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At Safe Streets Rally, SFPD Blocks Bike Lane to Make Point of Victim-Blaming

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013 | 172 Comments

Update: Shahum reported that SFBC staffer Marc Caswell found a surveillance camera at an auto body shop which has footage of Le Moullac’s crash, even though SFPD has said no such footage could be found. More on that story later as it develops. San Francisco Police Sergeant Richard Ernst apparently decided that the best way to […]

Irving Merchants Riled by Proposal to Turn 12 Parking Spots Into Public Space

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013 | 37 Comments

Once again, a merchant group is contesting a proposal that would improve walking and public space on a San Francisco street. At a community meeting on plans to add greening and sidewalk corner extensions on central Irving Street last week, merchants balked at the idea of removing 10 to 12 parking spaces to extend eight […]

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This Weekend: Sunday Streets Returns to the Tenderloin and Civic Center

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

It’s been a while, but the Tenderloin and Civic Center will be graced once again with Sunday Streets this weekend. Get out and enjoy this rare opportunity to play on the normally speed-dominated streets of one of the city’s densest neighborhoods.

Folsom Truck Victim Identified as 24-Year-Old Amelie Le Moullac

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 15, 2013 | 100 Comments

The woman killed on her bike by a truck driver at Sixth and Folsom Streets yesterday morning has been identified as 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac, SF Weekly reported this morning. Le Moullac was run over by a truck driver making a right turn from Folsom on to Sixth at about 7:07 a.m., and although SFPD […]

Woman on Bike Killed by Truck Driver on Folsom: Charges Off the Table?

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2013 | 234 Comments

An unidentified 24-year-old woman was killed while bicycling on Folsom at Sixth Street this morning when she was hit by a big rig truck driver, according to SFPD and media reports. The victim is the third bicycle rider killed in San Francisco this year, and each death has involved a truck driver. Although the driver seemed […]

Freeway Sign “Eyesore” Comes Down on Cesar Chavez

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 13, 2013 | 17 Comments

With an ongoing overhaul, western Cesar Chavez Street is looking less and less like a freeway these days, but the changes aren’t only happening on the ground. At about 2 a.m. Friday morning, city crews took down an overhead navigational freeway sign pointing drivers to the 101 freeway — the kind of motor-oriented infrastructure expected […]

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