Business Editor

Kevin Truong

What budget surplus? Rising labor costs nearly erase city’s projected gains

Business

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The $108 million two-year budget surplus projected back in January slips again to a mere $15 million, thanks in part to inflation.

Political Reporter

Mike Ege

Frustrated San Francisco voters poised to flip the script this election

San Francisco voters could repudiate Mayor Breed’s political appointees—or hand the mayor more power to enact her agenda.

Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

San Francisco cop threatened to shoot man in the back 3 times, case tossed

News

A public defender accused an officer at the center of a racially charged controversy of threatening to shoot his client because he is Black.

Director of Audio

Sophie Bearman

San Francisco’s elite Lowell High has a serious culture problem. What about other district high schools?

It’s been a rollercoaster few months for academically competitive Lowell High School. In January, it became one of 44 schools slated for renaming by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). That same month, racist and anti-Semitic messages posted on a virtual bulletin board rocked the school’s campus. This week, its merit-based admissions process could…

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

San Francisco reverses hundreds of overdoses a month: what happens next?

Some drug users who have been revived say rather than making them think twice about using, Narcan makes their cravings more intense.

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What budget surplus? Rising labor costs nearly erase city’s projected gains

Frustrated San Francisco voters poised to flip the script this election

San Francisco cop threatened to shoot man in the back 3 times, case tossed

San Francisco’s elite Lowell High has a serious culture problem. What about other district high schools?

San Francisco reverses hundreds of overdoses a month: what happens next?