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Hayes Valley Building Destroyed By Fire Full of Squatters, Stoking Fears It Could Be Destroyed By Fire Again

It was last August when an under-construction Hayes Valley building caught fire, with many speculating that people camped just outside the site caused the fire. Construction has gone nowhere since, and neighbors are alarmed that squatters appear to have moved in, and it could just burn again.

Squatter Breaks Into South SF Home, Makes Huge Mess Before Eventual Arrest

A 43-year-old man broke into a South San Francisco house on Saturday, and stayed 14 hours, eating the occupants’ food, wearing their clothes, and taking a bath without draining the tub, before eventually being arrested.

Two Alleged Squatters Charged In Vallejo Death of Friend and Sword Attack on Landlord

It had apparently been three years since some suspect squatters had paid any rent to stay on property belonging to an 80-year-old man in Vallejo. And their stay ended in tragedy, and now two of them have been charged with murder and attempted murder.

Vallejo Squatters Whom Neighbors Referred to as 'The Cult' Implicated In Crazy Sword Incident and Shooting

An elderly property owner in Vallejo who was close to evicting some squatters got into an altercation with those squatters early Sunday morning in which he ended up with a sword through his chest and one of the squatters was fatally shot.

Judge Orders West Oakland Moms Squatting In Vacant Home To Be Evicted

The saga of Moms 4 Housing appears to be coming to a close as a judge on Friday ordered that the women who have been occupying a vacant property in West Oakland must leave or be removed by the Sheriff. The decision is very likely to draw more protest.

Moms 4 Housing Hearing Draws Huge Crowd, Judge Agrees to Consider Case

The moms can remain at the West Oakland house they’ve crashed for now, but a final ruling is expected in the next 24 hours as an Alameda County Superior Court judge declined to toss out their request to stay.

Moms 4 Housing Asked To Leave Squatted Residence By Owner To Make Way For Youth Center

In a revolving carousel of quandaries, the owner of a vacant West Oakland home that was squatted by two mothers last month wants them out — so they can use the property to accommodate disadvantaged youth.

$1.5 Million Hayes Valley Victorian Haunted By Gibberish Squatter Graffiti

If these walls could talk, they'd probably just scream unintelligibly. The Hayes Valley Victorian at 708-710 Buchanan, a "dejected old dame dating back to 1900" by the Chronicle's estimation, has been vacant since

Former Home Restaurant Has Been Illegal Squat For Homeless

At least someone's been putting that empty eyesore to good use! We learn via Hoodline that the Fire Department was called to the former Home restaurant at Church and Market Tuesday afternoon after

16 Squatters Kicked Out Of Vacant $2.6 Million Fulton Street Apartment Building

"A well-organized squatting operation" has been cleared from a building on a popular stretch of Fulton Street, just across from the Lucky Supermarket at Fulton Street and Masonic Avenue. According to the San

Airbnb Squatters Leave Palm Springs Condo In Dead Of Night

The story of the two (possibly Russian) brothers, Maksym and Denys Pashanin, who've been squatting in one San Francisco woman's Palm Springs condo since late May has finally come to a close and

Airbnb Squatters Are Seasoned Scam Artists, Squatted In S.F. Before

As it turns out, (possibly) Russian brothers Maksym and Denys Pashanin, now forever known as the Airbnb Squatters, had eviction papers served to them in a San Francisco SRO way back in 2009.

Airbnb Squatter ID'd, Says He 'Would Squat Again'

The two Russian brothers who are accused of squatting in one woman's Airbnb condo in Palm Springs have been identified publicly as Maksym and Denys Pashanin. Maksym Pashanin is the person who rented

Airbnb Host Seeks Help In Evicting Squatter From Palm Springs Home

Well, this is awful. San Francisco resident Cory Tschogl, 39, decided to purchase a condo in Palm Springs after being priced out of the SF market, and she's been helping to pay the

Barf-Worthy Tenderloin Squatters Den Too Disgusting For Canine Unit

Cops evicting squatters from an abandoned building on Geary Street earlier this week had to make do without the canine unit after it was, "deemed unsafe due to the large amounts of blood,

In Presidio Heights, U.S. State Department Gets Involved In International NIMBY Fight

On Jackson street in a lush part of Presidio Heights, the Nigerian Consolate has apparently left a 7-bedroom, 4-bathroom, $2.8 million home completely vacant for the past 22 years. The building served