Bernal Heights

These lovely sidewalk benches are now being declared "unpermitted encroachments" on Mirabel Avenue in Bernal Heights, with the Public Works department now demanding $1,400 permits for benches that have been there as long as 20 years.

The current pop-up restaurant Komaaj has posted signage that they’re taking over the former Good Frikin’ Chicken space at Mission and 29th Streets, so the location’s Middle Eastern food tradition will remain intact.

San Francisco's most homegrown “outdoor movie in the park” series is back next month, and Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema has posted all three nights’ schedules and locations.

The Mission-Bernal Big Lots at Mission and 29th Streets has delivered oddball retail joy for decades, but is now boarded up and permanently closed.

While Secession Art & Design went mostly virtual during the pandemic and closed its Mission-Bernal storefront earlier this year, it is having a 15th anniversary party in the neighborhood this week with a pop-up gallery.

St. Kevin’s parish on Cortland Avenue turns 100 years old Saturday, and their Centennial Celebration will serve up the dishes of the Latin American, Filipino, and Pakistani heritages that make up the congregation.

Aww, f***! The rotisserie chicken, shawarma, and kebob hotspot Goood Frikin' Chicken has shut down, after an 18-year run at Mission and 29th Streets.

Saturday marks the 21st anniversary of Mission-Bernal home-cooking favorite Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, but COVID wrecked the 20th anniversary, so they’re celebrating both with DJs and a new Entertainment License.

The healthy takeout concept Mendocino Farms is opening up a new, tenth Bay Area location at the edge of San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, at 90 Charter Oak Avenue.

If St. Patrick's Day means beer for you, the Bay Area offers no shortage of options to celebrate – green, Irish and otherwise.

A space-age makeover is underway at the new bar Mothership, in the former Virgil's Sea Room location, with an out-of-this-world curated craft cocktail menu.

The great Walgreens closures are underway, and signs in the stores claim “90% Off” sales, but the shelves are nearly 100% empty and draped in caution tape.

What had been a CBD “wellness boutique” on Cortland Avenue will now be a full-blown cannabis dispensary with a “women-focused business model,” Mary Modern.

Another mountain lion has made it into the urban wilds of San Francisco, and it was spotted in Bernal Heights on Tuesday morning.

The fresh coat of graffiti on the oft-painted Bernal Rock is a stone-cold declaration against recent attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

Two bars, two different fates. Over in Bernal Heights/La Lengua, next-door bars El Rio and Virgil's Sea Room, which almost share a backyard were it not for a fence, have arrived at diverging moments in this COVID year.

Like all neighborhood restaurants and bars around the city, the businesses of Bernal Heights/La Lengua need your support — and there's no better time to go check out the scene again than this sunny weekend in SF.

Starting Tuesday, the site of the Alemany Farmers’ Market will be the newest free coronavirus testing center, with no insurance required.

A celebration of local filmmakers and artists, Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema has shifted to a drive-in format for its 17th season.

Adding to the financial struggles of shelter-in-place, the owners of Bernal Star are fighting back against their landlord, who is demanding $24,867.50 in unpaid rent by the end of the month.

Over 100 artists participated in Bernal Heights’ outdoor art “walk-by,” allowing neighbors to view their creations at a safe distance.

Supervisor Hillary Ronen said she was "incensed" over the incident, and called for Public Works to apologize.

After struggling to stay afloat for several months, married owners Tom Prabpan and Chin Han Yat have decided to close their restaurant.

The "Black Lives Matter" art on the rock — long a space for public expression — was destroyed in less than 24 hours.

San Francisco now has a total of 749 social-distancing circles across its city parks.