SF News Woman Injured By Firecracker During Lurie Inauguration Celebration It seems the festivities Wednesday didn't go off entirely smoothly in Chinatown, with news that a woman was injured and possibly multiple people were struck by a string of firecrackers that were lit outside a celebratory banquet.
SF News Day Around the Bay: McLaren Park Grass Fire Sparked By Illegal Firework An illegal firework sparked a grass fire Sunday night in McLaren Park; Amici's East Coast Pizzeria is closing its last SF location; and President Biden condemned the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.
SF News Waymo Self-Driving Vehicle Vandalized, Set on Fire in San Francisco Chinatown Saturday Night A group of vandals surrounded and tagged an empty autonomous vehicle in Chinatown, then set of a firework inside the car that set the entire car ablaze.
SF Politics Projection Pranksters Hit Ferry Building During New Year’s Fireworks, Mock Mayor Breed, Elon Musk, Trump Some “projection activists” did a number on the SF Ferry Building just before the clock struck midnight for the fireworks show Sunday night, briefly displaying “STFU Musk” and other messages hammering Donald Trump and London Breed.
SF News Person Killed In Fireworks Accident on Treasure Island A person died early Monday in a fireworks mishap on Treasure Island, less than an hour into the new year.
SF News Mission District Fireworks Mayhem Leads To Late-Night Riot-Gear Police Skirmish The predictable onslaught of illegal Mission District July 4 fireworks displays turned into a hour-long melee between police and various skateboarders and sideshow aficionados, though the scene did not get as violent as last year’s Independence Day hullabaloo.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Yep, It'll Be Another Foggy Fourth The forecast is for fog and marine layer to obscure lots of fireworks displays again; there's a major backup in processing passport applications at the State Department; and the former Harvey's in the Castro will become a new nightclub.
SF News Three Juveniles Hospitalized Following Fireworks-Related Injuries at Ocean Beach Saturday Night Around 8 p.m., a group of about 30 youths on Ocean Beach were setting off fireworks, when three people got hurt, two of them with serious injuries.
SF News Those Fireworks Over the Bay Wednesday Night Were For a Movie Shoot Some people in SF and the East Bay heard the booming of fireworks, and some had the pleasure of watching an impromptu show over Treasure Island Wednesday night. But what holiday was this for?
SF News Brush Fire Breaks Out In Corona Heights Park — Second SF Hills Brush Fire In Two Days Stop lighting San Francisco on fire please! The last thing we need this fire season is wildfire on our actual doorstep in SF proper, but we've had two of them, likely both caused by fireworks, in just the last two days.
SF News Bay Area Fire Departments Kept Very Busy By July 4 Fireworks, Which Caused Hundreds of Fires Hundreds of fires caused by illegal fireworks (and illegal bonfires in the middle of streets) peppered the entire Bay Area Monday night, leading to some very busy firefighters across the region.
SF News SFPD Says 12 Officers Injured Amid Hostile July 4th Crowd In Mission In an echo of an incident reported after the Warriors' NBA Championship celebrations in the Mission District three weeks ago, the SFPD says that a dozen officers sustained injuries from a hostile crowd shooting off fireworks and continuing to party after midnight Tuesday morning.
Arts & Entertainment The Man Behind SF’s Official Fireworks Show Explains How the Pyro Magic Happens More than two dozen fireworks technicians from a company called Pyro Spectaculars are setting up SF’s July 4 display as you read this, and their boss opens up about how his Rialto-based company will execute nearly 400 fireworks shows nationwide.
SF News Here's Hoping That Illegal Fireworks Don't Light the State On Fire This Weekend Cal Fire has put out its annual warning, but in this particularly drought-parched year, conditions are ripe for wildfires caused by illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend.
Bay Area Sports As Warriors Win Title, Mission Street Gets Its Fireworks, Bedlam, and Celebrations On Mission Street did its thing on Thursday night after the Golden State Warriors championship victory, and we’ve got pictures and video of the fireworks, street parties, and joyful pandemonium.
Arts & Entertainment Firework Flashmob on the Bay Bridge Tuesday Night Brings Delight, Traffic A group of vehicles stopped traffic on Tuesday night and set off some fireworks in the middle of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge, and who can be mad at that?
SF News Video: Mission Street Loses Mind After 49ers Playoff Win, But Deplorable Taggers Paint On Muni Windshields The requisite Mission Street mayhem and fireworks erupted after the 49ers’ big win Saturday night, and was rowdy but not violent, though a few Muni buses will be placed on injured reserve.
SF News Breaking: SF Cancels New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display Amidst Skyrocketing COVID-19 Case Count The official New Year’s Eve fireworks display was abruptly canceled late Tuesday afternoon, and don’t be surprised if other planned New Year’s Eve parties start getting canceled en masse over the next 48 hours.
Arts & Entertainment Late Night Fireworks For Metallica's 40th Anniversary & Matrix Premiere Confuse Many, Lead to 'Explosion' Reports on Social Media The second of two Metallica concerts at the Chase Center this weekend, in celebration of the band's 40th anniversary, ended with a series of fireworks blasting off that many in San Francisco could not see — but they and their dogs could hear them.
Arts & Entertainment SF Chinatown Has a Long and Lawless History In the Illegal Fireworks Trade We are deep in fireworks season right now all over the Bay Area, as every owner of a skittish dog is well aware. But did you know that for decades, people flocked to SF's Chinatown to buy caches of illegal fireworks and law enforcement mostly turned a blind eye?
SF News No Fireworks for New Year's In SF, and No Late BART Service Either BART is shutting down at 9 p.m. Thursday, there are no fireworks, and you shouldn't be out partying, full stop, the end.
Arts & Entertainment All Fireworks Shows Canceled (Even Though The 4th Is Forecast To Be Fog-Free For The First Time In Many Years) There will be no official Bay Area fireworks spectacles this year — though you can rest assured the illegal fireworks will be popping off all over.
SF News Jump in Illegal Firework Activity Seen Around Bay Area; COVID-19 and Protests Make Citing Violators Difficult No, you're not going mad: it really is starting to feel like Fourth of July weekend — almost every night across the Bay Area.
SF News This Is What Thursday's Fireworks Looked Like In SF People keep operating under the collective delusion that the Fourth of July is worth celebrating in the normal way in San Francisco, year after year, even though it is *always* too foggy to see fireworks.
Bay Area Sports Giants Shoot Off 1 AM Fireworks After Going 18 Innings Against Rockies Many San Franciscans — but in particular those SoMa and Mission Bay residents near the ballpark who weren't out until last call — were jolted out of bed by the explosions of fireworks at 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
