man-and-two-dogs-safe-after-san-francisco-cliff-rescue/
Happy Wanderer: San Francisco travel destinations going strong as ever
The Presidio: San Francisco’s northwest corner, anchored by one of the most photographed structures in the world — the Golden Gate Bridge — is a national park inside a national park. The …
SF shooting near Pier 39: Officials decry violence; 2 in custody
Violent crime increased slightly in San Francisco in 2021 and 2022, inching back toward pre-pandemic levels. Through June 11, violent crime was up 4% in 2023 when compared with the same period …
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/pier-39-shooting-embarcadero-18159544.php
202 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Top 8 Wonders of 2018. The strange and unusual places Atlas Obscura readers wanted to visit most in the “City by the Bay” in 2018. 8. Including Seward Street Slides, Labyrinth …
https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/san-francisco-california
San Francisco’s Pain Worsens As Workers, Visitors, and Shoppers Leave
Nonetheless, signs of crime in San Francisco are pervasive. The number of assault cases and robberies is up, even as rapes have declined, ABC 7 recently found. And social-media posts, including …
https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-pain-worsens-workers-visitors-shoppers-leave-2023-6