Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: 'Fifty Years of San Francisco Street Photography' You ever come across a vintage San Francisco photograph that gives you gasps, goosebumps and throbs of nostalgic fascination? There will be an entire gallery of photographs like that at the upcoming exhibit
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 100-Year-Old Chinatown Restaurant Sam Wo To Return In New Spot After Three-Year Hiatus Way back in 2012, the city mourned the loss of grungy, late-night, iconic Chinatown mainstay Sam Wo, which was shuttered by the Health Department after multiple violations spanning years. There were glimmers of
SF News SFPD Arrests Parolee Who Allegedly Ripped Elderly Woman's Shirt Off A San Francisco Police Department captain is crediting area video surveillance footage for the arrest of a man suspected in the home invasion robbery of an elderly Chinatown woman. According to SFPD spokesperson
SF News Driver Slams Into Cable Car Conductor As He Unloads Passengers A conductor on the Powell Street cable car line was critically injured Monday when a driver struck him as he unloaded passengers at a Chinatown stop. The collision happened at around 10:35
SF News [Update] Chinatown SRO Owner Withdraws Eviction Notices Of 24 Families Yesterday afternoon, Chinese-speaking SRO residents gathered in protest, hanging copies of eviction notices that many have been served since October. The Chronicle reports that at the site of the protest, 2 Emery Lane,
SF News Man Handcuffed, Robbed, And Beaten By Woman He Met At Chinese New Year Parade In a bit of rotten luck and poor judgment, a man visiting the Chinese New Year parade this weekend found himself robbed, handcuffed, and beat up after meeting a woman and taking her
SF News Gas Leak In Chinatown Causing Muni Bus Delays, Traffic A reported gas leak at Stockton and Jackson Streets sent news choppers into the air over downtown and put some Muni bus routes out of commission this afternoon, and drivers are being told
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant Trestle, From The Fat Angel/Stones Throw Team, Coming To Jackson Square Today we get news of a cozy new spot coming to a former Chinese restaurant in the Jackson Square/Chinatown vicinity from Hi Neighbor, the newly formed restaurant group that's behind Fat Angel
SF News Mayor Appoints Julie Christensen District 3 Supervisor Ed Lee has taken his time, but now sources tell the Chronicle that the mayor has chosen his choice. Neighborhood activist and businesswoman Julie Christensen will be appointed District 3 Supervisor. She'll be
SF News D.A. Takes Down Two Scam Artists Targeting Chinese Community There two reports on grand theft cases hot of the presses today over at the Examiner. First up, the story of a Chinatown wedding scammer. The paper reports that 45-year-old Stanley Kwan was
SF News Racist Chinatown Tour Guide Speaks! ABC 7 got an exclusive interview with the woman herself, the one and only racist ranting tour guide who really hates Chinatown, and who has many things about it she would like to
SF News Racist Ranting Tour Guide Possibly ID'd; David Chiu Demands Apology, Holds Rally [Updated] Since the video of the disgruntled tour guide shouting "f**k everything" about Chinatown started going around yesterday, SFist has seen a whole lot of comments both defending and castigating this unidentified woman.
SF News Tour Guide Goes On Epic, Angry, Racist Rant About Chinatown Apparently, on her last day on the job, this San Francisco tour guide decided to crack open a beer and go on a lengthy, angry, off-color rant about everything she hates about Chinatown.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Empress of China Is Closing Very sad news: Dusty old sixth-story date spot Empress of China is closing at the end of the year. The Chinatown view bar with its fishtanks, Naugahyde-upholstered stools, and mediocre drinks is being
SF News Driver Out On Bail After Allegedly Killing Chinatown Grandmother An elderly woman is dead and a driver has been arrested after a collision in a crosswalk of one of San Francisco's most notoriously dangerous intersections. A 78-year-old San Francisco grandmother identified by
SF News Chinatown Freaked Out By Another Serial Burglar A serial burglar/home-invader has been scaring Chinatown's elderly in a series of four crimes in this normally not-crime-ridden neighborhood at least crime that's not being perpetrated by Shrimp Boy and the Hung
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: New Racketeering Charges For Yee and Shrimp Boy A revised grand jury indictment filed Friday, which includes 228 charges against 29 defendants, now includes federal racketeering charges against suspended state Senator Leland Yee and Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, as well as
Arts & Entertainment All The White Hookers In 1885 Lived On Sacramento Street A fascinating map of Chinatown from 1885, commissioned by the S.F. Board of Supervisors amidst a flurry of moral concern over opium, gambling, and sex slavery, has just resurfaced via New Republic.
SF News Fake Chinatown Roach Sprayer Assaults, Robs The Elderly Folks in Chinatown are on high alert after a series of brutal robberies have hit the area. Specifically, a well-dressed man described as being "anywhere from 40- to 50-year-old" and "last seen wearing
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: World Falun Dafa Day Dramatic (and staged) shot from demonstration at World Falun Dafa Day, shot by Gerard Livernois.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chefs Will Save Chinatown From Itself In Chinatown, the owner of tourist friendly knick-knack shop China Bazaar wants to clean up the perfectly dingy face of the neighborhood, which she believes is plagued by too many tacky souvenir shops
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Egg Sale At Allegedly Vermin Infested Walgreens Prompts Riot Not since the blessing scam tote bag riot of 2013 has San Francisco's Chinatown seen such a melee! According to the SF Examiner, the Walgreens at Stockton near Vallejo was the scene of
Arts & Entertainment Oh No, Leland Yee: The Saga Illustrated Almost as soon as the news broke that California State Senator Leland Yee had been arrested, graphic journalist Susie Cagle snapped into action. Enthralled by the many cinematic details of the lengthy criminal
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Rose Pak Was Right Hold your hats and hallelujah, Rose is gonna show it to you. And if that dated musical reference doesn't do it for you, this will: noted Chinatown power player Rose Pak, who has
SF News Facebook From Jail: Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow Makes Online Plea For Positivity Though Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow is presently in federal custody following his arrest as an alleged major player in the Leland Yee scandal, that hasn't kept him from Facebook. Where, apparently, some commenters
