Chevron lets community members get better acquainted with the refinery that is such a familiar part of the Richmond landscape. Tour guides fielded questions and explained the processes that go on in the plant.
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a woman who was severely injured when she was struck by one of the agency's buses. Sam Singer, a public relations consultant hired by the bus system, says the settlement recognizes that the bus driver was at fault in the crash. The driver has been fired.
Glamorous and well attended "Forbidden City" themed gala celebrates the opera's opening night and proudly donates proceeds to the SF Opera's ARIA music education programs for Bay Area students.
Transit Center District plan is released. The project's scale is huge, but so is the public need it addresses. The new plan would transform the face of downtown San Francisco in ways it is difficult to imagine--especially for those that weren't around for the heyday of the old Transbay terminal.
San Francisco Opera receives generous donation from winemaker Jan Shrem and business woman Maria Manetti Farrow.
Another legal victory for Chevron in Ecuador case.
Public officials gathered to celebrate the end of the Transbay Transit Center project's first phase. "The project is on budget and on schedule,” said Executive Director Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan. Mayor Lee was on hand and spoke at the event, saying that the new Transit Center "represents the future of our city".
Two major hospitals affiliated with Stanford University, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, say they’re reached a new three-year contract agreement with employees represented by SEIU’s United Healthcare Workers West local.
Emilio Palacio issued a letter from Miami on Sunday saying he feared for his safety because of new pressures from what he called "the dictatorship."
The project will be the first major development on the north side of Folsom Street, which is being redeveloped as a pedestrian-friendly "main street" linking Transbay district and Rincon Hill to the south.
