SF News SFPD Releases 911 Audio and Body Camera Footage From Fisherman's Wharf Beating Two days after the DA filed charges against an officer for an October 2019 baton beating of a domestic violence suspect, the SFPD has released audio from the 911 call that led to the officers' arrival at the scene, as well as body-worn camera footage from the incident.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF DA Charges Officer In Fisherman's Wharf Beating DA Chesa Boudin has charged the SFPD officer who allegedly beat a Black man near Fisherman's Wharf last fall, the legal battle between Virgin Hotels and the owner of the hotel rages on, and a man on a scooter was shot while riding through SoMa.
SF News Massive Fire Engulfs Pier 45 Warehouse, Threatens Historic WWII Ship The holiday weekend kicked off with a four-alarm fire at a fish processing facility on Pier 45 near Fisherman's Wharf. While now under control, the fire spread to the pier below the building and at one point threatened the SS Jeremiah O'Brien.
SF News Fisherman's Wharf Holiday Inn May Be Transforming Into 516-Room Boutique Hotel An aging Holiday Inn hotel property at Fisherman's Wharf, which has already half changed over to a new boutique brand called Hotel Caza, is looking to add 174 new rooms over what's now a surface parking lot.
Arts & Entertainment Watch SF Street Performer Quincy Nelson Film A Spider-Man Music Video On Market Street Quincy Nelson, one of the costumed buskers of Fisherman's Wharf who dances for tips from tourists dressed as Spider-Man, showed up on Market Street Thursday twerking atop a traffic light at the corner of 4th Street.
Arts & Entertainment Museum of 3D Illusions Provides Wharf-Adjacent Instagram Pitstop The newest in SF's array of ticketed Instagram traps is the Museum of 3D Illusions, which is not a museum so much as a series of painted backdrops, but you should be used to these things by now.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Dungeon Invites Guests To Stay Overnight In 'Ghosts of Alcatraz' Cell The "elaborate, dark, Disney-esque" tourist attraction at Fisherman's Wharf called "The Dungeon" (or the "San Francisco Dungeon") is upping its game with a special Halloween offering: a spooky overnight stay in their "Ghosts
SF News Trio Of Fisherman's Wharf Muggers Pepper Spray and Mug Pedestrian A woman walking near Fisherman's Wharf was robbed Thursday night, by a trio of female thieves who pepper sprayed her then fled. Police say that the crime went down at 7:45 Thursday
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Forbes Island Is Closed, For Good The always odd floating restaurant with a lighthouse next to Pier 39, Forbes Island, has officially shuttered for good as longtime owner Forbes Thor Kiddoo has decided to retire. Eater broke the news
SF News Watch Everyone Violate The F-Market Transit Lane Pop quiz, hot shot: Who are the biggest traffic scofflaws on the F-Market tracks near Fisherman's Wharf? Your choices: A) Uber drivers B) Pedicabs C) Illegal U-turners D) Lyft drivers If you're KRON
SF News Eyes Peeled, SF! A Fursuit Was Stolen From Fisherman's Wharf Wanna make a cool $200? Find Clumzy Lion's head. The Dogpatch Press, which features writing "by furries, for furries," has the news of a stolen lion costume head. "Clumzy Lion" was in town
SF News Embarcadero Pedestrian Robbed In Brazen Afternoon Mugging A man taking an afternoon stroll along the Embarcadero had his walk turn ugly Wednesday, when a trio of thieves threatened and robbed him. The robbery occurred at 5 p.m., police say,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: Beer Fest Aboard A Submarine San Francisco is a beer-loving town if ever there was one, and this week marks the third annual installment of a smaller-scale beer fest than the annual Beer Week Gala that went down
SF News Vile Car Burglar Steals Man's Ashes From Car Parked At Fisherman's Wharf A woman who hoped to scatter her father's ashes among Northern California's famous redwoods had that dream shattered Wednesday, when an unknown thief (or thieves) stole the dead man's remains from her car
SF News Serial Firebug Menaces Fisherman's Wharf Police are investigating a series of fires at a popular San Francisco tourist destination, after witnesses say a man ran from business to business lighting setting things ablaze. Police say that the suspect,
Arts & Entertainment For 39th Anniversary, Pier 39 Holds 39 Weeks Of Celebratory Events (Starting Today) Pier 39, a destination for tourists and, relatedly, sea lions, is celebrating 39 years since entrepreneurial businessman Warren Simmons took over the mostly defunct cargo pier and recreated it with a dash of
SF News Investigators Puzzled After 20-Year-Old Randomly Killed While Playing Pokemon Go Spoke with Calvin Riley's coach at San Joaquin Delta College. "Great kid. Great competitor." #abc7now pic.twitter.com/DeTzkgBLvB— ElissaABC7 (@ElissaABC7) August 7, 2016 A man killed Saturday evening in a popular tourist
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask a San Francisco Native: Is Fisherman's Wharf The Worst? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
SF News Cab Driver Runs Down Crosswalk Cyclist A cyclist riding near Fisherman's Wharf was seriously injured Tuesday, after a cab driver barreled into a crosswalk and over the bicyclist, police say. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 33-year-old
SF News Fisherman's Wharf Shoplifter Pepper Sprays Man Over Salami A Fisherman's Wharf shopkeeper was left beaten and pepper sprayed Saturday, after he tried to stop a salami thief from absconding with the sausage. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crime
SF News It's Drum Set Vs. Skateboard In Violent Fisherman's Wharf Dispute Fisherman's Wharf tourists got a pretty thrilling story to tell the folks back home Wednesday, after a dispute over a street performer's tip jar turned violent. It all began at around 5:30
Arts & Entertainment Video: Tourists Fondle Pigeons, Do Other Goofy Things As tourists flood into San Francisco for the nearly 50-mile-away Super Bowl, KRON4's Stanley Roberts is ON IT. Chief among the visitors' crimes: Shameless selfie-taking, stopping in the middle of the road, and
SF News Planning Commission Crushes Sticky-Icky Dreams, Rejects Fisherman's Wharf Pot Dispensary The stoney dreams of bad seafood pungently mixed with the aroma of medical cannabis wafting from the SF-branded fleeces of confused tourists may have died a less-than-glamorous death last week, as the Planning
Arts & Entertainment Grumpy Cat Comes To SF To Meet Her Animatronic Doppelgänger Self-described "internet sensation" Grumpy Cat has been charming computer users with her signature pout since 2012, but now you have one more place to view her cranky visage: An animatronic version of the
SF News Hats And Memorabilia Stolen In Brazen Fisherman's Wharf Burglary Fisherman's Wharf was the scene of two burglaries last Friday, as business owners claim they were hit for potentially thousands of dollars in merchandise just before opening in the a.m. Video of
