SF News Brazen Thief Walks Off With $20K Dali Etching From Union Square Gallery A thief on Sunday afternoon snatched a Salvador Dali etching worth $20,000 off an easel inside the door of a gallery near Union Square, and his casual escape was all caught on surveillance video.
SF News Cyclist Reportedly Shoots Uber Driver In Tenderloin Confrontation 5 shots fired on Mason St at Turk. One man down, appears to be alive. #breaking pic.twitter.com/jyRXYu6s11— Fred Zirdung (@fredzirdung) November 2, 2017 A shooting at the peak of rush
SF News 49ers Players Escape Alleged Robbery Attempt Outside Union Square Nightclub Two ambitious — or perhaps foolish — armed robbers tried to mug two San Francisco 49ers players after this past Sunday's game against the Washington [Insert Racist Name Here]. Mission Local reports that according to
SF News [Update] Shooting And Crash Closes Stretch Of O'Farrell Street For Hours The San Francisco Police Department closed a stretch of Union-Square area street for nearly three hours Tuesday morning, on reports of a shooting on the block. ABC 7 reports that O'Farrell Street between
SF News Disintegrating Union Square Hilton Closes Streets For Hours Sheet metal dangling from Hilton Hotel closes #TaylorStreet in #SanFrancisco https://t.co/ozn4tbI7FV pic.twitter.com/0V5KVjy967— KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM (@KCBSNews) September 8, 2017 A huge piece of sheet
SF News Driver Smashes Into Union Square Gucci Store, Reportedly Raids It For Purses Plywood covers portion of Gucci store in San Francisco after apparent smash-and-grab. https://t.co/OspWpYSMkd pic.twitter.com/9JPl2aabiS— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) July 16, 2017 The rarefied environs of Union Square's
SF News Shoplifting Girl Gang Easily Slips Past Union Square Security Guard A store's security guard was no match for a group of young women, all of whom appeared set on shoplifting from a Union Square store. Police say that the heist went down at
SF News Utility Vault Explodes Near Union Square, Shutting Down Several Streets An underground utility vault, the kind that occasionally explodes and sends a manhole cover flying, exploded this morning at 9:40 a.m. at the intersection of Mason and Cyril Magnin Streets, near
SF News SF Cable Car Claims Second Tesla In Four Months Oops! #Tesla hitting a cable car in San Francisco A post shared by Leo Giuffrida (@leonardogiuffrida) on Mar 30, 2017 at 4:55pm PDT What is the deal with cable cars and Teslas?
SF News Forever 21 Store In SF In Trouble With State Agency For Allegedly Requiring Employees To Speak English Only The Union Square-area Forever 21 store in San Francisco is the target of a civil rights claim by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after it came to light that management
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Finally! Ruby Skye Closing, Could Become Actually Cool Music Hall With Bowling Alley San Francisco's Hottest New Club of 2000 that somehow still felt trapped in the '90s, Ruby Skye, the now 17-year-old dance hall, is set to close later this year according to Hoodline. The
SF News Men Who Parachuted Off Union Square Hotel Say They Don't Want Any Attention Despite a kiss for the camera and a grinning mug shot, one of the men arrested late Tuesday for BASE jumping from a Union Square hotel says they don't want any attention for
SF News Parachuters Jump Off Union Square Hotel, Are Promptly Arrested Two wanna-be Xander Cages are behind bars in San Francisco today, after they parachuted off the roof of a downtown San Francisco hotel. San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer Giselle Talkoff says that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lefty O'Doul's To Have Closing Party Wednesday Amid Legal Battles Over Name And Memorabilia The legal battle over who owns Lefty O'Doul's basically the business and its brand, as opposed to the premises in which it has resided for nearly 60 years at 333 Geary, which is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cafe du Nord And Elixir Were Both Speakeasies, And More Fun Facts From Prohibition-Era San Francisco History nerds and party people alike dream about being able to time-travel to the 1920s, when a national crackdown on booze became a boon for nightlife people always have a lot more fun
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Brief History Of The California Hofbrau, A Bay Area Dining Tradition News over the past week about the potential relocation, or refurbishing (or total demise) of historic Union Square hofbrau Lefty O'Doul's has perhaps had some of you wondering what is up with this
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lefty O'Doul's Landlord Claims Proof That They Own All The Bar's Memorabilia The latest in the Lefty O'Doul's saga, following a lawsuit filed Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court, is that landlord Jon Handlery has now produced a letter from 2001 that his reps say
SF News Mason Street Mugger Traps Victim In His Own Shirt A suspect who attacked a man just steps from San Francisco's popular Union Square area used his victim's own garments to aid in the crime, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Police
SF News Closing Date For San Francisco American Apparel Stores Unknown When news broke that long-struggling clothing manufacturer American Apparel had been sold, it was a safe assumption that their business would face big changes — changes that will shutter the LA-based company's 110 retail
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Lefty O'Doul's Battle Continues As Proprietor And Landlord Hold Dueling Press Conferences The tug of war over Lefty O'Doul's in Union Square continued Monday with dueling press conferences held by landlord Jon Handlery and the Handlery family via their public relations man Sam Singer and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Market Street Trader Joe's Promises March Opening After a bout of delays put the kibosh on Trader Joe's plans to open a location at Fourth and Market Streets this October, the company appears to be back on track and set
SF News Cycling Mugger Menaces Popular Downtown Parking Garage A bike-riding miscreant pedaled through a popular downtown parking garage Thursday night, robbing an elderly man as he rode. According to the San Francsico Police Department, a 79-year-old man was robbed at 8:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lefty O'Doul's Actually Not Moving As Landlord Claims Ownership Of All Interior Contents I figured there was something of a tug-of-war going on when the story dropped yesterday that Lefty O'Doul's might have to close and relocate after serving up stiff drinks and steam-table corned beef
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lefty O'Doul's May Be Closing And Relocating In Union Square After 59 Years Union Square dive bar and hofbrau Lefty O'Doul's beloved by many service industry workers, cops, Tenderloin denizens, and San Francisco Chronicle reporters, not to mention a steady stream of tourists seeking a bargain
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Original Lori's Diner (On Mason) Is Closing After 32 Years Fans of Lori's Diner (are there any who actually live here?) will be sad to learn of the closing of the mini-chain's OG location at 336 Mason Street after 32 long years in
