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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 >>

Iris Evans, 73, Victim of Last Night's Fire on Golden Gate Avenue

View Larger Map The Medical Examiner's office has released the identity of Sunday's late-night blaze on Golden Gate Avenue: The victim was a 73-year-old man named Iris Evans. The San Francisco Fire Department received a call regarding a fire at 1922 Golden Gate at 11:22 p.m. Evans was pulled from th ... More >>

Boom Boom Pow Interrupts FiDi Meal Hour; Was No Big Deal

boardingarea.com​ Earlier today, a loud boom erupted throughout the Financial District. To everyone's disappointment, the sound didn't come from Fergie--it was the sound of a generator backfiring on the 25th floor of Le Méridien hotel.

Construction Worker Buried Alive in Sea Cliff

A retaining wall collapsed this afternoon and pinned a worker beneath sand material in San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood, according to news reports. The fire department responded to the incident at 38 West Clay and began digging the man out from under the sand, Fire Department Spokeswoman Mindy ... More >>

HazMat Teams On Scene at Pier 96 Recycling Facility

​Update: "White powder" at recycling facility was Ammonium Phosphate, a fertilizer. See more after the jump. Reports are trickling in of workers at Pier 96 -- the city's recycling sorting facility, which is operated by Recology -- being sickened by some manner of "chemical."Televised images reveal ... More >>

Ammonium Phosphate, Which Sickened 12 Workers in S.F., Considered 'Non-Toxic'

WikipediaKeep this stuff out of your eyes, folks​This morning, SF Weekly reported on the "white powder" that sickened a dozen workers at the Pier 96 recycling facility and sent one to the hospital. While the term "white powder" evokes the very worst post-9/11 memories, the white powder in question ... More >>

Dozens of San Francisco City Employees Live in Southern California. Huh?

Abandoned in San Diego by a firefighter recalled to SF?​The Bay Citizen published a nifty online database over the weekend that shows the pay and partial mailing addresses of San Francisco city employees. The accompanying article parsed the data, and debunked the idea that city employees -- who ar ... More >>

PG&E Cites Terror Concerns in Refusal to Disclose Pipeline Routes

Smi23leIs it for the greater good that you don't know you're living on top of an aging pipeline?​In the wake of the San Bruno explosion and fire, PG&E has been pressured to reveal the locations of the pipelines it deems "high risk." It has demurred, citing the possibility of a terrorist attack ... More >>

How Many Schools Will Be Evacuated Today Due to Gas Odor?

Andrew GormanSchool's out, kids! ​The understandable fears sparked by San Bruno's immolation have led to some abrupt curriculum changes for hundreds of Bay Area students. Yesterday, three different West Bay schools were evacuated due to gas odors. San Bruno's Portola Elementary, and San Francisco' ... More >>

San Francisco Students Accidentally Eat Rat Poison

Rat Poison Is Not Good For You​A group of San Francisco middle school students ate a tablet of rat poison that they found on a filing cabinet inside a classroom at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.Mindy Talmadge, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the incident happened a ... More >>

San Francisco Wants Homeless People to Shower and Groom

A shower will get you farther in life than a college degree​Most people who live on the streets or in Portland, Ore., don't take showers -- and it's unsavory. But how can anyone expect a homeless person to find a job that pays them enough to live in an apartment if they don't lather up routinely?S ... More >>

Fire Rages in SOMA

Much of Mission Bay and SOMA smells like a tinderbox at the moment as a three-alarm fire burns at Russ and Folsom. SF Weekly has dispatched web editor Jake Swearingen to the scene. Our calls to San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge have not yet been returned. More when we know mor ... More >>

SOMA Fire: Bourbon-on-BBQ Origin 'Just a Rumor'

Jake SwearingenBarbecue to go?​Rumors are swirling on the Internet that yesterday's blaze at the Park Hotel in SOMA was sparked by the moronic one-two punch of barbecuing indoors -- and pouring bourbon onto the coals. That may be, but the San Francisco Fire Department has yet to find any material ... More >>

Fire Raging in Lower Haight

Update: Fire now out. See bottom of piece for details. We just got word about a blaze burning in the Lower Haight. We called the Fire Department to get details on the fire which is on the corner of Fillmore and Haight streets. No word back yet, but SF Weekly staffer Andrew Nilsen is at the scene and ... More >>

Seven Injured in Shuttle Bus Collision

extranoise via FlickrSeven injured​A vehicle crashed into a shuttle bus carrying 14 elderly passengers Thursday night near Parkmerced, injuring seven and leaving one in critical condition. Around 9:16 p.m., the shuttle stalled on Junipero Serra Boulevard near Brotherhood Way and was rear-ended by ... More >>

SOMA Fire Smokes Green Cross Medical Marijuana Delivery Service HQ

The "Burn One Down" jokes are not funny​The SOMA building that caught fire late Tuesday also houses the city's only licensed medical marijuana delivery service, which has, fortunately, been able to continue operations.Firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze at a four-story building on 11th Str ... More >>