Arts & Entertainment A New Bushman Has Arrived to Terrify Unsuspecting Fisherman’s Wharf Tourists Again There’s a new Bushman in town — with a far better costume and a powerful Youtube presence — resurrecting a legendary SF street performance act that dates back more than 40 years.
SF News Another Tourist Couple Loses Pet In Smash-and-Grab Car Burglary, Says City Should Do More to Alert Tourists There is another story of a pet being stolen in the course of a smash-and-grab car burglary in San Francisco, and this time it was a beloved Chihuahua puppy stolen near Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News [Update] SF and Oakland Police Investigate Disappearance of Trans Woman Possibly Kidnapped Near Fisherman's Wharf A 20-year-old woman who had been staying at a Fisherman's Wharf hotel was abducted by a man, her friends say, and police later found her cellphone, covered in blood, near a clinic in Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment The 'San Francisco Dungeon' at Fisherman's Wharf Has Spooked Its Last Tourist It's either another pandemic casualty or just a tourist attraction that's run its course at Fisherman's Wharf. But the San Francisco Dungeon has closed its doors for good.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink You Can Buy Fresh Local Dungeness Crab Off Boats at Fisherman's Wharf Starting at 3 p.m. Wednesday marks the official — very late — start to Dungeness crab fishing season for the coastal waters off the San Francisco Peninsula, Marin County, and Sonoma County. And that mean's today you'll also get to buy crab directly from crab fishermen at Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News Pier 39 Sports Bar a Textbook Example of How Government Screwed Up COVID Relief for Restaurants The feds offered $28.6 billion in grants to struggling restaurants this summer. Then they yanked the carpet out from restaurants that had already been awarded the money, and gave it to chains like Panera instead.
SF News Video: Li’l Coyote Pup Rescued After Falling Into Bay at Fisherman’s Wharf Animal Care & Control successfully rescued a coyote pup who fell into the ice cold water of the bay, and the little nipper received medical treatment and has returned to the wild.
SF News SFPD Increases Foot Patrols In Tourist Areas, But Will They Help Make People Feel Safe? San Francisco police have begun doing more foot patrols around Union Square, Chinatown, and Fisherman's Wharf, in an effort to deter crime and make locals and tourists feel safer about the city. But is this just safety theater?
SF News As City Seeks to Crack Down on Unpermitted Vendors at Fisherman's Wharf, ABC Passes Buck to DA A boom in unpermitted, illegal food, beverage, and goods sales around Fisherman's Wharf has led to widespread complaints from business owners and others.
SF News New Boutique Hotel The Alton Readies for Opening in Old Holiday Inn at Fisherman's Wharf (With New Restaurant on the Way) Fisherman's Wharf is gaining a new boutique hotel managed by the Kimpton group, in one half of what was formerly a Holiday Inn at 495 Beach Street.
SF News Four Deplorable Teens Arrested Near Fisherman's Wharf Following 10 Car Burglaries A quartet of teenagers — two 18-year-olds and two 16-year-olds — were spotted by San Francisco police allegedly in the act of committing several auto burglaries on Sunday afternoon near Fisherman's Wharf, and they were arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bush Man From Fisherman's Wharf Turns Up In Key West "World Famous Bush Man" David Johnson turns up in Key West, Santa Clara County stops taking first-dose vaccine appointments due to supply, and an Oakland neighborhood is outraged over another assault on an elderly Asian American.
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
