SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Attorney to Try to Toss Out Dolores Hill Bomb Civil Case SF is trying to get a class-action civil case thrown out that was brought by teens arrested for the Dolores Hill Bomb last year; the Joe Simitian/Evan Low recount is down to one vote again; and another United Airlines jet had to divert to SF, this time over smoke in the cabin.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: ‘Jesus Ken’ Wins Hunky Jesus Contest as Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Celebrate Their 45th Anniversary ‘Barbie’-mania had one more hurrah at Easter Sunday’s Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park, with a perfectly Mattel-produced Jesus Ken winning the title and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence honoring their 45th anniversary.
SF News SFPD Hit With the Inevitable Lawsuit Over ‘Dolores Hill Bomb’ Mass Arrest of 81 Minors Parents said they would sue over July’s draconian mass arrest of 117 people (83 of them minors) during this year’s Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding meetup, and that lawsuit against the SFPD has now arrived.
SF News DA Jenkins Drops Charges for Pretty Much Everyone Arrested at Dolores Hill Bomb Last Month It's a predictable ending to the mass arrest of everyone who happened to be standing near last month’s Dolores Hill Bomb skateboard rally — the DA is dropping the charges against all but two of the 34 adults arrested in the roundup.
SF News Parents Fume That Their Kids Were Injured In Dolores Hill Bomb Arrests as SFPD Defends Harsh Tactics The controversial mass-arrest of 81 minors (and 32 adults) at the year's unsanctioned Dolores Park Hill Bomb has some parents alleging brutal treatment of teens, but SFPD and Mayor Breed are doubling down on the need for that heavy response.
SF News Police Crack Down on Skateboarders' Dolores Hill Bomb Saturday, Arrest and Detain Dozens Hundreds of police officers in riot gear shut down the notorious Dolores Hill Bomb event Saturday night, arresting and detaining dozens of adults and teenagers in a chaotic scene.
SF News Luxury Condo In Converted Christian Science Church on Dolores Park Sells For $2.1M Under Its 2017 Sale Price The Light House condominiums — the four units that were carved out inside of the domed former Second Church of Christ, Scientist on Dolores Park — have been a thing of fascination for everyone who's looked at the building from the park and heard about its conversion almost a decade ago.
Arts & Entertainment In Biggest Hunky Jesus Contest Ever, Ensemble Group ‘Haus of Jesus’ Takes Crown, and We Have Videos JFC, there were more than 50 Jesuses competing for the coveted Hunky Jesus title Sunday at the annual Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Easter party, including several ensemble-cast groups with puppets and stage productions.
SF News Man Arrested In Weekend Incident In Dolores Park Will Face Hate-Crime Charges A 60-year-old San Francisco man is being charged with a hate crime after allegedly chasing and yelling threats at a woman of color in Dolores Park on Sunday.
SF News Mission District Couple Describes Brutal Attack Near Dolores Park on Super Bowl Sunday A couple walking on 18th Street outside Mission High School on Sunday says they were set upon and assaulted by two female suspects, allegedly for no reason, or because they were blocking the path of the suspects' electric scooters.
SF News Mark Zuckerberg Has Sold His Dolores Heights Home After 10 Years The neighbors must be thrilled that the Chan-Zuckerbergs have unloaded their Dolores Heights area home for a reported $31 million, but Google Maps has blurred the residence, because Big Tech does respect certain people’s privacy.
SF News Dolores Hill Bomb Returns, Self-Driving Waymo Car Gets Given the Business by Skate Punks Things really went downhill at the notorious annual Dolores Hill Bomb skater celebration Saturday, and while it appears there were no human injuries, a passing Waymo self-driving car got mobbed, jumped on, and tagged.
SF News Owners of Puppy Killed by Off-Leash Dog at Dolores Park Demand Justice Weeks after a golden retriever puppy was mauled to death by a dog at Mission Dolores Park, the puppy’s owners are demanding the attacker be held responsible.
Arts & Entertainment Alley Near Dolores Park to Be Renamed In Honor of Founding Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, Sister Vish-Knew A one-block street in SF's Mission District, just two blocks away from Dolores Park and near the location where two gay men donned nun's habits in the late 1970s and birthed a drag-activist movement and culture, is set to be renamed in honor of a founder of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Arts & Entertainment Dolores Park Playground Closing For an Inconvenient Three Months For parents of young kids in SF, playgrounds have been central to life and sanity in the last year. But one prominent playground, the one at Dolores Park, is closing for renovations beginning in mid-June.
SF News With Warmer Weather and Drops in COVID-19 Cases, Weekend Crowds Gather Across San Francisco Parks Now that over 40% of San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, some of the city's most popular parks were inundated with warm bodies Saturday — sparking mild concern from some local medical experts.
SF News Dolores Park Could Become Part of American Indian Cultural District Under Sup. Ronen Proposal Cruelty, subjugation, and much worse took place centuries ago at what we now call Dolores Park, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen wants that remembered as part of the park.
SF Politics Proud Boys Rally Possibly Planned For Dolores Park (But Don't Assume These Jokers Are That Organized) A flyer went up on Twitter last week about a "free speech rally" for Proud Boys in San Francisco's Dolores Park on October 17 — but this event has all the hallmarks of the weird, sometimes fictional, antifa-antagonizing rallies that were planned around the Bay in 2017.
Arts & Entertainment Crowd Gathers For Annual 'Dolores Hill Bomb,' Smashes Windows Of Vehicle That Drove Into the Fray Thursday night was chosen as the occasion for the now annual skater community ritual of the Dolores Hill Bomb, in which daredevil skateboarders bomb their way down the hill on Dolores Street between 21st Street and 18th Street — sometimes ending in injury.
SF News Dolores Park Gets Dotted With Social-Distance Guidance Circles For all those looking to squeeze in to an already crowded Dolores Park this spring and summer, Rec & Parks has done us the solid of painting circles on the grass to show people how far apart they need to be to maintain pandemic-resilient social distance.
SF News SFPD Patrols Dolores Park, Tells Sunbathers and Picnickers To Spread Out A sunny Sunday in San Francisco would typically have drawn 10,000 or so people to the outdoor party of Dolores Park. But on April 19, one of the warmest days so far this spring, the scene was relatively mellow but nonetheless dotted with small gatherings and sunbathers.
SF News 18th Street Closed at Dolores Due to Fallen Magnolia Tree A big magnolia tree at the 18th Street edge of Dolores Park appears to have broken at its base and tumbled over onto the street, downing some power lines and impacting Muni bus service.
SF News Alleged Drone Killing of Hawk In Dolores Park Has Birder Community Ruffled We don’t know for sure that a drone killed a hawk in Dolores Park on Christmas Eve, but one earwitness account was enough to get avian advocates and Nextdoor gadflies furious at the possibility. Animal Care and Control has yet to confirm a cause of death for the bird.
SF News Dolores Park Neighbors Debate Paying Extra To Clean Up Poop, Trash Concerned citizens of Dolores Park-adjacent neighborhoods consider an extra tax on themselves to maintain the oft-trashed park, but that idea pains some Dolores residents.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Hunky Jesus Contest Returns to Dolores Park for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 40th Anniversary Forrest Gump Jesus ran away with the competition, as the Sisters’ annual Easter Sunday hoppening drew thousands for pastel-colored blasphemy.