SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Three Cats Die In Residential Fires In SF Three cats died in two separate residential fires in SF; the Timber Fire near Big Sur doubled in size overnight; and Taylor Farms is now recalling dozens of products featuring fresh jalapeños.
SF News Car Crashes Into Back of Muni Bus, Catches Fire In NoPa A car crashed into the back of a Muni bus, causing little apparent damage to the bus, but crushing the front end of the car which then caught fire on McAllister Street Thursday evening.
SF News [Update] One-Alarm Fire In Chimney Flue Damages Che Fico San Francisco firefighters were battling a one-alarm blaze Thursday afternoon which broke out just before 4 pm, with black smoke seen billowing from the vicinity of the restaurants Che Fico and Foghorn Taproom.
SF News SF Supervisor Mahmood Introduces Ban on Uncertified Batteries Following Increase In Fires SF Supervisor Bilal Mahmood and SFFD introduced legislation banning the sale of lithium-ion batteries without a UL certification label due to increased fire risk, giving city agencies authority to penalize retailers and issue fines to consumers who violate the law.
SF News Person Injured After 100-Year-Old Russian Hill Elevator Falls Three Floors An elevator malfunction in SF's Russian Hill Monday caused it to plunge three stories with someone inside before the emergency brakes abruptly stopped the free fall, sending the person to the hospital with moderate to severe injuries.
SF News SF Fire Truck Collides With F-Line Streetcar on Embarcadero A historic streetcar got T-boned by a San Francisco fire truck Monday morning, and it's unclear how the crash happened or whether anyone was injured.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue Injured Woman From Hoarder Apartment Fire In North Beach A woman reportedly suffered severe burns and was hospitalized after a fire broke out in her overstuffed, single-room occupancy apartment unit in North Beach on Tuesday.
SF News Fire on Pier 28 Causes Temporary Closure of Embarcadero A fire broke out in a pier building on Pier 28 Tuesday morning, the second here in just over a year, leading to a subsequent traffic snarl in the area of Embarcadero and Bryant streets.
SF News Sunday Links: Rescuers Search For Missing Hiker, Last Seen Walking Dog in Sierra Nevada Friday A new state website enables California residents to delete their data from over 500 brokers; a person was rescued from the frigid water “clinging to a rope” at SF’s Pier 9 Saturday; and a hiker has been missing in the Sierra Nevada since Friday.
SF News Dozens Attend Outer Sunset Sideshow, Set U-Haul on Fire From Inside With Roman Candles Residents said more than 100 people attended an illegal early morning sideshow in SF’s Outer Sunset Saturday. SFPD, which was flooded with reports of gunshots, fireworks, and a U-Haul full of furniture being set ablaze, reportedly took more than 20 minutes to respond.
SF News Porta-Potty Catches Fire Outside Alamo Square Home of Dog Walker Targeted in Racist Threats While the Alamo Square home of dog walker Terry Williams undergoes renovations after burning down in the spring of 2024, a porta-potty at the site was set on fire around 1 am Saturday. Additionally, the suspect in the case of the racist threats has been missing since the fall of 2024.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Apartment Fire Erupts in SF’s North Beach, Quickly Contained by SFFD Surfers were met with 40-foot waves on the opening day of surf season in Mavericks, California; take part in a hyphy video shoot at Powell Station Saturday; and no injuries were reported after an apartment fire in North Beach Friday.
SF News [Update] Person Dies in Friday Night Apartment Fire in SF’s Cow Hollow Neighborhood Firefighters received a report of a two-alarm fire at 9:25 pm on the 1500 block of Filbert Street Friday night. A person was found dead in the third-floor unit where the fire started, as SFFD was potentially delayed by hoarding conditions, along with the amount of overhead wires on Filbert.
SF News Three-Alarm Fire In SF's Marina District Leaves Three Firefighters Hospitalized An early morning fire Wednesday in the Marina District led to two firefighters crashing through the floor of the engulfed building, and a third firefighter was also hospitalized.
SF News 3 People in Overturned Kayaks Rescued From McCovey Cove During Giants-Dodgers Game Nearby kayakers and a boat emblazoned with the Ghostbusters logo came to the aid of three people whose kayaks overturned while they were watching the Giants-Dodgers game Saturday. The Giants lost the game, 13-7.
SF News Retired SF Firefighter Wins $1.2M Settlement In Whistleblower Retaliation Case A longtime SF firefighter who’s now 60 years old just got a $1.2 million settlement, saying he was repeatedly passed over for promotions after his 2013 whistleblower case reporting racial discrimination.
SF News Sunday Links: Supporters to Rally for Yosemite Ranger Fired for Hanging Trans Pride Flag The FDA might classify 7-OH, the potent compound in kratom, as a controlled substance; foolhardy swimmers have been entering East Bay lakes that are closed due to toxic algae; and supporters of the park ranger fired for flying the trans pride flag at Yosemite in May are rallying Sunday.
SF News Zuni Cafe Worker Saves Patron Using CPR, SFFD to Issue Plaque in His Honor Rodrigo Lopez, a 35-year-old busser at Zuni Cafe, used CPR to save a guest experiencing cardiac arrest earlier this month. The man recently returned to Zuni to thank Lopez, and SFFD plans to honor Lopez with a plaque.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News Mayor Lurie Names New Fire Chief, Dean Crispen, a 34-Year Veteran of the SFFD In his first department-head appointment of his tenure as mayor, Daniel Lurie on Friday announced the appointment of second-generation firefighter and 34-year veteran of the city's fire department Dean Crispen as the new fire chief.
SF News Early Morning Fire at Pier 28 Temporarily Shuts Down Embarcadero San Francisco firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire early Tuesday that appears to have broken out, improbably, underneath and at the edge of Pier 28 in the rain.
SF News SFPD Rescues Two Dogs From SoMa Apartment After Apparent Battery Fire Another apparent battery fire broke out at an apartment at Sixth and Minna streets this weekend, and two dogs had to be rescued from the blaze.
SF News Man Gets Trapped In Downtown Public Restroom, Jaws of Life Used to Free Him A door jammed on one of those antique-style public restrooms with the automatic doors on Market Street, trapping a man inside sometime Tuesday morning.
SF News Fire Heavily Damages Four-Story Residential Building In SoMa A two-alarm fire caused heavy damage to a four-story apartment building in SoMa, and it's unclear if the building was occupied.
SF News SF Firefighters Put Out Encampment Fire Along South Van Ness On-Ramp Near 13th Street San Francisco firefighters were called to the scene of an encampment fire along a freeway on-ramp at the edge of the Mission District on Saturday afternoon.
