“You can’t go around the world kicking people and then expect that they’re going to spend $1,000 a day to come visit you,” Noll said.
The #WorldCup was supposed to be a Bay Area bonanza. Why does it feel like a flop? https://t.co/lS5B7iIjF2 via @sfchronicle
Ticket sales are slow and prices are dropping. Fans are reselling at a loss. Hotel rooms and rentals remain vacant along the Peninsula.
The World Cup is turning out to be a flop for the Bay Area, @rachelswan reports: https://t.co/6T1vOwHTtJ
Bay Area voters rejected new taxes Tuesday. Can transit funding survive in November?—Polls that MTC conducted last year show the Connect Bay Area measure—which is still awaiting ballot certification — winning by a healthy margin… https://t.co/u7rV6v4smU @rachelswan@sfchronicle
EXCLUSIVE:
After a triple-fatal Oakland crash in which a vehicle sped onto a sidewalk, bystanders were praised for detaining the 17-yr-old driver.
Now a video has emerged of the teen being violently beaten—and police are investigating.
By @meganrcassidy https://t.co/fX4SxBvuy0
Shawn begged the deputies booking him to search his devices, read his text messages.
“My phones are right there!” he pleaded, shouting passcodes, before he was strip-searched and put in a cell.
“Look at my phones!”
Read "The Wrong Stalker" by @mgafni https://t.co/nUmBPH5HrS
People are using their laptops on BART. Officials think they know why—BART is logging far fewer police holds, which occur when law enforcement asks the operations control center to pause trains for five minutes or longer, so… https://t.co/q0AKgDco6M @rachelswan@sfchronicle
"This past March, police counted six electronic gadgets stolen from BART passengers, down from 117 in March 2019."
By @rachelswan https://t.co/v55ucTiA83
New poll shows what San Francisco residents really think about Waymo cars—The survey of 1,077 registered voters showed that 42% of respondents consider self-driving cars “a good thing,” dwarfing the 18% who react negatively… https://t.co/wO2Odx2Xlz @rachelswan@sfchronicle
NEW:
The CEO of one of San Francisco's biggest supportive housing providers is stepping down amid a city probe prompted by a @sfchronicle/@UCBerkeleyIRP investigation
By @susieneilson and Matt Mitchell https://t.co/yUHqgxjrXs