SF News San Franciscans Are Going to Dog Parks and Jogging on the Embarcadero and CNN Is Pissed CNN's Jake Tapper took aim at SF on the broadcast last night, showing a live feed of people strolling and jogging on the Embarcadero as if it were a normal day, and asking Dr. Sanjay Gupta if this was at all acceptable.
SF News Judge Lets Embarcadero Navigation Center Move Forward, Denying Homeowners' Restraining Order So far the legal maneuvers of that group of Embarcadero residents who really don't want more homeless people in their midst have not gotten them anywhere.
SF News City Downsizes Embarcadero Homeless Shelter Proposal, NIMBYs Still Not Having It A reduction of more than 100 shelter beds fails to satisfy waterfront homeowners, who still say they’ll sue to prevent a homeless Navigation Center.
SF News Entire Board of Supervisors Wants To Rename Justin Herman Plaza There is not much suspense to this afternoon’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee vote on whether to rename the Embarcadero’s Justin Herman Plaza. Considering that every
SF News FYI: There's A Corporate Footrace Shutting Down Embarcadero & Third Street Tonight If you plan to be driving on the Embarcadero at some point this evening, you probably should figure out a new plan. As ABC 7 alerts us, the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge
SF News Appalling Embarcadero Fountain Would Cost a Half Million Dollars To Turn Back On I love the angular Vaillancourt Fountain, the 40-foot tall concrete tangle of disjointed modernist square tubes at the northern end of Justin Herman Plaza, mostly thanks to fond memories of the location that
SF News Things People Do On BART: Pepper-Spray, Carry Crack, Attack, Shave Monday-BART police searching for this man. Accused of assaulting passengers in 2 separate incidents @kron4news pic.twitter.com/hMC0I3TxbT— Will Tran (@KRON4WTran) August 7, 2017 Did BART's decision to stop sending out their
SF News Entire Muni Subway Is Closing Nights And Weekends For Four Weeks To Test New Trains The SFMTA can't just shut down one entire Muni subway for an entire month just to test five new trains. Or can it? Streetsblog brings us word of the San Francisco Municipal Transit
SF News Blown Insulator And Smoke Situation Causes Brief Scare, And Delays, At Embarcadero BART A loud bang and subsequent smoke situation filling Embarcadero Station Tuesday morning caused a fright for some commuters and inconvenienced others, but as BART explains, it was just a blown insulator that insulates
SF News Man Randomly Attacks Couple With Pipe Near Embarcadero A couple walking near Fisherman's Wharf Thursday morning were the victims of a surprise attack, when a man started beating them with a weapon seemingly without provocation. Police say that the assault happened
SF News Embarcadero Pedestrian Robbed In Brazen Afternoon Mugging A man taking an afternoon stroll along the Embarcadero had his walk turn ugly Wednesday, when a trio of thieves threatened and robbed him. The robbery occurred at 5 p.m., police say,
SF News SFPD Investigating Embarcadero Mugging As Hate Crime Police are investigating an Embarcadero-area mugging as a hate crime, after a robbery suspect allegedly used a racial slur against the victim before threatening her at knifepoint. According to the San Francisco Police
Arts & Entertainment For 39th Anniversary, Pier 39 Holds 39 Weeks Of Celebratory Events (Starting Today) Pier 39, a destination for tourists and, relatedly, sea lions, is celebrating 39 years since entrepreneurial businessman Warren Simmons took over the mostly defunct cargo pier and recreated it with a dash of
SF News Man Sets Himself On Fire Near The Exploratorium A man ended 2016 with a bang, as police say he was caught in a fire he started near the Exploratorium Friday. Police say the they were called to the 1000 block of
SF News Proposed Embarcadero Fire Station On Floating Pier Could Rise With Sea Levels, Withstand Earthquakes A recently floated plan to replace aging facilities at Pier 22 1/2 on the Embarcadero would put a crucial fire station on a barge or buoyant pier, a floating facility to support
SF News Violent Bike Thieves Menace Teens At Pier 28, Mid-Market Having your bike stolen is an unpleasant San Francisco rite of passage, like stepping in feces of undetermined origin or having the 5 Fulton pass you by as you wait at the bus
SF News Deplorable Teen Camera Thief Dumps Man From Wheelchair Near AT&T Park A teenaged robber who attacked a man in a wheelchair remains at large today, following an early-morning mugging near Pier 40. It was 12:25 this morning when police say that the suspect
SF News Horrifying Embarcadero Crash Involved Luxe Valet Driver Remember this awful collision at Embarcadero and Bryant last month involving that BMW that had to be pried open with the jaws of life? As CNet is reporting, the other vehicle, the Jeep
SF News Two Critically Injured In Vehicle Collision At Embarcadero And Bryant A BMW was in a serious crash with another vehicle just after noon today on the Embarcadero near Bryant Street, leaving three people injured, two of them critically. As KRON 4 reports, via
SF News The Embarcadero, And SF's Seawall, Could Cost $3 Billion To Shore Up Against An Earthquake File under one more thing to worry about: Parts of the Embarcadero and the man-made seawall that rings the Bayfront could present a "greater than expected risk" of failure in a major earthquake.
SF News Double Decker Tour Bus Crashes On The Embarcadero, Injuring Eight Eight people were injured after a double decker bus carrying tourists crashed in the Embarcadero Saturday night. KRON reports that the crash occurred at the intersection of Broadway and Embarcadero around 6 p.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Friday's Rainy Lightsaber Battle In an attempt to break a world record for the largest ever faux-lightsaber battle (7,000 people, San Diego ComiCon, 2015), a legion of dorks gathered in a park by the Embarcadero Friday
Arts & Entertainment What Should Go Into The Huge Space At Pier 29? An arts use now seems like a likely tenant for a huge empty space along the Embarcadero at Pier 29 that has sat mostly vacant for years the same space that suffered a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Sinbad's Thwarts Eviction AGAIN By Seeking Bankruptcy Protection The lengthy, frustrating saga of Sinbad's may finally come to an end today though it may not, if the stubbornness of its owners holds true. But today, the authorities will come knocking at
SF News SF's 33rd And 34th Homicides For 2015: An Old Shooting And A New One San Francisco saw its 33rd and 34th homicides of the year this week, after one man died a decade after an area shooting, and a second man died within a much smaller margin.
