Bernal Heights

Nothing like hot cakes with friends on a crisp winter morning. Curtis Kimball, the “Chief Pancake Officer” for his neighborhood in San Francisco, hosted a pancake party last month for fellow residents, and it really took off.

Curtis Kimball, the “Chief Pancake Officer” for his neighborhood in San Francisco, hosted a pancake party last month for fellow residents, and it really took off.

A mountain lion has been spotted in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Jean Elle reports.

A mountain lion has been spotted in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.

A mountain lion has been spotted in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.

A Bernal Heights couple has become the official breadwinners of their neighborhood, after turning their front yard into a bakery pickup for their home baked country bread loaves, cinnamon rolls and cookies.

A Bernal Heights couple has become the official breadwinners of their neighborhood, after turning their front yard into a bakery pickup for their home baked country bread loaves, cinnamon rolls and cookies. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Karl Reichstetter says it all started as a crazy experiment. “I had access to my sister’s piano, and she lived in Bernal (Heights) at the time,” he said. “We just decided we would haul it up the hill about 200 feet from her apartment and see what happened.”

When a couple of homeowners along a San Francisco park replaced an old chain link fence with a new wooden one they didn’t dream the city would object. But it did, and now the homeowners have until Friday night to take it down because the old fence sits on city property.

A survey of the Bay Area’s real estate shows San Francisco has fallen out of the top-three hottest markets.

A couple turned their home into an illegal hotel where a party held by guests last year ended in a shootout that sent partygoers fleeing from rooftop to rooftop and terrified neighbors, a San Francisco official said Wednesday. A lawsuit filed by City Attorney Dennis Herrera alleges Erik M. Rogers and his wife, Anshu Singh, unlawfully rented their Bernal Heights...

Police are seeking a group of up to six female suspects who allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old man in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood early Sunday morning, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.

SFPD fire crews have a good hold on a 2-alarm grass fire in Bernal Heights which resulted in one injury Friday afternoon.

A couple turned their home into an illegal hotel where a party held by guests last year ended in a shootout that sent partygoers fleeing from rooftop to rooftop and terrified neighbors, a San Francisco official said Wednesday. A lawsuit filed by City Attorney Dennis Herrera alleges Erik M. Rogers and his wife, Anshu Singh, unlawfully rented their Bernal Heights...

A night of celebrating turned violent late Saturday on a San Francisco street when an armed robber and his accomplices targeted a group of young people.

Nearly 400 commuter shuttles travel through San Francisco every day, but are they paying their fair share? That’s the question posed by critics who argue companies that operate these “Tech Buses” should pay more for their use of public bus stops and city streets.

Police are investigating a burglary in San Francisco in which the suspect allegedly entered a Bernal Heights home stealing valuables, and possibly the house dog who has not been seen since the theft.

Dog owners in San Francisco claim their pups started vomiting and foaming at the mouth after visiting a city park last week, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.

A package thief in San Francisco is pretending to be a mother by pushing a baby stroller as she cases the neighborhood.

Activists on Wednesday called on Federal Immigration officials to halt the deportation of a 34-year old gay San Francisco man as Pride Month kicks off.