Doc’s Clock announces June closing date, will reopen in new location in July
We all knew it was coming – the last, last call at Doc’s Clock’s original location will take place next weekend. Owner Carey Suckow announced today...
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Pair sprays victim with mace in cellphone robbery
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A 20-year-old man was maced and robbed while walking near 26th and Dolores streets early Wednesday morning. The suspects are described as a man and...
The Sweep Report: San Bruno Avenue
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The removal of a homeless stronghold underneath the 101 Freeway that divides the northeastern Mission and Potrero Hill ended Tuesday with nearly all of its...
French street art appears on 19th St. wall space
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A sticker replica of a gorilla stencil and the words “Don’t Make Us History” by French street artist PolarBear has appeared on a wall of the Pacific...
Woman in critical condition after possible hit and run in SF Mission
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A 32-year-old woman is in critical condition following a possible hit and run on Sunday morning. The woman was found around 3:51 a.m. lying in a street...
The Sweep Report: When the cleaning crews fail to show up
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A group of some 15 people living underneath the 101 freeway underpass at Brannan and Division Streets say they were “stood up” by Public Works...
SF Mission Crime: Man punched over his laptop, cell phone
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A man was assaulted and robbed of his laptop and cell phone on Wednesday evening while walking northbound on Stevenson Street toward Valencia Street. According...
A family-run restaurant exits 24th Street – gladly
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After just a year-and-a-half in its 3161 24th St. storefront, the family-run Montella Pizzeria is set to close its doors in July, and moving into its...
Q&A: Mission supervisor on housing deals and homelessness
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Four months ago, Mission District Supervisor Hillary Ronen took office with the promise of tackling some of the district’s most pressing issues, including housing and...
Threatened with closure, UCSF youth health center finds new home
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Imperiled by a loss of funding and an expiring lease, a year of uncertainty about the future of the New Generation Health Center ended this...
SF Grocery Outlet security guard fired over racial profiling incident
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An encounter on Mother’s Day between a shopper at the recently opened Grocery Outlet at 1245 South Van Ness Ave. and a security guard employed to safeguard...
Bicyclist critically injured after being hit by car on Cesar Chavez St.
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A a 25-year-old bicyclist remains in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle Monday morning near the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Alabama streets....
Local rapper Rappin’ 4-Tay arrested in SF Mission
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Police confirmed the arrest of San Francisco rapper Anthony Forté , better known by his stage name, Rappin’ 4-Tay, following a Mission Local reader’s report that alleged...
Man searches for grandmother’s ashes stolen from car in SF Mission (SFGate)
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Among the items nabbed from the car of a 23-year-old man in the Mission District earlier this week was something truly irreplaceable – his grandmother’s ashes. According...
Garfield Pool redesign team pitches changes to unhappy swimmers
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At the third and final meeting Thursday night to discuss plans for renovating Garfield Pool, swimmers continued to oppose renovation plans that will mean shorter laps. The beloved...