SF News Missing Woman From The ‘Silver Alert’ That Rattled SF Phones Wednesday Night Has Been Found A ‘Silver Alert’ simultaneously buzzed smartphones across San Francisco just after 7:30 pm Wednesday night alerting the city that an 81-year-old woman was missing. But maybe that alert was a good call, as she was located less than two hours later.
SF News Ebony Alert Issued for Missing At-Risk Teenager Last Seen in San Francisco on Wednesday Authorities are searching for the girl, who has a central processing disorder, and was last seen on Wednesday afternoon in the Miraloma neighborhood.
SF News Union Square Closed After Suspicious Device Found [Update] UPDATE 1:43: All clear. Just a backpack with no explosives found. Move along now. UPDATE 1:26: Canines (gorgeous ones, at that) are on the scene to sniff out the situation at
SF News Gunman On Oakland College Campus? Reports of a gunman on the Holy Names University in the Oakland has prompted a search for a man initially described as "a heavyset white man wearing a blue suit, bald and wearing
SF News Water Leak at Lincoln and Funston This just in: Avoid the intersection of Lincoln and Funston near Golden Gate Park as "traffic has been impacted due to a water leak under repair," reports Alert SF.
SF News Avoid Steiner & Bush This just in from Alert SF: "For the next hour, avoid the 3 to 4 block area around Steiner and Bush while utility repairs are made." Please be advised. (To receive alerts regarding
SF News Power Outage In the Broderick / Post Street Area "Traffic signals are out due to power outage in the Broderick / Post Street area. To avoid traffic congestion, avoid the area until 1 p.m.," alerts AlertSF. So, there you have it.
SF News Forming Sand Dunes Close Great Highway According to Alert SF, "the Great Highway has been closed by the US Park Service because of sandunes [sic] forming near Great Highway at Noriega. Please use alternate routes to avoid this closure.
SF News Armed Gunman In Levi Plaza Area? SFist just received word from an employee near the Levi Plaza (1270 Battery) area that a gunman might -- might! -- be on the loose. The following alert was sent out to Pearson
SF News Polk / O'Farrell Emergency Alert: Tenderloin Vault Fire In Progress Breaking news, folks. According to Alert SF, "Avoid the area of Polk / O'Farrell for next hour due to fire in underground vault. Heavy smoke. Traffic in area is impacted." Also, as always, you
SF News Water Main Bust at Santos & Brookdale Muni lines are being rerouted after a water main broke at Santos and Brookdale, near Cow Palace. There seems to be lots of rushing water and onlookers, or so we see on the
SF News Richmond Hazardous Toluene Spill Update Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water: Initial reports indicated that a very minimal amount of the substance, now confirmed to be Toluene, was able to reach
SF News Hazardous Spill In Richmond Prompts Shelter-In-Place Advisory After someone supposedly stole brass fittings from a chemical company, toluenediamine, a flammable substance that causes irritation by inhalation, was released. Oops. Contra Costa County authorities have asked residents of over 1,500
misc Update: Hazardous Material Spill Prompts Shelter In Place Warning Poor BVHP. Can't they get a break? It seems that today's hazardous material spill snafu was due to a leaking drum at a Bayview-Hunter's Point city corporation yard. The spill "prompted a shelter
misc Ask a Librarian New feature alert, folks! Ever want to know more about your local library? Or anything about libraries of the world. The art of receiving a masters in library sciences? Or why people use
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
SF News Update: East Contra Costa County Residents Evacuated According to CBS 5 (interrupting us right in the middle of The People's Court, no less!) "East Contra Costa County residents are being evacuated from an area near the unincorporated town of Knightsen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Tim Redmond says the Navy is the gayest armed services branch. Well, sure. Cars are worse than homeless people, says a letter writer. Halloween will suuuuuck. A
SF News Oh These Little Earthquakes "A deep and powerful earthquake beneath the Pacific in the Northern Mariana Islands" sent waves a rollin', reaching as far as Emeryville today with a total score of somewhere between 3.8 to
misc "Whore Alert" on MySpace You see, links like this serve one purpose. Even though we know that the internet is primarily for porn and reading SFist, there are evil people out there who want to steal your
misc Week Around the -ists With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even
Arts & Entertainment CA NOW Fed Up With Dick NOW is responding to Dick’s tirades against Jen from a few weeks ago. Dick showered a mélange of offensive words at Jen, including, but not limited to; bitch, cunt, whore, and crusty
Arts & Entertainment UPDATE: Cult Alert -- Youth With a Mission "Cult Alert!" flyers garnished lamp posts on Third and Market Streets the other night -- a siren song if ever we've heard one. (It seems like forever since SF's been plagued with a
SF News Golf Dorks March In all the marches in of the cities in all the world, a march to City Hall is taking place today for one of the most noble causes in San Francisco to date.
