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
SF News Mission and Excelsior Fires Affect Residents On Saturday morning, a three-alarm fire tore through a building at Capp and 23rd Street. The fire displaced several residents, but luckily no one was injured. The fire, put out later in the
SF News Reminder: Don't Take A Road Flare To Your Christmas Tree Because That Would Be Stupid In front of St. Francis Memorial Hospital today, members of the S.F. Fire Department set up a safety demonstration to show local holiday decorators just how fast a well-watered pine can go
SF News Insane Video: California Magician's Head Set On Fire By Dominican TV Host Last week, magician Wayne Houchin was appearing on a TV show with other magicians in the Dominican Republic when a guest host poured a flammable liquid on his head. Houchin's head caught fire,
SF News Fleishhacker Pool House Next To SF Zoo On Fire [Updated] A two-alarm fire broke out at the Fleishhacker pool house next the San Francisco Zoo parking lot on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters have ordered and evacuation around the area (though we're being told that,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fire Temporarily Closes Gitane A small but significant blaze broke out at Gitane on Friday night. No injuries were sustained during the fire, but it did manage to cause enough damage to the dining room to warrant
SF News Have You Seen These Muni Bus Arsonists? SFPD posted footage of these dimwitted fellas who lit a Muni bus ablaze on Monday shortly after the Giants won the World Series. Police are now asking for you help in identifying them.
SF News West Portal Doctor, Whose Office Burned Last Week, Seeks New Lincecum Jersey Dr. Fred Warren, an SF orthodontist whose West Portal office burned in that big, four-alarm blaze Friday morning which also claimed a Squat & Gobble and a ground-floor wine shop, is mostly just
SF News Chevron Moves Refinery Fire Claims Center In Richmond, over 10,700 people have filed claims to have the medical and property damage expenses resulting from the August 6th refinery fire reimbursed by the oil company. The company announced today
SF News Two People Die In Overnight Fire A little before 4 a.m. this morning, a fire broke out at 181 Vienna, near John McLaren Park in the Excelsior. Sadly, two elderly men were killed in the blaze. According to
SF News Chevron To Pay Residents Affected By Toxic Refinery Fire And finally, in crisis communications news: After Monday's fire at the Chrevron refinery in Richmond, Calif. sent a plume of black, toxic smoke into the air blanketing much of Richmond, North Richmond, and
SF News 4-Alarm Fire Roars Through Ocean Avenue A massive (though not this massive) blaze on the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue snarled traffic in the Ingleside District Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to a call at around 5:50 a.m.
SF News Toxic Chevron Refinery Fire in Richmond Prompts Shelter-in-Place [Updated] A fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif. has prompted shelter-in-place for Richmond, N. Richmond, and San Pablo. No word yet as to what caused the fire. ABC 7 News has live
SF News Grandmother Dies After San Bruno House Fire Kills Grandson A second victim has died following Friday's fire inside a home on Lake Drive in San Bruno. Lila Prasad, the 62-year-old grandmother who was found in a back bedroom suffering from smoke inhalation
SF News Child Dies, Woman Injured in San Bruno House Fire A fire broke out in a home in San Bruno this morning around 8:45 a.m. It only got to two alarms and was contained in about fifteen minutes, however one woman
