SF News Carsonist Comes to SFO Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year (or this recent string of 12 arsons in Berkeley), but just on the
SF News Berkeley Sees String of 12 Arson Fires Since Friday, parts of Berkeley (especially areas near the UCB campus) have played host to a series of 12 small arson fires. According to the Daily Californian, "The fires have damaged three automobiles,
SF News Police Get Serious About Fireworks Season God, do we miss buying and igniting fireworks. So much third-degree fun, so deeply missed. SF Weekly reminds us that, starting this month until July 4, police are busting folks for firework possession.
SF News Updated: Explosion at Le Meridien Hotel We're getting reports of a loud explosion and major siren action in the Financial District. SF Appeal is saying the location is the Le Meridien Hotel at Battery and Sansome. UPDATE: ABC 7
SF News Three Alarm Fire Blazing at Turk and Taylor A six- or seven-story blue building, presumably an SRO, at the northwest corner of Turk and Taylor is currently on fire. Much smoke is filling the streets around mid-Market, and the traffic situation,
SF News Elderly Man Dies In Richmond District Blaze After a morning fire inside a kitchen in a Richmond district home, an elderly man is dead. The Chronicle reports, "The man, whose name has not been released, was found at 8:45
SF News Car Fire on Mariposa Injures <s>Three</s> Two, Kills One (Updated) A car fire just off the off-ramp of North 280 to Mariposa shutdown by the CHP this morning. According to SFist reader Shane Gilman, who snapped these images of the brief blaze that
SF News Dogs Saves Woman In Shelter Fire, Cats Die A pit bull woke her owner living above the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society after the building caught fire. The blaze sparked at around midnight. Although 12 cats died in the fire,10 other
SF News Oakland A.M. Fire Reveals Pot House A house fire was reported a little before 7 a.m. this morning at a house on the 3900 block of Angelo Avenue in Oakland. During the blaze, neighbors and firefighters learned that
SF News Fire at Ellis Street Hotel CBS 5's red box of alarm tells us that "people have been evacuated from a fire at a hotel on Ellis St. in San Francisco's Tenderloin district." Matt Baume, who is live at
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.
