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.
SF News San Franciscans Called To Complain About Illegal Fireworks Twice As Much As They Did Last Year The City and County of San Francisco is full of snitches 1,114 of them to be exact. The San Francisco Examiner reports that the number of calls to the city's non-emergency hotline
Arts & Entertainment Once Again, SF Fireworks Were Half Obscured By Fog, But Not In The Mission And Lower Haight! Tourists, East Bay families, and assorted San Franciscans flocked to the Embarcadero Tuesday night to see if this year might be the exception in which the fireworks aren't shot into a fog bank
SF News East Bay Bust Nabs Nearly 400 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks Mission District residents (and terrified dogs) are well aware that the nightly boom of illegal fireworks is already underway as we sit within a week of July 4th. SFist reminds you that all
SF News Reminder: Don't Blow Yourself Up This 4th Of July The San Francisco Fire Department wants you to have a safe and fun 4th of July celebration. Part of that, they remind us via numerous public safety notices sent out ahead of the
SF News 200 Gallons Of Fireworks Refuse Washes Up On Beach Following Super Bowl Display National Park officials are pointing fingers after an influx of trash washed ashore at Aquatic Park over the weekend. The garbage, they claim the result of Saturday's Super Bowl City opening fireworks display,
Arts & Entertainment Important Question: Where Are The New Year's Fireworks? Hey, all you who are new to town and looking to do the touristy things that new folks do! Or hey to all those of you who have been in SF for years
SF News SFPD Bolsters New Year's Eve Security Over Terror Fears Like in cities across the globe tonight, San Francisco police are preparing as best they can for the possibility of a terror attack in the wake of the November attack on Paris and
Arts & Entertainment The 16 Best Party Options For Ringing In 2016 In SF Do you still not have your New Year's Eve figured out? Have you still not secured your “If it sucks” Plan B or second-party scenario? For those of you not currently holding advance
SF News SFFD Promises Crackdown On Unsanctioned New Year's Fireworks Though illegal New Year's fireworks — that is, the pyrotechnics unleashed by that guy who lives down the block from you, not the fancy ones shot off that barge off the Embarcadero— are nothing
Arts & Entertainment Videos: Illegal Fireworks Blowing Up All Over The Mission As is traditional, Saturday night (and Sunday) was ablaze with illegal rooftop and middle-of-the-street fireworks displays, particularly in the Mission and dangerous though it might be it was, as usual, the only fireworks
Arts & Entertainment 5000 Explosions: Behind The Scenes At San Francisco's 4th Of July Fireworks Display Technically, it is not true to say that the city of San Francisco will be lighting off fireworks at Pier 39 for the 4th of July at Pier Fireworks celebration on Saturday night.
SF News Hide Your Fireworks, Pyros: $50K Worth Seized From Oakland Home, 1,000 Pounds From Chinatown Store Be careful out there, pyrotechnical enthusiasts. As is a July 4th leadup tradition, the police are on the lookout for illegal fireworks. Of course, you probably haven't hoarded as many explosive materials as
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Fireworks Ring In 2014 Over San Francisco Skyline In case you missed them during your night of revelry and celebration here are photos from last night's fireworks, ringing in the New Year over the San Francisco Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Cool Photo Of Last Night's Fireworks Above S.F. Photog zoxcleb snapped this shot of fireworks blooming over various parts of San Francisco on Independence Day (altered slightly here, but be sure to view it in its entirety). Check out more images