Arts & Entertainment Photo: SFFD Douses Pier 29 In Rainbows Around 6 p.m. this evening, fire fighters were still on the scene of this afternoon's 4-alarm fire, dousing the embers and making sure everything was under control at Pier 29. Local ace
SF News Market Street Car Ban Could Stretch From Hayes Valley To Embarcadero Three years after Gavin Newsom's hair started turning away cars on Market Street downtown, several city agencies have joined forces to eradicate automobiles altogether from Octavia Boulevard to the Embarcadero. Backed by SFMTA,
SF News Breaking: 4-Alarm Fire On Pier 29, Site Of America's Cup Hawkeyed Emergency Scanner listener and unintentionally humorous tweeter @Emergency_in_SF is reporting that the roof of Pier 29 on the city's northern waterfront is on fire. ABC7 confirms the structure fire, which
SF News Are These Are The Remains Of Your Bicycle? BART Cops Nab Serial Bike Thief BART cops did some real detective work last month, tracking down a prolific bike thief who was also a wanted man in Alameda County. 47-year-old Brett Major of San Francisco was booked on
SF News Knife Crime 2012: Teen Stabbed Repeatedly At Ocean Beach Bonfire A high school party at Ocean Beach went all wrong last Saturday night when a drunken teen who "kept talking crap" was stabbed half a dozen times by three suspects, apparently also attendees
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Outer Sunset Terrorized By Taser Tagger Taser-wielding bandit on the loose in the Outer Sunset! [BCN/Appeal] Some of the Mission's oldest residents are being overlooked! We're talking about trees here. [MissionLocal] This tagger on Muni made you a
SF News Berkeley Police Agencies Want Hippie-Stomping Armored Vehicle After seeing those cool anti-protest riot vehicles in action at Occupy Oakland events this past year, the UCPD, Berkeley PD and Albany PD have acted on their riot squad envy and formed a
SF News U.S. Open Bird Man Released Back In To The Wild The man who interrupted Sunday's U.S. Open trophy ceremony with his bizzarre bird calls and Steve Buscemi eyes is off the hook. As it turns out, the 40-year-old man was identified as
SF News Cops Follow Stolen iPhone To Cache Of Illegal Weapons, Oakland Pot Operation While it's not quite as big as the iPad that led to the meth bust of the century down in San Jose, cops serving a search warrant for a stolen iPhone yesterday entered
Arts & Entertainment Video: Matt Cain Reads 'The Late Show' Top Ten We're not quite done with the Matt Cain love around here. Last night, the arm behind the first perfect game in franchise history called in to Letterman, live via satellite from Angels Stadium
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: The Economics of a $14 Bibb Salad Michael Bauer explains the economics of a $14 salad. [InsideScoop] Some Mission Street businesses are having a hard time holding on to their leases. [MissionLocal] Meanwhile, Mission Chinese Food/Lung Shang serves as
SF News Day Around The Bay: Yelper Accuses Napa Chef of Racism Michelin-starred Napa Valley chef responds to a Yelper's accusation of racism with a delightfully measured response. [Eater] Hungry for some fresh fruit? Chronicle Food & Wine offers their guide to U-Pick farms so
SF News SFMTA Starts 'Moving Forward Together' With More Parking Tickets Despite a balanced budget submitted to the Mayor's office in the beginning of May, crumbling labor negotiations recently left the SFMTA with a $17 million pothole in their operating costs. To cover a
SF News Disgruntled Oakland Parents Occupy Local Elementary School [Updated] Last Friday, a group of concerned parents marked the end of their children's school year by kicking off summer and protesting school closures with a campout at Lakeview Elementary School — just one of
SF News This Guy May Or May Not Be Trying To Burn Down The Castro A suspect arrested last week for sparking a fire that threatened to burn down a home near Market and 17th Streets may be the very same Castro arsonist who started a string of
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Willie Brown on Kim Novak Willie Brown took the stage last week to crack wise while honoring Vertigo actress Kim Novak and stealing the mic from Gov. Jerry Brown. [Garchik] Take a look at what's to come for
SF News Day Around The Bay: The Summer Weddings of Facebook Bigshots Princess Bride quotes, computer geek in-jokes and grilled cheese sandwiches from a truck — the summer weddings of Facebook bigshots are predictably nerdy. [Wired] Some terrible person stole the ugly duckling statue from Children's
SF News Tenderloin Deli Still Selling Heroin, Apparently Barah's Market, one of two Tenderloin corner stores known as a good place to score some illegal drugs and ordered by the City Attorney to clean up their act, has apparently ignored the
SF News Another Couple Blows Up Their Apartment Attempting To Make Hash Blowing up your apartment while making hash oil is the new blowing up your apartment cooking crystal meth, apparently. Recall back in February, when a 33-year-old medical marijuana patient blew up her fiancé's
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: S.F.'s Schools Getting Slightly Less Terrible SPFD details stepped-up policing strategy for Dolores Park [UptownAlmanac] More on that gay sports bar that will take the place of Lime: It's now called Hi Tops and the owners hope to attract
SF News BART-Crippling Fire Deemed 'Suspicious,' PG&E Experienced More Gas Shutoff Problems As BART continues to deal with the fallout from this morning's disastrous commute, investigators from the Oakland Fire Department have started to shed some light on the literal meltdown that occurred in West
SF News District Attorney Compares Pedestrian-Killing Cyclist To Tom Cruise After the Chronicle spilled the beans on Chris Bucchere's felony vehicular manslaughter charges, District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference to elaborate on the case his office has been building against the
SF News Knife Crime 2012: Man Stabbed In The Chest In SoMa Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, the wave of knife crime claimed another victim on Stevenson Street near Fifth Street in SoMa. The 54-year-old victim had apparently been arguing with the suspect
SF News SFMTA Hopes We Can All 'Move Forward Together' With New Logo The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, overseers of the city's various methods of surface transportation, unveiled a new logo yesterday in hopes that we could all move on and forget the first 100
SF News Cyclist Who Killed Castro Pedestrian Slammed With Felony Charges Chris Bucchere, the cyclist who fatally struck a 71-year-old pedestrian after "plowing" in to a crosswalk at Market and Castro Streets has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter for his actions back in
