SF News Despite Wet Winter, Dead Trees Mean A Potentially Terrible Wildfire Season It looks like El Nino rains are coming up short in yet another way for California in 2016 as wildfire-fighters are looking at a potential disaster that's been created by millions of dead
SF News Excavator Tumbles Through Floor At Troubled 22nd And Mission Ruins Didn't know there was a basement? A photo posted by Geneviève L'Heureux (@genlhx) on May 11, 2016 at 4:08pm PDT The ruins of a once-populous building at the corner of 22nd and
SF News Here's The Condo That Will Replace One Fire-Destroyed Building On Mission A site that has sat empty since a 2014 Mission Street fire destroyed local discount store Big House Inc. may soon be home to a mixed-use condo and retail space. SocketSite reports on
SF News Video: Helmet Cam Footage Shows Firefighter Rescuing Several Kittens And in your heart-warming pet video of the day, we bring you this helmet-cam footage, courtesy of the Turlock Fire Department, in which you can see several kittens being plucked out of a
SF News Many Of California's Trees Are In Serious Danger Of Sudden Death If you haven't heard about Sudden Oak Death, it's a fungal disease that can wipe out a variety of California's tree species, it's spread by wind and rain, and after first becoming an
SF News Large Fire Contained Near 24th And Valencia, Two Firefighters Injured A photo posted by Chris Palmer (@fugueish) on Apr 22, 2016 at 9:36am PDT Just a day after a three-alarm fire struck two residential buildings on Guerrero near 17th, another fire is
SF News [Update] Three-Alarm Fire Hits Two Apartment Buildings On Guerrero Near 17th WATCH LIVE: Firefighters are battling a 3-alarm fire at 17th and Guerrero in San Francisco: https://t.co/VFCHYJDR4b pic.twitter.com/NWM9Nr3i5p— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) April 21, 2016 A three-alarm fire is
SF News Wayne Huntsman, Culprit In The 2014 King Fire, Admits Guilt As Selfie Video Emerges Wayne Allen Huntsman, the 37-year-old accused of starting the devastating King Fire in September 2014 that ultimately burned over 100,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains and caused untold economic and environmental
SF News Early Morning Sidewalk Couch Fire Melts Cars In The Haight What a way to start the day. According to a tipster, at around 5:00 a.m this morning, he and his neighbors were awakened by the sounds of explosions and greeted by
SF News Squatters Blamed For Three-Alarm Fire In Remains Of Mission Building Destroyed In Earlier Blaze Fire and smoke at 22nd and Mission pic.twitter.com/QglIX7rSEI— Michael Margolis (@yipe) March 14, 2016 The ruins of a Mission building that was the site of a deadly fire in January,
SF News Tattooed Rescuer Places Oxygen Mask On Dog Saved From Oakland Fire FFs treated a dog found inside the mobile home fire on High st. last night. pic.twitter.com/GWrgpBFiMM— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) March 1, 2016 When a mobile home fire broke out in
SF News [Update] Shuttle Bus Fire Spreads To SoMa Chevron A fire has broken out at the SoMa Chevron located on 9th and Howard Streets. It appears to have started when a white shuttle bus (pictured below) caught fire, but it has now
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Unable To Recover From Fire, Liverpool Lil's Has Closed For Good Liverpool Lil's: 1973 - 2015, when the Marina pub well known for spirited food, drinks, and atmosphere suffered fire damage from which management now reports Lil's won't be able to recover. The landlord
SF News Sixteen Displaced, One Injured In Three-Alarm Fulton Street Fire In #SF right now a major fire on Fulton between Baker and Lyon pic.twitter.com/SBp4YziJaD— Chris Golden (@chrisgolden) February 14, 2016 Sixteen people have been displaced and a young boy injured
SF News Caller Tricks Burger King Employees Into Smashing Own Store's Windows A report is coming out of Morro Bay — a coastal town near San Luis Obispo — of a bizarre phone call that allegedly convinced the employees of a local Burger King to destroy all
SF News Eviction Reportedly Behind Tuesday Night Bernal Heights Arson More photos of #sffd & #sfpd at fire in #BernalHeights https://t.co/p8ufZQVzRd pic.twitter.com/qQk4A9eMuU— Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) January 27, 2016 A Bernal Heights man is in custody today, after
SF News Hoverboards Blamed For Two Bay Area House Fires In Past Week Santa Rosa Fire says board was charging in her front bedroom. House went up very fast. $250,000 damage pic.twitter.com/QKlmOkG3QL— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) January 20, 2016 Less than a week
SF News Video: Man Breaks Into Mission District Fabric Store, Sets It On Fire Well, this is a strange one. Late Monday evening an unidentified man broke into a Mission District fabric store and proceeded to trash the place before setting an interior bathroom ablaze. The store,
SF News Video: Rescue Crews Use 'Snout Mask' To Save Dog Pulled From Oakland Blaze #dogrescue OAK FF's save dog from house fire last night on 85th, perform rescue breathing. Check FB for more info pic.twitter.com/AU4YM2ha65— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 9, 2015 An Oakland dog
SF News [Update] Fire At The Mission's Palace Restaurant Building Displaces 10 San Francisco firefighters are still at 3047 Mission Street at the corner of Cesar Chavez this morning. There, a two-alarm structure fire broke out last night, injuring two people. Update: SFFD maintains none
SF News Novato Man Blows Up Two Muscle Cars In Fiery Accident In an incident straight out of some suburban-fanfic version of The Fast and the Furious, two muscle cars exploded in a fiery blaze this past Saturday, resulting in a two-alarm fire that required
SF News A Burglar Got Stuck In A Chimney And Died When The Homeowner Started A Fire "You better watch out" should perhaps be directed toward Santa himself this year. The A.P. reports that a man was in the middle of an attempted burglary of a home in rural
SF News Are Mission Landlords Really Burning Their Own Buildings?: An Analysis This month’s fire at 16th and Shotwell again revved up suspicions that the Mission District residential fires, now at least eight and counting so far this year, are suspicious malfeasance by profiteers
SF News Current Apartment Fire Alarms Found Inadequate By New Study An inter-agency group studying issues of fire safety met today for the final time in order to present their findings to the Board of Supervisors. The Emergency Interagency Fire Safety Task Force, consisting
SF News Owner Discusses Cause Of Smoky Mission District Fire On Sunday 3rd floor #fire on 16th and Shotwell #sffd possible building collapse. #ladderpipes up @nbcbayarea @abc7newsBayArea pic.twitter.com/jDXfQKEvsj— SF Firefighters 798 (@SFFFLocal798) November 8, 2015 Sunday's massive fire at 16th and Shotwell
