Mission Mission

From Captain Stephen Tacchini’s Mission Station Newsletter:

Over the past few weeks, the SF Chronicle, Chronicle Watch section has included stories about graffiti in the area of 16th and Dolores Streets. The last article indicated the problems have been abated due to painting the affected area with a color which will camouflage any new tagging.  I would like to add to the Chronicle story by stating police officers from Mission Station have been actively monitoring and arresting persons in and around the area of Dolores between 19th and 16th Streets for committing the crime of graffiti.  In the past couple of weeks nine individuals have been arrested and eight others detained for suspicion of being involved in acts of graffiti.  I am inclined to believe that the arrests and detentions have also had an impact on the incidence of graffiti in that area of the Mission District.

The Chronicle Watch piece seems to have disappeared but Google cached it here, and there’s a screenshot after the jump:

Update: SF Gate’s Max Garrone found us a working link. Thanks, Max!

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Back behind Best Buy. Click to enlarge.

Now THATS walking around money just published some evidence that a new edition of Vampire Wizard Zeus Magazine is out, or forthcoming.

Starting today, subSF devotes an entire week of posts to Clarion Alley. Link.

Seriously, this is such a solid Ribity, whatever business takes over this decrepit old theater when the block goes upmarket must retain it as its official marquee. Hereby decreed.

Photo by Plug1.

Previously:

Resless Ribity Photography + Perfunctory Photoshoppery = GOLD

Maybe because you write uninspired shit on fire hydrants on Valencia Street?

She’s back! In the bathroom at Argus Lounge!

Previously:

Warthog-Faced Little Bo Peep in the Bathroom at Thrillhouse Records

Plug1 was prowling Valencia Street last night and scored a Girafa sighting. Employing state-of-the-art night vision optics, he captured the beast. Link.

An age-old post of ours Giraffe Graffiti Gang Related? So Say Cops gets a stray comment every few months, usually something to the effect of, “He ain’t in no gang; he a white boy!” But this might be my favorite so far, from Evie:

Hey anyone know how I can get a hold of him? I heard rumors that he went to my high school, but i don’t believe that. I have abosolutly no police affiliation, I’m just dying to interview the guy. If anyone knows anything, hit me up at 408-667-7003 please don’t call me if your tryin to be a creeper! Thanks yall!

Link. I hope Evie finds her man, and I hope she is from Boston, like Martin Sheen and Leonardo DiCaprio. I can hear it now: “Girafa, I sweah, I am nwot a cwop!”

Photo by VDub.