New $50 Million Stuart Hall-Convent Sports Complex Will Rise in Laurel Heights — but San Francisco’s Oldest Pool Hall Must Fall
The 60-year-old Family Billiards will make way for a four-story athletic complex featuring a lap pool, basketball court, and rooftop soccer field. Longtime regulars are scrambling to find a new home as construction looms within two years.
Feds Enter Cherryland Elementary Seeking Student Records; Hayward Community Is Still Shaken.
Two Homeland Security investigators served a subpoena at Cherryland Elementary; Hayward officials say the district accepted the subpoena but did not release records. The visit came after federal activity that prompted Oakland school lockdowns.
Christopher Lee Card of Emeryville Said He Was Hiring Models; He Just Got Six Years for a Prostitution Scheme
An Emeryville man was sentenced to six years after pleading no contest to pimping in a scheme prosecutors say began with a fake modeling offer. Court records detail the deal.
Locked Out at MLK: Cal Shuts Multicultural Hub Without Warning
UC Berkeley quietly closed its Multicultural Community Center this summer, student staff say, and administrators are now conducting a policy review while programs move elsewhere on campus.
SoMa Night Owls Targeted as Dorsey Plots Tenderloin-Style Corner Store Curfew
Supervisor Matt Dorsey wants to pilot the Tenderloin’s midnight corner‑store curfew in SoMa after a new study showed big drops in late‑night drug incidents. Merchants warn the restriction punishes small businesses.












