SF News 5,500 Addresses in Polk Gulch, Pacific Heights Lose Power Sunday Evening Residents in Polk Gulch, Lower Nob Hill, and Pacific Heights received an alert from PG&E that nearly 5,500 addresses lost power Sunday evening, and it was expected to be restored by 10:45 pm.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Pac Heights Mansion Sells for $56M Pac Heights just saw its most expensive home sale since 2024; one person died in a high-speed chase that ended in Gilroy; and this massive typhoon in the Pacific could be a sign of things to come this El Nino season.
SF News Prominent Pac Heights Mansion to Be Used as Entertaining Space for the Algerian Consulate A highly visible mansion at Divisadero and Pacific in Pacific Heights has finally sold after languishing on the market for over two years, and it has sold to a foreign government.
SF News Sunday Links: Felony Charges Filed Against Man Who Installed Fence at Daly City Beach Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead following Saturday’s US-Israeli military strike; three bystanders were shot in Oakland early Sunday; and real estate investor Luke Brugnara faces felony charges for installing the controversial fence in Daly City.
SF News Nob Hill and Marina Condo Owners Have Just About Secured a Delay on That Pricey Sprinkler Mandate Fire safety may be important, but irate condo owners from Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, the Marina, and Pacific Heights stormed an SF City Hall committee hearing Monday to demand a delay on a new sprinkler mandate for their units.
SF News SF Police Car Crashes Into Bystander Vehicle During Chase, Injuring Driver There was a crash early Friday morning at the edge of Pacific Heights in which an SFPD vehicle collided with a car while it was chasing down a different vehicle.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Upscale Korean BBQ Spot Monami Coming to Upper Fillmore A new and decidedly fancy looking Korean barbecue spot, from the chef behind Michelin-starred SSAL, is heading to the former Noosh space on upper Fillmore in Fall 2026.
SF News Sunday Links: One Person Dies in Double Shooting in SF’s Mission District, Suspect Arrested The adult victim in last Saturday’s shooting near the Ocean Beach Safeway was shot through his window; tickets are now on sale for SF Sketchfest 2026; and two people were shot at 16th and Mission early Sunday, one person has died and a suspect arrested.
SF News Heir to Hills Bros. Coffee Fortune ID'd as Owner of Tesla Parked In Alta Plaza, Arrested In Bizarre East Bay Incident We're now getting some clues about that Tesla that was found parked in the middle of a walkway in Alta Plaza Park last week, and it appears linked to a local resident from a prominent family who may be in the midst of a mental health crisis.
Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood Group Pushes Forward With Improvement Plans for Alta Plaza Park After Receiving Bequests The neighborhood group Friends of Alta Plaza is angling to push ahead with aspects of a master plan document that dates back to 2016, following news that two recently deceased neighbors left significant sums of money to the park in their wills.
SF News Scaffolding Fails on Tall Pac Heights Building Amid High Winds A precariously tall scaffolding came loose from the Pacific Heights building it was attached to Wednesday morning and was dangling in the direction of Broadway.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 46-Year-Old Sushi Restaurant, Other Longtime Businesses Getting Evicted By Upper Fillmore Real Estate Investor Welp, hopes that a real estate investor who has been quietly assembling multiple properties on Fillmore Street in Pacific Heights has only good intentions to revitalize the area appear to be dashed.
SF Politics One NIMBY Neighbor Has Held Up 24-Unit Development In Pacific Heights For Two Years An adaptive reuse project involving a historic building in Pacific Heights, which will add 24 units of housing to the neighborhood, is looking at a 20-percent uptick in construction costs and a two-year delay because of legal challenges from a single next-door neighbor.
SF News SFPD Seeks Suspect Who Violently Attacked Disabled Person After Harassing a Waymo Vehicle A person SFPD described as "cognitively impaired" suffered a fractured skull in a recent late-night attack where the suspect also tried to start a fight with a self-driving Waymo, and the police are seeking the brown-haired male suspect seen here.
SF News Pac Heights Getting Speed Bumps to Deter Sideshows, Because Yes, There Are Sideshows in Pac Heights A rash of recent sideshows in the tony neighborhood of Pacific Heights has led the city to install speed bumps to prevent the motor mayhem at Divisadero and California streets.
SF News Four-Bedroom Modern Mansion In Pacific Heights Hits Market for $38 Million It won't set a record if it sells for asking price, but a very large home at the edge of Pacific Heights, sitting right beside the Lyon Street Steps, is currently the most expensive home for sale in San Francisco.
SF News Mystery Buyer Who’s Bought Nearly a Block of Fillmore Street — Including the Defunct Clay Theatre — May Be Identified The Chronicle may have solved the riddle of the mystery buyer who bought the old Clay Theatre and five other buildings on the same block, and unsurprisingly, the person appears to be a wealthy venture capitalist.
SF News Longtime SF Herbal Apothecary Scarlet Sage Herb Co. to Close Permanently This Month The 29-year-old herbal shop Scarlet Sage Herb Co. had just moved from Valencia Street to Lower Pac Heights last year, but city red tape and slow foot traffic have the store announcing they’ll close permanently “at the end of February.”
SF News Capitol Police Admit They Pretty Much Botched Security the Night of the Paul Pelosi Attack A new report says Capitol Police security “lapsed for months” on Nancy Pelosi’s Pac Heights home before last year’s hammer attack on her husband Paul Pelosi, though there may also be some blame to assign for SFPD’s bureaucratic foot-dragging.
SF News Massive Sinkhole Forms After Water Main Break On Fillmore In Pacific Heights A huge sinkhole has formed at the intersection of Fillmore and Green streets in Pacific Heights, as a result of a water main break Monday morning.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Snug Team's New Raw Bar, Little Shucker, Debuts On Fillmore Next Week Cocktail and snack spot The Snug in Pacific Heights is getting a sister seafood restaurant, Little Shucker, which opens to the public next week, on August 3.
SF News Underground Vault Explosion Causes Property Damage In Pacific Heights Around 8 p.m. Saturday night, an underground PG&E vault in Pacific Heights spontaneously caught on fire, causing an explosion through a manhole that damaged a vehicle and nearby windows, but caused no injuries.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pacific Heights Bistro Curbside Café Has Closed Permanently After A 34-Year Run The authentic French bistro Curbside Café quietly closed last week after 34 years at California and Fillmore Streets, saying simply that they were “not able to renew” their lease.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SPQR Chef Opens Mattina, a Pac Heights Breakfast Cafe and Aperitivo Bar That Will Offer Dinner Soon There's some exciting news up in Pac Heights, where chef Matthew Accarrino has just opened a second restaurant around the corner from the stellar SPQR, and it's called Mattina.
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.
