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
SF News Mom And Dad Die In Richmond Fire, Son Badly Burned A man and woman died early Friday morning, and their son was found badly burned in the city of Richmond. The blaze happened a little before 3:20 AM in a home near
Arts & Entertainment Videos: Bay Area's (Legal & Illegal) 4th of July Fireworks The Bay Area celebrated Independence Day with a bevy of spectacular firework shows -- some of them legal, some of them on the sly. Here are a few of our favorites from 2013.
SF News Firecracker Attack Freaks Out Union Square Saturday Late Saturday afternoon what appeared to be a stick of dynamite (or a firecracker) was thrown at the window of a business on the 300 block of Grant Street near Union Square, causing
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour: Last Night's Fireworks Fireworks over San Francisco, December 31, 2012. Photo by David Yu
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Come On, Let Your Colors Burst "San Francisco Giants Fireworks" by David Yu. (Amazing shot, David!)
Arts & Entertainment Video: Bay Area's Independence Day Fireworks Finale While nowhere near close to matching the accidentally brilliance that went down in San Diego, here is the finale from last night's Independence Day fireworks spectacular. Enjoy. Via SandD2012/YouTube
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/4: Bobb Saggeth MUSIC I: "The West Coast's Greatest Black Sabbath Cover Band" — and most quirkily-named, we might add, Bobb Saggeth, perform a special 4th of July show, featuring two sets of classic Ozzy-era Sabbeth. Also
Arts & Entertainment 7 Spectacular Photos Of Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Fireworks We just can't get enough of the glorious fireworks display that took place at the culmination of yesterday's Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary festival. In addition to our collection of great videos documenting
Arts & Entertainment Video: Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Fireworks Show!! We're neither very interested nor typically emotional over firework displays, but last night's Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary fiery finale changed everything. It was pretty damn spectacular. Starting out with a shower of
Arts & Entertainment Fireworks To Close Golden Gate Bridge For An Hour Sunday Night As if the Long Shutdown weren't enough, don't expect to make it across the Golden Gate Bridge between 9 and 10 p.m. on Sunday night. The bridge will be closed during that
SF News Man Tries To Board SFO Flight Carrying M-80s, Water Bottle Filled With Flash Powder Far be it for us to call anyone stupid, because that's just rude, but we're having trouble understanding the mindset a man who boarded a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco carrying fireworks.
