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☆ A San Francisco neighborhood threw a mini-festival to celebrate a public toilet that cost $200,000 instead of $1.7 million
  + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
San Francisco celebrated a new public loo with a mini-carnival complete with games, lemonade, and a live band. The public toilet initially cost $1.7 million with a multi-year deadline but had its price slashed to $200,000. AdvertisementThe scandal over a public toilet in San Francisco that cost $1.7 million has ended in celebration after the new loo opened on Monday with a much-discounted price tag of $200,000. That's according to The New York Times, CBS News, and The San Francisco Chronicle, who sent reporters down to the toilet's launch in the Noe Valley Town Square. AdvertisementCity officials said they were weighed down by high construction costs in San Francisco, as well as the need for environmental reviews and checks from multiple commissions.
Persons: —, Mario, Luigi, Leslie Crawford, Gavin Newsom, Chad Kaufman, Vaughn Buckley, Buckley, San Francisco Mayor London Breed Organizations: Service, The New York Times, CBS News, San Francisco Chronicle, Residents, People, NYT, CBS, SF Chronicle, San, Chronicle, California Gov, Company, San Francisco Mayor London Locations: Francisco, San Francisco, Noe, California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Kaufman
☆ Cruise says one of its driverless taxis ran over a woman in San Francisco after a hit-and-run driver 'launched' her into the car's path
  + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A San Francisco woman was run over by a Cruise robotaxi after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Cruise has faced criticism since San Francisco approved its service expansion this summer. AdvertisementAdvertisementA San Francisco pedestrian was apparently hit by two cars late Monday night, one of which didn't have a driver. A number of Cruise cars stalled in San Francisco and caused a traffic jam. There were also reports in June of a Cruise vehicle blocking emergency vehicles on their way to respond to a mass shooting.
Persons: Cruise, —, braked, Justin Schorr, SFFD Organizations: San, Service, San Francisco Fire Department, NBC, Chronicle Locations: Francisco, San Francisco
☆ Go check out this map that shows just how many vacant office buildings are in downtown San Francisco
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Over 18 million square feet of San Francisco's office space is vacant, the SF Chronicle reported. Thirty-one percent of San Francisco's downtown offices is reportedly open for lease or sublease. The Chronicle's interactive map of the vacancies in downtown San Francisco's office buildings is worth checking out. The rising amount of vacant office real estate partly reflects remote work's impact on office attendance. A telling sign for San Francisco's office building market could come from a 22-story office tower on 350 California Street that is reportedly expected to go for $60 million, after it was valued at $300 million in 2019.
☆ San Francisco's homicide rate is low compared to other big cities, but the killing of tech founder Bob Lee shows that doesn't tell the whole story
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
The tragic killing of tech founder Bob Lee has reignited the debate over crime in San Francisco. Those stats compare relatively favorably to other big cities in the US, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing FBI data. Meanwhile, the homicide rate in San Francisco was 5 per 100,000 in 2020, the FBI's crime data shows, as analyzed by the San Francisco Chronicle. It's also lower than other cities of comparable sizes to San Francisco, including Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, the San Francisco Police Department must conclude its investigation before the DA's office can step in, Randy Quezada, communications director at the San Francisco District Attorney's office, told Insider's Grace Kay and Sindhu Sundar.
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