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Another class attendee and ex-San Jose resident, Christine Howes, said she took the class in 2021 after her sister-in-law spotted it and asked her if she would take it with her. Howes, who works as a pediatric nurse, says she and her husband both grew up in the Bay Area. But the couple grew tired of their busy lifestyles, commutes and living expenses and realized their son’s high school graduation presented an opportunity. “I had already done like a ton of research over the years, working up toward this,” Howes…

City officials have pitched students, soccer stadiums and safe streets as possible solutions to a vacancy crisis sweeping downtown San Francisco.  But in the case of 1155 Market St.—which sits directly across from U.N. Plaza and near City Hall—the city itself is causing woes by planning to pull out of its lease in the building. The 11-story building, owned by the nonprofit LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired,  was initially leased to the City and County of San Francisco in 1999 as an office space for the San Francisco…

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — New census numbers show people are coming back to San Francisco for the first time since 2019. “I think the pandemic really changed a lot of people’s lives. I’m glad they’re coming back. It’s wonderful,” said Mark Palmer, a San Francisco resident. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, San Francisco’s population increased between July 2022 and 2023 by about 1,200. The city population went from 807,774 to just under 809,000. That’s an increase of 0.15%. “I’m a little surprised at the number,” said Linda Jensen. Graph…