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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — New numbers released by the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday showed the department is making strides in its effort to recruit more women and create a more diverse department. According to the numbers, within the last year, the department has been able to increase the number of female recruits entering the police academy by 7%. Currently, the department is made up of 85% males and 15% females. By comparison, women make up less than 13% of law enforcement officers nationwide, police said. Additionally, the numbers showed that between 2008 and 2019, the number of sworn officers who are people of color increased from 46% to 51%. Furthermore, out of the department’s 2,266 sworn staff members, 415 officers are certified bilingual in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog and Russian, police said. WATCH: CBSN Bay Area – 24/7 Digital News Channel from KPIX 5 “We have made tremendous strides toward recruiting, hiring, developing careers … [Read more...] about San Francisco Police Making Strides To Diversify Department, Recruit More Women

Family members of the man shot by San Francisco police in the Mission District over the weekend said Tuesday that his name is Jamaica, he’s 26 from Sacramento, and he recently became clean and sober after experiencing homelessness and addiction. The story about his plight with homelessness and addiction was featured in a YouTube video titled, “Jamaica’s Story” in which he recounts growing up homeless with his mother and siblings. The video was posted in October by CityTeam, a nondenominational nonprofit organization with offices in the Bay Area that serves people experiencing homelessness, poverty and addiction. Police say that two officers were responding to a report of a hot prowl burglary at 8:34 a.m. Saturday when they approached the man relatives identified as Jamaica and who police said matched the description of the suspect. Police said the man assaulted the officers with a weapon, prompting at least one of the officers to open fire. A source with … [Read more...] about Man shot by San Francisco police was featured in video about homelessness, addiction

Welcome back to Tech Chronicle. If you want to meet and greet with the tech elite, do yourself a favor and subscribe. Conference call Depending on whom you ask, a gathering of Oracle customers in San Francisco has taken place almost every year since 1982, the first International Oracle Users Week, which was actually just three days; 1986, when Oracle hosted the event at the Hyatt Regency; or 1996, when Oracle officially took over the event and named it OpenWorld. The news that Oracle was moving the event from its longtime home in the Moscone Center to Las Vegas in 2020 was a shock, even if most people would never have a reason to immerse themselves in a weeklong celebration of database software and business applications. The 60,000-person OpenWorld has long been overshadowed by Salesforce’s Dreamforce event, which is several times its size. (There’s no question in my mind that Salesforce chief Marc Benioff, who was booted from the keynote schedule in the 2011 OpenWorld as … [Read more...] about San Francisco is too busy, no one holds conferences there anymore

A rendering of Akira Back Steakhouse. A rendering of Akira Back Steakhouse. Photo: Akira Back Steakhouse Photo: Akira Back Steakhouse Image 1 of / 34 Caption Close Image 1 of 34 A rendering of Akira Back Steakhouse. A rendering of Akira Back Steakhouse. Photo: Akira Back Steakhouse Shuttered San Francisco nightclub to become swanky 'multi-million dollar' steakhouse 1  /  34 Back to Gallery It's been nearly a year since Infusion Lounge announced its clubbing days were over, and now, its former host Hotel Fusion is revealing what will take over the vacated Union Square space: a swanky "multi-million dollar" steakhouse from Michelin-starred chef Akira Back. The hotel will renovate the space to become … [Read more...] about Shuttered San Francisco nightclub to become swanky ‘multi-million dollar’ steakhouse

Photo: Robert Altman/Getty Images Photo: Robert Altman/Getty Images Image 1 of / 28 Caption Close Image 1 of 28 Photo: Robert Altman/Getty Images San Francisco's dearly departed nightclubs and music venues 1  /  28 Back to Gallery How much would you pay to hop into a time machine and visit San Francisco's long-gone Winterland Ballroom on Jan. 14, 1978, the night of the Sex Pistols' last performance before the legendary punk band's big breakup? Johnny Rotten addressed the crowd hollering "Welcome to London," and then he and his mates launched into a blitzed take on "God Save the Queen." Winterland is one of the city's many nightclubs and music venues that hosted golden music moments and great jam sessions before disappearing from the scene. Many of us grew … [Read more...] about San Francisco’s dearly departed nightclubs and music venues