SF News Woman Hit By Car Hit at 17th and Guerrero Yesterday afternoon, an 81-year-old woman was struck by a car as she was walking in a crosswalk on 17th and Guerrero Streets. The incident happened at around 3:30 pm. "Police said the
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed In Atherton A pedestrian was killed this morning in Atherton. The incident was reported at about 6:15 a.m. on El Camino Real. No word yet on arrests or cause of accident. However, a
SF News Beware of Dangerous Pedestrian Countdown Signals Have you come across crosswalk signals that skip countdown numbers? We have. And it's scary. Fortunately, Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian safety advocacy group, can help you take action. "We're hearing reports of
SF News Pedestrian Struck by Muni Train This just in: Emergency_In_SF just sent out the following message, "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK: Person walked in front of MUNI train [at] 3rd & Wallace. Condition of patient not known. T-Line affected all
SF News Pedestrian Killed at 4th and King Identified The pedestrian fatally struck by a pickup truck while standing on a Muni platform at Fourth and King Streets has, according to BCN (vis SF Appeal) "been identified by the medical examiner's office
SF News Pedestrian Hit By Bus in SOMA A bus hit a pedestrian in the city's South of Market neighborhood this morning. Happening at around 8 a.m., BCN (via SF Appeal) reports that the bus was turning left onto Eighth
SF News M Ocean View Hits Pedestrian A day after a cyclist was the victim of a hit-and-run by a 5-Fulton driver during his route, a 19-year-old female pedestrian was hit near the intersection of San Jose and Farallones Street
SF News SOMA Pedestrian Accident Blocks Mission Street A little before 8am this morning, a female pedestrian was seriously injured on Mission Street between Sixth and Fifth. The accident resulted in the rerouting of the 14-Mission bus. SF MTA spokesman Judson
SF News Pedestrian Killed On Highway 1 On-Ramp A pedestrian was killed early this morning at around 4:30 a.m. after being struck while walking on a connector ramp between two highways. According to reports, the fatal incident happened on
misc Let's Dream of a Non-Wretched Fisherman's Wharf Oh, sure, you've seen all the coverage of Jan Gehl's plan to turn Fisherman's Wharf into something tolerable. But wouldn't you like to know more? The excellent SPUR is holding a forum TODAY
SF News Muni Bus Strikes, Kills Woman at Sixth and Market Streets Early this morning at 8:24 a.m., an "adult female" was struck a 60-foot 71-Haight-Noriega bus on Market and Sixth Streets. She was transported to SF General Hospital, where she later died.
misc Arguello and California - Don't Walk Here This morning we ran north on Arguello to the Presidio. When we reached California Street, it struck us that there were no pedestrian signals at that intersection, which is rife with pedestrians, on
SF News SFist Blotter -- Really? At Union Square? Where we sit and enjoy our Border's-bought cream cheese stuffed pretzel? Let's back up a bit: according to SF Crime, a 16-year-old boy was shot while kicking it
SF News Another Train Hits Another Man On Another Cell Similar to the fatal accident that happened in November, another pedestrian -- engrossed in a phone call, ignorant as to what was happening around him -- was stuck and killed by a train
Arts & Entertainment Eat it, Portland! San Francisco Most "Walkable" City Everybody get and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas here in .pdf. But why are we talking about Portland? And what about
Arts & Entertainment Ives Got Music, Who Can Ask for Anything More? In the program notes, we see that this violin concerto was written for and created by Ferdinand David, a violinist virtuoso friend of Mendelssohn. SF Symphony Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik happens to play on
misc Drivers Breaking The Law? You Don't Say! It was with absolutely zero shock that we read yesterday's article in the Examiner about a police sting aimed at drivers who cruise through the crosswalk when people are trying to cross the
SF News 19th Ave/Sloat Signal, Continued We were bicycling out in Parkside today, and we stopped to admire the new traffic signals at 19th and Sloat. It's still extraordinarily dangerous, and perhaps worse. The sign telling cars to yield
Arts & Entertainment Divisadero: Smelly, Dirty, Dangerous, and We Liked it That Way Ah, beautiful Diviz. Is there no boulevard more perfect, more blissful? When we think "nice places to take an afternoon constitutional," we are drawn instantly to its divine charm. It is, simply put,
SF News UPDATE: 19th Avenue Car Collision Shuts Down Intersection Five people were sent to the hospital today after two cars crashed into each other at 19th Avenue and Sloat, shutting down the Sunset District intersection. According to the Chronicle, at around 2
SF News MUNI Bus Smacks Pedestrian On 24th Street Last Night Last night -- according to fredsharples, who took these shots, found on SFist Contribute -- a pedestrian was (reportedly) hit by a MUNI bus at around 7 p.m. on 24th Street between
SF News Your Commute: Did You Spare The Air? And for those of you commuting by car today, don't you you spared the air? A truck overturned right at the 92/101 S interchange (those ramps are pretty steeply banked) around 4
SF News SFist Blotter Remember the Jamba Juice hepatitis A scare? And remember how we said there were gymnasts competing in a national meet in San Jose a few weeks ago? Well -- you guessed it --
SF News SFist Blotter Yet another pedestrian hit by yet another MUNI bus in the Richmond -- this time, the 1 California at 22nd Ave. Plus, Caltrain hit a car this morning too. More murder counts for
SF News Local Fire And Brimstone (If By Brimstone We Mean Generalized Trouble) Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14
