Mission Mission

[via The Fogbender]

Rad! And available on a t-shirt just in time from Mission Bicycle!

Maybe they’d be rubber or something. Just a thought. Could call the set Sutro Bath Toys.

@SFSavage, father of P.D. Bird was tangentially involved in a pedestrian car accident today downtown:

So I left to get shit done today,last day and town. Got on fats bike and hit Hyde,as I'm bombing down the hill this man runs out in road….

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I miss him by inches,dodge to the inside(behind him) and hear this tremendous SKREEEEECH!!!! then BAM! And the dude comes FLYING NEXT TO ME

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I slammed on brakes and was one of the first people back to him,he was fucked. Leg at 45 degree angle and bone thru pic.twitter.com/9kmcHbsICl

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

Im not posting the piccture i have of his injury,it was severe. Then the driver was all hyphy,"Fuck him for jay walking!!"

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

I saw a police car 2 blocks back in traffic and sprinted over to inform him. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a2C9wu6

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

By the time I got back to the scene,1-2mins with cops,the guy was bleeding from ear,mouth. unconscious(that i culd c) pic.twitter.com/IuZJbUyeJo

— Fat Popi (@SFSavage) October 29, 2013

Apparently the driver took off before the police got involved. Really hoping the pedestrian is not too badly injured, but it sounds pretty rough. These streets are busy, and I’m hearing about too many pedestrian/car/bike accidents these days. No matter how you’re moving through a street, it’s everyone’s responsibility to be aware of what’s around. I like to think I’m careful as a pedestrian, on a bike and in my car, but we could all use a reminder.

In other news, Curbed reports that the large and confusing intersection at Haight-Gough-Market is getting an overhaul with regards to safety. Good to hear, I was the victim of a hit and run while walking across that street a year ago.

[pic by George Belle]

Friends and neighbors of some tenants displaced by yesterday’s fire on Valencia Street have set up a fund to help them get back on their feet.

At 1pm on October 28th, our friends’ apartment at 25th and Valencia in San Francisco’s Mission District caught on fire (the cause is still being determined). Luckily, our friends noticed the fire and were able to get everyone out of the building before it was completely engulfed in flames. By the evening, when firefighters escorted them one at a time back inside the destroyed building to search for belongings, they found little left intact. Most of their posessions have been lost, and they are now without a place to live. Please help our friends get back on their feet by donating what you can!

The money raised here will be given over to the five tenants at 1448 Valencia to divvy up between those affected, so that they can replace some of what was lost.

Link

UPDATE: Our pal Leef from Mission: Comics & Art tells us that EHS Pilates, at 1452 Valencia, are also looking for some help today (Tuesday):

EHS was effected by a 3 alarm fire yesterday and suffered severe water and smoke damage. We are here at the studio NOW (12noon) trying to salvage everything else. We are looking for a little help here. If you can spare an hour today to help move props, books, etc. or just stand outside and make sure no one walks away with our equipment. Any help you can give us right now would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you. Carrie

Still killer.

[via mexist]

The Market Street Railway blog breaks the news:

As our members learned first in their exclusive newsletter, Inside Track, Market Street Railway has acquired for Muni a second boat tram. We’ll have much more to say about this here in a few days, but for now, we just want to thank Michael Thoresen, the most generous donor who made the acquisition possible through the Thoresen Foundation, and FedEx Trade Networks, which arranged and helped underwrite the shipping of the tram from England to San Francisco. [link]

Now that we have two, can we race ‘em?

[via @ellingson]

[via Jarid]

UPDATE: Another angle from reader Emmet:

Sure, you know all about Green Day starting out at 924 Gilman, and you probably know the Rancid song this night is named after, but the history of Bay Area punk goes a lot deeper than that. And, at long last, our pal DJ Trigger Cut, who grew up here and over the years has amassed a seemingly endless collection of Bay Area punk classics all on vinyl, is gonna teach us all about it! Check it out:

This Place Is Fucked!
Happy Hour at The Knockout with Beth behind the bar.

DJ Trigger Cut is digging deep into the archives to play “classic” Bay Area punk from The Dils to Onion Flavored Rings. Come hear music from people who used to live in the Mission, but can’t afford to anymore!

Come worship with the Naked Cult! Experience the Mr T Experience! Suckle at the teat of the Swingin’ Utters! Get a deal with the Rip Offs! Come for the alcohol, stay for the Panty Raid! We’ve got 50 Million ways to satisfy your desires!

Plus, “Beth behind the bar” means LOTS of good drinks all happy hour long. Can’t wait! RSVP and invite your friends!

Tom Waits performed at the Bridge School Benefit shows at Shoreline Amphitheater over the weekend. Our favorite Oakland bandleader/Oakland Facebook troll Ryan Christopher Parks was on the scene: