Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: The Tanforan Memorial’s Legacy, Isaac Julien’s Dreamscape, and '9 to 5'’s SF Roots Field Notes highlights the Tanforan Memorial’s history, Isaac Julien’s cinematic art at the de Young, SF’s cameo in 9 to 5, Pescadero’s coastal charm, and Charlie’s Café—a vibrant Mission District spot bringing people together with food and music.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News Thousands Pack the Mission for Peaceful ICE Protest; SFPD Pulls Pepper Spray On Separate, Smaller Civic Center Protest As many as 10,000 protesters jammed the streets of the Mission District Monday night in yet more public opposition to ICE actions in California, but a small splinter group hit Civic Center late at night, leading to arrests and SFPD pepper sprayings.
Arts & Entertainment SF Porchfest Returns Saturday to Rock Out the Mission District with Lo-Fi Magic The seventh annual DIY “front porch” music festival SF Porchfest brings 74 live acts to 13 stages (well, porches) in the Mission District on Saturday, in what will be the biggest SF Porchfest ever held.
SF News SF City Hall Approves Mission Apartment Building, Despite Outrage That Landlord Is Profiting Off Fatal Fire The site of a deadly 2015 fire at Mission and 22nd streets has sat vacant and swampy for ten years, but the landlord whose neglect allegedly caused that fire has been rewarded with permission to build a fancier and more lucrative 10-story replacement.
SF News Residents In Hayes Valley and Near 16th and Mission Complain About Approach to Shuffling Drug Trade Around Gatherings of habitual drug users and dealers that used to occur primarily on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin have shifted to other neighborhoods thanks to the mayor and SFPD's "cleanup" efforts, and neighbors on one Mission alley are protesting.
SF News SFPD Arrests 21-Year-Old Suspect In Mission District Murder of Teen A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night in Novato in connection with a murder that occurred last Friday in SF's Mission District.
SF News Dr. Oz Pops Into SF’s Mission District, Visits Senior Care Facility and Actually Says Nice Things About It Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Dr. Mehmet Oz was in SF’s Mission District and Tenderloin, of all places, this week, with a visit and glowing remarks about a senior care facility on 30th Street.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Brucato, a New Restaurant and Distillery Tasting Room, Opening Next Month In the Mission A trendy new local maker of excellent amari — Italian-style, herbal digestif and aperitif liqueurs — Brucato Amaro, has set an opening date for their first tasting room, which is doubling as a full-service restaurant and cocktail bar.
SF News New 16th Street Police Presence Just Moving Blight to Nearby Alleys, Residents Say The hulking police RV and crew of officers now stationed at 16th and Mission may have cleaned up that one corner, but has moved new pockets of crime and drug bazaars to nearby small alleys, making life for residents there a newfound hell.
SF News Two Women Charged For Sunday Crash Into Napper Tandy Parklet on 24th The two women who were in the allegedly stolen SUV that crashed into the Napper Tandy's parklet in the Mission District on Super Bowl Sunday, injuring seven people, have now been charged.
SF News SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder Asks SFPD For Answers About Chase That Led to Sunday's Crash One new SF supervisor is pressing the SFPD for answers about the latest example that left seven people injured.
SF News Shots Fired Near 16th and Mission Minutes After Mayor's Press Event With Wiener Exemplifying the general and ongoing sketchiness of the area around the 16th and Mission BART Station, there was a shooting Monday minutes after and less than a block away from a press conference with Mayor Daniel Lurie and state Senator Scott Wiener.
SF News Tesla Reportedly In Autopilot Mode Plows Into Mission District Plant Store A plant store called Mellow SF was hit by a Tesla that was reportedly in autopilot mode early Sunday afternoon, but the car seems to have taken more damage than the shop, and no people or plants were harmed.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Street Pollo Campero to Double in Size, and Get a Huge Makeover The “KFC of Guatemala” Pollo Campero has been drawing long lines at their Mission Street location for a decade. But the lines shouldn’t be so long anymore, as the SF Planning Commission just approved the restaurant’s request to expand and take over the neighboring address.
SF News City Attorney Threatens Mission-Bernal Property Accused of Throwing Illegal After-Hours Parties An upstairs spot above two unassuming Mission-Bernal restaurants has reportedly been a hotbed of unpermitted late-night after-hours parties complete with gambling machines for the last two months, and City Attorney David Chiu is investigating.
SF News First Homicide of the New Year In San Francisco Happened In the Mission, Arrest Made Quickly The first homicide of the year in San Francisco happened less than a half hour after midnight on New Year's Eve, at a gas station in the Mission District.
SF News Cafe Worker In SF's Mission District Springs Into Action to Stop Petty Thief A cafe worker in the Mission District is being hailed as a hero for jumping out from behind the counter to pummel a would-be backpack thief Friday morning and hold him until police arrived.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Homicides In a Single Day, Including Mission District Stabbing There were two separate homicides in San Francisco on the day after Thanksgiving, including a fatal stabbing in the heart of the Mission District.
SF News Buddhist Nuns' Residence Next to Mission District Temple Burns In Two-Alarm Fire, Four Displaced The nuns' residence next door to Hua Zang Si temple on 22nd Street was heavily damaged in a fire Tuesday, but luckily firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to the temple building next door.
SF News Four Suspects Being Sought After Shooting In Mission District A woman is in critical condition following a shooting Tuesday morning in the Mission District, and police are looking for four male suspects.
SF News Ruptured Gas Line Prompts Evacuation of Four Buildings In SF's Mission District After a private contractor reportedly ruptured a gas main in the vicinity of 24th and Hampshire streets in San Francisco, four buildings have had to be evacuated and Muni service near Potrero Avenue and SF General has been disrupted.
SF News Those ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers Are Now Coming to Shotwell Street After street bollards and barriers chased the sex work scene off of Capp Street, but merely moved that activity over to Shotwell Street, the SFMTA has voted to bring the barriers to Shotwell Street too.
Arts & Entertainment Beloved Fabric Outlet Store at 17th and Mission Is Closing Permanently on November 23 It will rip the hearts out of crafty types across the Bay Area that the 29-year-old fabric emporium Fabric Outlet has just announced its impending permanent closure, and the place is packed with customers jumping on the 40%-75% off clearance deals.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Man Shot and Injured Near 16th and Mission A man was shot and left with life-threatening injuries Wednesday night in the Mission District; there is now surveillance video of the teen suspect moments after the Ricky Pearsall shooting; and the OPD isn't likely to shake federal oversight soon.
