SF News Drivers Arrested In Separate Collisions That Killed Toddler In Mission Bay, Man In North Beach SFPD announced Friday that officers arrested a Walnut Creek driver suspected of fatally striking a two-year-old in Mission Bay in late February, as well as a driver from Mountain View accused of killing a man in North Beach in early March.
SF News $5M Dream Home In North Beach Was Illegally Converted From Four Units; Board of Supes to Decide Its Fate A family thought they had found a dream property in North Beach, a rare single-family home with a roof deck and four spacious bedrooms. But somewhere in its last couple of renovations, a previous owner did something they shouldn't have.
SF News Pedestrian Killed, Scooter Rider Injured In Collision With Vehicle In North Beach One person is dead and another was injured in a collision between a vehicle and both a pedestrian and an electric scooter Thursday night in North Beach.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue Injured Woman From Hoarder Apartment Fire In North Beach A woman reportedly suffered severe burns and was hospitalized after a fire broke out in her overstuffed, single-room occupancy apartment unit in North Beach on Tuesday.
SF News Extension of Central Subway to Fisherman’s Wharf Gets Its First City Hall Hearing Supervisor Danny Sauter is trying to resurrect the old idea of extending the Central Subway out to North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf, but officials realize there’s no way this gets funded while Trump is still president.
SF News There’s Suddenly Talk of Extending the Central Subway to Fisherman’s Wharf, Despite Muni’s Gigantic Deficit Who’s got the appetite for another billion-dollar transit overhaul that would tear up North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf with construction for years on end? Because the push to add more stops to the Central Subway begins today.
SF News Saturday Links: ‘Pizza Box’ Trash Cans Launch in North Beach, Rest of SF Still Awaiting Actual Trash Cans Legendary 49ers quarterback John Brodie, who played with the team a record-breaking 17 seasons, died at age 90; the White House posted a doctored image to social media of a Minnesota protester crying; and North Beach launched some special "pizza box" trash cans.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved North Beach Soufflé Restaurant Café Jacqueline Closes After 46 Years A full-throated "Noooo!" is being shouted around San Francisco today by anyone who knew and loved Café Jacqueline, because the stalwart, soufflé-focused restaurant has closed for good.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Caffe Trieste Co-Founder Ida Giotta Has Died at Age 101 The first espresso house on the West Coast, North Beach's Caffe Trieste, has lost its grande dame. The cafe’s co-founder Ida Giotta recently passed away, barely a month after her 101st birthday.
Arts & Entertainment North Beach Building Owned for Over 50 Years By Francis Ford Coppola Put Up as Collateral A striking, flatiron-shaped building in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, owned since 1973 by filmmaker and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola, has been put up for collateral on a loan as Coppola continues weathering the financial fallout from his flop passion project 'Megalopolis.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: Apartment Fire Erupts in SF’s North Beach, Quickly Contained by SFFD Surfers were met with 40-foot waves on the opening day of surf season in Mavericks, California; take part in a hyphy video shoot at Powell Station Saturday; and no injuries were reported after an apartment fire in North Beach Friday.
SF News Update: Supervisors Pass North Beach Zoning Changes That Have Neighborhood Small Businesses Up in Arms North Beach’s supervisor Danny Sauter just passed legislation allowing storefronts to merge in that neighborhood, supposedly to fight vacancies. Business owners wonder what he’s talking about, pointing out one of the city’s lowest vacancy rates.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Group Behind Bourbon & Branch and Rickhouse Opens New Bar With Rotating Globally Inspired Menus A new cocktail destination debuts in North Beach today called Long Weekend, and its menu and decor will change on a rotating basis, focusing on a single global city at a time.
Arts & Entertainment Legendary North Beach Punk Venue Mabuhay Gardens Could Possibly Reopen A building that has been home to a generic nightclub and venue for years, but which was once home to the local epicenter of the Bay Area punk scene, is back in play with a group of investors looking to revive it as a music venue.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Recology AIR 35th, Aquatic Park Doc, Rodin with Pipe Organ, and Teen Chase Film In this week’s Field Notes: a live pipe organ at Legion of Honor, stone legacy in Mill Valley, Recology’s Artist in Residence exhibit, and an Aquatic Park doc. Also: Amy Tan with Christian Cooper, teen film 'The Jar', and Sacramento’s music archive.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Republicans Celebrate Trump Victory at North Beach Restaurant Known For Hosting Anti-Trans Event A small cabal of proud Republicans in San Francisco gathered Tuesday night at American Bites, a restaurant in North Beach that last year hosted a bizarre and hateful anti-trans dinner event.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Famed Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City to Close, Amidst Don Ed Hardy’s Ongoing Health Issues The renowned 47-year-old tattoo parlor Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City will be closing at the end of 2024, as its legendary founder Don Ed Hardy is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
SF News Bicyclist Arrested For Hit and Run That Seriously Injured an Elderly Woman In North Beach A 36-year-old man is under arrest after allegedly striking a female pedestrian with his bicycle in North Beach Wednesday and then fleeing the scene.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] North Beach's Park Tavern to Be Reopened Former Partner In Restaurant, With Original Chef The ex-husband of Park Tavern owner Anna Weinberg, James Nicholas, has signed a lease to take over the restaurant's space in North Beach, and it will be reborn as Park Tavern this fall.
SF News Churchgoer Stabbed Outside Saints Peter & Paul Church In North Beach On Sunday, following a reported altercation with a homeless individual who had entered the church, a parishioner was stabbed outside Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.
SF News Concord Man Found Guilty In Bizarre North Beach Pipe-Bomb-Throwing Incident An East Bay man now faces up to 14 years in state prison for an unhinged incident last fall that began at Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink North Beach Mainstay Sam’s Burgers Gets Front Window Smashed By Rando Who Was Harassing Employees An irate and probably unstable person caused a ruckus at the popular North Beach burger spot Sam’s Burgers, smashing the shop’s front window by throwing a chair through it. Undaunted, Sam’s says it will reopen Tuesday.
SF News A New Grocery Store Likely to Replace Former Safeway Near Fisherman's Wharf We have an update on the beleaguered, mostly empty NorthPoint Centre near Fisherman's Wharf, at the edge of North Beach, and its adjacent apartment complex, and it's good news for those in the neighborhood who miss having a full-service grocery store.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Liguria Bakery Reopens Tuesday Just In Time for Xmas Focaccia Purchases The century-old Liguria Bakery in North Beach, which suffered an oven fire in early August, is finally getting back open this week in time for the holidays.
Arts & Entertainment Interactive Theater Piece 'The Speakeasy' Returns to North Beach In April Popular interactive theater experience 'The Speakeasy,' which has been on an extended hiatus since mid-2019, is returning to its underground digs in North Beach this spring, and the waitlist for tickets closes today.
