Richmond

Did You See That Sinkhole in the Richmond District?

It was huge. Sometime around 5:30 last night -- during the start of rush hour -- a street in the Richmond District started caving in all by itself, creating a hole big enough to fit a car, well at least a smart car. According to Richmondsfblog, a car drove over the intersection of Lake Street and ... More >>

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Serial Smartphone Robbers Use Rubber Boot to Steal Phone

Police are reminding residents to stop walking and texting after a series of smartphone robberies hit the Richmond and Inner Sunset districts yesterday evening.According to police, the first incident happened at about 4:46 p.m. on the 600 block of Clement Street. A 12-year-old girl was inside a stor ... More >>

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Bouncer Investigates the Afterlife at Buckshot

​From this week's Bouncer column: When it comes to near-death experiences, I'm torn. I'd love to believe that they are windows into an afterlife, where you are bathed in soothing white light and reunited with dead loved ones, and the idea of floating in ethereal peace forever "just feels righ ... More >>

Oral Sex Is Good for Civic Pride

We knew Richmond, the East Bay city that's plagued with violent crime, has been struggling to improve its public image. And well, calls for oral sex is certainly a new approach to instill civic pride in the community. LesserGods/SF Weekly Flickr Pool​

Church of Subgenius Preys on Richmond District

Richmond's latest rebel​An apparent prankster added a little twisted humor to the controversial debate over whether a PETCO store should move into the Richmond neighborhood. Someone put up a poster at the vacant site where PETCO wants to move in, located at 5411 Geary Blvd., advertising the space ... More >>

Richmond Rapper Y.T Flinstone's 'UpStream' Got Us Swayin'

Y.T Flinstone​"They turn shades like when white people tannin'" is the line that made us chuckle 14 seconds into "UpStream," this new track from Richmond's Y.T Flinstone -- and we're not quite sure what exactly is turning shades, but anyway. What got our attention next is the positively suave beat ... More >>

Exotic Erotic Ball Canceled (You'll Have To Wear Your Leather Thong Somewhere Else)

Where we gonna do this now?​This just in: the Exotic Erotic Ball, scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night at a waterfront venue in Richmond, has been canceled. This would have been the 31st year of the ball's celebration of "flesh, fetish, and freedom."In a press release, the organizers said the ... More >>

One Person's Junk Is Another Person's Sculpture

Is Chevron's Richmond Refinery 'Tour' a PR Stunt Connected to Expansion Plans?

Chevron's Richmond refinery​Chevron is facing serious criticism of its alleged efforts to evade state environmental laws and push through a proposed expansion of its oil refinery in Richmond. Faced with the opposition of environmental activists and some state legislators, is it a surprise that the ... More >>

San Francisco Police Seize Hundreds of Pounds of Pot in Series of Raids

​Cops' haul: 175 pounds of marijuana, 222 plants. The San Francisco Police Department busted a growhouse in Laurel Heights, and trucked away more than 100 pounds of marijuana. Following that raid, police also hit a home on 43rd Avenue in the Richmond in what may be a related growing operation. Two ... More >>

Baylinks: John Waters, Oil, & Tandem Bikes

​John Waters loves icky, uncomfortable things. And thus he loves Muni. [SFAppeal]Sunday Streets fashion. [Fashionist]New art for the Richmond library. [Richmond SF]

Baylinks: Bike Rides, Pee Wee Herman, and Lady Gaga Cookies

Like this, but cuter!​David Chiu in a Pee Wee Herman costume. [City Insider]What happened to the Main Library's green bench? [SFist]Gascon goes for a bike ride. [Streetsblog]OMFG: Odie the elderly cat of the Richmond. [Richmond Blog]Um why is there a Na'vi in this otherwise normal listing for a ho ... More >>

Baylinks: Serial Killers, First Base, & Terrible Ts

​Bay area bloggers talk Bay Area serial killers. [SFist]You can get to first base in this Mission Office Depot. [Mission Mission]There may be respite ahead for cyclists sick of the cars that line up for cheap Arco gas on Fell St. [Streetsblog]Best quote of the day: 'T Stands for Terrible Line!!!' ... More >>

Baylinks: Mudslides, Caligula, & Poo

by zoomar via flickr​Dog owner argues for pets' right to poo. [Noe Valley SF]Mission taqueria goods delivered all the way to NYC! [Mission Mission] Post-storm Ocean Beach: flotsam and jetsam as for days. [SFAppeal] Chris Daly compares Gavin Newsom to Caligula. Good night, everybody! [Sweet Meliss ... More >>

The Rosies of Richmond make riveting subject matter in This World in a Woman's Hands

A Murder Most Foul: View the Scene of San Francisco's Latest Homicide

Click here for a larger map.After weeks of quiet times, San Francisco's latest homicides have come in bunches. On Saturday morning, a 23-year-old Richmond man named James Jamonte Turner was shot to death at around 2 a.m. at Third and Folsom (above); three other men were seen fleeing the scene on foo ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Smoke Stacks Spew Green in Richmond

New Restaurants

SFPD Wants to Get Paid for Getting Dressed

Nothing Says "Thank You for Giving Birth to Me" Like a Twelve-Foot Tiki Pole

Trader Vic's Mysterious Warehouse Sale

New Restaurants

Crazy Cheap, Crazy Good

First-rate Cantonese food and cut-rate prices at Best Panda

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Best Pizza

Pizzetta 211

Best Dim Sum

Yank Sing

Best Asian Supermarket

99 Ranch

Visionary Thinking

The "X Plan," a draft of Muni's hopes for the future, offers a glimpse of transit utopia

Best Place to Buy a Guitar

Guitar Solo

Best Chinese Grocery

New May Wah Supermarket

Mixed Greens

The Sun Also Rises

Le Soleil

Dungeness and Flagons