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Here are some of the notable crimes that occurred in the Bayview, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch in September.
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Though Public Works and Recology offer extensive haul-away services, Bayview residents say illegal dumping is on the rise there.
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We caught up with last weekend's BayviewLIVE! Festival muralists and learned that more murals are on the way.
In one incident, a man threatened to set a woman on fire and bomb a building before setting himself alight.
On Saturday night, a man and a woman in their 20s were shot in the Mission District, with the man sustaining critical injuries.
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At first, Walker was unsure about opening up in her old neighborhood, "but now I feel obligated to stay," she said.
The annual event will feature fashions from the 1920's through the 1970's.
A 26-year-old man died Saturday night following a collision at Middle Point and West Point roads in Bayview.
San Francisco's oldest theater, constructed in 1888, has officially emerged from a two-year, $5.7 million makeover.
Retail & Industry in ...
The "craft grocer" will offer grab-and-go items by day and a small tasting-menu restaurant by night.
Luxurious Nail Boutique, set to open on Third Street next month, aims to employ a diverse staff from numerous cultures.
A suspect was arrested—and then released—six days after computers were stolen from the neighborhood nonprofit.
“You took down a mural, now you have graffiti,” writes someone displeased by the painting's removal.
Sprawled across 35,000 square feet, the massive pet care facility houses 100+ dogs and 25 cats for both daycare and overnight care.
The newly formed independent Christian school hopes to make affordable, high-quality education available to Bayview-Hunters Point youth.
The NFL linebacker and third-generation Bayview native is working with his wife to open a tiny new burger joint in Mendell Plaza.
A glimpse at crimes recently reported in San Francisco's southeast sector.
Nonprofit Imprint.City is helping to install nine new murals on Egbert Avenue for a festival on October 22nd.
Opening today, the BBQ joint prides itself on hiring and training local residents and engaging with the community.
Fish created the product's packaging, as well as the oil's flavor.
Candlestick may be gone, but the spirit of football lives on in the area, which is launching a weeklong Super Bowl-centric event promoting local eateries.
Here are some of the notable crimes that occurred in the Bayview, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch in August.
Aseged, who came to the U.S. as an Ethiopian refugee, opened one of SF's first pop-up restaurants before getting a space of his own in Bayview.
Here's a look at notable crime and safety incidents that occurred last month across San Francisco's southeastern neighborhoods.
The family of Jessica Williams, 29, is suing both the city and the officer who shot her.
Yolanda Jones, who owns a construction traffic control company, beat out hundreds of entrants around the country in the #PitchLeBron contest.
Bayview Pasta started small, but has big plans to expand its impact in the community.
The Mission's family-owned grocery will fill a massive grocery gap in the Bayview.
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The $6.9 million renovation project included upgrades to the park's giant sundial and skatepark, which is the city's oldest.
The Golden State Warriors paid a special visit to the Bayview District as a part of their special "Season of Giving" initiative.
Here's what the historic bar's staff thought about their appearance on Spike TV's popular bar makeover show, which aired last night.
"I’m living proof that you can change your life even with a checkered past," said owner Richard Washington.
A family of six was displaced in this morning's fire, and local organization Aboriginal Blackman United is collecting money and goods for them.
The police, fire department, and PG&E are investigating and working to repair the leak.
The debut of nine new murals, a superhero street fair, and a major playground opening are all taking place this weekend.
Nearly three years after the closure of Fresh & Easy, Bayview is finally no longer a food desert.
The artists behind 'Bart on BART' took on Trump with an art installation at the 18th & Church Muni stop.
The dinner series, which is touring the nation to host community discussions on racial inequality, made a stop in the Bayview this week.
Community & Society in ...
MobileGameStop, run by a husband-and-wife team, lets locals play old-school video games out of the back of an SUV—for free.
The free event for kids and families is meant to encourage STEM education and careers, and Bayview families can catch a free ride there.
A conversation about the community surrounding Marcus Books, an historic and cultural resource.
One man is dead, and two others injured, following a shooting near Turk & Scott this morning.
Two neighbors complained to Public Works that the mural was "not a mural" and "not legitimate art."
Like the protest itself, the Kaepernick murals are drawing both support and criticism.
Not long after it appeared, the contentious mural has vanished.
Four shootings, a stabbing, and a mass jumping of a teen all occurred this weekend in the city's southeast.
12 months after Woods' death drew national attention, members of the Bayview community continue to call for justice.
The man was undergoing a medical emergency when he collided with another car.
Owner Yvonne Hines says openness to change has helped her create a thriving business in Bayview.
Project Wreckless has acquired a space in Mendell Plaza, where they aim to teach mechanic skills to at-risk youth.
A hit-and-run on the edge of the Bayview last night sent one pedestrian to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The new arch would pay tribute to the series of arches that lined the Fillmore Street corridor in the early 20th century.
Last week’s tree lighting was just the beginning. Tonight, the community is gathering again to celebrate the unveiling of a holiday light installation at 3rd St Village.
2016 ended with a number of shootings around the Bayview, plus an arrest made in a 2013 homicide.
A tipster at the scene says a shootout at Third and Quesada sent multiple people to the hospital late this afternoon.
According to a witness, an argument at a gas station led to a dramatic crash this afternoon.
The new Third Street eatery will offer contemporary takes on authentic Mexican cuisine—all for $10 or less.
"It would be a shame if the brand, and one of the few production breweries left in San Francisco, disappeared because of financial problems," said its new owner.
Faced with a rent hike, the shop’s owner chose to close the business and embark on an entirely different venture in Oakland.
From spa treatments to dinner, dessert and karaoke parties, you don't need to go far to celebrate right this Valentine's Day.
The city is now accepting applications to purchase the center, which includes the former Yoshi's, two restaurants, a gallery, and parking.
The SFPD is investigating a shooting that left one dead yesterday afternoon.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
Another shooting in the Bayview District sent two men to the hospital in critical condition last night.
The 2017 Southside Festival is a free two-day event bringing local musicians and artists to Bayview.
If you haven't checked out Bayview's growing food scene, you're missing out.
The thieves "took from the entire Bayview/Hunters Point community," said executive director Barbara Ockel.
Owner Mei Wan is a Fillmore community fixture, but she can't afford to pay her doubled rent.
There have already been seven reports of burglary this month.
Armed with historic photographs and oral histories, a project seeks to preserve the Fillmore Jazz Era's legacy.
Bayview/Hunters Point's main commercial strip has plenty of opportunities for local entrepreneurs.
"'Disrespectful' does not even begin to describe the asinine mistake that Waterbend Apartments made when they released this ad."
The 1-alarm blaze broke out at 1:17pm today in a three-story home on Apollo Street at Thornton.
The current proposal calls for 1,240 new homes overlooking acres of public open space along the shoreline.
The new painted poles are arriving just in time for Black History Month.
After surviving a layoff and lymphoma, single mom Tina Calloway turned her passion for gardening into a Bayview business.
Since our last look at crime in the area, there’s been two homicides, a home set on fire on Valentine’s Day and a road rage incident that put one in police custody.
The nonprofit Bayview supper club, which trains and hires at-risk youth, is adding a weekly brunch with live gospel music to its offerings.
Reports of shots fired continue to be common in the area, but there have been no homicides since early January.
"For a number of years, San Francisco has been in the top five, but this year the city took the lead—and it’s a big deal."
Members of the community successfully secured funds for a major makeover.
The art project that many consider the gateway into Bayview caught fire this afternoon.
Prepare your selfies: after a few delays, local and tourist favorite Alamo Square Park is finally set to open next week.
A city acquisition will save four affordable units—and bring in a new Craftsman & Wolves donut shop and artisan crafts market.
Booker, an activist and leader of Bayview's community theater, passed away at the age of 85.
Though founder Roy Bennett has had to reduce the festival's scope, salsa dancing will return this weekend.
The high-end bakery has made all its pastries in the Bayview since 2012, but it's selling them there for the first time via a new cafe.
The facility will open next year with new housing on the top floor for teachers.
Now in its third decade, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is back this Fourth of July weekend.
The Clean Team will be in Bayview / Hunters Point and Dogpatch today for planting, weeding, graffiti and litter removal, and more.
An officer-involved shooting in the Bayview this morning resulted in the death of a 27-year-old woman suspected of car theft.
We hear from a few local businesses that are tapping into the neighborhood's history of doing it yourself.
Look out for Bernie and Bill around town today.
Seven Stills, which debuted in July, is licensed to serve the whiskey and vodka it distills—but Bayview planning code is barring it from doing so.
Remembering Fillmore mainstay Ave Montague, plus a lineup of local films screening over the weekend.
Netsanet Alemayu discusses the culture and impact of Sheba Piano Lounge in San Francisco's Fillmore District.
Specializing in Belgian-style beers with a California twist, the new craft brewery will feature 16 taps and murals by local artists.
Intended to activate a space that will eventually be demolished for housing, the gallery has become a locus for the Bayview arts community.
The city is hoping to brainstorm ideas about what type of business could take over, and to develop selection criteria for new ownership.
Wise Sons brings back a taste of the Fillmore's bygone Jewish culture with the opening of its new bagel shop today.
As the Bayview's only yoga studio, Trifusion is giving toddlers, seniors and everyone in between their first taste of Shivasana and downward-facing dog.
Midwest native Katie Day packed up her life to head to the Western Addition and build an independent music career.
The new craft brewery is serving up California-meets-Belgium beers, along with food from Azalina's Malaysian.
Bay Natives Nursery is a full-service garden that offers distinctive, little-known, and drought-tolerant plants for the urban landscape.
The Fillmore Heritage Center's cocktail lounge, screening room, lobby and gallery are now available for event rentals.
The popular Mission grocery store, known for its banh mi sandwiches, will open a second location in the Bayview, which has few grocery options.
The supper club gives a second chance to formerly incarcerated and at-risk 16- to 22-year-olds, via job training and employment.
The Third Street location will be the ubiquitous coffee company's first-ever expansion into the neighborhood.
A 2.5-mile stretch of Third Street will be transformed into a car-free zone from 11am to 4pm this Sunday.
Despite little movement from the Mayor's Office, the Frisco Five continue their hunger strike, now on its 11th day.
Meet Shawn Williams of Bayview-based Feve Artisan Chocolatier.
Real Estate & Development in ...
A new development with ground-floor retail, industrial space and 100 residential units is under consideration.
The vintage clothing shop and art gallery's owner is candid about the many challenges of owning a small business.
Check out these three family-friendly events taking place in the Bayview District today.
After leaving Hayes Valley in the wake of a rent hike, the African Outlet has found a new home and community on Third Street.
What started as a hobby for a pair of retirees became a driving community force in the neighborhood.
The studio, run by martial arts expert James Hundon, teaches everyone from security guards to youth seeking a reprieve from bullying.
The new thrift shop is a social enterprise of Project Bayview, a nonprofit that gives second chances to men and women with histories of drug use or crime.
Since 1888, The Bayview Opera House has served as a focal point for art and culture in the Bayview/ Hunters Point community.
A carjacking victim was injured after jumping onto his car to prevent two armed men from stealing it.
The $1.8 million overhaul features new swings, trees, climbing nets, picnic tables and more.
A look at recent crime activity around San Francisco's southeast neighborhoods.
If the pilot is successful, the farmers market will appear on a regularly scheduled basis.
It's Juneteenth weekend, and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate African-American culture in both Bayview and the Fillmore.
We chat with the man behind a project to help homeless individuals connect with long-lost loved ones.
The West Coast's largest free jazz festival brings over 100,000 attendees to the Fillmore each year.
The city's first black-owned bar, in business since 1959, got a full makeover earlier this month for the popular TV show.
Meet the SF Honey & Pollen Co., a Bayview business featuring beekeeping classes, homegrown produce, local art and more.
Put on your dancing shoes and head to the Fillmore for the seventh annual Salsa Festival this weekend.
A look at recent crime in the Bayview District.
Community and city officials gathered for an emotional ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.
The coffee chain's arrival signals a major change in a neighborhood that has struggled to fill retail and restaurant vacancies.
The tasting event offers dinner and plenty of local drink samples to benefit healthcare and job training for Bayview's youth.
Transportation & Infrastructure in ...
The project will make the city's sewer system more seismically resilient, flood-resistant and efficient at treating sewage.
Two years after it was evicted, the historic bookstore will open a smaller space in the African-American Art & Cultural Complex.
Yesterday, a group of 20 BART riders wore Bart Simpson masks, in an effort to bring something unique and extraordinary to locals' commutes.
Bayview makes up 18 percent of the city's reported domestic violence cases.
Long-vacant medical offices are being torn down to make way for a potential restaurant and 2 floors of office space.
The York family says a shady refinancing company is trying to cheat them out of their home.
For the first time, the district—which includes Bayview, Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill—will be participating with a float and a large marching group in the parade.
Bayview and Mission residents will have free access to 100 bikes for the next two weeks.
Two of the city's major African-American cultural events take place this weekend.
If approved, the halal-certified operation would process live chickens in a 2100-square-foot facility.
After firefighters discovered toxic chemicals, residents were advised to remain indoors.
"Everybody here wants to see everyone make it, and people get encouraged when they see it happen in their own front yard," the personal trainer and life coach says.
The event spotlights art and music created by employees from nearby businesses.
The extended hours have been in the works for over a decade.
A Bayview fitness instructor/nutritionist is opening a new spot to help residents get in shape.
The event features bites from local eateries, drinks from local beverage makers, and live music.
Owner Giulietta Carrelli closed the location to focus on her health.
If the neighborhood continues to support it, the market will become permanent.
The mural must be removed by the end of this week.
Due to complaints, the club is temporarily barred from staging live shows after midnight.
On the first day of school, some students from Bayview were 30 minutes late.
The firm's CEO called upon other tech companies to get involved with their local school districts.
The Launch street fair will present live music, market vendors, food, drinks, and maker demos.
A memorial for Konstantinos "Gus" Vardakastanis will be held tonight at 7.
The business will operate as an event space while owners devise a new brand concept.
The volunteer-led project has been in the works for almost 10 years.
Bayview's first pumpkin patch will be open until Halloween.
DJ Questlove, Talib Kweli and Denise Perrier will perform this weekend in the city's southeast.
Police have offered a $100K reward for information that will help solve a 2010 murder.
The neighborhood starts its holiday celebrations with events showcasing local food, music and crafts.
Make your own wreath or shop at local maker markets for unique gifts in the neighborhood.
The center supports early childhood development for 70 toddlers, infants and preschoolers.
A police officer with four days on the job fatally wounded a carjacking suspect on December 1st.
The new salon will offer 20% off all services for its grand opening.
Both victims were transported to a hospital, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.
"I wanted to save it for Bayview," said new owner Ces Butner.
The nonprofit hopes to offer "tools for life" by teaching young people a trade.
The eatery will host open mics, poetry readings, art shows and other expressions of the community's creativity.
In one incident, a man was stabbed while riding his bike past a pedestrian who blocked his path.
Opening his own coffee shop "is just a dream come true," said owner Olton Rensch.
“I can’t stress enough how community-oriented this new farmer’s market will be," said an organizer.
In one incident, a 92-year-old man was the victim in a home-invasion robbery.
Two African-American shoppers claim employees made racist statements in Spanish in their presence.
The new facility will rise behind SFFD's Station 9.
A street that's home to one of the city's oldest black-owned businesses may become "Sam Jordan's Way."
In one incident, a 23-year-old driver was carjacked by a passenger she was driving at the time.
Events focused on art, culture, and food will energize the city's southeast this weekend.
Each month, participants gather thousands of pounds of trash from a state park near Candlestick Point.
The Louisiana-style eatery will operate outdoors at the intersection of Third Street and Hudson Avenue.
From an arts and music festival to an live dance performance, here are three good reasons to get out and about in the neighborhood this weekend.
In case you don't feel like running across the city with thousands of strangers.
The 20-foot-tall sculpture is intended to be an official gateway to the Bayview community.
In one incident, a woman who stole a taxi died after she crashed the vehicle.
On May 2, two men were wounded by gunfire, one fatally.
The project features 29 images of residents, but one has been called out for criticism.
The local pro skateboarder is featured in a new documentary that explores the challenges of being an African-American skateboarder.
The film seeks to make a creative statement about the city losing its black population.
Since the start of 2019, at least 25 businesses on Bayview's main business corridor say they've been burglarized.
In the aftermath of the collision, police have shut down 7th Street between Howard and Mission streets.
Health & Lifestyle in ...
Public defender Carmen Aguirre is taking her work in Bayview one step further, opening an affordable yoga studio designed to serve locals.
A San Francisco landmark, the bar has been a beloved Bayview community space for decades.
As the craft distillery prepares to open its Mission Bay flagship location, it's closing shop in the neighborhood where it got its start.
Brooke Fancher's "Tazuri Watu" mural originally focused on a darker concept, but the people she met in the Bayview District encouraged her to scrap her design and start over.
Started as a pop-up in the Outer Sunset, the ice cream purveyor drew lines down the block for its Portola brick-and-mortar debut.
Racial inequities in COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths have been seen around the country, and San Francisco is not exempt.
Owner Andres Guerrero made the decision to close the second location of the sometimes-nomadic gallery due to the financial strain of the city's shelter-in-place order.
Raff Distillerie and Seven Stills have repurposed their operations, from crafting spirits to helping fix the ongoing shortage of hand sanitizer.
Salinas has turned shelter-in-place into an art project, painting more than 50 Bayview landmarks from his sidewalk perch.
San Francisco now has its own streetside "Black Lives Matter" mural, inspired by the one painted last week in Washington, D.C.
After making wine in her garage for nearly two decades, Barbara Gratta is expanding into a new production facility with an Italian market/deli.
SoMa, which has been entirely left out of the citywide push for car-free streets, will finally get its first street closure.
The Mexican eatery took out a $5 million loan to cover damage caused by wayward tenants, but the pandemic has made repayment impossible.
Posh Green Retail delayed today's planned grand opening, but hopes to hold a celebration later this month.
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