Tag: Folsom Street

Gorillas in our midst

Ape-utation at 21st and Folsom streets. [Photo by Renata]

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Rain delay: New Mission park won’t open until spring

Finding a “park” in parking may not be hard, but transforming one into the other has proven a bit more difficult than expected. Winter rains have delayed the opening date for the Mission’s newest park, once a paid parking lot at 17th and Folsom streets, said Joey Kahn, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Recreation […]

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Man arrested following series of early morning fires (updated)

UPDATE 12/5/16: Police have released the name of the man they say is responsible for a recent string of arson fires around the Mission. Michael Boyle, 41, of San Francisco, was arrested near 19th and Florida streets at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, and believed responsible for 11 arson fires in the Mission and […]

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Suspicious fire destroys cars, tent on Folsom Street

Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire in the Mission early Wednesday morning that damaged three cars, destroyed a tent and scorched the side of an adjacent building. The fire broke out some time before 3:15 a.m. on Folsom Street, near 22nd, according to San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Baxter. One of the cars was […]

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Take this Wooden Nickel

The Wooden Nickel wants to be the neighborhood’s living room. The Mission’s newest bar celebrated its soft opening last weekend in the former Truck spot at 15th and Folsom streets, despite some finishing touches still left to be done and a sign yet to be hung out front. Even so, its transition from a themed […]

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