Arts & Entertainment El Rio 4/8: Emergency Benefit for Victims of Mission-Valencia Fire As soon as last night's 3-alarm blaze temporarily displaced and disrupted the lives of residents at 3212 Mission in La Lengua, the community sprang into action. Tomorrow night (Friday!), an emergency benefit will
SF News Tenderloin Fire Injures Twenty Residents Update: The Examiner is reporting that the fire has been deemed suspicious. Authorities are saying that a trash compacter on the first floor of the building had exploded, enabling fire and smoke to
SF News Two Fires Spark in S.F. Early This Morning Two smallish fires erupted this morning in San Francisco. First, "San Francisco firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire in the Sunset District this morning...at around 3:30 a.m. to a building
misc Castro Arson Fires Prompt Awesome Fundraiser for Displaced Victims Please, please, please join us at The Lookout on Tuesday, February 15, for a fundraiser to benefit the displaced residents of the Castro arson fires. As many of you know, four fires in
SF News Early Morning Two-Alarm Blaze was Suspiciously Castro-Adjacent Another two-alarm fire broke out early this morning, just up the hill from the Castro at 1370 Clayton Street. According to Bay City News, the latest fire was reported around 3 a.m.
SF News Female Body Found In Burning Car In Lower Haight Overnight Around 3:30 a.m. last night firefighters responded to reports of a burning car at Webster and Rose Streets (between Page and Haight). A two-door gray Pontiac was fully engulfed in flames,
SF News Spare The Air, Please One of those rare winter Spare the Air days is here, folks. Which is to say, "Bay Area air quality officials have issued a Winter Spare the Air alert, which bans burning wood,
SF News Possible Boat Fire At Pier 45 Firefighters are at the scene of a reported boat fire on Pier 45. The call came in a little after 6 a.m. (Speaking of boats, do any of you fine readers live
SF News 48 Displaced After North Beach Fire Early New Year's Day A two-alarm fire broke out in a North Beach apartment building early New Year's Day, displacing 48 residents, two-thirds of whom only speak Cantonese and many of them low-income. The fire was reported
SF News Child, Adults Killed In Oakland Fire Three people died two others were "forced to jump from a second-story window" after an East Oakland apartment fire this morning at around 2 a.m."Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Eleanor Bolin-Chew said
SF News Bah Humbug: Spare the Air Alert Set To Ruin Christmas Decor While the weather forecast "isn't calling for conditions that could trap smoke near the ground and result in unhealthy breathing conditions, " Bay Area Air Quality Management District is "making a pre-emptive strike" by
SF News Fire Damages Neil Young's Warehouse Around 2 a.m. this morning, a fire at a San Carlo warehouse destroyed around $750,000 worth of Neil Young's stuff. The blaze occurred at 593 Quarry Road west of Highway 101
SF News Glen Park/Sunnyside Fire Injures One An early morning apartment blaze injured one resident who was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. BCN (via SF Appeal), reports,: "At 2:57 a.m., crews responded to
SF News Dozens of Felines Killed During 'Cattery' Blaze Pour a saucer of cream on the ground today, folks. Today we honor the dozens of cats who lost their lives during a Napa blaze that occurred on Sunday afternoon. Located in the
SF News Four-Alarm Downtown Fire Displaces 75 A four-alarm fire that ripped through an apartment building on the 800 block of Hyde Street, between Sutter and Bush streets, displaced about 75 people this morning. According to SF Appeal, "a call
SF News Outer Sunset Fire Causes Injuries, Delays Causing $1 million worth of damage, an Outer Sunset fire at a three-story home at 1351 44th Avenue. The fire displaced four residents and send a man to the hospital. What's more, the
SF News Car Explodes Near Montgomery BART Station SFist received news that a car exploded on Montgomery Street near the BART Station around Noon today. Check out some video of the billowing black smoke from the scene. At least two very
SF News Late Night Blaze Erupts at Oakland Tiki Bar by Andrew Dalton Tiki bar aficionados lost a watering hole late last night as a fire at Tiki Tom's in Oakland quickly erupted from one-alarm to a three-alarm status. About 80 firefighters with
SF News Turk Street Apartment Fire A deck fire at a three-story building at 2445 Turk Street last night at around 5 p.m. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Two trucks, three engines, two battalion chiefs, and several
SF News Bernal Hill Grass Fire Under Investigation Oh dear. A small grass fire broke out on Bernal Hill on Thursday night. According to SF Appeal, "The fire was reported at about 9:30 p.m. on Bernal Hill...It was
SF News San Bruno Fire: What's PG&E Got to Do With It? Contrary to bumper sticker ideology, shit doesn't just happen -- at least when it comes to the San Bruno explosion fire, that is. Concern and confusion, sparked by the natural gas explosion that
SF News Surveillance Video Captures 'Moment of Impact' Explosion, Fireball At a gas station in San Bruno, a surveillance video caught Thursday's natural gas explosion and fire on film. "You can see one man getting ready to fill up his car when something
SF News PG&E's $100 Million Attempt at Damage Control Amid rumors of recent San Bruno gas leak reports that went nowhere with the company, that crews came out and did nothing -- allegedly, of course -- the president of Pacific Gas and
SF News State Orders PG&E to Inspect All Gas Pipes The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered PG&E to check for leaks in of its gas lines. This, of course, comes on the heels of Thursday's San Bruno fire and explosion.
SF News Some San Bruno Residents Return Home at Noon After Thursday's natural gas pipeline explosion, which displaced many San Bruno citizens, several residents will be allowed to return home at noon today. "At a news briefing this morning, San Bruno City Manager
