Arts & Entertainment Check Out This Privately-Owned Public Space: 1 Kearny Did you know that there are a sundry of assorted privately-owned public spaces in San Francisco crying out for your attention? It's true. And if you read John King's (glorious) article about said
Arts & Entertainment Christie's To Auction Eddie Rickenbacker's Tiffany Lamps You know Eddie Rickenbacker's, right? That downtown place where you go after work to get trashed while remembering Mr. Higgins? (May he rest in peace.) Well, Christie's will auction off some of the
SF News Knife Crime 2012: A Second Stabbing At Occupy SF The small but stalwart crew that still occupies the sidewalk outside the Federal Reserve at 101 Market Street was hit with another act of violence last night. A 27-year-old man was stabbed in
SF News Downtown SF Plays Host To Fatal Hit-Run At around 4 a.m. Sunday morning at the corner of Battery and California Streets, a hit-run incident occurred, one that resulted in a fatality. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Police were
Arts & Entertainment 9 Photos Of The New Metreon Makeover After a much-needed (?) $30 million makeover, the Metreon, struggling early aughts mall fortress at Fourth and Mission, will open a new set of "reimagined" restaurants and shops on Saturday. Among the reworked ideas:
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Muni Bus [Updated] An unidentified pedestrian "wearing a security guard uniform" on Sunday afternoon was struck and killed by a Muni bus at Mission at Fifth streets. According to reports, the man "crossed in front of
SF News BREAKING: Gas Leak at Mission and Beale in S.F. [UPDATED] According to CBS 5, construction crews have accidentally ruptured a gas line at Mission and Beale streets in downtown San Francisco. Gas is "spewing everywhere." Please stay out of the area until further
SF News SFPD Demands Occupy SF Encampment to Shutter Police asked residents, if you will, of the tiny tent town outside the Federal Reserve Bank at 101 Market Street to scatter last night. The shantytown occupying the area was built in support
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reminder: Free Grilled Cheese In SOMA Today Hey, you! Go get a free grilled cheese and soup combo today at The Melt. As FunCheap reminds us, "come by the brand new location in SoMa at 115 New Montgomery from noon
SF News SFFD Truck Involved in Accident at New Montgomery [UPDATED] At least one person was injured in an accident that occurred at New Montgomery between Mission and Howard this morning involving a SFFD fire truck. According to KRON 4 Morning News, the truck
SF News 9-Year-Old Boy Severely Injured in Downtown SF Hit-Tun Ryan, a nine-year-old boy, sits in the hospital this morning facing life-threatening injuries after being stuck by a vehicle last night going the wrong way on New Montgomery. "The suspect in the truck
Arts & Entertainment John King Critiques S.F.'s Downtown Plan, Written in 1985 On the cover of yesterday's Chron, architecture critic John King had a piece critiquing the San Francisco Downtown Plan, following on a recently released report detailing the plan's successes and failures over its
SF News Woman Beaten, Robbed In Broad Daylight At Bush & Kearny A woman was violently robbed Wednesday afternoon at Bush and Kearny. "The victim was standing at the corner of Bush and Kearney [sic] streets and listening to music when she was struck in
Arts & Entertainment Scene from Yesterday's St. Patrick's Day Revelry The scene yesterday at Front & Sacramento, shot by Josh Sullivan (AKA SullyStyle) who has a swank new photo blog you should check out.
SF News Barrage of Game-Promotion Ballons and Fliers Pollute San Francisco [UPDATES] Why were there so many red balloons floating around downtown San Francisco today? Well, someone thought it would be a great (albeit pollutive and thoughtless) way to hawk a new video game. We
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink House of Shields Reopens Tonight Paolo Lucchesi reminds us that, glory be, House of Shields returns tonight. The much-admired SoMa/downtown watering hole, if you recall, closed earlier this year. Horrifying on many levels, yes. Fortunately, the century-old
SF News (UPDATED) Suspicious Package Found at Front & Market The bomb squad arrived at Market and Front this morning after a "suspicious package" was found. We'll update as soon as we hear more. And, if we may add another dash of alarmist
misc Stinky Fremont Underpass Now a Lovely Gazebo SFist reader Justin Neisuler captured this image of the onetime harrowing and odorous Fremont underpass, which, during Transbay Terminal construction, has become a lovely, sun-drenched gazebo.
SF News SFist Blotter: Arson, Brazen TV Theft Downtown/Arson: Yesterday, over on the 400 block of Mission Street near the sleek Millennium Tower, the San Francisco Fire Department responded to two bush fires. After extinguished the tiny blazes, authorities determined
SF News Wanted: Midday Bank Robbery Suspect The fuzz is on the hunt for an elderly rapscallion who allegedly robbed a downtown bank on Monday afternoon. Bay City News (via SF Examiner) reports: "Police spokesman Sgt. Troy Dangerfield said a
SF News Before/After: 350 Mission Oh boy. We love us some upward growth. And how. While the City Planning Department completes its save-the-whales report (EIR) on the proposed 24-story structure at 350 Mission, yesterday they released renderings of
