SF News Car Crashes Into 48 Muni Bus In Noe Valley Causing Multiple-Vehicle Collision, Muni Driver Hospitalized There was a multiple-vehicle crash just before noon Monday in Noe Valley, as one car hit a 48-Quintara/24th Street Muni bus and several other cars, and the Muni driver has been hospitalized.
SF News Tech Bus Trouble Snarled Traffic for Two Hours In Noe Valley Tuesday Night A gigantic tech shuttle bus blocked traffic for at least two hours Tuesday night at 24th and Dolores streets, as apparent transmission problems kept the enormous bus stuck, forcing Muni reroutes and confusing a steady stream of motorists.
SF News Smoke on Tracks at 24th Street Station Causes Major BART Delays An equipment problem caused the tracks to smoke at 24th Street station and made a mess of the Monday morning commute, and while the equipment problem is resolved, train delays continue into Monday afternoon.
SF News Mission Street Vendors to Protest Temporary Ban With Friday March A band of legitimate Mission District street vendors say they're being unfairly penalized for the illegal activity of others, and they were planning a protest march Friday at City Hall.
SF News Car Bursts Into Flames on 24th Street in the Mission District A white BMW somehow caught fire and was consumed in flames shortly before 8:30 Friday morning, and while the fire was significant, there are reportedly no injuries nor was there damage to other vehicles or structures.
SF News Street Vending to Be Banned Outright on Mission Street, as City Workers Cite Assaults Supervisor Hillary Ronen made the surprise announcement that the city will ban all vending on Mission Street (or try to, at least), as threats and attacks on city workers have apparently been escalating.
SF News BART Police Install, Then Remove Possibly Decoy Watch Tower at 24th and Mission Plaza In the ongoing, Sisyphian effort to curb illegal vending and other illegal activity outside the 24th and Mission BART Station, BART Police put up a 15-foot watch tower on Monday. Then they took it down.
SF News Now They’ve Put Barricades Around the McDonald's at 24th Street BART Because of Illegal Vending Scene A new wrinkle in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between SFPD and illegal Mission Street vendors, as “event fencing” now surrounds the perimeter of the McDonald’s next to the 24th Street BART station.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF’s Oldest Diner, the Mission’s 105-Year-Old St. Francis Fountain, Has Found a New Owner It’s not a done deal yet, but the 105-year-old legacy business St. Francis Fountain appears to have found a new owner, a veteran of North Beach spot Mama's on Washington Square.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Former Roosevelt Tamale Parlor Has A New Taqueria Opening Friday Night The 100-year-old Roosevelt Tamale Parlor closed last September, but now less than eight months after its closure, the new Tacos del Barrio opens there Friday night. And they’re keeping the vintage neon sign!
SF News Photos: One of 24th Street’s Largest Ficus Trees Has Been Reduced to Sawdust and a Stump What may have been the largest ficus tree on all of 24th Street has bit the sawdust, as its branches were all chopped down Wednesday, and on Thursday it was removed entirely.
SF News SFPD Toots Own Horn For Finally Making Three Arrests For Stolen-Item Vending on Mission Street We now have three arrests of people allegedly selling clearly shoplifted goods on Mission Street, but the methods used make one wonder why we didn’t start doing this months or years ago.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Suspects Arrested In 24th & Mission Shooting A 19-year-old and a 20-year-old have been arrested in connection with a fatal Dec. 18 shooting at 24th and Mission; a dramatic car chase ended with lanes closed on I-80 in Vallejo; and Muni has announced free service all night on New Year's Eve.
Arts & Entertainment 24th Street Day of the Dead Decorations In Absolute Tatters, Will Not Be Replaced Before Wednesday’s Procession The Dia de Los Muertos ‘papel picado’ that hang above 24th Street are in sad shape as their big day approaches, and SFist has learned they will not be replaced by Wednesday’s procession, though they may “eventually” be replaced with a more weather-proof, permanent version.
SF News 24th and Mission Plaza Completely Cleans Up Vending Scene Saturday, Sees It Back in Full Force One Day Later It was the best of weekends and the worst of weekends in the effort to curb illegal vending at the 24th and Mission Street Plaza, as Saturday’s efforts rendered the corner near-pristine, but all the vendors simply showed back up Sunday.
SF News Four People OD'd at the 24th & Mission BART Plaza Monday; Supervisor Says Health Department Should Do More SFFD paramedics responded to the 24th and Mission BART plaza Monday around 5:30 p.m. after four individuals simultaneously suffered from fentanyl overdoses.
SF News Smattering of Illegal Vending Slowly Returning to 24th and Mission — Including $5 Steaks? The initial success of the vendor permitting system felt a little fragile, and while illegal vendors are only returning in small numbers, a few are testing the boundaries and encountering little blowback.
SF News 24th and Mission Vending Permit System About to Kick In, Violators to Have Their Goods Confiscated The long-discussed permitting system for 24th and Mission Street vendors will supposedly take effect Tuesday, with violators first getting a warning, and getting their items seized if they get a strike two.
SF News Fences at 24th and Mission Have Been Ripped Down, Seemingly by Protesters Those controversial fences at the 24th and Mission BART station were torn down, apparently Saturday morning, and a protest group is taking credit for holding down the “liberated space.”
SF News In First Weekend, Fences at 24th and Mission Fail to Deter Vending, Mostly Just Block Sidewalk Access The new fences meant to discourage vending at 24th and Mission Street saw their first Saturday and Sunday of action, and did not seem to deter illegal vending, but instead just deterred access for folks using wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers.
SF News BART Fences Off Plazas Around 24th St. Mission Station to Curb Illegal Vendor Marketplace Not satisfied with the city's enforcement efforts so far, BART announced Tuesday that it was fencing off the plazas around 24th Street Mission Station in order to evict the street vendors from the area who have been hawking mostly stolen merchandise.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Car Crashes Into Parklet at Mission Bar, At Least One Person Injured A car plowed into a parklet outside the Napper Tandy pub on South Van Ness Avenue at 24th Street Monday, and it appears one person was injured in the accident.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Top Round Roast Beef Heads Into Former Discolandia Space; Residents Freak When Iconic Sign Gets Repainted Some 24th Street denizens were freaking out last week when they saw that the new tenants of the former Pig & Pie / Discolandia space at 2964 24th Street were painting over the beloved
SF News Day Around The Bay: Supervisor Ronen And Mayor Lee Attempt To Preserve Latino Businesses Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Following that mysterious rotten egg smell that may have
SF News SFFD Rescues Possibly Intoxicated Man Pinned At Waist Between BART Cars In SF Witness tells me man hit by @SFBART appeared to be intoxicated & slipped btwn train & platform. #ABC7now 24th & Miss pic.twitter.com/Olf4SlOQEE— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) January 5, 2017 A man
