SF News Marina Safeway Also on the Redevelopment Docket With Plans For 790 Units In 25-Story Complex They saved likely the most controversial for last. Align Real Estate, the SF-based firm that is seeking to redevelop three other Safeway properties in the city into large mixed-use developments, also has a very ambitious plan for the waterfront-adjacent Marina Safeway.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Spot For Reubens and Bagels Arrives In the Marina, With Jewish Deli-Inspired Cocktails Super Mensch, the latest venture by Causwells chef-owner Adam Rosenblum, is a labor of love and a return to his roots for Rosenblum, and it opened Wednesday next door to the Presidio movie theater.
Arts & Entertainment Both the Presidio Theatre and Marina Theatre Movie Houses Are Up For Sale Both of the Chestnut Street movie theaters owned by Lee Neighborhood Theaters, the Marina Theatre and Presidio Theatre, are up for sale, as the Lees are retiring after nearly 60 years of their family operation running SF movie houses.
SF News Antisemitic Attack Reported in Marina District Early Saturday Morning A 27-year-old man was reportedly sucker-punched to the ground and kicked multiple times by assailants allegedly shouting “F*** Jews” sometime before 2:30 am Saturday morning in the Marina District, and one suspect was arrested for assault.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Argentinian-Italian Spot Morella Debuts In the Marina The former Dorian space is coming alive again, and after a significant remodel, it reopened over the weekend as Morella, and Italian restaurant with Argentinian influences.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Long-Awaited Marina Outpost of Original Joe's Opens Thursday A new location of Little Original Joe's, this one with seating and a full bar, is set to open Thursday at the corner of Chestnut and Scott streets in the Marina.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Upscale Indian Restaurant From Michelin-Starred Chicago Chef Opening In the Marina San Francisco will soon get a new restaurant from the James Beard-recognized, Michelin-starred chef of Chicago's Indienne.
SF News SF Homeless Man Acquitted of Assaulting Ex-Commissioner Back In Jail For a Different Assault Garret Doty, the 25-year-old homeless man who was acquitted in December in a high-profile assault case involving a former SF fire commissioner, has landed in jail again for allegedly assaulting someone with a guitar.
SF News Homeless Man Accused of Attacking Ex-SF Fire Commissioner Acquitted of All Charges On Friday, an SF jury found Garrett Doty, the 25-year-old unhoused man accused of assaulting former SF fire commissioner Donald Carmignani with a metal pipe in April, not guilty, after his defense claimed self-defense.
SF News Defense Dredges Up Former SF Fire Commissioner’s Domestic Violence Allegations In Bear-Spray Case In the case of a former SF fire commissioner who may have bear-sprayed his assault suspect, the suspect’s public defender has brought a mess of domestic violence allegations from Don Carmignani’s ex-wife into the testimony.
SF News Former SF Fire Commissioner Accused In Alleged Bear Spray Attack Will Not Testify In Assault Case The one-time SF fire commissioner who was allegedly assaulted by a homeless man, but faces counter-accusations that he bear-sprayed that man, will refuse to testify in that assault trial. And his attorney admitted his client is “not an angel.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Dorian Is Closing In the Marina After Eight Years, Following Halloween Bash Marina brunch and martini spot The Dorian will be flipping into a new concept next year under a new owner, but it will still be a cocktail-heavy Marina restaurant-bar where people get day-drunk on weekends.
SF News Charges May Be Dropped Against Homeless Man Who Struck Former Fire Commissioner With Metal Pipe The family of former SF fire commissioner Don Carmignani claims that charges are going to be dropped against the man who hit him with a metal pipe earlier this month, and they say that Carmignani himself may face charges.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink There Is Now Some Sort of Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' Pop-Up Bar In the Marina For all those of you who need a themed "experience" for an excuse to drink, there's a "Taylor-themed heartbreak bar" pop-up now in the Marina which has absolutely no affiliation with Taylor Swift, her record label, or her music.
SF News Marina Residents Sound Off With Crime Complaints at Raucous Town Hall Just one day after an alleged 17-car break-in spree in the Marina, riled up residents were itching for a fight at a Tuesday night town hall meeting, and gave plenty of grief to Supervisor Stefani, DA Jenkins, and SFPD Chief Bill Scott.
SF News SFPD Now Offering $50,000 Reward For Information On Cold-Case Shooting In Marina That Killed Visitor 32-year-old Samuel St. Pierre was visiting SF from Placer County when he was shot and killed on June 19, and police are now offering $50,000 for information that could help lead to an arrest.
SF News Mayor Breed, Supervisors Express Their Alarm Over Baby Exposed to Fentanyl, Possibly at Playground One father's post on Nextdoor on Tuesday night set off a cascade of media coverage Wednesday about a highly sensational — and scary — incident involving a baby accidentally ingesting fentanyl, possibly at a city playground.
SF News Baby Reportedly Ingests Fentanyl Found In Grass at Marina Park, Saved With Narcan A parent’s worst nightmare came true Tuesday after a trip to Moscone Park in the Marina, as a 10-month-old suffered a cardiac arrest reportedly after finding fentanyl somewhere in the park, and was saved using Narcan.
SF News Marina Household Sees Garage Robbed Three Times In One Night, Car Stolen on Thieves' Third Visit Security video indicates it may have been the same group of thieves who hit a Marina District garage three times in one night last week, and on the third trip, they made off with a car.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Maybeck's Set to Reopen In the Marina With New Menu, New Partners From Baker & Banker Maybeck's, the cozy Marina restaurant that first opened its doors in 2015, largely flew under the radar of the city at large up until the pandemic began while becoming a solid neighborhood favorite.
SF Politics Sup. Stefani Has Launched a Nextdoor-Type Site for the Marina, So Sure, We Tried It Out Supervisor Catherine Stefani’s new website the “Anti-Burglary Neighborhood Network” just launched, purporting to give her district “a way to connect with their neighbors,” and likely an attempt to burnish her tough-on-crime credentials.
SF News Anti-Patagonia-Vest, Anti-Marina Flyers Popping Up in San Francisco “Stop wearing vests, you look like a Republican” warns a series of new flyers being spotted about town, and the flyers also have some choice words for the Marina.
SF News Arrest Made In Marina Dog Theft Rosie the French bulldog puppy was returned to her humans not long after a violent robbery on New Year's Day, and six weeks later police say they have arrested a suspect.
SF News SF Doctor Indicted in Alleged Counterfeit Botox Scheme A Bay Area dermatologist allegedly skimmed a nearly million bucks by buying fake Botox from online pharmacies, and selling it to patients as the real thing.
SF News Someone Drove Their Car Into the Bay Near Marina Green San Francisco firefighters came to the rescue of an unfortunate driver Sunday night who drove their car off the seawall near Marina Green. It's unclear whether drugs or alcohol may have been involved in the incident, but luckily the water was pretty shallow right there.
