Articles by

Jaxon Van Derbeken

Storm Failures Trigger Mandatory Inspection for 71 Newer SF High-Rises

More than 70 of San Francisco's tallest buildings – which had been exempt from window inspections for...

Window Failures Hit SF High-Rises With 30-Year Inspection Exemptions

The NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned, three of the high-rise buildings where windows failed this...

SF's Mission Street High-Rise Window Failures Trigger Call for Stepped Up Inspections

The president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors said Wednesday that he wants comprehensive window inspections...

Mission Street Closed After Windows Fail at Salesforce, Millennium Tower in High Winds

The fierce storm that whipped through San Francisco Tuesday is now suspected of triggering failures of as...

San Francisco Settles Suit Involving Jeff Adachi Autopsy Dispute

The city of San Francisco has tentatively agreed to pay $436,000 to a former official with the...

PG&E Leaves Behind 100,000+ Felled Trees

More than a dozen fire-ravaged counties across Northern California are warning about the new fire threat posed...

Millennium Tower Quake Safety Questions Linger Despite New Building Support

San Francisco’s leaning Millennium Tower is now partly supported to bedrock as part of a “seismic upgrade,”...

Millennium Tower Now Partly Supported to Bedrock

San Francisco’s troubled Millennium Tower high-rise is now supported partially on one side to piles sunk to...