The victim of a vicious Bernal Heights brawl in which cops had to use pepper-spray to take down the attacker has died, authorities said Wednesday.Sherman Brown, 59, passed away at a hospital Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Like it or not, San Francisco is one of those places where your choice of neighborhood determines a lot about your image. If you live in the Marina, you’re apt to be stereotyped a yuppie. If you live in the Haight, you’re a hippie.
But sometimes just saying you’re from, say, the Mission isn’t enough to really convey where you live and all it entails. Sometimes a more specific subneighborhood name is needed.
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Two destructive fires in San Francisco’s Tenderloin and Bernal Heights neighborhoods last week appear to have been accidental, a fire department spokeswoman said Monday.The Tenderloin fire was reported at 8:56 p.m. Tuesday at the Franciscan Towers, a 105-unit residential hotel at 217 Eddy St., fire officials said.
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In the latest example of youth thugs targeting seniors, two teenagers roughed up and robbed a 76-year-old man in Potrero Hill Tuesday, police said.The punks grabbed the victim as he was entering his vehicle in the 600 block of Connecticut Street around 2 p.m. They rifled through the victim’s clothing and fled on foot with his wallet and cell phone, police said.
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Don’t try to raise cain with this old swatter.A 78-year-old man used his cane to fend off armed youths trying to rob him in Bernal Heights Monday, police said.The man was sitting on a bench in the unit block of Mirabel Avenue when the young punks between ages 12 and 16 figured they had stumbled upon an easy score.
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A man may lose use of his right eye due to the vicious fight in Bernal Heights on Sunday that had cops using pepper-spray to take down a crazed brawler, police said.
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A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was beaten and kicked during a fight with another man in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on Sunday evening, police said.The fight was reported at about 7:10 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Prentiss Street.A verbal altercation between two men, ages 59 and 32, turned physical and the 59-year-old man was punched and kicked until he blacked out, police said.
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Supervisor David Campos said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation next week that would ensure the vintage Coca Cola sign in Bernal Heights could remain for years to come.
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The suddenly infamous Bernal Heights Coca-Cola billboard will apparently be covered up with siding in the hope that it can be preserved until a possible historic designation makes it legal to display once more.
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The City’s order to remove a Coca-Cola sign in the Bernal Heights neighborhood is just a taste of the ongoing fight against outdoor advertising in San Francisco.But this fight is a little different than the typical billboard battle in San Francisco, a city famous for opposing corporate chain stores and commercialized communication. In this case, locals are actually hoping to preserve an outdoor ad that promotes a product made by one of America’s largest corporations.
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