A 64% rent hike pushed a family out of SF. A legal loophole puts thousands more at risk
Some 14,000 SF apartments have no rent cap. Landlords have every incentive to push tenants out before their buildings age into one.
Some 14,000 SF apartments have no rent cap. Landlords have every incentive to push tenants out before their buildings age into one.
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It is another warm-to-hot afternoon across the Bay Area. You will notice humidity is much lower today and the comfortable air will stick around through the weekend. Expect sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s to the upper 90s.
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One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters in the San Francisco Bay after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said.
President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them.
The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) recently purchased the 238-acre San Gregorio Ranch property for $10 million with the sole purpose of donating it to the California State Parks system.
This comes after the latest order that ICE will not conduct vehicle stops anymore following Texas and Maine shootings.
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A woman claims to have a lease, but one owner was dead and the other locked up at the time the deal was supposedly reached.
Some 14,000 SF apartments have no rent cap. Landlords have every incentive to push tenants out before their buildings age into one.
John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan are willing to pay their stars top-of-the-market deals. They have also created flexibility for the future.
The mayor wants to make the biggest changes to the city’s constitution in decades.
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A Tuesday memorial service on a cabin cruiser boat took a tragic turn when the ship, with 20 people aboard, capsized on San Francisco Bay, officials say.
A chaotic scene unfolded on the San Francisco Bay Tuesday afternoon when a recreational vessel capsized near Alcatraz Island, leaving multiple people struggling in the frigid, wind-whipped water as nearby boaters and first responders rushed to save them.
Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East have shredded the interim deal to end the conflict and the region could tip back into all-out war.
S.F. supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to urge the state to expand the city’s automatic speed camera pilot program Supervisors urge California to expand S.F. speed-camera program
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A plan to build wildlife crossings on U.S. Route 395 reached a milestone this week.
A woman whose husband was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair flight says she and others tried to hold on to him while half of his body was outside the window.
A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said.
A terrifying scene unfolded near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday afternoon when a recreational boat capsized, leaving multiple people fighting for survival in the freezing, choppy water.
PG&E is warning that proactive power shutoffs are likely in multiple counties in the Bay Area on Wednesday and Thursday because of a forecast of hot, dry and windy weather in the region.
PG&E is warning of the possibilty of planned power shutoffs to thousands of customers in the North and East Bay. The utility says the shutoffs may occur because of the threat of wildfires.
The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple Bay Area agencies are searching overnight for three missing people after a boat carrying 20 people capsized near Alcatraz, leaving one person dead and three others injured.
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Board members accused Luu of harassment and assault and threatened to quit en masse — the second scandal to rock the influential Chinatown institution in recent years.
Officials with the San Francisco Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard give an update on the capsized boat that sank near Alcatraz on Tuesday. After talking to witnesses, officials updated the number of missing people to three and the total number of people on the boat was 20, not 19, as they ...
The 12th annual award ceremony celebrated athletes, teams, leagues and members of the sports industry who use the power of the sport to make a positive impact on society and communities.
One person has died, two remain missing, and multiple Bay Area agencies are searching the waters in the San Francisco Bay after a pontoon boat carrying 19 people capsized Tuesday.
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(KRON) -- You might have heard a song of hers during the 2000s. Pop singer Lily Allen hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom and was certified gold in the United States for her 2006 single "Smile." Allen, 41, is now on the road for her "West End Girl" tour with the North American leg [...]
(KRON) -- One of three motorcyclists accused of riding illegally on a bicycle trail in south San Jose last weekend was intentionally hiding his license plate, said the San Jose Police Department. SJPD said patrol officers spotted the group of motorcyclists on the trail, who fled the area when pol...
San Francisco officials say one person has died, two people are missing and 16 others have been rescued from waters off Alcatraz Island after a pontoon boat sank.
The Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the rate after the city controller warned new housing was too difficult to build. San Francisco drops affordable housing requirement from 15% to 5%
S.F. supervisors vote to prioritize funding drug-free permanent supportive housing. S.F. supervisors mandate city-funded supportive housing be drug-free
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