SF News Five-Alarm Fire Burns Multiple Commercial Buildings in Mission Next To 101 Overpass A massive fire broke out around 7 a.m. Tuesday that is sending thick black smoke over San Francisco, and distracting drivers during their commute on Highway 101.
Arts & Entertainment Eye Zen's 'OUT of Site: SOMA' Digital Production To Explore South of Market's Queer History Pride Month in San Francisco this year continues to shapeshift as more events either altogether cancel or adopt entirely online programs. One creative adjustment to the current times is Eye Zen's performance-driven, queer history tour of SOMA that's set to digitally debut in June.
SF News Collision Involving Wrong-Way Driver On 10th Street Leaves Three People Injured A car collided with two others Tuesday morning in SoMa, gravely injuring two people and also injuring a third.
SF News Armed Trio Try and Fail to Carjack Three Vehicles In SoMa Thursday Morning A trio of suspects, one armed with a handgun, allegedly attempted three separate carjackings in and around SoMa, all within an hour on Thursday morning.
SF News Construction Crew Hits Gas Line In SoMa, Prompts Evacuations Another construction crew ruptured yet another gas pipe on Tuesday, this time near 11th and Harrison streets in SoMa, causing multiple buildings in the area to be temporarily evacuated. The situation was resolved in about 40 minutes.
SF News SFPD Arrests Man In SoMa For Chasing Someone With a Needle A man was arrested Monday evening after reports that he was chasing another person around the area of 7th and Mission Street with a hypodermic needle.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tsuta Offers An Authentic, Michelin-Starred Ramen Experience Some 5,000 Miles From Tokyo Ramen aficionados, ready your chopsticks — because the Metreon is now home to the West Coast outpost for the world's first-ever Michelin-starred ramen emporium, Tsuta.
Arts & Entertainment SoMa's Leather-Themed Eagle Plaza Breaks Ground on 12th Street The historically leather-bar-filled neighborhood of SoMa is finally getting its long-promised public park outside the Eagle Tavern. But it won't be done in time for Folsom Street Fair.
SF News Planning Commission Approves One Of Two Enormous New Office and Condo Complexes In SoMa A pair of new developments will bring a combined 800,000 square feet of new commercial and office space to SoMa, as well as a pair of sloping condo towers containing 960 units. One has already been approved, while the other awaits approval next week.
SF News Young Democrats Attacked In Alleged Homophobic Hate Crime Incident In SoMa Two young men who were part of a delegation of Contra Costa Young Democrats attending this past weekend's state party convention at the Moscone Center were assaulted outside a SoMa bar early Sunday and called homophobic slurs.
SF News Massive 5M Office and Condo Project Set To Begin Construction In SoMa The long-delayed 5M project, a dramatic renovation of several South of Market blocks, will add a 400-condo skyscraper, gobs of new office space, and a grass rooftop park to the Chronicle building.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Concrete Chunks Fall Off I-80 Overpass In SF May Day protests are happening, Harriett Street in SoMa was closed late Tuesday after concrete chunks apparently fell from the overpass above it, and a rare seal pup was killed by an off-leash dog at Point Reyes.
SF News Suspect Released in Brutal SoMa Fish Tank Murder Case, Neighbors Furious Still no justice for the murder of Clara Street resident Brian Egg, and his friends and family are even more upset as a former suspect has been released from jail where he'd been held on unrelated charges.
SF News 25-Year-Old Skateboarder Killed In SoMa Collision A skateboarder died Tuesday afternoon after a collision with a vehicle at the intersection of 7th and Mission streets.
SF News Infamous SoMa Gay Sex Club Blow Buddies May Be Endangered As Building Goes Up For Sale Blow Buddies, which has operated for decades in semi-secret with no street signage at 933 Harrison Street, could be in danger if the building it's housed in sells to owners who don't want a sex club there.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Virgin Hotels SF and Commons Club Restaurant Debut In SoMa The long-awaited Virgin Hotels San Francisco has just opened its doors at 250 Fourth Street, and in a couple of weeks it will have a rooftop bar.Tuesday marked the official opening of
SF News Target, CVS, And Starbucks To Rise Across The Street From Rainbow Grocery Oh, what a difference five years makes. It was five years ago this month that San Francisco's first Target store opened to much pomp and celebration in the faux-Vegas splendor of the Metreon.
SF News SFPD Still Seeking Witnesses In Fatal SoMa Shooting Near EndUp Almost exactly a year after a fatal shooting up the street from the club, and a little more a year after a fatal shooting that happened inside the EndUp nightclub at 6th and
Arts & Entertainment #TBT: The First Folsom Street Fair, Way Back In 1984 The world’s most gigantic kinky leather event, Folsom Street Fair, is set to draw some 400,000 leather revelers and gawkers again this Sunday, and is now established as California’s third-largest
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: A New (Gay) Billboard For SoMa Just in time for Folsom Weekend, Oasis co-owners and drag powerhouses Heklina and D'Arcy Drollinger have unveiled a new billboard on top of their SoMa nightclub which you can see above. Lately they've
SF News SoMa Burlington Coat Factory Guard Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Man Outside Store pic.twitter.com/1vUU7oeREe— Renee DiResta (@noUpside) August 15, 2017 Did you know that the security guards at the freakin' Burlington Coat Factory, located at the corner of Fifth and Howard Streets, are
SF News Man Seriously Injured In Random SoMa Beating A man walking down a SoMa street was suddenly attacked Wednesday afternoon, and police say that his assailant remains at large. According to the San Francsico Police Department, the 51-year-old male victim was
SF News Cellphone Stealing Bicyclist Hit By Car, Apologizes To God man down near intersection of 5th and mission st. bystanders say he got hit by a Mercedes pic.twitter.com/Rv0zfzyaOD— Filipa Ioannou (@obioannoukenobi) June 30, 2017 An alleged thief on a bicycle
SF News Women Pepper-Spray Man, Steal His Laxatives A man was attacked and robbed Thursday night, when a pair of women started an altercation with him then stole his medication. Police say that the incident happened at around 9 p.m.
SF News Dastardly Pair Robs Couple In Front Of SF Chronicle A couple standing in front of the San Francisco Chronicle building was mugged Tuesday night, following a struggle over one of the victims' bags. Police say that the mugging was reported at 9:
