SF Politics Sunset NIMBYs Once Again Appealing 90-Unit Affordable Housing Project at Irving Street and 28th Avenue After losing a court battle as well as a previous government appeal, the “No Slums in the Sunset” crowd is back with another appeal of an affordable housing project, this time claiming concerns over “soil vapor.”
SF News Five People Injured In Early Morning Sunset Fire, Believed to Be Caused by E-Bike Battery Two people were injured leaping from windows to escape the fire, with three others injured by the fire itself, as an early Tuesday morning fire at the Sunset’s Avalon Sunset Towers is believed to have been caused by an e-bike’s lithium-ion battery.
SF News Driver Who Allegedly Killed Pedestrian In Sunset Was High, Police Say A 47-year-old man from the East Bay has been identified as the suspect driver in a horrific pedestrian collision in the Outer Sunset on Monday, and police now say he was high on prescription drugs and cannabis.
SF News After Pedestrian Fatality In Sunset, Twitter-Famous Muni Driver Slams Supervisor Mar For Scaling Back Slow Streets When a Monday pedestrian death brought grievances from the district’s supervisor Gordon Mar, Mar himself took some grief from a local Twitter celebrity over shutting down Slow Streets in the Sunset.
SF Politics Supervisor Gordon Mar Smeared With ‘Communist Pedophile’ Flyers Posted in the Sunset The Epoch Times-Shen Yun faction of San Francisco politics is slinging some pretty toxic mud at District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar, with an anonymous flyering campaign accusing him of “grooming children” and providing “free money to crackheads.”
SF News Two-Year Construction Traffic Nightmare to Begin Monday on 19th Avenue It’s real name is the 19th Avenue Combined City Project, but Sunset District residents and motorists will probably have other words for this water- and sewer-line overhaul slated to last until 2023.
SF News Jean Quan's Outer Sunset Pot Shop Denied By Supes Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and her husband Dr. Floyd Huen, along with partner Ryan Hudson of The Apothecarium, will have to look elsewhere with their hopes to open a medical marijuana dispensary
SF News Elderly Sunset Pedestrian Robbed By Running Mugger A man walking on a quiet Sunset District street was robbed Monday morning, by a man apparently aided by a getaway driver. Police say that the crime went down at 9:18 a.
SF News Jean Quan's Sunset Pot Shop Ready To Roll After Planning Commission Approval The most interesting marijuana dispensary poised to be added to the San Francisco weed-buying landscape is the proposed Apothecarium at Noriega Street and 32nd Avenue, interesting because it would be co-owned by former
SF News Deplorable Teen Muggers Menace Sunset District Pedestrian A group of three teenagers beat and robbed a Sunset District pedestrian last week, but as of Monday the knife-wielding miscreants remain at large. The San Francisco Police Department alerted media to the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sunset Sushi Chef Who Advertised His Support Of Trump Now Regrets His Vote The sushi chef and owner at Taraval Okazu Ya (1735 Taraval Street near 28th Avenue) in the Outer Sunset did not care back in 2016 if he alienated some customers by declaring his
SF News Pacifica Resident Identified As Man Who Allegedly Shot SFPD Officer In The Head This is the image officers got Friday from security camera identified as the suspect as they looked for him after shooting. pic.twitter.com/cgvDRjJpgp— Vic Lee (@vicleeabc7) October 17, 2016 The man
SF News [Update] Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Shot SFPD Officer In Head Following Massive Manhunt Thanks to all who responded and outside agencies who helped out. Thank you @SF_emergency for your dispatchers @SFPD @CHPSanFrancisco 🙏👮🏻 pic.twitter.com/iZEqJ1Qpvp— Officer Manfredi (@OfficerManfredi) October 15, 2016 A quiet neighborhood
SF News Family Seeks Man Last Seen On Outer Richmond Street The family of a San Francisco man who disappeared earlier this month hasn't given up hope that they'll find him, saying that his cell phone still appears to be active. The Richmond District
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Riptide Is Reborn In The Outer Sunset Boo, the 150-year-old taxidermy caribou head that presided over the Riptide and was reportedly destroyed (along with many other decorative artifacts) by the fire that closed the bar last summer, appears to be
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Last Night's Sunset Sure Was Pretty SF summer is here... pic.twitter.com/SWItTKEtCw— the sunset (@thesunset) August 30, 2016 Did you catch last night's sunset? Maybe while out on a stroll grabbing some frozen treats? Of maybe sipping
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink As Riptide Prepares To Roar Back To Life, Fans Write 1K Letters In Support Of Entertainment License When the Riptide was the victim of fire last year, its owners were in the middle of seeking an entertainment license. As the bar's team explains on their Facebook page, "When The Riptide
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sunset Fro-Yo Shop Owner Decries Insane City Bureaucracy Over Trying To Install One Bench Ariel Ford, the owner of Inner Sunset frozen yogurt shop Easy Breezy which began with a shop in Noe Valley and also has a location on 18th Street in the Castro took to
Arts & Entertainment February's Prettiest Sunrises And Sunsets, So Far El Niño has been rather kind to us thus far in February, which is bad news for the drought though I hold out hope for a rainy March but good news for those
SF News Two Sunset Families May Lose Their Apartments Due To Shady Landlord Tactic Two separate groups of Sunset renters are at risk of losing their apartments after what appear to be some shady moves by the building's new owner. One of the renters has filed an
SF News Is Alamo Drafthouse About To Buy Le Video's Collection? The Inner Sunset video store Le Video is not long for this world, but the question of what happens to the store's huge inventory of films remains to be decided. The store, with
Arts & Entertainment Despite All Efforts To Save It, Le Video Once Again About To Close Last weekend the Chronicle told the encouraging tale of tiny, 32-year-old Video Wave, which was saved by loyal Noe Valley neighbors by sharing space with a candy store. But a move last year
Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: Live In A Sad Sunset Garage For $1300 In a bid to provide affordable housing for area students, one Sunset family is generously offering the use of their converted garage for a mere $1300 a month. A few years ago, a
Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: 280-Square-Foot Sunset 1-Bedroom For $1280, Or Is It a Studio? As of today, I'm moving our Apartment Sadness column out of the News category and into Arts & Entertainment, because I'm pretty sure these posts are just being enjoyed for a dose of
Arts & Entertainment Inner Sunset Church Says 'God Is A Giants Fan' St. Cecilia's Catholic Church on 17th Avenue has taken to posting some secular, pro-Giants messages on their street-facing sign now that the Giants are two games up in their third playoff bid in
