SF News Rim Fire Update: 280 Square Miles, 20% Contained The Rim Fire grew further overnight, covering another 30,000 acres since yesterday morning, with a total of 180,000 acres now burning or burned (or 280 square miles). The blaze has now
SF News Gov. Brown Issues State Of Emergency For San Francisco Due To Rim Fire Due to the effects of the "Rim Fire" raging in Tuolumne County, Governor Jerry Brown announced late Friday a state of emergency for the city and county of San Francisco. Why? Well, according
SF News Photos Of Rim Fire, Now Burning Over 105,000 Acres Currently the fourth largest wildfire burning in the nation, coming this afternoon at 105,620 acres, the Rim Fire in the Sierra Nevadas continues to grow. As of Friday, the small towns of
SF News Rim Fire Grows Near Yosemite The Rim Fire, burning up in the Sierra Nevadas south of Reno, is now the fourth largest wildfire burning in the nation, clocking in at 64,000 acres. It is only 1% contained.
SF News Tourist Bus Catches Fire In Financial District Not long after that double decker tour bus hit some electrical wires and sent some senior citizens to the hospital, another double-decker bus caught fire on Saturday while touring some folks around North
SF News Big Rig Fire Closes 2 Bay Bridge Lanes [Updated] UPDATE 10:05: Interstate 80 westbound lanes will be closed until noon. While the BART strike has been postponed for a few days, getting across the bay was still a mess this morning.
SF News 38 Geary Catches Fire Oh dear. A 38 Geary line in the Outer Richmond caught fire this morning. The minor blaze erupted at around 6:45 a.m. in the engine of as the bus was parked
SF News Asiana Crash Victim Hit By Firetruck After Being Pulled From Plane By Rescue Worker Well, this is even sadder than the originally assumed sequence of events: It turns out that the 16-year-old girl who was run over by the firetruck responding to the crash of Asiana Flight
SF News New Detail In Limo Fire: Driver Was Distracted On Phone That May 5 limousine fire on the San Mateo Bridge that killed five women remains a tragic mystery to many. How did the driver not pull over and immediately get the doors open?
SF News Photo/Video: Fire Burns Old Victorian In The Lower Haight Around 6:30 AM this morning, a fire broke out in the Lower Haight. Dan Jackson snapped this shot of the smoky scene at 373 Haight, between Webster and Buchanan. Haighteration notes that
SF News Mom And Dad Die In Richmond Fire, Son Badly Burned A man and woman died early Friday morning, and their son was found badly burned in the city of Richmond. The blaze happened a little before 3:20 AM in a home near
SF News Another Limo Fire: Half Dozen Elderly Women Escape Unharmed What is happening with the local stock of limousines? Another one burst into flames on Sunday morning, very nearly causing another tragic scene, this one involving a group of elderly women heading to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chez Spencer Badly Damaged During Fire Chez Spencer, 11-year-old French restaurant in the Mission, suffered "heavy damage" after a two-alarm fire early this morning. Laurent Katgely, owner/chef of Chez Spencer, sent out the following tweet today: There was
SF News Little Baobab, Forbes Island Both Catch Fire! Little Baobab, the Senegalese restaurants on 19th and Capp, caught fire today. According to Twitter chatter, the fire started in the kitchen. Luckily, no one was injured and the fire was swiftly extinguished.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's Beloved Merritt Restaurant & Bakery Closed After Major Fire The Merritt Bakery in Oakland, popular especially with the elderly but embraced by hipsters too, is closed today after an early morning fire that started in a storage room at the rear of
SF News Video: Burning Limo Was Over Passenger Limit As details unfold on Saturday's tragic limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge, the California Highway Patrol said today that the nine female passengers were over the vehicle's passenger limit. Over by one,
SF News Limo Driver Recounts Horrific Fire That Killed Bride, 4 Others The driver of the limousine that burst into flames Saturday night on the San Mateo bridge says he initially misunderstood the cries coming from the bachelorette party in the back of the white
SF News North Bay Fires Bring Smoke To The City There's something in the air today, and it's not just hot-weather optimism: wildfires in the North Bay have brought smoke and a pleasant campfire-y aroma into the city today. Hundreds of firefighters continue
SF News Meanwhile, In Pacific Heights... Firefighters contain a fire at a multi-unit building in Pacific Heights, which they extinguished just before noon today, a little over an hour after it started. The blazes sparked up on Vallejo at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fire Temporarily Shutters Marina's Castagna Castagna, a bistro serving American, French, and Italian fare, suffered minor fire damage on Saturday. Via their Facebook page, they write: Due to a fire [on Saturday], Castagna is closed for business until
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chez Panisse Delays Reopening Looking dismayed in this Contra Costa article today, Alice Waters tells us that, sadly, the re-opening of Chez Panisse will be delayed. As we reported last Friday, parts of the Shattuck Avenue mainstay
SF News Concert, Fundraising Underway For Family Who Lost Daughter To Treasure Island Fire When blazes erupt in the Mission or that Castro, ones that displace residents, the community jumps at the chance to support the fire victims with fundraisers at local hipster bars. And we love
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bliss Bar In Noe Valley Is On Fire Firefighters have responded to a six engine fire on 24th Street, where it looks like Bliss Bar is the site of scary-looking fire. Tweets from the scene: The horror: three engine fire in
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At Civic Center... Whatever this guy is doing. UPDATE: According to photog Troy Holden, "This is a man walking by City Hall while burning an American flag on a pole." Ack!
SF News First Spare the Air Day Is Tomorrow, New Year's Day You know that bonfire you and your hippie friends do at Ocean Beach every year on New Year's Day. Find other plans. Tomorrow, New Year's Day, will be the first Spare the Air
