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SAN FRANCISCO—The Lunar New Year, which transpired on Friday, February 12 brought the opening of the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground. San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced in a news release that the playground, which had been closed for more than two years, will be reopening. The playground is located at 830 Sacramento Street in the heart of San Francisco’s...

SAN FRANCISCO—Two men sustained injuries after a reported shooting near the city’s Ferry Building, according to San Francisco Police. At 8:17 p.m. on Friday night, police officers responded to calls reporting a shooting near Drumm Street. There was a heavy police presence outside of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Both men were taken to a nearby hospital. Investigators report one of the...

SAN FRANCISCO—A new proposal for San Francisco’s Tenderloin district is on the way from the SFMTA and will be voted on in March. The new proposal is a reduction of the current 25 mph speed limit in the Tenderloin district to 20 mph. SFMTA supervisor Matt Haney, expects the proposal to pass after a vote takes place. San Francisco's tenderloin...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Tenderloin District is the first neighborhood in San Francisco to have a 20 mile per hour speed limit, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced on Wednesday, February 10. The speed limit was previously 25 miles per hour, and the SFMTA states that lowering it just five miles per hour “doubles the chance of survival” of a...

SAN FRANCISCO—On February 6, an NBC Bay Area TV news crew in San Francisco’s SOMA District were robbed of their cameras by two individuals who drove off in a dark colored Lexus. The two suspects claimed to have been armed during the robbery and threatened the news crew to hand over the cameras. According to the victims, they drove...

SAN FRANCISCO—The SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has begun long-term remediation efforts to clean an estimated 600 gallons of oil that spilled into the Bay on Tuesday, February 9 from a leak at the Chevron refinery in Richmond. "The emergency situation has ended, however, beaches in the surrounding area may remain closed during clean up," posted the Contra...

UNITED STATES—Getting engaged is an exciting and exhilarating time for romantics who can't wait to spend the rest of their lives together. If you've recently become engaged to the love of your life, you might not know the next best steps to getting married.  After telling your parents, best friends, co-workers, and everyone else who will listen, you might suddenly...

SAN FRANCISCO—Perpetrators involved in a robbery involving a local news crew while they were reporting a story have been detained by the San Francisco Police Department. Authorities say that on February 6, at 6:50 p.m., a news crew was reporting on a story near the 1-80 Bay Bridge Ramp, on Bryant Street when “Two suspects exited a dark-colored, four-door Lexus...

HOLLYWOOD—Do you want to see some good acting, well you’re about to see it in the drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in titans Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. This movie is infused with ton of drama, but let me clarify because some might think it’s a musical; it is not. There is a very interesting dynamic where you have...

SAN FRANCISCO—Antoine Watson, 19, who was arrested on January 30 for the deadly assault on an elderly man, 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, was held without bail after a court hearing on Monday, February 8. Watson can be seen running up to Ratanapakdee and violently shoving him in video from SF CBS Local near the corner of Fortuna and Anza Vista....