Author: cappstreetcrap
‘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. […]
Better than San Fran? (Updated)
January 15, 2016
UPDATE 1/21: It turns out those “Call it Frisco” fliers aren’t some art school project after all. In a post today, SFist reveals it was all a promotional effort by BuzzFeed SF, which tweeted a URL this morning explaining a little more: For too long, the Bay Area has been torn apart by one very […]
Excess carbs
January 14, 2016
One potato … Two potato
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., […]
Look at those jugs!
January 12, 2016
Sneakers over a wire is so passé.
Mission Bowies
January 11, 2016
Someone I know put it well: “I had never imagined life without Bowie. Such a loss.” RIP sir. [Top photo via @malaikafraley, 2014; bottom photo via ktdrasky/Instagram, Mission Street, 2013]
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 […]
High of the tiger
January 4, 2016
A big cat, syringe cap and port-a-potty.