Chris Bucchere, the cyclist who struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian and then wrote about it for the world to read, may be staring down some damning evidence. Although he initially justified plowing through the intersection by claiming that the Castro Street crosswalk suddenly "filled up with people," and that he was "too committed to stop", a law enforcement source close to the case says otherwise. They told KCBS that, after viewing traffic surveillance video, there were only three or four people in the crosswalk and that the bicyclist was "hunched down" as if he were racing through the intersection. more ›

A male victim landed in the hospital late last night after being stabbed at the foot of Market Street. The stabbing was reported around 11 p.m. last night and occurred either near the Ferry Building, a bocce court or the Occupy camp at 101 Market, depending on how you want to spin the stabbing that rounded out what seems like one of the most violent weekends in recent memory. more ›

A major pro-life march, the likes of which we haven't seen in recent years on a San Francisco promenade, is happening as we type. The cascade of Christians extends from Civic Center to the Embarcadero at present, all carrying signs like "I Regret My Abortion" and "Men Regret Lost Fatherhood." Also, there are tambourines, and nuns. more ›

Some kind of naked Santa wants to show you his Christmas package. more ›

According to Occupy SF ilk, the Department of Public Health distributed a letter telling them to remove their tents along Market Street. They must move immediately. more ›

Around 1:30 a.m. last night, SFPD moved in to clear out the "bridge camp" that popped up over the weekend to span the tent-free blocks between Justin Herman Plaza and the Federal Reserve. more ›

Surprisingly, it's already been two years since the city started testing out this traffic-calming measure, forcing all private vehicles to make right turns at Tenth and Sixth Streets. It's a complicated thing, and cars can still turn onto Market from Ninth or Seventh and drive down, but now cars caught driving past Sixth Street are facing more enforcement, and $176 tickets. more ›

For some bored downtown workerbees, flattening coins on the F-Market track is a shiny way to pass the time. Take, for example, Matthew Knudsen, who pressed these beauties just the other day. SFist asked Knudsen to tell us how he did it. "I work at an ad agency across from the F, and walk over the tracks everyday and decided to put some coins on the line and see if they'd squash, like on railroad tracks," he explained. "After a few cars knocking them off, I got a train to nail two of them... They sort of jump off when the train hits them, and flattens them right out." more ›

Two good Samaritans were stabbed a little before 7 p.m. Thursday evening in the city's Mid-Market area after coming to the defense of a woman. "The suspect, a man in his 50s, got into an argument with a 43-year-old woman and then punched her in the face," reports Bay City News. "When the two men, ages 37 and 47, came to the woman's defense, the suspect took out a folding knife and stabbed them both and then ran away." more ›

On Saturday night, a 51-year-old man was found lying in the street near Eighth and Market after an apparent hit-and-run incident. The man was struck a little before 9:30 p.m. The medical examiner's office has identified the victims as David Henderson. more ›

YouTube user Photorikki captured several recessionistas living it up near former Supervisor Chris Daly's new bar, Buck's Tavern, on Stevenson Street. (This was shot before Daly took over, by the way.) In the video, the "homeless drunk boys" throw stuff (yikes!), gingerly sip Four Loko (double yikes!), and scream at the videographer. more ›

Market Street hasn't quite been the zoo it used to be ever since they started limiting traffic to bikes, buses and cabs last year, but this photo included in the monthly newsletter for the streetcar aficionados at Market Street Railway and released in digital form yesterday, gives us a glimpse into a simpler time in our city's history: A time when no one would complain about a procession of elephants stomping down Market Street and Ringling Brothers could march their animal-cruelty parade wherever they pleased. more ›

After three years of meetings and discussion the Planning Commission has unanimously decided to move forward on construction of a Whole Foods location on Market Street at Dolores. Per the Examiner, the corner lot will be transformed into an 8-story building with 82 apartments and a slick storefront along Market where Greenpeace volunteers can ambush unsuspecting shoppers. more ›

Matt Baume of Stop8.org, live from an ENDA protest in progress in the Castro, reports, "GetEqual in Castro, protesting Pelosi's ENDA inaction. About to block traffic." That was 40 minutes ago. And now? Well, traffic is blocked. Please be advised. more ›

The stretch of mid-Market between 5th and 8th remains a pretty major blight for San Francisco, due in large part to the vacant and boarded up storefronts at the street level creating what retail consultants call a "missing tooth" affect that discourages foot traffic. Tourists who have the unfortunate fate of staying at the Hotel Whitcomb -- which likely markets itself in Europe as being Union Square-adjacent -- find themselves walking at a near jogging pace as they race from 8th Street down to Powell, and dancing around the urine and check-cashing brouhaha at 7th, and the daily circus at 6th. more ›

While most of America spent yesterday BBQ-ing, blowing stuff up and avoiding DUI checkpoints all in the name of freedom, our very own Market Street Railway silently celebrated its 150th anniversary. That's 84 years after we signed the Declaration of Independence for those of you who don't math. more ›

SFist reader (and Editorial Director of Frommers.com) David Lytle snapped these pics of Gizmo (the lovable, hungry-after-dark star of Gremlins) dotting a boarded building along the Central Market Corridor. more ›

Muni bus stop on mid-Market this afternoon. Photo by Gregory Gaston. more ›

It's getting painted today. Finally. more ›

Though not a new idea, its sanity level, or lack thereof, remains the same: permanently removing vehicles and Muni lines from Market Street. This is the latest idea tinkering around inside Newsom's sleek head. more ›

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While friend of SFist Eye On Blog's Britteny Gilbert is none too thrilled to see these LED snowflakes -- presumably meant to signify winter, which signifies the holiday season, which, come now, signifies the sheer delight that is Christmas -- we couldn't be more thrilled. Why? Because Christmastime is RAD. Whatever, it totally is. We look forward to it, while silently disagreeing with you Jesus haters who complain that it arrives too early each year. (Impossible!) See, the Glory of Christmas involves gift receiving, winter's chill, family fights, asking if you hear what we hear, binge drinking, chocolate mint-laced everything, layered clothing, and the bittersweet melancholy that comes with knowing that you're going to spend, yet again, another holiday season alone. more ›

SFMTA director Nathaniel Ford expressed deep sadness and frustration over yesterday's Muni crash, which injured 6 people, saying in a statement, "This accident was intolerable and deeply frustrating, I know that the riding public is concerned about Muni safety, and so am I. Our ongoing work to improve Muni safety is clearly more urgent than ever." more ›

According to SFGate, "Two of San Francisco's historic F-line streetcars and a car have crashed, injuring an unknown number of people and causing Muni to suspend train service at the height of the evening commute. KTVU claims that "[t]he crash happened at about 5:45 p.m. when a passenger vehicle somehow became sandwiched end-to-end between two of the historic streetcar that operate on the F-Market line." (Speculation time: Maybe this had something to do with it?) more ›

Oh yikes, folks. According to our increasingly favorite Twitter account to follow, Emergency_In_SF, they've got word (via timmysanfran) that there's a fire, possibly caused by an explosion, at Market (near Fourth Street) next to the massive Ross store. more ›