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‘Cinema school’ could bring movie making to Mission Street
January 15, 2016
Less than a month after the new Alamo Drafthouse movie house opened, plans are getting underway to bring another old Mission Street theater back from retirement. In recent weeks, signs have been hung across the timeworn marquee of the former Tower theater at 2465 Mission St., declaring it the future home of Mission Cinema School. […]
Bus stop stabbing caps violent day
January 13, 2016
A group of as many as 10 people attacked and stabbed two men at a bus stop Tuesday night, leaving one of the victims with life-threatening injuries, police said. The men, ages 34 and 41 years old, were sitting at a stop at 18th and Mission streets when the group approached them around 8:30 p.m., […]
Party over: Club that moved into Fizzary space ousted (updated)
January 6, 2016
The party has ended for an alleged gambling den on Mission Street. After a shooting and months of police calls, the operators of an after-hours club inside the former Fizzary soda shop have been evicted. Earlier today, an eviction notice and no trespassing warning were posted on the door of 2949 Mission St., subleased in September by a couple who claimed they planned to […]
Valencia Street’s DEMA is closing (updated)
January 4, 2016
UPDATE 5:45 p.m.: In an email, Grim talked about her future plans and said that DEMA would be open until the end of the month. As for her decision to close the shop, she wrote that she wasn’t getting enough business anymore for reasons that are unclear: Maybe all my customers have moved to the East Bay? Maybe they all shop on […]
Fire Department: Nothing sinister behind recent Mission fires
December 21, 2015
“Arson” may be spray painted in giant pink letters on fencing around the recently demolished Rolling Stock tire store, but that wasn’t behind a devastating fire there last month, authorities said. San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said there was no foul play in that Nov. 8 fire or the Dec. 10 blaze that […]
Fizzary owner evicted but exit plan for after-hours club unclear
December 18, 2015
The business owner who says he unwittingly subleased his Mission Street storefront to an illegal gambling operation has agreed to be evicted. Taylor Peck, who used to run The Fizzary soda and candy shop at 2949 Mission St., said he agreed to an immediate judgment for eviction, approved by a judge on Monday. While Peck’s […]
10 homeless after fire at former Palace Steak House
December 10, 2015
Two people were rescued after a fire broke out early this morning at the former site of the Palace Steak House, fire officials said. At 3:24 a.m., firefighters were called to 3047 Mission St., a mixed-use building near Cesar Chavez, where they rescued two people trapped on a second-floor balcony using a 22-foot ladder, according […]
Median parking, church goers love it; residents no so much
December 9, 2015
The results of a survey to gauge public sentiment about illegal but tolerated median parking in the Mission are in and, if you’ve heard all the grumbling over the years, probably aren’t all that surprising. More that 75 percent of those who responded to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s survey last month said they’d […]