Governor bans gas, diesel cars by 2035

Kassie DeJean, Reporter

September 25, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that sales of diesel gas cars will be banned by 2035. Transportation currently accounts for more than 50% of greenhouse gas emissions released each year in California, according to the California Air Resources Board. The order also advises the stat...

Autonomous vehicle awareness increases

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor

March 28, 2019

Cars with sensors whirling on top and jutting out of the sides — prototypes of self-driving cars being tested for public use — have become fairly common sites on San Francisco streets. With the rapid advancement of automated vehicle technology, industry leaders are educating future consumers, wh...

Steering away from a license

Mason Cooney, Assistant Features Editor

September 28, 2017

While high schoolers in the ’90’s movie “Clueless” hustled to get their driver’s licenses once they turned 16, many teens are tending to hold off until much later to start driving. “I haven’t had much time in the past two years to get a license,” alumna Neely Metz (’17) said. �...

Transportation cautions heighten with increase in precipitation

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter

February 5, 2016

Senior Abby Dolan got into her car wearing slippers as it started to rain one day last year, but her shoe choice proved unfortunate when she tried to back her car into a parking spot. “I just had to put my foot on the brake to stop my car, and my foot slipped off of the brake and onto the gas pedal...

Ridesharing users reflect on convenience, costliness

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter

January 14, 2016

Rideshare company Uber lowered its prices for the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this week. Prices dropped from 10 to 75 percent, depending on the type of Uber service, to attempt to increase the demand of requested rides. Anyone with the Uber app can request a driver to pick them up from and drop them ...

Car break-in rates up in San Francisco

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief

November 5, 2015

When sophomore Sophia Davari returned with her father to their parked car on Howard Street in the Financial District, they were met with shattered glass and not with the backpack Davari had left in the car containing her homework, laptop, Beats headphones, iPad, wallet and watch. “We saw an SF ...

Parking around campus hard to find

September 23, 2010

Ava Martinez & Anjali Shreatha Two-hour street parking and special school zones in Pacific Heights force those who drive to the Broadway campus to frequently run out of classrooms and offices muttering the usual, “I need to move my car!” “I would never remember to move my car every...