10.09.09
Any cyclist or pedestrian knows that Mission District drivers aren’t exactly models for patience behind the wheel, but driving techniques in the area just hit a new low. After leading police on a...
View ArticleGangs, Colors and Teen Life
The first time Jose had a gun pointed at him was five years ago, when he was 14 years old. He was sitting on the curb at 21st and Folsom streets waiting for a friend when a car slowed and a pistol...
View ArticleTeen Pleads Not Guilty to Assault of Young Actor on Muni
Eighteen-year-old Uluao Mase was charged today in the Oct. 5 beating of young actor Christopher Borgzinner, 18. Borgzinner was riding the 9-San Bruno Muni bus to an acting class when four men, ignoring...
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10.20.09
Manholes became blowholes, rats floated, off-ramps turned into canals and water cascaded down the Van Ness Muni stairs like some kind of Olafur Eliasson installation. For a moment there, San Francisco...
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Muni: Mind Your Manners
Violence, etiquette, and training ruled Monday’s monthly Muni Operations and Customer Service Meeting. After what seems to be a recent rash of violent crimes on Muni—the numbers are still being...
View ArticleSecond Defendant Arraigned for Beating on Muni
A second defendant in the beating of 18-year-old actor Christopher Borgzinner on Muni was arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court Tuesday morning. Fagamalama Pasene, 16, entered pleas of not guilty...
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Stabbing at 16th and Mission
A man was stabbed soon after he exited a Muni bus on 16th and Mission streets at 1:30 a.m. Monday after his assailants, two Latino men believed to be in their late teens demanded to know his gang...
View ArticlePanorama Arrives, Yats Departs
Few headlines warrant an outburst from me, but the Eater’s scoop that Yat’s New Orleans Original Po Boys is moving to the Bayview brought out a despaired “Noooo!” It’s great the fried seafood and fried...
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