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Fires

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Former Police Station on Fire

    A vacant police station erupted in flames this afternoon in the city's Dogpatch neighborhood. SF Weekly Staff Writer Albert Samaha was at Third Street near 20th Street when he spotted the fire, which started on the second floor of the building. Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge told Samaha that the bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2011

    Anthony Valerio, S.F. Firefighter, Dies

    Anthony Valerio​San Francisco lost a second firefighter this morning after Anthony Valerio, 53, died. Valerio had been in critical condition since Thursday morning after being badly burned while fighting a blaze in Diamond Heights. Lieutenant Vincent Perez, 48, died Thursday afternoon at San Franc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Teen Accused of Murdering Andy Zeng, Says Shooting Was an Accident

    Teen murdered​The 15-year-old boy accused of killing Andy Zeng, a high school sophomore, told authorities that the shooting happened accidentally as the teens played with a gun they had found, according to media reports.The boy was arrested shortly after police discovered Zeng's body inside a home ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Andy Zeng, 16, Found Dead Inside Home; Homicide No. 20

    Possible homicide​A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of killing 16-year-old Andy Zeng, according to police.Police were called to the 2100 block of Queseda Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday on reports of a suicide.When they arrived they fond Zeng's body inside the home where he does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Porta-Potti Goes Up in Flames: Is The Outhouse Arsonist Back?

    Making a comeback?​Certainly, SF Weekly readers have not forgotten the bizarre string of outhouse arson fires that made international news back in 2009. Now police are reporting a possible comeback of the hot vandalism with a suspicious porta-potti fire on Tuesday in the Marina District. At about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Almon J. Johnson Accused of Killing Woman Found in Burning Car

    Almon J. Johnson​San Francisco Police arrested Almon J. Johnson, 29, on suspicion of murdering a woman and leaving her body in a burning car that was found in the Lower Haight Sunday morning.Police held a press conference on Tuesday where they said Johnson allegedly killed Vanessa Herrera. He was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    San Francisco Police Catch Alleged Arsonist in the Act

    ​A San Francisco police officer responding to an attempted arson call guessed he had the right suspect when he came across a woman with "fresh paint on her shoes and a lighter in her hand" Monday. While one officer talked with the subject, other police and firefighters made their way through a hou ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Debaser Halloween Party: Show Preview

    ​A San Francisco police officer responding to an attempted arson call guessed he had the right suspect when he came across a woman with "fresh paint on her shoes and a lighter in her hand" Monday. While one officer talked with the subject, other police and firefighters made their way through a hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Outhouse Arsonist Strikes -- Arrest Made

    Is he back? Is he busted? ​An arrest has been made after four or five outhouses went up in flames Saturday night, SF Weekly has learned. Police out of Bayview station arrested a 27-year-old white man charged with immolating porta-potties in the area of Third and 16th Streets. The man was tracked d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Shit to Shore: Treasure Island hangar new digs for displaced ex-cons burned out of TL

    www.lesjeunesguns.blogspot.comComfy​Last week's fire at a transitional housing complex displaced 160 recently-released inmates of the penal system, who had been living in semi-freedom close to temptation at Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin.Some went home, others were shuttled to a city-ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Shit to Shore: Treasure Island hangar new digs for displaced ex-cons burned out of TL

    www.lesjeunesguns.blogspot.comComfy​Last week's fire at a transitional housing complex displaced 160 recently-released inmates of the penal system, who had been living in semi-freedom close to temptation at Turk and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin.Some went home, others were shuttled to a city-ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Fatal Fire on Golden Gate Avenue

    View Larger MapThe San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the victim of a fatal fire last night on Golden Gate Avenue, but is not releasing the man's name until notification of his family. The fire occurred at about 11 p.m. at 1900 block of Golden Gate Avenue and claimed the single m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Early Morning SoMa Arsonist Targeted Only One Car, Another Just Unlucky

    ​ ​After two cars went up in flames at 5:15 this morning on the 500 block of Jesse Street in SoMa, it seemed that the arsonist might have aimed for double the fun. Not so, says SFPD spokesman Samson Chan."The vehicle next to the black Nissan pickup didn't appear to be a target," Chan said. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Veiled Accusations Leveled at Arson Suspect Prompt Question: How Fast Can 61-Year-Old Homeless Woman Get Around Town?

    www.lcpstc.orgWhodunnit?​The San Francisco Police are quick to note that 61-year-old homeless woman and convicted arsonist Fafa Chan is not a suspect in the series of car fires that plagued the city last month. But SFPD spokeswoman Lyn Tomioka was quick to note to SF Weekly that once Chan was arre ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2009

    Growing pot in S.F. poses more than just legal risks

    www.lcpstc.orgWhodunnit?​The San Francisco Police are quick to note that 61-year-old homeless woman and convicted arsonist Fafa Chan is not a suspect in the series of car fires that plagued the city last month. But SFPD spokeswoman Lyn Tomioka was quick to note to SF Weekly that once Chan was arre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    But Bastille Day Was Weeks Ago -- Trio of S.F. Parked Vehicles Set Ablaze Over Weekend

    www.lcpstc.orgVive le San Francisco!​With the new in thing to do in San Francisco being to charge our most "urban" politicians with being suburban, the city enjoyed a touch of the Parisian suburbs over the weekend with a trio of torched vehicles. At 3 a.m. on Saturday, a parked car was set ablaze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    San Francisco's Explosion of the Weekend Wasn't Made-For-TV Blast -- It Was This Brazen Tenderloin Arson

    This weekend, all the cameras -- professional, amateur, and NBC -- were pointed at the I-280 onramp, where a big rig was rigged to burst into flames for the S.F.-centric TV drama Trauma.The results were impressive. But they cannot touch, with an exploding, 10-foot pole, the bizarre arson and vehicul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Dumping Improper Crap in an Outhouse Is a Federal Offense. Burning 21 of Them Is Not

    Certainly it's caught your eye -- the ubiquitous notice in most outhouses that "dumping hazardous materials" down the loo is a federal offense. When juxtaposed with the interior of a porta-john, the verb "dumping" and the notion of "hazardous materials" have definitely inspired their share of laughs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Chronicle Pulls a Geraldo, Gives Up Location of 'Camouflaged' Outhouse

    With porta-johns in Russian Hill getting the same treatment these days as prostitutes in Victorian London, the Chronicle yesterday ran a quasi-feel good story about a builder who camouflaged his outhouse to fend off the outhouse arsonist(s) who has torched 14 johns since November. One problem, thoug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Hot Shit: Serial Porta-John Arsonist Torches Another S.F. Commode, Well on Way to Becoming Dillinger of Outhouse-Related Crime

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Electrical Fire Closes Fillmore, Cancels Dethklok Show

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Shattered Glass and Bayview Muni Madness

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2008

    The Curious Case of SF Neighborhood Names

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Dude Who Torched Burning Man Effigy Pleads No Contest to Firework Possesion

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Molotov Cocktail Found in Bernal Heights

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 7, 2007

    "Mugshots"

    By Joe EskenaziFirst there were the Zebra Murders. Then Zodiac. And now -- the serial porta-john arsonist. As the 13th smoldering outhouse since November was doused early this morning, the realization was unavoidable: The city is, once again, host to a disturbed individual terrorizing our denizens w ... More >>

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