SFFD Controls Potrero Hill Fire
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SFFD Controls Potrero Hill Fire

A one-alarm fire that burned at a warehouse in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood this morning is under control, according to fire officials. The fire…

$4.1 Billion Revamp of SFO: Luxury Hotel, Terminal Renovations Planned
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$4.1 Billion Revamp of SFO: Luxury Hotel, Terminal Renovations Planned

A new 400-room luxury hotel is among the proposals put forward in a $4.1 billion, 10-year capital improvement plan for San Francisco International Airport, city…

SFFD Manages Central Waterfront Fire

Firefighters battled a one-alarm blaze by water and land at a commercial pier in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront Sunday night, officials said. Crews responded to…

SFFD Fights Valencia Street Fire (Video)

Firefighters are working a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building in San Francisco’s Inner Mission neighborhood this morning, a dispatcher said. Elsewhere Last night’s fire…

Apple Plans Move From Stockton And Ellis To Old Levi’s Store
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Apple Plans Move From Stockton And Ellis To Old Levi’s Store

The downtown SF location of the Apple store is iconic enough that the SFMTA refers to the Powell Street Station entrance next door as the…

Forbes Island Restaurant Recovering From Fire, To Reopen Friday
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Forbes Island Restaurant Recovering From Fire, To Reopen Friday

A small restaurant at the end of San Francisco’s Pier 41 that was damaged by a fire last week is expected to reopen on Friday….

Renderings For New St. Luke’s And Cathedral Hill Hospitals Revealed (Slideshow)
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Renderings For New St. Luke’s And Cathedral Hill Hospitals Revealed (Slideshow)

Renderings for a new 120-bed hospital at California Pacific Medical Center’s existing St. Luke’s campus in the Mission District and a new hospital with up…

Feds Looking To Seize Mission Building That Houses Pot Club
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Feds Looking To Seize Mission Building That Houses Pot Club

Federal laws are a funny thing, aren’t they? They can make a business operating legally on the state level – one that pays taxes and…

Giant Lions To Guard The Asian Art Museum Starting Monday
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Giant Lions To Guard The Asian Art Museum Starting Monday

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum will install two 800 pound Japanese bronze lion sculptures on granite plinths outside the Larkin Street entrance Monday. The sculptures…

Tenant Troubles: Can I Have My Living Situation “Both Ways”?
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Tenant Troubles: Can I Have My Living Situation “Both Ways”?

I am a subtenant in an apartment that is not rent-controlled. I moved in on June 1, 2012. I moved in with a roommate who…

Board Of Supes To Discuss Revised Designs For New Warriors Arena
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Board Of Supes To Discuss Revised Designs For New Warriors Arena

The Golden State Warriors on Sunday unveiled an updated design for their proposed new arena along San Francisco’s waterfront. The Warriors currently play at the…

Man Arrested For Mixing Chemicals, Causing Two-Alarm SF Fire
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Man Arrested For Mixing Chemicals, Causing Two-Alarm SF Fire

A man allegedly trying to mix cleaning chemicals in his home was arrested after sparking a two-alarm fire on San Francisco’s Treasure Island early Sunday…

PG&E Staffer Injured During Bayview Repairs
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PG&E Staffer Injured During Bayview Repairs

A Pacific Gas and Electric employee received minor injuries Sunday afternoon when a piece of equipment failed during repairs to a transformer in San Francisco’s…

Fire Fighters Extinguish Treasure Island Blaze

Firefighters in San Francisco were able to douse a two-alarm blaze at a home in Treasure Island Sunday morning, fire officials said. Crews responded to…

Rec And Park Plan To Rebrand Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Under Fire
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Rec And Park Plan To Rebrand Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Under Fire

A park amphitheater in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood named for San Francisco rock legend Jerry Garcia could be renamed—but not if a local community group…

Neglected Haight Parklet Could Cost $5000 To Remove
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Neglected Haight Parklet Could Cost $5000 To Remove

The Haight has long been on the cutting edge, in one capacity or another. This time the iconic street has all but won the “first…

Tenant Troubles: Can I Refuse To Sign A Lease?
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Tenant Troubles: Can I Refuse To Sign A Lease?

All the websites discuss the SF Rent Control stuff about when your building was built, condo or single family home, etc. But I can never…

SFFD Extinguishes Sunset Fire

San Francisco firefighters have extinguished a one-alarm fire in an under-construction home in the Sunset District this afternoon, a fire official said. Firefighters received a…

SF Man Charged With Fraud After Impersonating Son Of President Of The Congo
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SF Man Charged With Fraud After Impersonating Son Of President Of The Congo

A San Francisco man who claimed to be the son of the president of the Congo has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly…

Space Heater Blamed For $1.7 Million Pac Heights Blaze
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Space Heater Blamed For $1.7 Million Pac Heights Blaze

A three-alarm fire at a home in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood earlier this week that caused more than $1.7 million in damage was caused…

Pacific Heights Fire Causes $1.7 Million In Damage
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Pacific Heights Fire Causes $1.7 Million In Damage

A three-alarm fire at a home in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood on Wednesday morning caused more than $1.7 million in damage, according to the…

Errant Mylar Balloon Briefly Knocks Out Power To 4700 PG&E Customers
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Errant Mylar Balloon Briefly Knocks Out Power To 4700 PG&E Customers

About 4,700 PG&E customers in parts of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill and Mission neighborhoods lost electricity when a Mylar balloon hit a power line this…

SFFD Extinguishes Three-Alarm Pacific Heights Blaze
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SFFD Extinguishes Three-Alarm Pacific Heights Blaze

A three-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood was extinguished just before noon today, a little over an hour after it started, a fire…

Tenant Troubles: My Landlord Died, Am I About To Lose My Apartment?
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Tenant Troubles: My Landlord Died, Am I About To Lose My Apartment?

I live in a unicorn of an amazing SF apartment. We pay well below market rate for Pacific Heights for a flat that is part…

Quake Commemoration: New Public Safety Building, Soft Story Legislation Signed
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Quake Commemoration: New Public Safety Building, Soft Story Legislation Signed

On the 107th anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and fire, city officials Thursday celebrated the topping out of the new seismically safe Public Safety…