SF News

One Killed, Another Shot, Another Stabbed in Early Morning SoMa Incident

Two people were shot, one of whom died, just after midnight Wednesday morning, and a nearby stabbing may have been related.

SF News

SoMa Tennis Club Supporters Score Win at Appeals Board; Developer Has to Face Planning Again About Removing Courts

Fans of the Bay Club San Francisco Tennis facility, a replacement for which was promised by the developer of the 88 Bluxome complex when the project was approved two years ago, scored a possible win at the Board of Appeals on Wednesday.

SF News

SFPD Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man at Fifth and Folsom Residential Hotel

There was heavy police activity Friday morning on the 900 block of Folsom Street, after an officer shot and killed a man armed with a knife inside an SRO.

SF Politics

State Agency Threatens Investigation Into Supervisors Rejecting 27-Story Residential Tower

A few Sacramento lawmakers are squawking over the supes’ denial of a 495-unit project on what’s currently a SoMa parking lot, and a state agency is threatening a possible lawsuit.

Arts & Entertainment

Former Transbay Temporary Terminal Transformed Into Temporary Community Space With Beer Garden, Soccer

The full city block in SoMa that for much of the last decade served as a bus depot while the new Transbay Transit Center was being built has been "reactivated" with a community space dubbed The Crossing at East Cut.

Arts & Entertainment

NSFW Photos: 'Megahood2021' Was a Return to True Folsom Form and IRL Kink

Thousands descended on SoMa Sunday for an in-person Folsom Street Fair — a.k.a. "Megahood2021" for this year — to celebrate leather, kink, and all things you probably don't want your mother to see about SF. The looks, as well, spanned all manner of excellence.

SF News

Monday Morning SoMa Shooting Leaves One Man Seriously Injured

A shooting near Ninth and Mission streets Monday morning prompted an alert from the SFPD to avoid the area.

SF News

SoMa Shopkeepers Assaulted By Shoplifting Suspect

The owners of a deli in SoMa were severely beaten on Monday by a suspect who had just stolen a beverage and walked out of the store, according to the SFPD.

Arts & Entertainment

SoMa LGBTQ Mainstays Oasis and The Eagle Reopen For Pride; Oasis Unveils New Party Slate

Both Oasis and the Eagle Tavern are reopening indoors and out this weekend for the first time since the pandemic began, bringing LGBTQ nightlife back to SoMa in time for Pride.

Arts & Entertainment

SoMa Nightclub Oasis Is Set to Reopen In Time For Pride Weekend

Fresh from a remodel and ready to welcome in crowds again, Oasis is preparing to host its grand reopening party on June 26, the Saturday of Pride weekend, and a Sunday rooftop day party for Pride as well, with more planned in July.

SF News

27-Story Residential Tower Likely to Add to Quickly Changing SoMa Skyline

A 27-story residential tower — an infill development slated for a SoMa alley that's been in the design and planning stages for over four years now — is set to get its entitlements this week, if all goes well at the Planning Commission.

SF News

Twentysomething Man Shot, Killed in SoMa Saturday Night

A little after 11 p.m. Saturday, San Francisco police responded to a reported shooting at Mission Street between 7th and 8th streets; a man believed to be in his mid-twenties was found in his vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

SF News

Multiple 30-Story Towers In SoMa Are Set to Bring Almost 1,400 New Residential Units to the Neighborhood

Several tall residential towers are in planning and pre-construction stages in central SoMa, and together they'll be bringing almost 1,400 new residential units to San Francisco — because contrary to many headlines of the past year, developers still think people are going to want to live here.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Small Blaze Erupts Beneath 101 Overpass In SoMa

Four people including an SFPD officer were injured in a multi-car crash on Market Street, a small fire erupted under the 101 overpass in SoMa, VP Kamala Harris is coming back to the Bay Monday, and learn about the upbeat music playlist at the Moscone Center vaccination site.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Californios Softly Reopens In SoMa; New Bar Coming to Former Californios Space

The much anticipated, 2.0 version of Californios, newly relocated to the former Bar Agricole space at 355 11th Street, has quietly reopened and is taking reservations for outdoor seating.

SF News

24-Year-Old Man Fatally Stabbed at SoMa Skate Park, 19-Year-Old Suspect Arrested

The SoMa West Skatepark on Duboce Avenue was the site of a homicide Monday evening, following an altercation between two young men.

SF News

25-Story '5M' Office Tower Tops Out in SoMa, Still Has No Tenant

The market for office space in SoMa was white hot when the massive 5M project got its approvals six years ago. But now that the 640,000-sf office building at 415 Natoma is nearing completion, it may have a hard time getting filled.

SF News

Brazen Highway Robbery Caught on Camera in SoMa

A thief jumped out of a moving Honda on Friday to smash the rear window of a Prius just as it was getting on the I-80 onramp on Bryant Street, and made off with a backpack containing a drone and camera equipment.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Famed SF Leather Bar Powerhouse Temporarily Became a Food Pantry For LGBTQ People and Others In Need

For the past six weeks, a SoMa queer bar that's better known for raunchy theme nights and its storied past in the leather community temporarily turned into a food pantry serving LGBTQ seniors and a group of unemployed nightlife workers around the city who found themselves running out of money.

SF News

Two Women Killed In SoMa Hit-and-Run; Suspect Identified As Parolee With Rap Sheet

A parolee with an arrest record for armed robbery and burglary allegedly stole a car on New Year's Eve that was then involved in a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood that left two female pedestrians dead.

SF News

Gunman On Loose Following Friday Morning Shooting in SoMa

The SPFD is hunting for a suspect following a shooting this morning in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

SF News

SF Police Find Body Burning in Debris Pile on SoMa Side Street

SFPD officers doing rounds in SoMa early Sunday discovered a hellacious scene along a neighborhood side street: a body burning inside a debris pile.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Famed X-Rated Cake Shop In SoMa Has Closed After 38 Years

Sorry to bring you more sad closure news, but The Cake Gallery — the small but scrappy 9th Street cake bakery known for X- and R-rated custom decorations as well as photo-reproduction cakes of all kinds — has permanently shuttered after 38 years in business.

SF News

Pinterest Abandons Massive SoMa Office Lease Amid Surge in Remote Work

With the shift toward more evergreen remote work models still going strong, Pinterest has decided to move away from leasing a massive 490,000-square-foot SoMa office space — and, instead, pay a one-time fee of $89.5M to cut ties with the 88 Bluxome Street address they planned on leasing.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

A Nightclub Called YOLO Is Slated to Replace the Legendary Slim's

A nightclub called YOLO, from a pair of San Jose club owners, is applying for a permit from the SF Entertainment Commission to open in the former Slim's space — you know, whenever such things get to safely reopen.