Golden Gate Bridge seismic retrofit to cost $1.8 billion
The Golden Gate Bridge is undergoing a $1.8 billion seismic retrofit to prepare it for a major earthquake. Drivers crossing at night will see construction vehicles and scaffolding.
Transportation
Public Safety
4 stories, 3 outletsMan dies in Market Street shooting
A man shot early Saturday in downtown San Francisco died after being taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. The shooting was reported on Market Street.
The Yekutiel scandal fits the SF establishment’s pattern of failing survivors
The Standard, reviewing a year of its own reporting, says San Francisco rarely solves rape cases and never funded the lawyers voters promised survivors. The piece places the Yekutiel scandal in that pattern.
Police investigate homicide in San Francisco
A man died Sunday afternoon after a shooting in San Francisco, police said. Officers went to the unit block of Reuel Court around 12:40 p.m. and found an unconscious man with gunshot wounds, and he died despite efforts to save him. No arrests have been made.
Apartment complex in San Francisco evacuated after lithium battery fire
A six-story apartment building in SoMa was evacuated Saturday after a lithium-ion battery caught fire, the San Francisco Fire Department said. Crews went to the 1000 block of Mission Street around noon and found that a scooter battery had caught fire on the third floor. No one was injured.
Education
1 story, 1 outletSF schools superintendent warns teachers not to delete records in federal gender-ideology inquiry
San Francisco schools superintendent Maria Su told teachers not to delete any records connected to the federal investigation into classroom "sexual orientation and gender ideology" that began in June, the World Journal reports. The inquiry was opened against the school district.
Health & Environment
1 story, 1 outletSunset Boulevard green space to switch to recycled water irrigation
San Francisco will connect irrigation for about 60 acres of green space along Sunset Boulevard to the city's recycled water system, a change the city expects to save roughly 40 million gallons of drinking water a year. Mayor Daniel Lurie, state Sen. Scott Wiener, Supervisor Alan Wong and Public Works director Carla Short announced the next phase of the work on Sept. 30. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved accepting up to $1 million in state funding for it on Sept. 22, and Lurie signed the resolution on Sept. 25.
Immigration
1 story, 1 outletICE frees SF lawmaker's aide on bond. But the deportation fight isn't over
Ho-Yin Mo, a former KTSF anchor who works in Assemblymember Catherine Stefani's San Francisco office, has been released from ICE custody after more than two weeks. He was detained at a Las Vegas airport on Sept. 17, and his immigration case continues.
Business & Tech
1 story, 1 outletRebirth on the waterfront: Tech campus pioneer brings Silicon Valley style to SF
The Sobrato Organization, which built its name on South Bay offices, has converted a century-old San Francisco building that Gap left behind. The project at One Harrison brings the developer's Silicon Valley campus style to the city's waterfront.
Around Town
1 story, 1 outletValkyries take first game against Aces in dominant win
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Las Vegas Aces in the first game of the WNBA semifinals on Sunday. Golden State leads the best-of-five series 1-0.