SF News New Year's Day Fire On Masonic Ruled Accidental That unfortunate fire we told you about yesterday that scorched three buildings on Masonic between Waller and Frederick on New Year's Day has been ruled an accident by fire department investigators. The blaze
SF News Upper Haight Apartment Fire Displaces Ten, Injures One It's been a fiery start to the new year both here and down in L.A., and a three-alarm fire last night on Masonic between Frederick and Waller damaged three buildings and displaced
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Red Vic Movie Theater Becoming Food Startup Space Although the neighborhood lost a much-loved gathering spot when the Red Vic's projector flickered for the last time back in July, the neighborhood could be getting another community-focused space to take it's place
SF News Nevius Goes After the Haight Again, This Time Over High Rents? Chuck Nevius continues his tour of the slowly gentrifying corners of the city this week, now focusing on the Haight. He devoted his Saturday column to acting shocked that there were any decent,
SF News Sit/Lie Law, Not Yet Enforced, Already Changing the Upper Haight? The controversial Sit/Lie law, a.k.a. Prop L, won't be enforced until mid-February, but it already has had a chilling/gloriously cleansing effect on Haight Street, depending on how you see
SF News Cyclist, Truck Collide In Upper Haight Proving that Coke is better than its rival -- do any of you really prefer, say, Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke? If so, please explain yourself -- a Pepsi delivery truck and a
misc Haight, Gutterpunks, and Dogs As we passed by, the dog lunged out and clamped its jaws on our friend's leg. The bite broke no skin, but it scared the hell out of our friend. She told us
misc Blocker: 1300 La Playa Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
misc Blocker: 1800 Haight Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
SF News Today's Murder Count --In Oakland, five people have been killed in the last 48 hours (from noon on Wednesday to early this morning). The one this morning is murder number 64 in Oakland. --In SF, they're
SF News The San Francisco-New York Neighborhood Comparison Table Quick -- which one of those pictures above is of Valencia Street in SF and which is of Williamsburg in Brooklyn? Bay Area blogger Overstated has put together his list of what New
SF News Driveway Parking What does this have to do with anything other than being one of our favorite stories? Well, there's been an influx of driveway parking, especially in the Richmond, and Supervisor Jake McG wants
SF News Jerry Tang, One Year Later Tonight, his wife held a vigil in Golden Gate Park to remind people that Jerry is still missing and to encourage people to keep looking for him. Jerry Tang had suffered a stroke
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Need a New Job Submissions go to yvesdroppings at gmail dot com. Female clerk yelling at male (clerk? boyfriend? whipping boy?): "TIM! Get up here and wipe the blood off this bill right now. It's grossing me
SF News Beer And Movies Eventually At The Red Vic The Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi-penned ordinance goes into effect immediately, but the Red Vic still had several hurdles to leap. We spoke to the Red Vic's Martha Beck, to see if we could be
SF News Joe vs Amy: Round 3 But no. Now, her entire family is basically living in the living room of their duplex apartment in Upper Haight because she was hit with a late appeal on an already given out
SF News Your Commute: BART Makes a Boo-Boo So, to make up for it, they've decided to add service and add the numbers of trains put on each run. It won't be back like it was before and people not going
