Mayor Ed Lee perplexed the Lower Haight on Thursday night in his quest for a little face time with the community, and a beer or two.
And while his pub crawl was aimed at meeting San Francisco residents, he encountered plenty of folks who just aren't going to vote for him -- because they don't live here. Such is the case with a global town like San Francisco.
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The Castro Muni station was closed for roughly an hour Tuesday afternoon following a power outage that is still affecting thousands of households.
The power outage that affected roughly 5,200 households in the Duboce Triangle and Lower Haight neighborhoods occurred around 2:30 p.m., according to PG&E spokesman Joe Molica. It was a result of an underground cable that failed.
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A fire is raging in a three-story home in the Lower Haight neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.San Francisco Fire dispatch said that firefighters are responding to a two-alarm fire at the intersection of Waller Street and Fillmore Street.The exact location was not immediately known, and it was not known if anyone is injured. The area consists of two- and three-story Victorian homes.akoskey@sfexaminer.com
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The night he was viciously stabbed to death, Philip DiMartino likely attended the happy hour at the Castro bar Badlands, according to loved ones who hope that new detail will help find his killer.
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A 20-year-old man was shot dead in the Lower Haight area Monday night, police said.
The victim was identified Tuesday as Sean Everette Wilson, of San Francisco.
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San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr is holding a community meeting Tuesday in The City’s Lower Haight neighborhood to discuss last week’s fatal officer-involved shooting near Buena Vista Park.
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The owner of three conjoined Victorian flats in the Lower Haight is renting the units out as a residential hotel, but that has some neighbors a little miffed.David Nale has rented up to 15 well-manicured units at 124, 126 and 128 Fillmore St. on a monthly basis for at least four years. Now he is applying for a permit to change the building’s use from a three-dwelling unit to group housing.
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A tip jar thief struck a Financial District Subway restaurant on Wednesday, police said.The thug simulated a gun — holding his right arm out with his fist closed — as he stormed into the sandwich shop at 200 Pine St. around 10 p.m., police said.The suspect, described as a man in his late 30s, pressed his fist, or fake gun, into a 32-year-old store worker’s chest, police said.
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A man accused of killing a Sacramento woman and then burning her body and car in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood last week pleaded not guilty to murder and arson charges in court Wednesday, prosecutors said.Almon Johnson, 29, entered the pleas in San Francisco Superior Court this morning, according to the district attorney's office. His next court date is Feb. 23.
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A man accused of strangling the mother of his infant son and then torching her body and car in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood earlier this week is due in court Monday to be arraigned on murder and arson charges.
Almon Johnson, 29, was unable to appear at his initial arraignment in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday due to an unspecified medical condition. A judge ordered a mental health evaluation.
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