SF News Rageful Driver Attacks Woman As She Directs Haight Street Traffic The San Francisco Police Department is seeking a violent driver today, after the man allegedly attacked a construction worker who was directing traffic in the Lower Haight. NBC Bay Area has the tale,
SF News Iris Canada, 100-Year-Old Evicted Last Month After Long Legal Fight, Has Died A longtime resident of 670 Page Street who was evicted last month after a drawn-out fight that catalyzed San Francisco tenant rights groups has died at age 100. Iris Canada was hospitalized shortly
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Blue Bottle Is Still Trying To Move Into Former Bean There Cafe Space In Lower Haight After 21-year-old Lower Haight mainstay cafe Bean There was forced to close a year ago at the corner of Steiner and Waller amid what the owner characterized as a dishonest move by the
Arts & Entertainment Rooky Ricardo's Stays Put In New Digs Across Haight, And Owner Rants About Know-It-All Hipsters Beloved vintage record shop Rooky Ricardo's in the Lower Haight had to shut down and temporarily relocate last year, moving from its home of 28 years at 448 Haight Street to a smaller
SF News Someone Projected A Giant Game Of Super Mario Onto The Side Of A Lower Haight Building We all need a little harmless distraction, especially right now, and for many people that need is met by video games. One resident of San Francisco, however, apparently required something a bit bigger.
SF News The Lower Haight Sees Gentrification Arrive Slowly, But Surely The Lower Haight is undergoing a new wave of change that perhaps began a couple years ago, or five years ago, or even ten years ago. But in comparison to similar neighborhoods around
SF News Duboce Park Neighbors Fed Up With Incessant Film Crews Using a larger font size for extra angry emphasis on certain phrases, one Lower Haight neighbor residing on the one-block, Duboce Park-adjacent street called Potomac posted the flier shown below seeking some solidarity
SF News Local Vintage Camera Store Robbed, Confused Owner Says 'We Can't Even Get People To Buy This Stuff' Matt Osbourne, who along with Gordon Szeto owns Glass Key Photo at 442 Haight Street, admits to being confused by a robbery at his store. The methods aren't so surprising: They "smashed in
SF News Disputed Lower Haight Pot Dispensary Approved For Its Remodel A remodel of the space at 473 Haight Street where an expansion of popular medical cannabis dispensary SPARC had caused some last-minute controversy among some neighbors can proceed, the Planning Commission determined. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Prepare For A Revolt: Blue Bottle Possibly Taking Over Beloved Former Bean There Space In Lower Haight Many in the neighborhood wept and cried foul earlier this year when the Lower Haight's beloved, 21-year-old café Bean There was forced to shutter. The reason was a familiar one: The landlord, who
SF News New Lower Haight Medical Pot Dispensary Has Local Merchants Bickering, Possibly Lobbing Threats When local medical cannabis dispensary SPARC opened its elegant glass doors in SoMa six years ago, it was greeted with design awards and a flattering nickname for its chic aesthetic and professional atmosphere:
SF News Christmas Comes Early For Fillmore Street Prowler A Lower Haight criminal found an odd way to express his or her (way early) holiday spirit Monday, when they broke into an area resident's home and stole her Christmas ornaments. According to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Check Out The Menu At The Lodge, Now Open In The Lower Haight A few weeks back I alerted you to the coming arrival of The Lodge, and Wednesday night marked night one for the new Lower Haight spot, in the space formerly occupied by Rickybobby.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rickybobby Gets Replacement In the Lower Haight: The Lodge The many fans of RickyBobby in the Lower Haight got some terrible news last month when the popular, three-year-old burgers-and-tots spot announced it was closing for good. But the bright side is that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight Loses Beloved Bean There Cafe After 21 Years In yet another sign of the times, a very well loved and financially stable neighborhood coffeeshop, Bean There at the corner of Waller and Steiner, is now gone for good. As owners Susi
Arts & Entertainment Video: 1993 News Report About The Internet Features Lower Haight Cyber Cafe "It's all pretty amazing and confusing, if you're one of those who can't tell a disk drive from a motherboard!" That's the brilliant copy in this segment from ABC's Prime Time Live circa
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sorry, Everyone: Rickybobby Is Dunzo Tonight is the official last night of Rickybobby. Gonna miss their burger - one of the best I've ever had! #burger #rickybobby #dinner #thebest #americanfood #sogood #food #foodporn #foodie #foodstagram #foodshare #instafood #nomnom
SF News Infamous Lower Haight Landlord Continues Dirtbaggery, Demands 100% Increase On Rent-Controlled Unit "This is Robert Shelton," former tenant Veronica Fauxton introduces us in a charming post to Youtube. "He owns the apartment building at 312 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94117. This was after I
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Iza Ramen Opens Thursday In The Lower Haight We learned a couple months back that Iza Ramen had closed a deal to take over the former Squat & Gobble at 237 Fillmore Street, which shut its doors over the summer after
SF News Pot Boom: Two Local Dispensaries, SPARC And Apothecarium, Plot Expansions As we await possible statewide marijuana legalization in 2016, we're getting news today of two big SF dispensaries expanding their footprints in the city as providers of medical weed. First there's "Apple Store
SF News Bizarre Home Invasion Wave Sweeps Across SF In Last Four Days What a time to live in San Francisco! 2015 has brought us even more growth and prosperity, skyrocketing property values...and a violent crime rate that continues to rise and rise. We've had
SF News Weird Craigslist Missed Connection From Lower Haight: 'Dear Person Who Broke Into My Car' Police Captain David Lazar of Central Station says that from January 1 through September 30 there were about 1,800 car break-ins, up roughly 400 percent from the same period last year. "Are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Owners Of Cuco's Give Up Eviction Fight, Will Close On Monday Three months after the news broke that Lower Haight standby Cuco's was getting evicted, it's finally, sadly happening. According to Hoodline, the beloved Mexican/Salvadoran joint will close on Monday, after almost 23
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Coming Lower Haight Brewpub Debuts Mural, Brew Kits by Caleb Pershan Local artist Lara Buelow is gussying up the Wiggle this week with a new mural. The location: Haight and Pierce at Black Sands, the under-construction brewpub and open-on-weekends home-brew supply
SF News SF Firefighter Puts Stop To Crazy Pickup Truck Rampage When a man stole a truck from a Lower Haight construction site, it seemed like nothing could stop him as he drove into cars, down a one-way street in the wrong direction, and
