Good afternoon!
San Francisco’s chief health officer said today that the Navy kept the city in the dark for nearly a year about elevated plutonium levels it found back in November 2024 at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Read the disturbing report by Yujie Zhou and Marina Newman.
See our back story about a July meeting where skeptical residents were told they had nothing to worry about from contamination at the Shipyard.
City auditors found that San Francisco spends almost three times more per capita for street cleaning than L.A. does. The analysts also noted that DPW fails to track or report its spending “in a meaningful way.”
Check out our map of every street that will be closed to cars this Friday for Halloween trick-or-treaters. And on Saturday, the Tenderloin will throw its own Dia de los Muertos block party, with luchadores and live music.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
U.S. Navy found plutonium in Bayview, and S.F. said it wasn’t told for 11 months
“This has unfortunately been par for the course for the Navy.”
S.F. spends twice as much per person on street cleaning as L.A.
San Franciscoโs street-cleaning budget is up 63 percent since 2018.
Hereโs every car-free street in S.F. for trick-or-treaters this Halloweenย
“In the Mission, trick-or-treating can start immediately after lunch.”
Back Story
Is Parcel G at the Hunters Point Shipyard as safe as Mount Rushmore? ย
“I donโt like when someone says โlow-level radiationโ like it doesnโt affect us, because it does.”
SNAP
Report ICE sighting
By Angel Mayorga
Events
Today: New Constellations with JANE LEO, Brick & Mortar Music Hall, October 30, 9-11PM
Tomorrow: Baile de Muertos- Perreo Fest, at MCCLA, October 32, 7-11PM