Category: news
Shootings latest in violent week for the Mission (updated)
June 16, 2016
UPDATE 6/17/16: The man shot at 16th and Mission streets Thursday morning was hit in the right leg in a drive-by shooting, police said. The 46-year-old victim was standing at a bus stop around 9:30 a.m., when two women in a silver Mercedes or Lincoln sedan with paper plates drove up and someone opened fire, said police […]
Early morning shooting in the Mission leaves man dead
June 14, 2016
The bullet hole from last nights gun fight. Lucky it went into an empty business. #sfist @SFPDMission pic.twitter.com/t7UWvmkGog — Shotwells Bar – Beer (@Shotwellsbar) June 14, 2016 A man died early Tuesday morning following a shooting near the intersection of 20th and Shotwell streets, police said. The injured man was shot sometime around 4 a.m. […]
Motorcyclist arrested for suspected DUI following crash that injured girl
June 7, 2016
A San Francisco man has been arrested in connection with a weekend collision left a girl with life-threatening injuries, police said. Nelson Burgos, 49, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of drunken driving, hit and run and reckless driving, all felonies, and four traffic infractions, according to San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak. Burgos was on […]
Man killed, girl seriously injured over the weekend
June 6, 2016
Traffic alert in San Francisco mission district. Mission from 16th St to 15th St is blocked w/police activity. pic.twitter.com/IMhGSrRVXw — Frances Dinglasan (@francesabc7) June 5, 2016 A man was killed and a 9-year-old girl critically injured in separate incidents in the Mission over the weekend. Authorities are investigating the death of a 54-year-old man who was found […]
No soup for you! The old Minako space up for grabs again
June 3, 2016
The former home of Minako Organic Japanese Restaurant appears to be back on the market. An ad posted on Craigslist Wednesday lists the “newly renovated” restaurant at 2154 Mission St. for sale due to a partnership disbanding. Capp Street Crap reported last year that Pete Mrabe, of North Beach’s Don Pisto’s and Chubby Noodle, planned […]
Tiny Warrior Coffee calls it quits, talks split with Alite Outpost
May 27, 2016
There had been hope of reopening, but Tiny Warrior Coffee has given up the fight. The popular coffee shop, which lost its lease in the Mission on its one-year anniversary in October, has officially called it quits after Heath Kessler decided he did not want to continue the business, said his former business partner Glenn […]
Problematic until the end, fire damaged building comes down
May 12, 2016
After two more fires broke following a January 2015 blaze that killed a man and injured six, the three-story mixed use building at 22nd and Mission streets has finally come down. But much like things have progressed since last year’s deadly blaze, the demolition did not exactly go smoothly as planned. During the tear down, […]
Women’s Building has starring role in LGBT miniseries
May 6, 2016
For about a week, filming has been taking place in the city, including the Upper Haight and Castro, for “When We Rise,” an ABC mini-series that chronicles the history of the LGBT movement. This afternoon, scenes were being shot outside The Women’s Building on 18th Street, near a row of 1970s-era cars. According to IMDB, the series stars […]