The no-reservations bar, still unnamed, will serve beer and wine only, along with some food.

San Diego-based The Baked Bear would sell ice cream sandwiches made with cookies and brownies, along with root beer floats and dessert wines.

The former Bubble Lounge has been transformed into a Barbary Coast-themed cocktail haven with a nod toward its past as a jail.

Rec & Park is asking for lease changes that would provide more protection of Coit's murals, but also allow after-hours tours, food sales and more.

Legendary silicone-enhanced stripper Carol Doda, who started topless dancing in 1964 at the Condor Club, has passed away at age 78.

The commission asked Port staff to get further community input and add more detail before attempting to find a tenant for the front space.

The Port will likely be seeking artists and/or makers to occupy the bulkhead, or front, portion of the pier building.

Neighborhood group Protect Coit Tower wants to ensure the tower's $1 million+ annual revenue is being put back into the murals and park.

From now through 2018, Powell will get a new ceiling, LED lighting, new flooring and seating on the platforms, fixes for its perennially problematic elevator and escalators, and other improvements.

The parade will affect streetcars and three bus lines starting at 9:30am Sunday, and will close traffic on part of North Point Street.

The week also had its share of hot prowl burglaries and violent muggings, including one in which a woman's hip was broken.

The studio, which offers personal training and group classes, is moving a couple of blocks to a new strip of storefronts along Jackson Street.

Michael Mina has plans for a new restaurant at the Salesforce-occupied, soon-to-debut building.