Photo by SFist's Jonathan Hunt According to KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, a fire on Yerba Buena Island is affecting traffic on the Bay Bridge. It's on the west side of Yerba Buena just under the bridge. It is not inside the tunnel, you see, but on the vegetation on the hill. So far one lane is blocked on the southwest side of the bridge. You might want to re-plan your commute home; there's no guess......

For all you Mac zealots users out there, we have some disheartening news. The Apple campus in Cupertino caught fire last night. Fortunately, the three-alarm blaze caused no injuries, only some smoke damage. But security at the compound was so heavy last night that reporters had trouble getting the story out. According to Brittney Gilbert at CBS 5," Word has it that security was so tight at Apple headquarters that officials there called the cops......

According to Nicholas Carlson at Valleywag, Google Street View captured a nifty shot of a burning home while riding through some place called Eagle Point Drive in some magical land called Sherwood, Arkansas. After coming across the blaze, the driver (allegedly) kept driving. The Google Prius (presumably) was "making the rounds in the neighborhood that day," but then drove "past the burning home, taking its assigned pictures." Aw. Then again, the fiery picture is most......

Oh wow. You've got to check out some of these photos from the Crucible's 8th Annual Fire Arts Festival, which sparked up in fine fiery glory earlier this month. These shots were snapped up by getinet (Flickr). And the ones involving Bay Area Rapid Transit train are priceless. While the adult in us worries about the Bart train and its riders catching fire, the kid in us wants to see the thing catch fire and......

Ick. In addition to the inexcusable heat we're facing today, we're also in store for the nasty air quality. (FYI, Bay Area newbies, the current air quality is abnormal.) Feel how it's a bit difficult to breath? Yeah, that's the effect of the bad air we're swimming though due to the wildefies. Gross. Slap on a few fresh coats of make-up on our ladies, and it's like we're living in the San Fernando Valley.......

Oh noes! Things are moving to the beat of a big bushfire over in Castro Valley. It seems, according to CBS 5, a fire is roaring "near the intersection of Crow Canyon and Norris Canyon Roads in Castro Valley." One home has already caught on fire, and others are threatened. Gulp.......

Turn that frown upside-down bourgeois staycationers (oy, that word). While Big Sur sears until it's golden brown, the coastal town has turned into somewhat of a ghost town. And now, according to 71Miles' John Vlahides, some of the area's nicest hotels and R&R spots have lower their prices to rates that signify clinical insanity. Check it: The bad news is, the Basin Complex fire in Big Sur is still burning and only 3% contained.......

Folks in Big Sur have been asked told to evacuate due to the uncontrollable wildfire still roaring through the Basin Complex. The mandatory evacuation will go into effect at 5 p.m. today. In addition to staying safe from the blaze, firefighters need residents out in order to perform "burning operations" in the area. Citizens in the Palo Colorado Canyon in Monterey have have been told to scram as well. But on the brighter side, the......

Photo obtained from earthobservatory.nasa.gov This natural-color image of Northern California was captured on June 26, 2008, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Places where MODIS detected active fires are outlined in red. Thick smoke hangs over the Sacramento Valley, although the city of Redding is visible for the first time in several days. Good for you, Redding. You have something to be proud of now!......

You'd think the 1,000-plus wildfires blazing across Northern California would be our biggest concern. Not so. It seems that the Black Death is yet another thing we should fear, at least according to an alarmist article in the Examiner it is. The plague, "carried by fleas, mice, rats, squirrels, cats and other animals," was uncovered on San Bruno Mountain in the 1940s. Now, just after this week's San Bruno Mountain blaze, said creatures coming down......

As particulate matter from the 850 wildfires has ruined our famously crisp and sought-after air in the Bay Area. On the plus side, though, it has made for some gorgeous sunsets.......

While only nine cities in the Bay Area allowed to sell "safe and sane" fireworks (i.e., sparklers, fountains, snakes, and flowers [psst, you can totally turn the latter into a mini bottle rocket by drilling a small hole in the end of the cylinder]), one of those cities, Watsonville, might curb their fiery Fourth of July fun. According to the Merc, a ban on the sale of fireworks in Watsonville might take place since......

If you've noticed over the past couple of days, it's smells a bit smoky, a bit ashy in Baghdad by the Bay. It seems, according to CBS 5, Northern California is suffering from about 950 wildfire right now.The top half of the state is, in essence, on fire. Yikes! So far, Carmel Valley residents have been forced from their homes due to the massive blaze in the Los Padres National Forest over in Monterey......

Last night's five-alarm wildfire in the San Bruno Mountains, which threatened homes in South San Francisco, has been 75 percent as of this morning. The crisp weather and fog -- which has mercifully killed this past weekend's vile heatwave -- has helped firefighters attack the blaze successfully. A total of 300 acres have been scorched so far. Brisbane residents who were asked to evacuate their home were allowed to return just before midnight last......

A wildfire on San Bruno Mountain may threaten some homes on the South side of the mountain along Sister Cities Blvd tonight. These shots, taken by a reader on Drake Avenue (across Hillside) at around 8:35 p.m., show the fire heading close to South SF as "numerous firetrucks rush[ed] to the scene along with several helicopters on hand to battle the flames from the air." The area is a new development of million dollar homes and are "in the line of fire."...

A fire has torched 75 to 100 at least 500 acres in Larkin Valley of Santa Cruz County between the Watsonville airport and Seascape Golf course, according to ABC 7. Also, parts of Highway 1 are currently closed in both directions in the area. (Northbound traffic, though, has been diverted at Miramonte Avenue and southbound traffic at San Andreas Blvd.) Evacuations have been orders for a few residences of the area. According to TV......

Last night's show at the Fillmore was on fire. Literally. Before headliners Dethklok hit the stage, an electrical fire was "sparked during Soilent Green's opening set," according to SF Weekly. Fans were ushered out of the building posthaste. Yikes. Sadly, Dethklok couldn't go on, and the show was canceled. Dethklok's MySpace page breaks the news to their fans: SF Show at the FILLMORE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF FIRE: Last night June 6th a small electrical......

Wow. We hope we're this feisty, and wildly insane, when we're sixty-four. It seems that sixty-four-years-young Diane Craig of Danville was arrested yesterday for attempting to burn down restrooms of an Arco station, a Chevron station, and... a Starbucks? Oh, and the best part: She used firelogs and lighter fluid to set the establishments ablaze. But is Craig another run-of-the-mill arsonist? Hell no. When the fuzz found her at a nearby fast food joint......

Just weeks after a mysteriously underreported fire set the top of AT&T Park ablaze, a one-alarm fire inside the San Francisco Giants Dugout Store at AT&T Park sparked late last night. Fire department sleuths haven't figured out yet just what started the fire, but merchandise like t-shirts, bobble heads, and teeny tiny bats were charred. Maybe the park has its very own arsonist? That would be exciting. At left: did not burn. Alas.......

Eeps! SFist received word this morning that Valencia Street fell victim to yet another apartment fire. Sigh. Reader Jeff Cleary tells us:...

According to CBS 5 "[a] brush fire in Napa County has shut Hwy 29 at Hwy 121 in both directions." First the Santa Cruz mountains, and now this? Way to kickoff fire season, God. So why is (s)he punishing us? What hath you wrought?......

Looks like there was, in fact, a blaze at AT&T Park last night. And a sizable one at that. SFist reader Ted (i.e., phish223) sent in this on-the scene shot of the fiery action. Read more about it here.......

Curbed is on it. As is a WhatImSeeing field corespondent. And even a few SFist tipsters have word on it. What is it, exactly? Well, it seems the Giants home, AT&T Park, was all ablaze last night! Allegedly. A readers asks: "Did NO ONE get a photo of the fire in the upper deck of AT&T Park? With that many emergency vehicles surely someone with a camera was present!" While another tells us that......

Another fire hit the Mission District, but this time no one was displaced or injured. It seems that Giant's Jewelers on 24th Street (between South Van Ness and Capp, next to the Napper Tandy) caught fire. Photog Chris Brennan captured the awful brilliance of firefighters arriving at the scene, the welding of axes and ladders (just like they do in cartoons!), and virile men fighting the blaze. Fortunately, no one was hurt, save for some sparkling gems, but check out Brennan's superb shots of the fiery action....

photo credit: 37 °C Last night's four-alarm fire at Valencia and 25th/26th Streets roared for two long hours, brought the Dovre Club's St. Paddy's Day revelry to a halt, and left 59 people temporarily homeless. Over 130 firefighters were on the scene, and only two people suffered minor injuries. Whew. While the cause of the fire is still unknown and scared many Mission residents, it did bring out the inner photojournalist inside many of......

After last night's fire in the Mission displaced over 50 San Franciscans, an early morning East Oakland blaze at 2640 74th Avenue proved fatal, killing two men. It seems that the two died during a botched rescue attempt. The first victim "fled the fire along with other occupants of the house. But the man apparently rushed back into the house in an attempt to rescue the other man," Oakland Police Sgt. Barry Donelan tells......

Yes, we are a bit late with the listings but that doesn't stop us from being excited for this week's music offerings. It's Noise Pop - something we've been talking about since December. Since there is so much going on this week, we are going to highlight some shows that we know you can still get tickets to. Let's start with tonight: Minipop, from San Francisco, will be headlining at Bottom of the Hill......

We're a little late to this story, in part because we spent all day yesterday trying to separate out the hilarious comments from the offensive ones on SFGate.com (it looks like the homophobic ones have already been taken out as of today) -- but in a nutshell, last Friday, Lance Farber, the 47-year-old boyfriend of the city's new planning director John Rahaim trashed their temporary apartment, which the city put them up in and which......

*FILM: The final release of Ridley Scott''s love-it-or-hate-it science fiction noir thriller Blade Runner: The Final Cut — now with added footage, re-mixed sound, and minor improvements on visual effects! — screens at the Castro. COMEDY: SF Supervisor Tom Ammiano attempts a return to stand-up comedy at the Makeout Room's "Laughing Liberally Local 415 with Will Durst" tonight. MUSIC: Indie folk/country jazz duo Dean & Britta (former Luna members) perform at Yoshi's-SF. "Mazzy Star-like"......

The fire department cordoned off Valencia between 22nd and 23rd to put out a fire. Bikes could still go through. Gawkers were in luck: they could have some of the best coffee in SF right across the street at Ritual Roasters while watching the SFFD get at it. ...