SF News Former Fire Marshal Who Wrote SF's High-Rise Sprinkler Mandate Now Consulting With Condos It's Impacting Not long after SF condo owners in older high-rise buildings got a reprieve of several years for getting sprinkler systems installed, it's coming to light that the guy who wrote the rules on that may now be profiting from the ensuing chaos.
SF News Nob Hill and Marina Condo Owners Have Just About Secured a Delay on That Pricey Sprinkler Mandate Fire safety may be important, but irate condo owners from Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, the Marina, and Pacific Heights stormed an SF City Hall committee hearing Monday to demand a delay on a new sprinkler mandate for their units.
SF News Saturday Links: SoCal Man Says He Was Dragged From Van, Arrested for Filming ICE Raid A new report warns that Sonoma County is still not prepared for large scale emergency fire or flood evacuations; a San Jose police officer was arrested for firing his gun and faces child abuse charges; and a SoCal man says he was violently dragged and arrested for filming an ICE raid on Thursday.
SF News Heatwave!: East Bay Hills Residents Are On Edge For Fire Danger, Wineries Brace for Power Outages It's expected to be beach weather once again in San Francisco today, but it's going to be in the 100s out in the East Bay and up north, where Napa and Sonoma wineries are bracing for power outages tonight that could be disastrous for harvest time.
SF News [Update] Fire South Of Tahoe Caused By Lightning Strike Blazes Through Nearly 15,000 Acres, Heads Toward Sierra Town As The Chronicle and NBC Bay Area report, firefighters today are battling a wild blaze being called the Washington Fire. As of this afternoon, the fire had consumed 9,500 acres of bone-dry
SF News Reminder: Don't Take A Road Flare To Your Christmas Tree Because That Would Be Stupid In front of St. Francis Memorial Hospital today, members of the S.F. Fire Department set up a safety demonstration to show local holiday decorators just how fast a well-watered pine can go
