Arts & Entertainment Photos: Temple of Poi Fire Dancing, Union Square On Saturday night, Temple of Poi fire dancers kicked off Bay Area National Dance Week in Union Square. (Aside: in honor of Bay Area National Dance Week, please allow Donna McKechnie to get
SF News Expect Slow BART Service All Day Due to a small fire on the tracks between the Powell and Civic Center station "that knocked out key equipment" this morning, BART service, according to The Chronicle (and not a BART update!
SF News Photo: Yesterday's Two-Alarm Fire on Nob Hill A friend of SFist shot this photo of the two-alarm fire that took place yesterday afternoon on Bush Street between Mason and Powell. It was contained in one apartment (although it looks like
SF News Vault Fire at Pier 23 According to @Emergency_In_SF: "a vault fire has been reported at Pier 23. SFFD on scene. PG&E en route. Exact number without power is unknown." We'll update as soon as
SF News Man Arrested In Connection with Mission Apartment Fire Police arrested Willie Tucker, 56, yesterday for allegedly setting fire to an apartment building at 2949 18th St. at about 8 a.m. on Jan. 28. Tucker, a transient gentleman, it seems, set
SF News Arsonist Torches San Francisco Mailboxes Mean! Police are investigating two fires set inside USPS mailboxes set Wednesday night. The first fire, according to reports, occurred "in a mailbox standing near the corner of Sansome and Bush streets at
SF News Holiday Log Returns to TV36/KTVU! From 7 a.m. to noon on Christmas Day, KTVU 36 will air the famous holiday log, which will set your TV set ablaze while KOIT easy-listening holiday tunes coo softy in the
SF News Look Out for Wood Fire Ban on Christmas Eve/Day Light winds and cool, dry air predicted for the end of the week may be a bad, smoke-trapping combo with the addition of wood burning fires. So the Bay Area Air Quality Management
SF News Villains in the Haight Damaged In Fire Last Night The SF Fire Department managed to subdue a three-alarm fire on the 1600 block of Haight Street this morning. No injuries were reported, though two apartments were burned and the families living in
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again! We're receiving word that the porta-potty arsonist otherwise known as the Toilet Torcher (or a copycat) lit another porta-potty on fire last night around 10:20 p.m. in the Laurel Heights neighborhood,
SF News Carsonist Strikes In Richmond Again A car fire in the city of Richmond last night is, presumably, related to the other car fires sweeping the East Bay. KTVU reports: :Units responded to reports of a vehicle fire in
SF News SF Man Dies in House Fire Over in Merced Heights, an 83-year-old man died during a fire. SF Chron reports: "James Childs was found inside his home on the 200 block of Byxbee Street east of Junipero Serra Boulevard
SF News Truck Fire at 25th and <s>Geary</s> Fulton About an hour ago this morning, Aileen Tat snapped this shot of a truck blaze at 25th and Geary Fulton. We're not sure if this is the work of the carsonist -- which
SF News Carson: San Pablo, 2 Cars More vehicles were set ablaze in the recent string of car fire hitting the Bay Area. BCN reports, "The fires were reported at around 2:15 a.m. in the 2100 block of
SF News Carsonist Sets Two Vehicles Ablaze In SOMA Two vehicles had to be extinguished by firefighters this morning in the city's South of Market District. According to Appeal/BCN, "Units responded to Jessie and Sixth streets at around 5:15 a.
SF News Bernal Heights Fire Emergency_In_SF reports a blaze in happening in Bernal Heights. "Fire on the top floor of a 3-story residence at Peralta and Esmeralda near Bernal Heights [Park]. SFFD on scene."
SF News Richmond, SF Play Host to More Car Fires Well, this is getting downright creepy. Two "deliberately set" cars were set ablaze last night in the city of Richmond. BCN reports, that "[t]he first occurred at a home in the 600
SF News Carsonist Torches Three More Autos The carsonist -- or a copycat carsonist, or a copycat copycatting the copycat carsonist -- stuck three times in the Easy Bay last night. Three evening car fires hit San Pablo, and authorities
SF News Toilet Torcher Makes A Comeback Let's face it, the Carsonist has been a pale imitation of the infamous Toilet Torcher. Which is why we were amused to hear that the Toilet Torcher (or a copycat) made a dramatic
SF News Carsonist Torches Auto In El Sobrante While we can't say for certain that this morning's most recent vehicular fire is the work of the carsonist -- the lunatic who immolated SF cars earlier this year -- they do have
SF News Carsonist Moves East? ABC7 is reporting on a string of 10 car fires that broke out early this morning, beginning with multiple locations along San Pablo Dam Road in Richmond (that's the City of Richmond, not
SF News Vault Fire at Battery & Pine Just a little before 6 a.m. this morning, SFFD got a report of smoke coming out of a manhole at Battery and Pine in downtown San Francisco. When they got there, they
SF News Four-Alarm House Fire Burning In Tiburon A seemingly massive four-alarm house fire is roaring in Tiburon right now. If you work near the Golden Gate Bridge (or, of course, on the other side of it), you might be able
SF News Fire at Tiffany's A little early for breakfast (7 p.m. last night), a two-alarm fire broke out at 360 Post on Union Square, otherwise known as the Tiffany's building, whose upper floors are home to
SF News Car Fire In the Sunset Another car was lit ablaze, this one over in the Sunset district. Over at Irving Street at Great Highway last night, authorities responded to a report of a small vehicle fire at 9
