Category: news
16th Street BART station gets new high-tech trashcans
January 6, 2015
Crusty, urine-soaked and the bane of many commuters’ existence, the plazas at the 16th Street BART station could obviously use some help in the aesthetics department. The transit agency hopes to get a leg up on the trash at least with new ‘smart’ garbage cans placed around the station. BART is testing out BigBelly trash […]
Officer involved shooting on Valencia Street
January 5, 2015
SECOND UPDATE: 8:33 p.m., Jan. 5. Police have released a suicide note they said was found on the dead man’s phone. Beginning with “Dear officers,” it reads: You did nothing wrong. You ended the life of a man who was too much of a coward to do it himself. I provoked you. I threatened your […]
Hold your applause – theater’s reopening delayed
December 29, 2014
Despite plans to reopen The Lost Church theater this year, going legit has turned out to be a bigger production than the owners expected. Brett and Elizabeth Cline need to upgrade the Capp Street performance venue to meet disability access and city permitting requirements. The couple raised more than $44,000 dollars for the project and […]
Pupusa favorite will stay put
December 20, 2014
Good news, Mission residents. Your pupusas are safe. Despite the sale of its three-story building in late October, Balompié Cafe at Capp and 18th streets isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Manager Evelyn Figueroa didn’t know off hand how many more years the restaurant has on its lease but said it was good for a least […]
Cars torched in the Mission following rash of vehicle arson fires
December 17, 2014
Someone set four vehicles ablaze in the Mission early Wednesday morning, adding to a recent spate of suspicious car fires around the city. Since early September, there have been reports of more than two dozen arson fires involving cars in different parts of San Francisco, according to the police and the city’s DataSF site. The […]
Sidecar may get dinged for sticker campaign
December 9, 2014
Ride sharing company Sidecar may start getting fined for advertising stickers that have been left in droves on parking meters, street sign posts and other municipal property all over the Mission and other parts of the city. Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Works, said crews have been asked to keep an […]
Another change for Mission Street: Guatemalan restaurant getting the boot
November 20, 2014
Even ‘palaces’ are down on their luck in the Mission. Guatemalan restaurant El Palacio Latino, at 2240 Mission Street, has been asked to pack up. A notice taped to the restaurant’s window and signed by landlord Armando Molina says El Palacio Latino’s lease has expired, won’t be renewed and that the restaurant must be out […]
Yoga studio to building’s new owners: Let us namaSTAY
November 17, 2014
Recent news in the neighborhood has hot yoga fans sweating outside the studio. Two weeks ago, Mission Yoga’s building at 2390 Mission Street sold, leaving students of the popular Bikram studio worried about its future. Juicy Sanchez, who owns the studio with husband Steve23, said she’s staying positive and that there’s been no indication they […]
File this under: Horrible!
November 12, 2014
According to police, a woman was attacked just before 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 1700 block of Bryant Street Wednesday by a would-be pimp who told her she was going to start working for him. When she pulled away, he allegedly beat her with a cell phone charger wrapped around his hand. Several of the […]