SF News Alleged Gunman In Oakland Dentist Lili Xu Murder-For-Hire Case Pleads Not Guilty The suspected hitman who stands accused of pulling the trigger on Oakland dentist Lili Xu pleaded not guilty Wednesday, but prosecutors appear to be seeking a life sentence with no parole for the 33-year-old alleged killer Hasheem Bason.
SF News Fatal, Broad Daylight Shooting in Oakland‘s Little Saigon Sunday Draws Outrage A 60-year-old Asian woman was shot and killed in a 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon robbery near Laney College, and Oakland councilmembers are decrying a spike in violence in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
SF News Oakland’s Little Saigon Shop Owners Say Crime 'Increasing Exponentially,’ Crowdfund for Cameras, Improvements A strip of International Boulevard near Lake Merritt that is packed with Vietnamese-owned businesses says they’re seeing a surge in crime, and want the same help from City Hall given to Oakland’s Chinatown.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Turtle Tower Closing Little Saigon Store On Feb. 27 Turtle Tower, described by The Tens as "the undisputed king of northern-style pho," will permanently close its the doors at 631 Larkin on February 27. But fret not! They will reopen a few
Arts & Entertainment The Prettiest Recycling Bin in Town [Updated] SFist was walking along Larkin Street near Ellis the other day, amidst the myriad delicious Vietnamese joints, and were stopped in our tracks by this rather festive-looking recycling bin. The sharp-dressed bin's owners
SF News Day Around the Bay Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier sues City Hall over wheelchair ramplessness. [Curbed] Beth Spotswoodle [sic] hits up SFO's gay night. [SFGate] Valleywag 's happy hour watering hole, Moose's, comes to an end. Might we suggest
SF News Day Around the Bay Reiser takes the stand. [SFGate] 71 MIles goes to Tijuana, interviews pimp. [71Miles] XOXO, God Damn [Nature abhors a vacuum] Sweet Melissa has a request. [SM] Hilary Swank Horseface bandannas are adorable. [SFBG]
misc Giant Hulking Muni Takes a Terrifying Interest in Small, Innocent Transportation Authority The TA, if you're unfamiliar, was created a couple of years ago by a voter mandate. Muni was in awful shape at that time (unimaginable, we know), and an voters needed an alternative
misc Have a Happy Year of the Rat -- Tết Festival in Little Saigon As far as the trend of naming smaller neighborhoods in San Francisco goes, Little Saigon (sandwiched between Civic Center and the Tenderloin) sounds pretty good. Anyway, it's a lot better than the name
misc What is this NoMa Neighborhood? According to this map we saw right near the Ferry Building, it looks like the borders are Taylor, Bush, O'Farrell, and Van Ness, shrinking the Official Tenderloin to a mere twenty-ish square blocks.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Tet Festival Yesterday morning, photographer Matt Cohen went to the Tet Festival in Little Saigon. The Tet Festival is a celebration of the Vietnamese New Year and is the biggest Vietnamese holiday. Happy Year of
