Outer Mission

Eugenio Mallari Identified as Pedestrian Killed by SamTrans Bus

Authorities announced today that the man who was hit earlier this week by a SamTrans bus while walking in the Outer Mission has died. The Medical Examiner identified the man as 39-year-old Eugenio Mallari of San Francisco. Just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Mallari was walking across Mission Street ne ... More >>

Here's How Long it Will Take You to Find an Apartment in San Francisco

There's that one dreaded spot we've all experienced alike in San Francisco: an open house. It's those Saturday mornings you spend next to 50 San Franciscans shoving past you with their credit reports and pay stubs, vying for the city's last 500-square-feet of squalid paradise. It's as depressing ... More >>

If Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Is Overturned, You Can Thank An Escort Service

In this world, we're blessed and cursed with things, with the things we want but can't get, and the things we want but can't have. In California, of course, we can have most things -- except when we want to have a medical marijuana dispensary in Daly City, Danville, or any of the other estimated 200 ... More >>

Organized Labor Flexes Muscle for Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Support from UFCW Helps Mission Organics Win PermitSan Francisco's reputation as a union town was hard-won on the docks and picket lines of the 1930s. Less violence accompanied the city being known as a haven for pot-smoking freaks, but it took the carnage of the AIDS epidemic for San Francisco to b ... More >>

Pedestrian Bitch-Slaps Frustrated Driver in Parking Lot

Public parking lots are kind of like adult sandboxes -- they're full of bullies who just don't respect you or your toys.We bring you an example of this from the Outer Mission, where a driver and a pedestrian got into it -- and for seemingly no reason at all. Sometime around 1:23 p.m., a man was driv ... More >>

Man Stabbed to Death Inside Homeless Shelter; Homicide No. 4

​A 44-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday evening inside a SOMA homeless shelter. Police were called to the Multi-Service Center South shelter at 525 Fifth St. at 6:58 p.m. where they found the victim stabbed in the chest. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was pronou ... More >>

Pedro Zaldana-Ortiz Accused of Killing Nelson Henriquez During Argument

​Police say they have arrested Pedro Zaldana-Ortiz on suspicion of stabbing to death 25-year-old Nelson Henriquez during an argument in the Outer Mission last week. According to Sgt. Daryl Fong, homicide investigators located Zaldana-Ortiz on Sunday on the 1000 block of South Van Ness. He was take ... More >>

Man Stabbed to Death in Outer Mission; Homicide No. 3

Man stabbed​A 25-year-old man was found dead last night in the Outer Mission neighborhood, making it San Francisco's third murder this year. According to San Francisco police, the man -- who has not yet been identified -- was found at about 9:20 p.m., lying on the street near the unit block of Reg ... More >>

Lost in the Night: New Year's Eve at the Knockout and Public Works

Double Feature: Oldies Night and KiNK Dec. 31, 2011 The Knockout and Public Works Better than: Being away from San Francisco for new years. It was 10:45 p.m. and I was lucky enough to be in a cab speeding towards the Outer Mission. Thinking strategically, we planned our evening to start at the Kno ... More >>

Supes OK Farming Ordinance, Giving S.F. the Nation's Most Progressive Urban Ag Rules

davidsilver/FlickrUrban farms like Little City Gardens are now able to sell what they grow without having to obtain a costly zoning exemption.​After yesterday's unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco now has the most progressive laws on urban agriculture in the nation. The n ... More >>

Tuesday: Supes Vote on Easing Restrictions for Urban Farmers

Little City GardensIf tomorrow's amended ordinance passes, it'll mean small urban farms like Little City Gardens will be able to sell produce without securing zoning exemptions.​In February, S.F.'s Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve new rules for urban agriculture, allowing small gro ... More >>

Out with the Kids: Sushi at ICHI

Alex HochmanWho cares if she'll never earn an athletic scholarship? She eats shrimp heads, dammit!​In my twisted little food-obsessed world, my daughters' sushi-eating exploits are just as important, if not more, than their academic achievements or athletic prowess. Your son scored two goals t ... More >>

Muni Stabbing Leaves Teen in Critical Condition

Stabbed twice​A teen is in critical condition after being stabbed twice as he rode a Muni bus in the Outer Mission on Wednesday, police told reporters today. At about 1:40 p.m., an 18-year-old boy was on the bus when he got into a fight with another man described in his late teens. The suspect sta ... More >>

Smokey Joe Is Tiny, But Covers a Lot of Ground

Luis ChongOur unintentionally double-pork Smokey Joe combo, $9.99.​When SFoodie heard rumors that a brand new Southern barbecue place in the far-Outer Mission named Smokey Joe also had banh mi on the menu, our curiosity was piqued. We had to check it out for ourselves. Luis Chong​Turns ... More >>

No 76: Chicken Pepian at San Miguel

Jonathan KauffmanSan Miguel Restaurant's pepian.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Dishes labeled "pipian/pepian" usually indicates a stew flavored with ground pumpkin seeds, but the pepian at San Miguel Restaurant in the Outer Mission ... More >>

Police Looking for Impostor Cops Who Tried to Rob Man

copy thisA pair of men proved that not just anyone can be a cop when they tried to pull off a robbery using fake police badges.At about 8:50 a.m. on Thursday, the victim said he had just dropped off his daughter at school and drove home when two men approached him as he got out of his car in his dri ... More >>

Massawa Owner Not Happy About Leaving the Haight

​On Friday, Eater SF reported that Haight Street Market just won approval from the S.F. Planning Commission to expand into the building next door, effectively tripling its space. As anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows, the 30-year-old natural foods store is one of the commercial strip's few ... More >>

Is Steaks-In-The-Jacket Man Same as Gin-and-Juice-Down-The-Pants Man?

And it fits in your jacket. How convenient!​Readers may recall an alleged thief earlier this month re-enacting the Snoop Dogg canon -- in his pants. A security guard at the Safeway in the Outer Mission looked on as a man made a beeline toward the liquor aisle, shoved a bottle of gin down his trous ... More >>

Accused Thief Re-Enacts Snoop Dogg Song -- In His Pants

​A man who wandered into the Outer Mission Safeway late Tuesday night is accused of turning his pants into a virtual mini-bar of the sort that washes a wave of nostalgic joy over anyone who came of age in the 1990s. At 10:30 p.m., the store guard observed a man make a beeline for the liquor aisle, ... More >>

Pre-Nap Pupusas: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Pupusas & Casamiento​Fri., Feb. 12, 2010There isn't a more pleasant place in San Francisco to eat pupusas than Balompie Cafe #3, a sunny cafe in the Outer Mission decorated sparsely in soccer memorabilia. There's often a man or two sitting at the bar, sipping at a civilized glass of red over t ... More >>

Tomorrow in Kauffman: Notes from the Mission's Nicaraguan Strip

Eating in Translation/FlickrChancho loco: Oye! Managua​In Wednesday's Eat, SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman reviews three Nicaraguan places in the Outer Mission: Oye! Managua, Las Tinajas, and Adelita's Cakes. Get a jump on tomorrow's review later today at SFWeekly.com. In the meantime, ... More >>

Much Ado About 'Bumping'? Only One School Affected So Far by Controversial Union Rules, District Officials Say

Despite -- or perhaps because of -- loud lamentations about bizarre union work rules that promised to displace secretaries at San Francisco schools, only one school site has so far been affected by the regulations, school-district officials say.​Earlier this month we told the story of Sandra Rios, ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Man Allegedly Attempts to Spit on As Many City Employees As Possible

Breakin' the law...​A man accused of emptying the contents of his trachea onto the face of a Muni driver allegedly did so once again to a cop while being arrested. The Muni driver -- who wouldn't let this charmer ride for free in the Outer Mission -- called police Monday afternoon after the would- ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: German Fernandez, Stabbed in Outer Mission, Is City's 43rd Homicide

View Larger Map A Daly City man stabbed repeatedly during what appeared to be a fight in the Outer Mission died early Sunday morning, making him the city's 43rd homicide of the year. German Fernandez, 33, was discovered at Cesar Chavez and Bryant by police responding to reports of a nearby brawl. He ... More >>

The Meter Is Running: Municipal Transportation Agency Outlines Plan to Extend Parking Meter Hours -- Which Could Raise $9M for City

​Earlier today, the Municipal Transportation Agency unveiled the results of a study regarding its tentative plan to extend parking meter hours to weekday evenings and on Sunday. There's no shortage of details -- reporters were even handed a city map with "pink" and "teal" parking zones -- but whet ... More >>

S.F. doesn't abide by its own translation requirements

Not Jonathan Livingston

Sanctuary for Salvadoran Food

Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Best Theater Ensemble

The Pub in Publishing

Readings and writings at the Edinburgh Castle

System of a Sound

What does it take to be the city's best reggae DJ crew? Specials, riddims, and well-connected sounds. Let us explain.

BeatBox

Jedi Mind Tricks and its horror-core hip hop; "Die Maschinen" and its non-pretentious industrial beats

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El Metate

Champagne Tastes

Not to be too Ayn Rand-y about it, but Dog Bites loves all the new luxury high-rises downtown

Open Sesame

Big Bird, Elmo, and Bert in the flesh

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 23, 2003

Laborer Pains

The San Francisco Day Labor Program loses city funding amid a labyrinthine dispute between its political supporters and the Mayor's Office

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Rock Soup

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More About Moors; No Man's Land; Bleak House; Biting Commentary

The Outer Limits

Watering holes at the edge of the Mission

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Bridge on 18th Street over 101

Habitat for Inanity

Charity unwittingly sucked into fight over housing low-income elderly

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