A residential fire atop a Walter Street home not far from Duboce Park has reached three-alarm status and the roof at 34 Walter appears to have given way.
The cause of the blaze, which was reported at about 1:30 this afternoon, is not yet known.
Who would have thought that BART seats could appear more repulsive to riders? Alas, 49ers fans are outraged by the brand new seats that will make for a cleaner, fresher ride in 2017.
Sure, football fans would like new seats, but not if they're outfitted in the team colors of the Seattle Seahawks -- that's a sore spot for San Franciscans. BART unveiled its new fleet last week, showing off, among many things, the new fabric-less seats that will no longer be a hub of all things disgusting.
Everyone seemed pleased (at least with the new seats) until a die-hard 49ers fan spoke up, pointing out that the new neon green and blue color scheme is the also team colors for the Seattle Seahawks. As a result, 49ers fans have drummed a petition, demanding BART switch out the offensive seats.
Weekend bridge closures in the last few years gave us a chance to experience BART the way we'd long envisioned it: as a 24-hour party line.
Ideally, all-night BART would essentially become an extension of San Francisco nightlife, we thought. People would take BART to after-parties and booty calls, passengers would fraternize and fall in love through the Transbay Tube.
Sadly, the idea of a 24-hour BART wasn't exactly what he had expected: It suffered from lackluster ridership and shoddy revenue, not to mention those all-nighters left the system with a hangover. Still, the experiment reinvigorated an old debate about transit scheduling, and who it should serve.
Two men were injured -- one critically -- in a double stabbing at a club in the North Beach neighborhood early this morning.
Sgt. Danielle Newman says police were called out to the 500 block of Broadway at about 1 a.m. on reports of a stabbing. When police arrived, they found an 18-year-old man and a 24-year-old man both who had been stabbed in the stomach.
Despite warnings that children and codeine are a bad mix, doctors continue to prescribe the opioid to youngsters at alarming rates, UC San Francisco researchers have revealed.
Doctors at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital conducted a recent study and found that although doctors have been urged to promote less dangerous medicines to kids, including ibuprofen or hydrocodone, emergency rooms across the United States are still handing over codeine to children like it's candy.
Codeine is an opioid used to treat mild and moderate pain as well as suppress coughs. But because children process the drug so differently, one-third get no relief from it while up to 1 in 12 kids can accumulate toxic amounts, causing breathing to slow, and possibly death, researchers say.
Turns out, the 16-year-old Santa Clara boy who survived a 5-hour trip to Hawaii in the wheel well of a plane was trying to make his way to Africa possibly to reunite with his biological mother.
Hawaii News Now reports that the teen ended up on the Hawaii flight because it was the first plane he saw after he scaled the fence at San Jose's Mineta Airport on Sunday.
While you were snoozing in front of the television last night, this real-life drama was unfolding:
An unidentified person was arrested in the city's Presidio neighborhood after police discovered a stash of "explosive devices" in a red pickup truck during a routine traffic stop.
According to multiple press reports, the officer smelled a waft of marijuana after pulling over the driver at the 900 block of Old Mason Street. At that point, the driver told the cop that he had fireworks in the car and "passed a device" to the officer.
