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Final Inspection Filings on San Bruno Avenue
Three properties on San Bruno Avenue in Portola filed final inspection permits on the same day in August 2026, though…
Permit Filed to Legalize Unit on Octavia Street
A permit filed for 1700 Octavia Street in Pacific Heights outlines plans to legalize an existing apartment unit and add…
Bathroom Remodel on Chilton Avenue Signals Ongoing Investment in West of Twin Peaks
A recent $44,000 bathroom remodel permit on Chilton Avenue in West of Twin Peaks highlights a pattern of ongoing…
Foster City Swaps Rubber Duck Races for a Scavenger Hunt at Summer Days
Foster City's Summer Days festival, running August 14–16 at Leo J.
On Potrero Hill, Nearly Two in Five Working Adults Now Work in Tech
Census data analyzed by the SF Chronicle puts Potrero Hill and Dogpatch at the top of the city for tech-worker density…
The Richmond's Picture Machine, San Francisco's Oldest Tattoo Shop, Still Inks 50‑Year‑Old Flash
At 5124 Geary Boulevard, Picture Machine Tattoo — in business since 1976 and on the city's Legacy Business Registry…
At the Main Library, Every Copy of the 'Odyssey' Is Already Checked Out
Christopher Nolan's film has driven a national run on Homer's Odyssey, and the San Francisco Public Library's catalog…
Fifty Firefighters and Three Helicopter Drops Put Out a Half‑Acre Fire in Joaquin Miller Park
A vegetation fire in the wooded hills near the Chabot Space and Science Center burned about half an acre off the 10000…
On Front Street, 18 Charli XCX Lookalikes and California's First Entertainment Zone
A Brat-themed block party closed a stretch of Front Street on July 31, complete with a Charli XCX lookalike contest.
On Ashby Avenue, a Black Church Trades Its Parking Lot for 50 Apartments It Keeps for a Century
St. Paul AME broke ground Thursday on St. Paul Terrace, a seven-story, 50-unit affordable building rising on the…
‘Hazy Bear’: Guerneville’s 30th Lazy Bear Week Pushes Through Coastal Smoke
Smoke from the coastal Woodside Fire drifted up the Russian River into Guerneville during Lazy Bear Week's 30th…
A New Fence at 700 Missouri: The Last Marker of Potrero's Cleared Annex
A $160,000 over-the-counter permit for a permanent fence at 700 Missouri St is the quiet coda to this spring's HOPE SF…
On Howard Street, Two Manufacturing Buildings File One Permit to Become Housing
A single $1.5 million tenant-improvement permit filed July 30 would convert floors 1–3 of 952 and 960 Howard Street…
A $1 Permit at 930 Geary: The Amsterdam Café Moves to Make Its Crowds Official
A Tenderloin craft-beer bar files an administrative assembly-occupancy permit — no construction, one dollar — to…
On Harrison Street, an $80,000 Permit Turns an Office Into a Spa the City Calls a Massage Parlor
A change-of-use permit filed July 30 would convert a two-story office at 681 Harrison Street into an aroma therapy spa…
Six Displaced After an Early‑Morning Fire Takes the Second Story on Raymond Avenue
A one-alarm fire on the 300 block of Raymond Avenue in Visitacion Valley burned the second story of a home Friday…
On Third Street, a Refreshed T‑Line and an Oyster Bar for a Storefront Dark Since 2021
The SFMTA has reopened weekend T-Third service after its first platform overhaul since 2007, and at 5114 Third St.
On Ninth Avenue, a Vintage Shop Takes the Cheese Shop's Shelves; on Irving, Lomo Libre Goes Dark After Five Years
Storefront turnover across the Sunset: Tight Knit Vintage soft-opens in the Inner Sunset space Willow on the Green left…
On Floor 7, a K‑pop Blockbuster Lands: SFMOMA Sets the Ticket Clock for RM's "Between You and Me"
SFMOMA has posted on-sale dates for "Between You and Me," the fall show built around BTS leader RM's personal art…
A Gyrocopter Goes Down on Takeoff at Petaluma Municipal, and the Pilot Climbs Out on His Own
A gyrocopter went down on takeoff at Petaluma Municipal Airport around 6:43 p.m.
A Rockridge Diner Is Hanging Carol Scott's East Bay Concert Photos — Through Aug. 5
British photographer Carol Scott shot the East Bay's music rooms from 1976 to 1985 — Dylan at the Berkeley Community…
A 1932 Finnish Workers' Hall in West Berkeley Spends the Weekend on Harsh Noise
The 23rd Outsound New Music Summit fills Finnish Hall at 1970 Chestnut St this weekend — four programs of experimental…
An Underground Vault Fire at Haight and Cole Cleared the Block Before Dawn — 75 Left Without Power
An underground PG&E vault fire at Haight and Cole streets in the Upper Haight briefly forced neighbors to shelter in…
On a San Bruno Block Three Miles From SFO, Driverless Cars Keep Leaving Travelers With Their Luggage
For about two weeks, residents of the 500 block of Seventh Avenue in San Bruno's Belle Air Park say driverless Waymos…