SF News Mission Street Vending Ban Delayed, As the City Will Likely Be Busy Busting Vendors Near APEC The Mission Street vending ban is now delayed until after Thanksgiving, reportedly because of APEC, an event for which the city is determined to clear Fisherman’s Wharf of bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors.
SF News Mission Street Vendors Not at All Happy About New Vending Ban, Which May Only Be a 90-Day Ban Most Mission Street vendors do not even realize that SF is gearing up to ban vending on Mission Street, and we now learn the vending ban might only be in effect for 90 days.
SF News Street Vending to Be Banned Outright on Mission Street, as City Workers Cite Assaults Supervisor Hillary Ronen made the surprise announcement that the city will ban all vending on Mission Street (or try to, at least), as threats and attacks on city workers have apparently been escalating.
SF News SFPD Recovers Nearly $18,000 Worth of Stolen Apparel In Mission Street Illegal Vending Bust Some surprisingly high-end items were being sold by street vendors on Mission Street, as SFPD says they busted two vendors suspected to be part of a fencing operation, selling an estimated $17,880 worth of stuff allegedly stolen from Lululemon and Victoria's Secret.
SF News New Squad of Community Ambassadors Hopes To Clean Up Mission District Blight A new group of “Mission Community Connector” ambassadors is being deployed starting today in the Mission District, in an effort to abate the neighborhood's rampant tent camping, street vending, and sidewalk drug use.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant Kuba Has Opened In the Former Cha Cha Cha Space on Mission Street The new restaurant Kuba has taken the reins at the former Cha Cha Cha at Mission and 19th Streets, and they’re keeping it Cuban with the jerk chicken and famed sangria pitchers.
SF News Downed Tree Kind of Snarled Things In SOMA Thursday Morning Thursday morning’s inclement weather brought down a tree at Mission and 11th Streets, and that tree pulled some Muni lines and a light pole down with it.
SF News 24th and Mission Plaza Completely Cleans Up Vending Scene Saturday, Sees It Back in Full Force One Day Later It was the best of weekends and the worst of weekends in the effort to curb illegal vending at the 24th and Mission Street Plaza, as Saturday’s efforts rendered the corner near-pristine, but all the vendors simply showed back up Sunday.
SF News Smattering of Illegal Vending Slowly Returning to 24th and Mission — Including $5 Steaks? The initial success of the vendor permitting system felt a little fragile, and while illegal vendors are only returning in small numbers, a few are testing the boundaries and encountering little blowback.
SF News 24th and Mission Vending Permit System About to Kick In, Violators to Have Their Goods Confiscated The long-discussed permitting system for 24th and Mission Street vendors will supposedly take effect Tuesday, with violators first getting a warning, and getting their items seized if they get a strike two.
SF News Fences at 24th and Mission Have Been Ripped Down, Seemingly by Protesters Those controversial fences at the 24th and Mission BART station were torn down, apparently Saturday morning, and a protest group is taking credit for holding down the “liberated space.”
SF News In First Weekend, Fences at 24th and Mission Fail to Deter Vending, Mostly Just Block Sidewalk Access The new fences meant to discourage vending at 24th and Mission Street saw their first Saturday and Sunday of action, and did not seem to deter illegal vending, but instead just deterred access for folks using wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers.
SF News 24th and Mission Vending Laws Kick In, Smattering of Enforcement Observed Thus Far The rollout of the street vending “crackdown” hit the 24th and Mission Street corner bazaar last week, and while there’s been a bit of enforcement, the portal for vendor permit applications is reportedly not even working yet anyway.
Bay Area Sports As Warriors Win Title, Mission Street Gets Its Fireworks, Bedlam, and Celebrations On Mission Street did its thing on Thursday night after the Golden State Warriors championship victory, and we’ve got pictures and video of the fireworks, street parties, and joyful pandemonium.
SF News Surge of Street Blight in the Mission Spurs Neighborhood Outcry; Action Plan Hopes to Remedy It Mission conditions have deteriorated noticeably in the last few months, with street vendors hawking hot merchandise, encampments, and trash galore, but the neighborhood is on a mission to fix it.
SF News Video: Mission Street Loses Mind After 49ers Playoff Win, But Deplorable Taggers Paint On Muni Windshields The requisite Mission Street mayhem and fireworks erupted after the 49ers’ big win Saturday night, and was rowdy but not violent, though a few Muni buses will be placed on injured reserve.
SF News Traffic Snarl Alert: Mission and South Van Ness Intersection Will Be Closed to All Traffic Next Week About seven blocks worth of streets will be closed to traffic this coming Wednesday, and continuing til Monday, August 9, in the latest BS from the Van Ness BRT.
SF News Mission Street Robber Steals Glasses From Woman's Face "He'd steal the glasses from your face" is a phrase my late grandmother used to employ describe some especially unpleasant residents of her hardscrabble Wyoming town. But now I have a chance to
SF News Unhappy Patron Bashes Bernal Bartender A man who aggressively expressed his displeasure with his drink is being sought on suspicion of aggravated assault today, as the bartender he attacked recovers from her injuries. Police say that the assault
SF News Miscreant Stabs Man In Mission During Struggle Over Necklace A man seated on a busy Mission Street block was injured Sunday, when a robber stabbed him over the necklace he was wearing. Police say that the crime went down at 10:01
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Time's Up At Current Doc's Clock Location Next Month The clock is ticking for drinks at the current Doc's Clock: According to a Facebook post from the bar's ownership, it closes "around the end of May." Last year, it was originally reported
SF News A Decade After Gavin Newsom Pulled SF's Trash Cans, Ed Lee Brings (Some Of) Them Back It was June of 2007, when then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared "We have too many garbage cans in the city," and ordered SF's Department of Public Works to remove half of the
SF News Former SRO Damaged In Bernal Heights Fire Now Marketed As Developer 'Cash Cow' A Bernal Heights fire last June displaced 58 people when it destroyed the Cole Hardware building at 3312 Mission Street and badly damaged neighboring buildings including the Graywood Hotel, an SRO at 3308
SF News Mission Activists Oppose 'Tea Art' Cafe In Vacant Storefront As 'Destabilizing To Working-Class Communities' A cafe with designs to open for "tea, coffee, and snacks" in a Mission Street storefront near 24th Street that's been empty since 2015 is now in the crosshairs of at least one
SF News [Updated] Multiple Buildings Evacuated, Shelter In Place Ordered As SFFD Fights Five Alarm Blaze At Mission And 29th Streets 161701875, WF, WORKING FIRE, 4TH ALARM, 3312 MISSION ST, SF, pic.twitter.com/OGpSEDeyOk— SF Firefighters 798 (@SFFFLocal798) June 18, 2016 A five-alarm fire is burning on Mission Street near 29th Street, impacting
