A former landlord of Giants star Tim Lincecum has sued the two time Cy Young Award-winner for allegedly wreaking havoc upon his Mission district apartment. The landlord alleges that Timmy trashed an estimated $200,000 worth of stuff. What kind of stuff? According to reports, among the destroyed items mentioned in the suit were “bedding, doors, carpet, pillows, kitchenware, linens, furniture, household appliances, art work, decorations, patio furniture, lights, lamps, and mirrors." more ›

Well, now this is just disappointing. Barely a month since the Laser Kitten Mural, a.k.a. "Kittenzilla" on Divisadero first delighted us by livening up a long-shuttered movie theater with some playful artwork, local miscreants have already defaced the work. more ›

Mayor Gavin Newsom recently appointed a new, possibly sanity-estranged person to the graffiti task force in San Francisco. Her name is Paula Mulhall, a real estate who, according to C.W. Nevius, "jumps out of her Porsche with a paint roller and cleans up graffiti." Just how exactly did Mulhall turn into an anti-graffiti warrior? She explains to Nevius in her own words, ''I was raised in Indiana. And it was just this barren wasteland. We didn't have real beauty. So that's why this offends me." Well then. [Chron] more ›

This brave soul tags a wall in broad daylight -- presumably somewhere in the Mission, where street art is still relevant -- while getting caught in the lens of Mission Mission's Andrew Sarkarati. more ›

Oh wow. An angry resident on Alamo Square spraypainted an open letter to a perturbed neighbor on the side of the former's house... more ›

Known, admitted Jewess Eve Batey of SF Appeal has word that the Jewish Community in the on Presidio Street fell victim to hate graffiti this week. "SFPD spokesperson Officer Boaz Mariles tells the Appeal that JCC security discovered what appears to be a swastika drawn in an alcove on the Presidio-facing side of the building at 3200 California Street. Mariles says the graffiti was about 3 inches by 5 inches, and appeared to have been drawn with a purple marker." more ›

On Thursday, SFist told you about two new graffiti pieces noted British street artist Banksy created on several walls in San Francisco. We now have a third, at least according to Uptown Almanac. more ›

The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension on Lincoln Avenue in Oakland was vandalized with hateful graffiti over the weekend. A giant swastika, dirty words and "other racial epithets" were, according to CBS 5, found spray-painted on the exterior walls and ground. Police are treating it as a hate crime, "examining photos of the graffiti to see if it may be linked to local gangs." more ›

Tagger caught in the act on the 33-Stanyan, shot by The Perpetual Cold (via Mission Mission). Read all about it here. more ›

A 25-year-old San Francisco man was tossed in the Santa Cruz County on Saturday morning, accused of allegedly tagging a cop car and "vandalizing property across the city and causing $8,000 worth of damage." more ›

Jim Sharp, Berkeley's anti-graffiti vigilante. (Check out more images of Sharp in action at vigilante vigilante.) more ›

On Valentine's night, an eviction party took place at 18th and Capp in the Mission district. And as luck would have it, photographer and friend of SFist Joe Payne was there to capture the graffiti-laced mayhem. Payne told us that after the party, "the house was destroyed." more ›

Vandalism/stencil art in Berkeley by EndlessCanvas / EndlessCanvas.com. more ›

On Saturday night, eight protesters were arrested after breaking windows, lights and planters outside the home of University of California at Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau. "University spokesman Dan Mogulof said 40 to 70 protesters also threw lighted torches at police cars and the home of ... Birgeneau late Friday," says AP. No fires or injuries were reported. more ›

Following the Steven Free incident earlier this year (i.e., “Girafa," the guy who paints giraffes), the fuzz might be getting closer to capturing BNE, the guy who, well, posted tons of "BNE" stickers around San Francisco. (So prolific was this Sharpie-to-sticker aficionado that SF Mayor Gavin Newsom even offered a $2,500 reward for his capture.) Yesterday, the New York Times landed an interview with the anonymous tagger. more ›

Aw, this is sad. Kids play here! This just isn't cool. Also, why did they have to go and mix in something so splendid as the human penis with something so vile as Nazi signage? It devalues the shlong. more ›

Attention anti-graffiti ilk: there's a new anti-graffiti Twitter feed for you to follow, @SFGraffiti. While still in its embryonic stage, it has @311 following it, which might very well result in some sort of tagging cleanup around the city if it gets enough people involved. So, send all your most irritable graffiti sightings (plus a picture, ideally) to @SFGraffiti. more ›

Before we begin, "Steven Free" is a far better name than "Girafa." It's action-packed! But since male artists love, love, love using stage names, he obviously had to get a new one; after all, he was committing illegal acts of painting. We digress. more ›

If you know who detailed this San Francisco highway sign with "art," you could get a prize. Check it: MNuru, who snapped this shot on southbound 101, says, "If you have info leading to the arrest of those who defaced this hwy sign last wknd on SB 101 @ 3rd&Bayshore streets in my n’hood call 415-695-2003, reward offered upon conviction." more ›

Oh wow. We are starting to enjoy the angry missives written in response artistic license of taggers. Take, for example, the owner of Kezar Pub in the Haight. (Which is a fantastic sports bar, by the way.) It seems a Lakers fan went into the can and tagged the bar's mirror, presumably with pro-Lakers propaganda. more ›

Well, this wasn't cool. more ›

The latest tip on SFist's contribute page informed us that the The San Francisco Office of Vital Records has a notice on their website regarding a recent break-in at their office: "As a result of large amounts of certified paper being stolen, this office is unable to produce birth and/or death certificates." The paper will be restocked on Tuesday. At first we thought actual birth and death certificates were stolen, but it sounds like just the special paper was. Although fraudulent activities can still be had after such a theft, we're glad that San Francisco's vital records are still safe and sound. more ›

Hmmm. Well. It's a bit messy. Obviously, the work of many contributors with no one cohesive statement. But, out of the blue, the shock of sunny red gibberish, amongst so much gibberish, somehow ties it all together. more ›

As Tangobaby put it, "What?! Ewww. And cool." more ›

Mission Mission posted this video from July 4th around last call at 16th and Albion in the Mission, which shows fireworks being aimed at cars. Rumor has it that cyclists were also targets. Police showed up to the scene but couldn't decipher who the culprits were in the crowd. more ›

Wha? more ›

This image has been up on Mission Mission for over a week. But if you haven't seen these little fellas yet, check them out. (They also popped up on Folsom Street, near that Communist grocery store.) Mischievously adorable, yes? Yes. more ›

For those of you who don't think smiley face tagging is positively whimsical, be sure to use 311's Graffiti Reporter. You can help erase mischievous displays of graffiti you find in public parks (Golden Gate Park, John McLaren Park, and other playgrounds and park property), on private property (personal residences, homes, office buildings), on public property (bike racks, trans cans, newsracks, mailboxs, public toilets, parking meters, fire hydrants, etc.), or any other location that affects your sacred quality of life (MUNI buses/trains/cable cars, billboards, bus shelters, BART, Caltrains, schools). more ›

Today, C.W. Nevius (sort of) suggests jail time for hoodlums caught tagging or performing other acts of artistic expression via vandalism. Because graffiti in San Francisco is getting worse. (Or better, depending on how you look at it.) more ›