Out of the Dumpster and into the fire? Actually, no.
A homeless man was injured this morning after some garbage caught on fire around him while he slept, Fire Department Spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. Early reports of a person injured climbing out of a burning Dumpster turned out to be untrue.
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The Guardian Angels are on a roll.
Twice last week, according to police, members of the beret-wearing troop that helps police fight crime in The City came to the aid of a robbery victim.
The latest rescue Wednesday in the Tenderloin resulted in an arrest, according to police.
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Grieving loved ones are asking San Francisco to remember that a cold-blooded killer remains on the loose.
Nearly a year ago, Ronald Monzon was gunned down in the Mission district after a fight that reportedly did not involve him.
“The person responsible is free to do what they like, while we are left with memories and visits to Ronald’s grave site,” said Michell McKnight, the mother of Monzon’s teenage son.
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The Guardian Angels helped a 21-year-old man in the Mission district who was being beaten by robbers Friday night, police said Monday.
The victim was reportedly walking in the 2700 block of Mission Street when four thugs attacked him about 10:20 p.m. They put the man in a headlock, dragged him to the ground and punched him while swiping his smartphone, police said.
But then members of the Guardian Angels, a volunteer public-safety group, shooed off the suspects.
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Attention Mission district gangsters who are fed up with the thug life: Supervisor David Campos wants to give you a job.
In the past 18 months, Campos said, he has teamed up with officers on a new program that targets at-risk youths who actually want to leave their gangs. According to the supervisor, “close to 10 young men” who had been contributing to rampant gang activity in the Mission are now employed with The City as gardeners.
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A man said he was walking home from work in the Mission district Monday night when teenagers beat him up and stole his cash, police said.
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San Francisco’s powerful cycling lobby is not pleased with a new proposal to shift biking off Market Street and onto Mission Street.
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Doré Studio, a photography studio on Mission Street, is one of dozens of businesses vandalized after the Giants won the World Series in 2010 and 2012, but owners are hoping any post-Super Bowl celebration Sunday will be more respectful.
“I’m not sure it will happen though,” said Doré Studio owner Patty Alvarez. “I always have concerns anytime anything big happens.”
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He literally did not take the fall for this robbery.
A suspect who led police on a wild foot chase in the Mission district Monday threatened to jump off a rooftop, but it appears he was bluffing.
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Native culinary guides are worth their weight in fresh-baked pita, let me tell you. If it wasn’t for my Lebanese pal Andy, I would never have noticed Arabian Nights.
Let me amend that statement: I probably would have noticed it and blown it off. Outward appearances — the name, the Ali Baba aesthetic, the clashing swords noises on the website — painted a cartoonish portrait.
And the menu, with its broad survey of hummus, shawarma and kebabs, did little to entice.
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