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11 May 2017 / SF News / Jay Barmann

Day Around The Bay: Muni Bus Bursts Into Flames

#SFMuni bus catches fire in Richmond District this morning https://t.co/1v2RsuZJFc via @FitzTheReporter pic.twitter.com/ELa6dhjKxe

— SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) May 11, 2017
  • A bus on Muni's 38AX-Geary A Express line burst into flames this morning near 26th Avenue around 7:30 a.m. due to mechanical failure. No one was injured. [Examiner]
  • Maybe it was this week's story of that SF math teacher who found herself homeless, but Mayor Ed Lee announced today that he'd found a site in the Sunset and would commit to building 130 to 150 units of teacher housing there for $44 million. [Chronicle]
  • In the wake of a scathing audit that implicates UC President Janet Napolitano, Gov. Jerry Brown says he's withholding $50 million in funding from the university until its problems are fixed. [Chronicle]
  • Several “Listening Posts” have been erected on 16th Street to give people the opportunity to listen to diverse voices from the neighborhood. [Mission Local]
  • Robert Kelley, artistic director of TheatreWorks for all of its 50 years in the Bay Area, just announced he'll retire in 2020. [Chronicle]
  • "Hot Felon" turned hot model Jeremy Meeks was denied entry to the UK because of his felony convictions. [Fashionably Male]
  • Now Portland is demanding Uber's Greyball playbook. [Portland Mercury]
  • SF schools are losing $3.3 million in federal funding and will now have to charge for after-school programs. [Examiner]
  • After a hearing at City Hall, several supervisors vowed to help find space for the currently homeless Homeless Youth Alliance, which has been without office space for two years. [Examiner]
  • Apps like Tindr are helping business for student sex workers. [GG Express]
  • Twitter announced a new deal for year-round NFL content that includes live video, but no games. [TechCrunch]
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Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years.

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