Location: 684 Arkansas St, Potrero HillSize: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathsPrice: $1,325,000Pitch: "Million Dollar VIEWS! Top floor, 2...

Published by Curbed SF on October 11, 2008.

hough Parties That Cook does host public classes (in particular, one for singles at Sur La Table), its specialty is creating cooking-themed events for corporate team building or private gatherings. And the experience it provides is part class, part catered meal.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on October 10, 2008.

Where: 2495 3rd St., at 23rd St. (415-252-2000).

Published by Daily Candy San Francisco on October 9, 2008.

Through October: Ping Pong Gallery is pleased to present its first solo exhibition with Berlin artist, Gwenaël Rattke. Rattke presents a series of paper-based collages created from the artist’s collection of visual material. Exhibition runs through Oct. 24, 2008. Ping Pong Gallery is at 1240 22nd Street (between Pennsylvania and Mississippi) in San Francisco.

Published by Mission Dispatch on October 6, 2008.

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Published by Eater SF on October 6, 2008.

As we all know by now, live/work units like 2002 3rd St #112, don't place too much stress on the "working" part. It's hard to...

Published by Curbed SF on October 3, 2008.

The Extremely Curious 958 Carolina St.

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on September 30, 2008.

Homicide inspectors are looking into a shooting reported at 1:48 p.m. in the 1400 block of Illinois Street. The man who was shot died 20 to 30 minutes later, police spokesman Sgt. Wilfred Williams said.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 24, 2008.

The shooting happened at 1:48 p.m. on the 1400 block of Illinois Street near 24th street, east of Third Street, police said. The victim was pronounced dead a short time later. The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as Armando Rodriguez, 32, of San Francisco.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on September 24, 2008.

Potrero Hill redo: Change is also coming to a spot at the opposite end of the spectrum. Couleur Cafe (300 De Haro, at 16th Street) will close in November and reopen early next year as two different spots.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 24, 2008.

Rodriguez was standing near a taco truck in the 1400 block of Illinois Street when a gunman in his 20s shot him and then fled in a white Ford Mustang, police said. The shooting was reported at 1:48 p.m.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on September 24, 2008.

Potrero Hill redo: Change is also coming to a spot at the opposite end of the spectrum. Couleur Cafe (300 De Haro, at 16th Street) will close in November and reopen early next year as two different spots.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 23, 2008.

The shooting happened at 1:48 p.m. on the 1400 block of Illinois Street near 24th street, east of Third Street, police said. The victim was pronounced dead a short time later.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 23, 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 San Francisco store owner was shot to death last weekend in Novato. Police believe he may have been killed as retaliation for identifying suspects who had robbed his Bernal Heights Store last month.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on September 19, 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 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.

17th St. has it’s challenges, but should result in significant improvements on an important East-West Bicycle Route. Stretching from Corbett St. in the Castro to Kansas St. in Potrero Hill, this project will add bike lanes on the whole stretch. The preferred design option calls for parking removal on the stretch between Harrison and Kansas, and lane narrowing on the western portion. Train track crossings present some issues, but can be solved by shifting the bike.

Published by Mission Mission 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.

On Saturday, police say, 19-year-old Caprisha Green, a mother of a 1-year-old daughter, was shot and killed in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street about 10:25 p.m. She was outside her unit at the Potrero Hill projects with several friends at the time.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on September 16, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Officers called to the 1000 block of Connecticut Street found Green at 10:25 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

On Saturday, police say, 19-year-old Caprisha Green, a mother of a 1-year old daughter, was shot and killed in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street about 10:25 p.m. She was outside her unit at the Potrero Hill projects with several friends at the time.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

Sunday Streets, which ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., involved closing traffic lanes between Chinatown and the Bayview.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

ChronicleWatch reader Jennie Carpenter said San Francisco should put a sign for westbound drivers Cesar Chavez at Vermont Street, because drivers were otherwise tempted to make U-turns that endangered other motorists.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 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.

No, not this one or this one This one: an unidentified man was sent to the hospital after getting shot at the Osceola Lane and La Salle Avenue in the Bayview District on Friday night. He is listed in critical condition. No arrests have been made. (CBS 5)

Published by SFist on September 15, 2008.

Sunday Streets, which ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., involved closing traffic lanes between Chinatown and the Bayview.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle 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.

ChronicleWatch reader Jennie Carpenter said San Francisco should put a sign for westbound drivers Cesar Chavez at Vermont Street, because drivers were otherwise tempted to make U-turns that endangered other motorists.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle 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's funeral was to be followed by processions to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, and to the Hells Angels clubhouse in San Francisco Potrero Hill District.

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

Beloved S.F. eateries such as Acme Chophouse, Chaya Brasserie, Foreign Cinema, Il Fornaio, Kuleto's, Perbacco, PlumpJack and others will be on hand to serve up appetizers and drinks as "San Francisco Restaurants Unite to Fight Hunger." Now, more than pregnant women can eat for two (or three or four), as all proceeds benefit the San Francisco Food Bank.

Published by SF Weekly on September 15, 2008.

A shooting was reported in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street at about 10:25 p.m., according to police.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on September 14, 2008.

The shooting was reported in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street at about 10:25 p.m., according to police.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 14, 2008.

Officers were called to the 1000 block of Connecticut Street, where they found Green at 10:25 p.m. She was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 14, 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.