The San Francisco Examiner

A 48-year-old man was shot in a Bayview park on Tuesday following an apparent argument over drugs, police said. The shooting was reported at about 7:15 p.m. in a small park with a children’s playground … More »Shooting after Bayview park drug spat

A former U.S. Postal worker in San Carlos who stole thousands of pieces of mail was sentenced Tuesday to a year in County Jail, three years probation and ordered to enter a drug rehabilitation program, … More »Thieving U.S. postal worker delivered to drug rehab

Complaints from residents and merchants in the Outer Mission district about double parking on their street reportedly led to a meth bust Sunday. About 7:30 p.m., officers responding to the complaints in … More »Parking complaint leads to drug bust

Facing stiff opposition from within the airline industry and scrutiny from Congress, last month, the Transportation Security Administration tabled its proposed policy to allow knives back onto aircraft. … More »TSA might soon allow knives on planes despite outcry

Judicial appointments in California are theoretically the duty of the governor or an electoral body. But they’re really often determined by selection groups that tend to put the same kinds of people on … More »Growing diversity of San Mateo County’s courts reflects larger trend in California

Super Bowl L is going to be played in Santa Clara, but The City will host the party that comes along with it. The NFL selected the 49ers to host the golden anniversary Super Bowl in 2016 at an owners’ … More »Super Bowl means party time in S.F.

Despite concerns about potential cost overruns and a lack of local firms hired to work on the Central Subway project, Muni officials Tuesday approved an $840 million contract for the $1.6 billion transit-extension … More »SFMTA approves Central Subway contract with Tutor Perini despite concerns

One San Francisco official hopes to use the ballot box to tighten controls on how the fund that pays for retiree health care for city employees can be used. Historically, The City has paid retiree health … More »Retiree fund raiders eyed

California community college students could have more summer and winter course options, albeit at more than triple the current cost, under a bill being discussed by the state Legislature. Assembly Bill … More »New community college classes could cost pupils

University of California medical center workers in San Francisco and several other cities statewide began a two-day strike Tuesday. The strike, organized by American Federation of State, County and Municipal … More »UC medical staff strike statewide

Who’s in town Comedian Barry Rothbart, seen on “Punk’d” and the “Tonight” show with Jay Leno, performs. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., S.F.] Lectures Paul Farmer: The physician, medical … More »May 22: Laughs at Punch Line and Z Space, and more San Francisco events

Following the recent violence in East Palo Alto, culminating in Sunday’s killing of a teenager, police Chief Ronald Davis is calling a “crime  emergency” for the department, which took effect Tuesday. … More »East Palo Alto police chief declares ‘crime emergency’

Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency in Detroit federal court, saying they appropriated one of the rapper’s songs. In the complaint Monday, Ferndale, Mich.-based Eight Mile Style … More »Eminem’s publisher sues Facebook over song usage

An urban search-and-rescue team based in Menlo Park is ready to  respond to Moore, Okla., where crews continue to search for survivors of a deadly tornado that struck Monday. California Task Force 3 Urban … More »Peninsula-based fire team ready to help after Oklahoma tornado

A man was rescued by a sailing crew after jumping off the   Golden Gate   Bridge   on Monday   in one of the rare cases of someone actually surviving the 220-foot plunge.  Scott Walecka told the Santa … More »Man survives 220-foot jump off Golden Gate Bridge

The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. … More »Bay Area picked to host Super Bowl in 2016

A 15-year-old boy from Nevada County has been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbing last week of 20-year-old Cameron Myers in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood. The … More »Boy, 15, arrested for murder of Cameron Myers, 20, in Hunters Point

A bank robbery in the Inner Sunset district Monday afternoon was the second such heist in the lively neighborhood in just over a month, police said. About 12:45 p.m., a man in his 50s reportedly walked … More »Another bank heist in Inner Sunset

Police are hunting for the unnecessarily vicious robber who pistol-whipped two Walgreens employees who had obeyed his orders inside their Bayview store Sunday. A 25-year-old man who reportedly works as … More »Senseless thuggery in Walgreens robbery

The parolee who allegedly shot at police at Gough and Ellis streets during the middle of the morning commute two years ago was ordered to stand trial Monday on attempted murder and assault and firearm … More »Alleged gun nut held to answer in officer-involved shooting

An $840 million contract for Muni’s Central Subway project — a pact that accounts for more than half the total cost of the undertaking — is up for approval Tuesday. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation … More »Transit agency board to vote on Central Subway contract

A recent report by a federally placed overseer monitoring the $1.6 billion Central Subway project laments that the controversial line is at risk of falling significantly below Federal Transportation Administration … More »Central Subway report details lack of time, money contingencies

Eighty-two days, more than $400,000 in donations and 500 volunteers have saved Carnaval. The Mission district’s most important street festival — and the highlight of the cultural calendar for many Latinos … More »Volunteers, donations rescue the upcoming Carnaval festival