55 Laguna: The Plugged-In (And A.F. Evans) Development Update

Published by SocketSite on October 2, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The San Francisco Municipal Railway N-Judah and J-Church lines are affected this morning due a derailment reported at 10 a.m. near Church Street and Duboce Avenue, a Muni spokesman said.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on October 1, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― The San Francisco Municipal Railway N-Judah and J-Church lines were affected Wednesday morning due to a derailment reported at 10 a.m. near Church Street and Duboce Avenue, a Muni spokesman said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on October 1, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco Municipal Railway light-rail vehicle that derailed and struck the railing of a passenger-loading ramp just outside the tunnel at Church Street and Duboce Avenue this morning continues to disrupt service on two major Muni lines.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on October 1, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A Municipal Railway light-rail vehicle that derailed and struck the railing of a passenger-loading ramp just outside the tunnel at Church Street and Duboce Avenue Wednesday morning continues to disrupt service on two major Muni lines.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on October 1, 2008.

(10-01) 13:36 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A Muni light-rail train derailed today just east of the intersection of Church Street and Duboce Avenue, disrupting service on the N-Judah and J-Church lines, a city transit official said.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on October 1, 2008.

Over at Duboce and Church this morning, just after 10 a.m., a Muni train came off its tracks, blocking the tunnel at Church. According to Transit 511:

Published by SFist on October 1, 2008.

Dyhemia, who lives in the Bayview neighborhood, was last seen about 6 p.m. Saturday in the area of Page and Buchanan streets, police said. Police put out an alert Sunday asking for help locating her.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 30, 2008.

Dyhemia Young, who sometimes goes by the name Malaysia, was last seen around 6 p.m. Saturday in the area of Page and Buchanan streets, according to the Police Department.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 29, 2008.

Dyhemia Young, nicknamed Malaysia, was last seen at about 6 p.m. Saturday in the area of Page and Buchanan streets, police said. Police already have prepared a "missing juvenile" poster with pictures of the young girl.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 29, 2008.

Dyhemia Young, whose nickname is Malaysia, was last seen around 6 p.m. Saturday near Page and Buchanan streets, according to the Police Department.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 29, 2008.

Dyhemia Young, whose nickname is Malaysia, had last been seen around 6 p.m. Saturday near Page and Buchanan streets.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 29, 2008.

Dyhemia, who lives in the Bayview neighborhood, was last seen about 6 p.m. Saturday in the area of Page and Buchanan streets, police said. Police put out an alert Sunday asking for help locating her.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 29, 2008.

...Bay Academy who was last seen around 6 p.m. Saturday in the area of Page and Buchanan streets -- this past weekend, that is until they heard from her late Sunday night. (Yay...

Published by SFist on September 29, 2008.

Nearly two hours later, Lacayo allegedly pointed a gun at a 33-year-old man who was waiting for a ride on the 300 block of Waller Street in the Lower Haight area, police said. After robbing the man, Lacayo again fled in a waiting car, a black sedan, according to authorities.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 25, 2008.

It's been a year since the mayor's office boosted the number of homeless caseworkers working the part of the up-and-coming South of Market neighborhood bordered by Market, Fifth, Third and Howard streets.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 20, 2008.

A member of the Mongols, 37-year-old Christopher Ablett of Modesto, is being sought by police in the Sept. 2 slaying of the leader of the Hells Angels' San Francisco chapter, Mark "Papa" Guardado, 46. Guardado was shot to death outside a Mission District bar about a mile from the Hells Angels' clubhouse on Tennessee Street, where he lived.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

A member of the Mongols, 37-year-old Christopher Ablett of Modesto, is being sought by police in the Sept. 2 slaying of the leader of the Hells Angels' San Francisco chapter, Mark "Papa" Guardado, 46. Guardado was shot to death outside a Mission District bar about a mile from the Hells Angels' clubhouse on Tennessee Street, where he lived.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

The Tenderloin has joined a growing number of San Francisco neighborhoods to gain free basic wireless Internet, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

The network is available to certain residents in neighborhoods including the Mission, Bernal Heights, Haight Ashbury and North Beach, and Meraki hopes to expand coverage to neighborhoods such as the Richmond, Sunset, Excelsior and Marina by the end of the year.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

The network is available to certain residents in neighborhoods including the Mission, Bernal Heights, Haight Ashbury and North Beach, and Meraki hopes to expand coverage to neighborhoods such as the Richmond, Sunset, Excelsior and Marina by the end of the year.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

The answer: not many. But a handful of nonprofits are working on providing free or very low-cost refurbished laptops and PCs. And the truth is, a monthly $30 to $50 broadband bill is a lot more foreboding for many low-income residents than a one-time computer purchase, said Don Falk, chief executive of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 17, 2008.

The Wi-Fi is being provided by Meraki, a South of Market hardware company that is slowly building a wireless network as a way to showcase its "repeater" technology. So far the network is available to about 150,000 people in 40 San Francisco neighborhoods. Check out the Meraki Web site at sf.me raki.com/map to find out if your street is covered.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 17, 2008.

Now with the official city party moving to SoMa (zzzz), things are slowly rolling downhill. While originally reported that there would be a late-night party happening near AT&T; Park, after the boring family-friendly one taking place earlier in the day, that's probably no longer the case.

Published by SFist on September 17, 2008.

The $20,000 campaign will be concentrated in three neighborhoods: The Mission, Bayview and Visitation Valley.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 16, 2008.

There’s some cool art to see, and people from all over the place, and everyone’s into just hanging out, and there are none of the Mission vs. Marina social barriers we have to deal with back here because everyone’s pretty much dressed the same, which is in neon fake fur and goggles, and it’s not immediately apparent whether the person you’re talking to would be someone you’d talk to back in the real world or not.

Published by Mission Mission on September 16, 2008.

Were they here to discuss the recent spike in shootings in the Mission District? The murder of a Western Addition teenager three days earlier? The effectiveness of gang injunctions in those neighborhoods? The upcoming march on City Hall of students from June Jordan High School demanding leadership from the mayor on the rise in violence?

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

Were they here to discuss the recent spike in shootings in the Mission District? The murder of a Western Addition teenager three days earlier? The effectiveness of gang injunctions in those neighborhoods? The upcoming march on City Hall of students from June Jordan High School demanding leadership from the mayor on the rise in violence?

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

Speaking afterward, Katzman returned to the issue of what defines safety, and for whom. "We have tenants and clients in the Tenderloin who are afraid to go out of their buildings at night because of drug-related violence. They're not complaining to us about people peeing on the streets," he said. "No one likes it, but that's not the big issue right now."

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

The Mission District has been swarming with police officers lately. They were present and visible in large numbers in recent weeks in an effort to stem a recent tide of mostly drug- and gang-related killings in the heavily immigrant neighborhood.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

Amid a sea of reporters, I sat in a community meeting in the Mission District last week as city officials struggled to address the rash of homicides that have occurred in the past two weeks. As we listened to the endless chatter, I was greatly dismayed because we were avoiding the elephant in the room — the complete lack of trust between the police department and our communities of color.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

The stakes couldn't be higher — and not just for the Mission, Potrero Hill, South of Market, and Dogpatch districts, but for the entire city. Because if the supervisors can't get this right, the pattern will be set for development that will profoundly change the demographics (and politics) of this city.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

The stakes couldn't be higher — and not just for the Mission, Potrero Hill, South of Market, and Dogpatch districts, but for the entire city. Because if the supervisors can't get this right, the pattern will be set for development that will profoundly change the demographics (and politics) of this city.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

An alleged leader of a gang in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to drug and firearms charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 16, 2008.

An alleged leader of a gang in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to drug and firearms charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 16, 2008.

Paris Moffett, who according to city officials was a leader of the Eddy Rock gang—one of three gangs barred by the city of San Francisco from activity in the Western Addition—pleaded guilty Sept. 10 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 16, 2008.

We were just talking to someone about how they moved out of that neck of the woods this week because of all the recent gunplay. Do you still go to the Mission these days? If so, why?

Published by SFist on September 15, 2008.

Hells Angels sporting patches from Alaska to Maine, from Rhode Island to Hawaii, and from Italy to Australia joined members of other motorcycle clubs to form a mile-long caravan that stopped traffic and startled onlookers on its path from Daly City, through San Francisco's Mission District, and on to Colma, where Guardado was buried.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

There was no school that day, and I was gleefully anticipating an afternoon overflowing with a bike ride which I intended to loop along the Bay, to glide past the Golden Gate Bridge, to wind south from the northern tip of San Francisco to Market Street, to coast victoriously back into the Mission by nightfall or, who knows, to see the sunset out at Ocean Beach.

Published by Mission Mission on September 15, 2008.

Guardado, 46, was shot dead around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 outside a bar in San Francisco's Mission District, allegedly by a member of the rival Mongols motorcycle group.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 15, 2008.

Guardado was found around 10:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at 24 and Treat streets in San Francisco's Mission District suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital where he died.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 14, 2008.

Hundreds of San Francisco public school students, mostly from June Jordan School for Equity, filled the steps of City Hall Friday afternoon to demand more city action in response to the rash of killings in the Mission District and elsewhere over the past few weeks.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 13, 2008.

Mark Guardado was shot and killed last week in San Francisco's Mission District. Witnesses say he got into an argument and a wrestling match with the shooter, who got away on a motorcycle.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 13, 2008.

Authorities say 37-year-old Christopher Ablett is a member of the rival Mongols Motorcycle Club and has been identified by several witnesses as the man who shot 45-year-old Mark "Papa" Guardado last week in the Mission District.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 12, 2008.

It's been over a year since we've seen such wet fun on the streets of San Francisco. Yesterday, Flickr user bikelikeme captured some refreshing pics of an overturned fire hydrant and the fun that followed.

Published by SFist on September 12, 2008.

Mr. Jim Herd has word that a couple of hundred or so high school students from the Mission have taken to the steps of City Hall. Why? Because of the recent spike in murder that has plagued the Mission district. And they're none too thrilled. (Really, you don't want to upset a Mission High student. Trust us.)

Published by SFist on September 12, 2008.

New toque: Near Civic Center, Paul K (199 Gough St.), a popular 8-year-old spot for pre-performance dining, has a new chef. It's Shawn Bayless, who is a former sous chef at Incanto.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 10, 2008.

Seven people have been murdered in San Francisco's Mission District in the past three weeks. We talk with community members, the mayor's office and the police about what can be done to stem the increase in violence in the neighborhood.

Published by Mission Mission on September 10, 2008.

New toque: Near Civic Center, Paul K (199 Gough St., at Oak), a popular 8-year-old spot for pre-performance dining, has a new chef. It's Shawn Bayless, who has worked at One Market and Farallon, and is a former sous chef at Incanto.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 9, 2008.

Neither developers nor community activists are happy with the plan approved Aug. 7 by the Planning Commission, which sets zoning, policies, and funding levels for new development in the Mission District, eastern SoMa, Potrero Hill, and the Central Waterfront.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 9, 2008.