Our extra-stabby city can claim yet another non-fatal stabbing incident over the weekend to go with this fatal one in the Mission: An unidentified male victim leaving a convenience store on Sixth Street near Market was stabbed by another man after refusing to give his attacker five dollars. more ›

Today's exercise in unnecessary neighborhood naming comes from the heart of Mid-Market where the recently arrived Dottie's True Blue Café and Pearl's Deluxe Hamburgers are doing wonders to rehab the area's stabby reputation. The Chronicle's resident Jimmy Buffett fan is on the scene, discovering the key to the "Sixth and Market streets makeover 2.0": more ›

What was that thing Andy Warhol said? The victim in San Francisco's first homicide of the year, the stabbing we mentioned last week at the corner of 6th and Stevenson, turns out to have had a moment (or fifteen) on reality TV. more ›

The City is in negotiations with the landlord at 72 6th Street to create what could become a new mid-market station for the SFPD called the Sixth Street Substation. more ›

Citing the opening of Passion Café, along with the presence of Split Pea Seduction and Tu Lan, NYT reporter Scott James (who's listed as a local novelist and Emmy-winning TV journalist) declares Sixth Street as the next emerging "gourmet ghetto." more ›

Over at San Francisco's ninth circle of hell, Sixth and Stevenson streets, Eater reports that a chic French bistro/bakery/cafe will move into the area's old pawnshop. Calling itself Passion Cafe, the future eatery will add a nice balance to the the hood's Happy Donut/Tu Lan stronghold. What's more, there's chatter about possible rooftop garden dining there, too. Eater says that if it's done well, it "would definitely be a cool feature." Oh, you have no idea, Paolo. We'll eat there every night if we get to see images like this as we stuff our face. (Eater) more ›

Early this morning at 8:24 a.m., an "adult female" was struck a 60-foot 71-Haight-Noriega bus on Market and Sixth Streets. She was transported to SF General Hospital, where she later died. According to San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's press release: more ›

Those goddamn, dirty, lovable hippies known as the Grateful Dead -- i.e., Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh -- reunite tonight in honor of (our future president) Barack Obama. Looking to snare to what Joe Garofoli refers to as, "California's gray-haired ponytail vote," the Dead is backing Obama. Minus, Jerry Garcia, of course, since he is now most literally a dead head. more ›

-- Karla LaVey's Satanic Halloween Party & Unholy Variety Show: Satan reigns supreme tonight "thrashing black-metal bands, theremin warblers, psychobilly greasers, cruel electronic-noise wizards, 'tranceformer' dancers, cinematic oddities, and, of course, vast oceans of demon liquor" (all liquor is demonic liquor, blasphemer!) Starts at 8 p.m. at the The Knockout; sliding-scale admission. more ›

-- Magic Bullets: Along with Bonde do Role and JuiceBoxxx, this local outfit (heavy on the bass lines, rhythmic keyboards, and melancholic vocals) performs tonight at 9 p.m. at The Independent, 628 Divisadero; $13. more ›

-- The Exorcist: Linda Blair, pea soup, 360-degree head turn, Satan, "the power of Christ compels you...," blah, blah -- whatever, it's still a great movie. And besides, it stars Ellen Burstyn, who is practically perfect in every way. Part of the Castro Theatre's William Friedkin Series, it screens tonight at 7 p.m.; $6-$9. more ›

-- Sixth Street did not explode. [Chron] more ›

Update: See Paul's comment below about why they had to do what they did, and what they're doing about it. more ›

--Dufty wants you out of the Castro by 10:30 on Tuesday. Also, he's dressing his daughter up as a pumpkin. more ›

You know that we're all over Noise Pop, but we just can't let the fun begin and end with the music. On Saturday, from 12 to 6 check out Club Six (60 Sixth Street between Market and Mission) for the Noise Pop N' Shop. more ›