Vandalism

SF Graffiti Vigilantes: Painting Over It Black

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A Most Eloquent Vandal: A (Depressing) Sign of the Times on the T-Line

In a dour sign of the era, an unknown vandal -- who obviously knows how to sling together a few nouns and verbs -- has absolutely put San Francisco State's ad wizards in clown suits with a few deft marks of his pen. You can click on the image for a large version of this top-notch bit of social comme ... More >>

Gavin's Catholic Bashing

By Lauren Smiley Is Mayor Newsom a self-hating Catholic? The Catholic League said this week that the Mayor (and the Board of Supervisors) should be blamed for vandals scrawling the names of the pope and the San Francisco archbishop next to a Nazi symbol on Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the ... More >>

Congrats, Vandal: No Matter How Hard Advertisers Try, There's Always a Cleverer Jackass

Yes, this is more fun than the ad's original content. This minor masterwork, spotted at a bus shelter on the corner of 16th and Mission, proves a tidy little point. Just as Belloq told Indiana Jones that "there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away," Some anonymous vandal has, in esse ... More >>

S.F. State Ad Featuring Man Writing on Wall Popular Target For Folks Who Like to Write on Walls

Makes you wonder just what they mean by "extended learning"A little while back, we noted that a Muni ad for San Francisco State's extended learning program had been hit by a most eloquent vandal whose penwork was almost indistinguishable from the text. The above shot, also from the T-Line, reveals t ... More >>

I Heart Street Art: Murals Vs. Graffiti

At that panel discussion last week, one of the things that came up was the idea that murals help curb vandalism. Conventional wisdom says even the most callous of vandals wouldn't dare deface the art of another artist. Therefore, the more murals you have, the less graffiti you have. One panelist ev ... More >>

Boycott Feinstein

A new proposed law would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line

Graffiti to Gallery

Andrew Schoultz, the mural artist who's making it big in the gallery by refusing to leave the street behind

Masque of the Pink Book Slasher

The S.F. public library transforms destruction into creation

Best Use of Trash

The Sanitary Fill Co.

Best Place to Forget It's All Happening

Dago Mary's

Dog Bites

Dago Mary's

Dog Bites

Dago Mary's

Riff Raff

Dago Mary's

Muni Drivers: Thefts of Jackets, Other Possessions Happen All the Time

'Hey, that's my jacket...'​We reported last week on a series of incidents in which miscreants vandalizing Muni vehicles on Mission and Silver distracted the drivers -- who returned to their seats to find that someone had stolen their jackets. Muni spokesman Judson True said that any news of theft ... More >>

I Heart Street Art: Felony Vandalism and Conspiracy

​Earlier this summer an edition of the SFPD's Richmond Station Newsletter was devoted to recent graffiti-related arrests. Today I am going to reprint portions of it and couple these portions with photos of graffiti in the vicinities of Clement Street and Geary Boulevard taken by (because I don't e ... More >>

Nooooooooooooooo! Vandal Defiles Mr. Burbujas.

​Mr.Burbuja's Laundromat, located on the corner of 24th Street and Florida, is home to one of the weirdest and most unexpected pieces of artwork on the popular shopping corridor. The building's side boasts a painting of the business's namesake, an anthropomorphic washing machine who is way stoked ... More >>

Woman Accused of Vandalizing Car -- With Dog

'What a world, what a world'​Truth be told, there are more effective ways of vandalizing a car -- via a can of spray paint or a chisel to name a couple. But employing man's best friend as a means of inflicting damage upon a vehicle -- now that earns some style points. On Sunday evening, a pair of ... More >>

Vandal Busts 30 Windows on Muni Train. How Many Windows Do Trains Have?

Well, here's one you can't blame Leonel Jarquin for...​The San Francisco Police Department last week trumpeted the arrest of one Leonel Jarquin -- who, if guilty of the crimes with which he is charged, is one of the most comprehensive vandals in our fair city. The 18-year-old is charged with busti ... More >>

City Hands Graffiti-Busters Fat Checks

Who you gonna call?​ Don't pull out your spray paint can in front of these dudes. The Department of Public Works held out a big carrot today for San Franciscans to report graffiti vandal: The agency handed $250 checks at a Mission District press conference to two men whose quick action led to the ... More >>

Tree-Killer Loose in Golden Gate Park

The Lorax now speaks for fewer trees​The city's pickings for its forthcoming "landmark tree tour" has gotten a bit slimmer.  An unknown vandal or vandals has systematically slaughtered 44 trees in Golden Gate Park -- for no obvious reason.

Zynga Fingers Ad Agency for Alleged 'Mafia Wars' Sidewalk Vandalism

The city attorney sends his regards...​We reported here yesterday on accusations against social-gaming company Zynga by the San Francisco City Attorney's office. The city is ready to go to the mattresses over alleged vandalism of city property carried out as part of an advertising campaign by the ... More >>

Zynga Off the Hook for Mafia Wars Vandalism, S.F. City Attorney Says

​It looks like Zynga is not going to face legal or financial consequences for alleged sidewalk vandalism carried out as part of a marketing campaign for the San Francisco-based company's new online game, Mafia Wars: Las Vegas.Instead, according to Matt Dorsey, spokesman for San Francisco City Atto ... More >>

Golden Gate Park Golf Course Vandalized Again

A crime against golf​Yesterday we noted that the city's Golden Gate Park Golf Course had been vandalized to the tune of $75,000 by off-roading miscreants who reduced holes six, seven, and eight to a morass of mud and tire tracks. While city crews spotted the vandalism on Friday and worked over the ... More >>

Vandal Busts Gas Pipe

Smi23leKicking a gas pipe is not popular these days​Busting a gas pipe for the sheer thrill of destruction might make you a sociopath. But, in the days after a large swath of San Bruno went up in flames -- and every odor of yesterday's barbecue fumes results in a school evacuation -- it could go a ... More >>

Two Haters, a Home-Burner and a Skyscraper Climber in Court Today

Not above the law in SF​Say what you want about District Attorney Kamala Harris -- the Attorney General candidate is a "different kind of prosecutor," according to a lengthy profile published in today's Los Angeles Times, and true to form, her office prosecutes different kinds of cases. And how. F ... More >>

KKKatie Acquitted Of Being A Hater, Convicted of Being a Punk

I don't know art...​A San Francisco jury decided KKKatie was just a misunderstood artist after all. KKKatie, or Katherine Dunbar, was acquitted of a hate crime charge for tagging major city buildings with backward swastikas, anarchist circle-A symbols, and her triple K graffiti tag. But apparently ... More >>

Zynga-Hired Advertiser to Pay City $45,000 for Illegal Guerrilla Marketing

Meyer Lansky would not be impressed.​The company hired by San Francisco-based social game developer Zynga to promote one of its games has agreed to pay the city $45,000 in fines for illegal marketing tactics, City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced today.Back in August, the city attorney's office w ... More >>

Brazen Vandals Smash Cop's Car Windows While He Orders Food

Well, it wasn't as bad as that​Word to the wise: Young men sashaying through the Mission Corridor* late at night swinging around baseball bats may not be on their way to a game. On that note, a cop who parked his cruiser in the 100 block of Richland near Mission Sunday night at 10:10 p.m. to order ... More >>

Vandals Get Two Free Hours of Parking When They Break Meters

Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

Knife-wielding Man Gets Parking Ticket, Then Punctures Tire of DPT Vehicle

Does this count as double-parking?​One man's parking ticket quickly turned into jail time after he lost his composure and stabbed a Department of Parking and Traffic vehicle after getting cited for illegally parking.Police were responding to reports of the vandalism on the 4600 block of Mission St ... More >>

'Girafa' Pleads Guilty to San Jose Graffiti Charges, Fined $38,000

A guilty conscience?​San Francisco resident Steven Free, known by his graffiti writer's moniker of "Girafa," has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor vandalism in San Jose, agreeing to pay $38,000 in fines.San Jose cops arrested Free in 2009 on 10 felony vandalism counts. As ... More >>

Artist Insists He Can Deface "No Parking" Sign Because He's a Taxpayer

Erin SherbertI don't know about you, but the piece sure speaks to me​Art doesn't always have to look nice, it just has to move you. If that's the case, we'll argue that the photo on the right is art. Of course, the local police will have a much different take, as one San Francisco "artist" learned ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: Peaceful Protest Turns Chaotic, Several Hospitalized

Erin Sherbert​Yesterday's general strike in Oakland -- which shut down the port -- ended in a late-night violent (and costly) scene in downtown with fires, arrests, and injuries. It started at about 11 p.m., when a group of masked vandals began smashing windows and set blazes throughout downtown. ... More >>