San Francisco, CA
Camp Day: San Francisco 49ers safety Ji’Ayir Brown teams up with EOTA Foundation for youth football clinic (Photo Gallery)
TRENTON — Ji’Ayir Brown will never forget where he came from no matter how many interceptions he racks up in the National Football League.
That’s why the San Francisco 49ers safety was back in the capital city on Saturday afternoon to team up with the Education Outweighs Them All Foundation for a youth football clinic at Trenton Central High School.
A strong turnout of youngsters from grades 4-to-12 came out for instruction from Brown and other former and current Trenton High players and coaches. Included on that list were Rutgers offensive tackle Hollin Pierce and former University at Albany defensive back Bill Hackett.
After a morning of drills in the sun, campers got a chance for pictures and autographs.
Brown is coming off a rookie season with the 49ers in which he started in the Super Bowl and intercepted Patrick Mahomes in the third quarter. He also finished with 11 tackles in the Super Bowl.
The 49ers drafted Brown in the third round after he starred at Penn State.
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San Francisco, CA
San Francisco District Attorney Jenkins’ crime crackdown brings hope to Tenderloin business owners
SAN FRANCISCO — Business owners in the San Francisco Tenderloin neighborhood said they have seen a drop in crime recently. And they’re thanking District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
business owners like Jesus Kauil say they have seen it all: from people shooting needles in the bathroom to drug dealers running inside his business, trying to escape from the police.
“They would come in here looking to hide so that they wouldn’t get arrested, and there’s no way to tell them, don’t come in. So they would come in here waiting for things to calm down, and then they would go back out,” said Kauil, the owner of Los Yucatecos, a restaurant he opened three years ago on Ellis Street.
But he said, luckily, he hasn’t witnessed this in quite some time, at least over the last year.
“So I don’t see those people anymore, and that’s why I can notice and say, something is changing,” Kauil added.
He’s just one of many business owners and residents who are paying close attention to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ actions.
On Wednesday, Jenkins released new data regarding her office’s efforts to combat drug trafficking in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.
“We have seen an overwhelming decrease in the amount of drug dealing going on in the Tenderloin. We still have a long way to go to get the Tenderloin to where we wanted to be. We still have trouble spots, but we have seen a massive change in the amount of activity during the day that’s going on,” said Jenkins.
Jenkins notes that these efforts have led to an increase in convictions. So far in 2024, there have been 128 felony narcotics convictions, with 92% of these being felony offenses compared to just 20% when Jenkins first took office in 2022.
“We are here to do a job, and that’s to make sure that our streets are safe and clean, and I want them to fear consequences. We have to have a healthy fear of consequences in San Francisco to get our streets to where we want them to be, and that’s another part of the commitment. No more we’re giving misdemeanors. We believe in true accountability,” Jenkins emphasized.
This is exactly what Kauil wants to keep seeing. He said the complicated quality of life in the Tenderloin means fewer customers. These days, he can barely get 120 people, while back in the day, he said he would get at least 400 daily.
“We like it here. We have great support. We have customers, but sometimes there’s a little fear, especially at night,” Kauil explained.
Despite the challenges, Kauil is hopeful. He’s not going anywhere and believes things will keep getting better because, ultimately, this is his home.
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco supervisors initially approve 3,500 new homes at Stonestown Galleria
Atop 30 acres of parking at San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria mall may soon come 3,500 new homes, acres of open space and other community services.
In a first reading of legislation by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Myrna Melgar, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave initial approval to a plan to redevelop acres of parking at the mall into housing, senior services, child care and park space, according to a statement from the mayor’s office.
Supervisors will vote on whether to give final approval to the project—located in the southwest part of the city near San Francisco State University—at their full meeting next Tuesday, according to a mayor’s office spokesperson.
“With the approval of this transformative project at Stonestown, we are showing how we can get to yes on housing and create a more affordable San Francisco for all,” Breed said. “This investment in our city will deliver jobs, sustain the mall as an economic engine, and provide badly needed housing, including for our seniors.”
The mayor’s office statement added that the project, proposed by real estate management firm Brookfield Properties, will help execute Breed’s Housing for All plan to allow the development of 82,000 new homes to meet a state mandate over the next eight years.
San Francisco, CA
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s $27 million mansion is a ‘lemon’ with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges
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Sam Altman’s $27 million San Francisco luxury abode is apparently plagued with issues, ranging from a leaky infinity pool to faulty piping that dumped raw sewage on the property. That’s according to a lawsuit that The San Francisco Standard linked to the OpenAI CEO’s residence, which claims Altman purchased a “lemon” with “pervasive shoddy workmanship and corner-cutting.”
The 9,500-square-foot estate is situated on San Francisco’s iconic Lombard Street, where it overlooks the city and the bay. As you can see in this walkthrough of the home, some of its key features include a four-sided infinity pool that hangs off the edge of the house, a “Batcave” leading into a garage, as well as a system that uses recycled rainwater to irrigate an expansive garden and flush toilets inside the house.
But the $27 million mansion might not be all it’s cracked up to be. In a lawsuit filed last week in a San Francisco court, Altman’s legal team claims the real estate developer Troon Pacific “misrepresented the condition of the Property as of the highest quality” to sell it “as quickly as possible.” The plaintiff also accuses the developer of failing to hire qualified contractors, some of whom allegedly “retaliated” by “filling drainage and sewer pipes with contractor bags and debris” over claims they weren’t paid on time.
That “shoddy” workmanship has led to the pool leaking a “flood of water” into the home’s lower level last August, causing “the gypsum ceiling in that area to fail” and “the widespread presence of mold,” as claimed in the lawsuit. Altman’s legal team estimates the cost to repair the pool would be upwards of $4 million, and that’s not counting the “unconnected bathroom sewer line that dumped raw sewage on the ground,” “numerous leaking irrigation lines,” the “water intrusion at skylights,” among other issues.
For now, Altman might be stuck dealing with some inconveniences around the house while the lawsuit runs its course. But maybe he can ask ChatGPT for help fixing some of its issues — or, better yet, give him suggestions on how to find a new place.
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