SF News Sunday Links: East Bay Cop Ordered to Pay Bills, Lost Wages to Teacher She Hit in Crosswalk There have been a lot of shootings locally and nationally this weekend; the entrepreneurs who purchased Radio Shack and Pier 1 have been accused of running a Ponzi scheme; and a Concord cop must pay the medical bills and lost wages of a woman she hit in a crosswalk.
SF News Saturday Links: State Bill Would Relax Height Limits Within Half-Mile of Transit Hubs About 100 people gathered to protest the detainment of a 73-year-old grandmother Friday night; SFUSD said it will fill its vacant school crossing guard roles by the end of the year; and a new bill would allow for apartment buildings up to nine stories adjacent to transit stations.
SF News New Law Will Make Crossing The Street During The Countdown Timer Legal Pop quiz, hot shot: Approaching a street you need to cross, you see the walk sign kick into crosswalk timer mode. Do you: a) Speedwalk into the intersection so you can be sure
SF News Oh Crap: We've Been Using Crosswalk Timers Wrong All This Time Have you, like us, been using the ever-so-handy crosswalk countdown timers to gauge whether you have enough time to scramble across several lanes of traffic? As San Francisco Police Cmdr. Mikail Ali revealed
SF News Driver Hits Two Pedestrians In Crosswalk Wednesday night in West Portal, two pedestrians crossing a crosswalk were hit by a car. The incident occurred at the intersection of Vicente Street and West Portal Avenue at around 9:40 p.
SF News Woman Struck, Killed by Muni Bus in Castro Identified Authorities released the name of the 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a Muni bus on Friday afternoon. San Franciscan Emily Dunn was at the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of
SF News Beware of Dangerous Pedestrian Countdown Signals Have you come across crosswalk signals that skip countdown numbers? We have. And it's scary. Fortunately, Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian safety advocacy group, can help you take action. "We're hearing reports of
SF News Shooting / Drug Dealing / Assault Hotspot Masked by Pretty Crosswalks In an effort to appear more quality of life-ish, the intersection at Eddy and Taylor received a makeover. (Taylor and Ellis got the same design yesterday too.) This Tenderloin spot, best known for
