Real Love!!! ❤ it reads ” Maria Marry me. Move in. Fidel #sf #sanfrancisco #missiondistrict #love #portapotty #graffiti A photo posted by Negro Bandito (@supr3m3_un3ak) on Sep 20, 2016 at 5:02pm PDT Tight quarters for a couple of newlyweds. But it is a place to live in the Mission!
Former lesbian bar feted with plaque
Though gone more than a year, the Lexington Club has staked out a permanent spot on its old corner of 19th Street Monday in the form of a commemorative plaque. On Monday afternoon, owner Lila Thirkield, former staff, politicians and about a hundred fans of the bar turned out for the plaque’s unveiling and to celebrate the Lexington’s 18 years at 3463 19th St. Now home to the upscale Wildhawk, the…
Gripe with artist results in vandalism at second Mission mural
A tagger who has been using spray paint to express his displeasure with a Mission mural appears to have chosen a new target: the same artist’s work on a building one street over. The stencil art of sea turtles along one side of the PG&E substation at 19th and San Carlos streets has been repeatedly tagged including with the words “Latino art only.” On Sunday, a series of squids painted along…
A man selling items on Mission Street as temperatures soared Sunday afternoon was reportedly beaten and robbed of an unlikely item: a pair of pants.
2005 Capp Street fire, one of the deadliest in recent city history
Firefighter battling the 2005 Capp Street fire, which killed three. [Photo courtesy of Spencer Mack] Mirtha Estrada lost everything the day she jumped from her third-story window in 2005. Everything except, surprisingly, her life. Smoke had filled her apartment and she yelled for help before plummeting three stories to the sidewalk. According to an account of her ordeal written by a local…
Naked aggression? Officer injured in alleged attack by nude man
It was no olive branch, apparently. A nude man who reportedly threw a stick at passersby in the Mission was arrested last Friday after allegedly assaulting a police officer.
Going with the flow: Former Clothes Contact becoming an upscale yoga studio
The former Clothes Contact, which used to sell clothes by the pound, is changing into something skimpier. After sitting vacant for at least a year, 473 Valencia St. is under construction and poised to become an upscale yoga studio called Love Story Yoga. Mehrad Eslami, vice president of Cocore Development Group, the construction management/general contractors for the project, said work is…
Chaotic crash leaves woman critically injured
A woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries late Thursday afternoon after an SUV hit her and six or seven parked cars before flipping over, police said. Authorities arrested a 51-year-old man following the collision, which happened on Mission Street near 15th just after 4 p.m. The 62-year-old victim was getting into her car when the SUV struck her, police said. [Photo via…
Popular sea turtle mural defaced again
A Mission mural that was tagged earlier this year with the words “Latino art only” has been targeted again. Someone used silver spray paint to deface artist fnnch’s sea turtles, stencil art that extends along one side of the PG&E substation at 19th and San Carlos streets. A walk by the mural Friday found scribbles and x’s across some of the turtles and the words “La Mision” written on at least…
Naan-plussed: Indian chain moving into old Minako sushi space
Once on track to reopen as a soup-centric restaurant, the tiny Mission Street space that was once Minako Organic Japanese Restaurant is becoming a Naan ‘N’ Curry. Signs have already gone up for the Indian and Pakistani chain restaurant at 2154 Mission St., and it looks to be opening soon. A visit early this week found crews still working inside. Minako, which had been around for 15 years, closed…
Bottomless mimosas hit bottom: Radish and Grub have closed
A sign that was posted in Grub’s window when it reopened last summer. Your brunch options in the Mission just got significantly slimmer. Two local spots, Radish and Grub, have recently shut their doors. It’s unclear when either of the restaurants closed exactly. A walk by both locations over the weekend found the doors of both spaces locked but no signs posted announcing their closure. Capp…