Suspect Identified in Deadly Collision
David Morales, a 19-year-old San Francisco resident, was identified by police as the driver whose car collided with another and caused two deaths Tuesday morning. Police said the driver shot at three...
View ArticleDonations for Collision Victims Accepted at Muzio’s
Two donation boxes have been set up at the corner of 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue, where two people died following a collision Jan. 1. One of the victims’ relatives told Mission Local that...
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Collision Suspect to Be Arraigned Today
David Morales, the 19-year-old alleged gang member who fled from police in a car on Jan. 1 and caused a crash that killed two people, will be arraigned at the Hall of Justice today at 1:30 p.m. The...
View ArticleCleanup Work Delays Condo Development
The construction of a seven-story condominium complex on the site of a former gas station has been delayed for more than a year, and it’s not clear when it will start. The complex, estimated to cost...
View ArticleBurger Relic Stays True to Old-School Roots
A guy wearing a black hoodie, flat-brimmed baseball hat and baggy jeans walked up to Whiz Burgers Drive-In on a warm Sunday night. His head was down as he focused on several wrinkled dollar bills he...
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City Takes Months to Move on Gang Tag
Pasted in the window of a dormant pizzeria on 18th Street was a familiar notice from the Department of Public Works: a letter, dated Oct. 2, demanding the landlord remove small taggings from the window...
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The Danger Zone of South Van Ness
When Mark Morey wanted to know how often people were speeding past his South Van Ness home, he didn’t rely on mere estimates. The 49-year-old Mission resident equipped himself with a cheap radar gun,...
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Small Fire in SF Mission Quickly Extinguished
A recycling bin fire spread from the container to the exterior of a two-story building at 1356 South Van Ness Avenue near 24th Street early Sunday morning, and was quickly extinguished. At 4:37 a.m.,...
View Article73-Unit Housing Coming to 19th and South Van Ness
Another Mission District gas station will be turned into housing when the former Shell at 793 South Van Ness becomes 58 market-rate units and 15 affordable units as early as 2019. And if the first...
View ArticleActivists Fire Shot Across Bow of “Titanic Mess on South Van Ness”
The next battle over market-rate housing in the Mission District took shape Thursday morning as activists met on the corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 26th Street to denounce a five-story housing...
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Intersection Flooded After Car Rams Fire Hydrant Following a Collision
A car hit and dislodged a fire hydrant at the intersection of 18th Street and South Van Ness Avenue after it collided with a car being used as an Uber just after 1 p.m. on Thursday, causing minor...
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Two Thrown from Open Air GoCar in Crash on 24th Street
A passenger and driver were thrown from a yellow GoCar guided vehicle during a collision Sunday afternoon at 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue. Both sustained non-life threatening injuries,...
View ArticleYears In the Making, Grocery Outlet Will Open in the Mission
A former DeLano’s grocery on South Van Ness Avenue near 24th Street has been empty for more than six years, but will return to its former use with the grand opening of Grocery Outlet next week. Grocery...
View ArticleConstruction Continues on Potrero, South Van Ness Avenues
San Francisco Public Works is improving asphalt on Potrero Avenue and traffic signals on South Van Ness Avenue in the coming months. The removal of existing asphalt, a process called grinding, has...
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Neighbors unhappy about plans for a temporary homeless shelter
Some 40 nearby neighbors made it clear on Monday night that they are unhappy about plans for a temporary homeless shelter at the site of former McMillan Electric building at 26th and South Van Ness...
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SF Mission studio rescues Theatre Flamenco from Burger King basement
In Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco’s dance studio at 670 South Van Ness Ave, between 17th and 18th, costumes, props and posters advertising old shows decorate the walls. They are relics of the...
View Article75 units of housing approved for 19th and South Van Ness
Planning Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal Thursday evening for 75 units of housing and a commercial ground floor to replace a long-abandoned gas station at 19th Street and South Van Ness...
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Ten-story ‘affordable market-rate’ project proposed in SF’s Mission
A parking lot at 15th Street and South Van Ness Avenue may yet become a 10-story building with 231 units — all marketed by its Kansas-based developers as “affordable by […] Ten-story ‘affordable...
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More than a dozen chronic mentally ill residents in limbo, as South Van Ness...
A 21-room board-and-care facility housed in a gargantuan Victorian home on South Van Ness Avenue is stated to close its doors Nov. 30, leaving more than a dozen chronically mentally […] More than a...
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Developer Joe Toboni breaks ground on 75-unit project on South Van Ness — and...
A gas station that has sat unused and derelict on the corner of 19th and South Van Ness for some 16 years has been razed. Next, a seven-story, 75-unit building […] Developer Joe Toboni breaks ground...
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Driver collides with Napper Tandy parklet, hitting two people
On Monday afternoon, a vehicle heading southbound on South Van Ness Avenue collided with a parklet on the corner of 24th Street, according to a San Francisco Police Department spokesman. […] Driver...
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People We Meet: Mary Leatherman, cured by acupuncture
Wearing her mask and “I stand with Chesa Boudin” pin, Mary Leatherman stood outside the Lotus Center at 417 South Van Ness Ave. She had received a text from her […] People We Meet: Mary Leatherman,...
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Fed up with ‘a fire a week,’ Northeast Mission residents demand action on...
Fires are the most visible manifestation of problems that residents said are increasing in and around the South Van Ness Avenue-Shotwell-Folsom Streets historic district. It hosts a number of tent...
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Suspect in stabbing at 15th and South Van Ness streets released for lack of...
Neighbors say that a man booked on charges of assault after a stabbing incident Tuesday near the corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street is again in the […] Suspect in stabbing at 15th and...
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Mission encampment fires hit all-time high
Markael Raybon was sleeping in his tent on Shotwell street near 16th the night of May 5 when he started to smell smoke. He didn’t think too much of it, […] Mission encampment fires hit all-time high
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Fast times on South Van Ness: Speed surveys document reckless drivers
“Twenty-seven!” San Francisco resident and Walk SF volunteer Marsi Fraser called out as a red truck rumbled past her. The truck was moving only two miles over the speed limit, […] Fast times on South...
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People We Meet: Jose Sanchez
Under the shadows of the papel picado near the corner of 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue is a sliver of an enterprise: “Jewelry: Jose R. Sanchez — Diamond […] People We Meet: Jose Sanchez
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