SF News Gas Leak At 24th & Bryant Prompts Street Closures, Evacuations [UPDATE] UPDATE: Streets are now open. A gas leak at 24th and Bryant, smack dab the ninth circle of San Francisco's gentrification techster hell, has prompted a temporary street closure this afternoon. According to
SF News Cyclist: 'Driver Intentionally Hit Me' SFist received an email from cyclist Hunter Oatman-Stanford about his recent encounter with a car on Mission Street near Valencia. He claims that a vehicle hit him intentionally Tuesday night. We are reprinting
SF News Have You Seen This Guy? Wanted For Attacking Women In The Mission San Francisco police are on the lookout for this mustached suspect, wanted in connection for two seemingly random attacks on women walking alone near 23rd Street in the Mission. The most recent incident
Arts & Entertainment Today In Jarring Craigslist Rental Ads: $1,000 For 80 Square Feet In Bro Pad Further proof that the Mission needs an abortion: this Craigslist ad seeks a roommate to pay a whopping $1,000 for an 80-square-foot room inside an apartment with four other "grown-ass men" working
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' Let's face it: none of us thinks about Dave Grohl nearly enough. But the former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman is at it again, this time as the director of a newly
SF News 49ers Fans React To Super Bowl Loss By Drinking Too Much, Going To Bed There were only 25 arrests for public intoxication and one for "attempting to light a fire" at 16th and Mission Streets (Note to this genius: in the immortal words of Yoda, "Do. Or
SF News Baltimore Has It Better Than Us: 49ers Fall To Ravens 34-31 Who's got it better than us? For the first time in history, the city of Baltimore has it better than San Francisco. Teams fielded by two crab-infested bayside towns battled it out for
Arts & Entertainment Go Do These Things Tonight: Party on SFMOMA's Rooftop, Get To Third Base In The Dogpatch, Laugh It Up In The Mission A trio of events deserve your attention and attendance around town this evening: One celebrating the arts on a rooftop sculpture garden, another celebrating an underrated neighborhood in the Dogpatch and a third
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Maverick's New KFC-esque Bucket of Chicken Amuses Us Heh. Mission favorite Maverick, purveyor of the Butter Burger, will start offering a bucket of chicken next week on Mondays only. (You'll have to find one of those KFC-Taco Bell hybrids the other
SF News Suspect Sketch Released In Violent Mission Rape Attempt San Francisco Police have released a suspect sketch of the man who violently attacked and allegedly attempted to rape a woman who was walking on 23rd Street near Church Street around 2:40
SF News Woman Violently Assaulted During Possible Rape Attempt In The Mission A personal account of a violent assault and possible rape attempt in the Mission has been making the rounds on neighborhood blogs, emails and Facebook today. The account, written by Mission resident "Amy,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Tartine Closed Until Next Week; New Oyster Shack Opens Alas, Bar Tartine will be closed temporarily until next Wednesday, January 9, for some renovations and for some much-needed downtime, according to Grub Street. But do not fret, people who like to eat
SF News Photo: Gas Station Overhang Collapses During Storm The overhang at the 76 gas station at 17th Street and Potrero Avenue succumbed to Saturday's storm. Luckily, no one was inured and, as Mission Local points out, nothing exploded even though that
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Standup Comedy & Beer At Roxie Theatre Ease you pain away, troubled souls worrying about Instagram using your visage in the next Doritos Locos Taco ad, with some top-notch comedy and free PBR at the Roxie Theatre in the Mission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Bambino To Close By Year's End Cherished but troubled Italian restaurant Bar Bambino announced that it will close its doors on December 31st. A bit of a surprise that, since it opened in 2006, it was much-loved by fans
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Theater Hits $60K Fundraising Goal, Upgrades On The Way Good news for film buffs: the Mission's Roxie Theater announced today that it's surpassed its $60,000 Kickstarter fundraising goal, with the total amount raised currently hovering at $61,533. According to the
SF News Weird Lights Over The Mission Fuel Nationwide UFO Rumors. Are They Coming For Our Hipsters? Proving that a good UFO story never gets old, a Mission man's admittedly tequila-influenced witnessing of lights in the sky has gotten some traction on the Web, with the Drudge Report linking to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Important Fried Chicken Updates: Pollo Campero Opened Today In The Mission In chicken-fried news today: beloved Guatemalan chicken chain Pollo Campero opened their first full-service location in the U.S. on Mission Street. Although the chain currently has a few dozen fast food style
SF News Gentrification Report: Audi Showroom Coming To The Mission Curbed reports the Planning Commission has approved plans to put a glassy Audi Dealership in the Mission's gasoline alley at 14th Street and South Van Ness. This is, of course, right next door
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kyle Mendenhall Guest Cheffing At Abbot's This Sunday Executive Chef Kyle Mendenhall, from the beer-heavy and noted The Kitchen in Colorado, will do a guest chef stint at Abbot’s Cellar on Sun, December 2. Why? Well, for starters, Abbot's Cellar
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Musicians Telling Stories Over yonder in la Mission, check out Beth Lisick's Porchlight: A Storytelling Series. This week it's "Tales from The Green Room" featuring music and tales from musicians. Which ones, you ask? Well, they've
SF News Mission District To Get Beefed Up Police Presence After seeing an increase in violent crime and gang activity in the Mission over the past few months, SFPD will ramp up their presence around the elitist yet gritty neighborhood. Spurred on by
SF News Man Shot, Killed At 20th And South Van Ness Just after midnight Monday night, a man was shot and killed near the intersection of 20th Street and South Van Ness in the Mission. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was
SF News One Hospitalized, None Arrested After 20-Person Brawl at 16th & Valencia A large street fight broke out after last call in the Mission early Tuesday morning. Police responding to the scene around 2 a.m. arrived to find some 20 people fighting in the
