Mission Mission

Our pal Jenny Bradley figured it out:

Rob Lowe’s character on Parks and Rec drives me insane because he reminds me of my days at Cafe Gratitude. He is LITERALLY all those kooky, diet-obsessed, culty, overbearingly and unrealistically optimistic, ex-coworkers. Needless to say, it was at times awkward and uncomfortable to be there (and refuse to submit to the Landmark Forum!!!!!!)

Now that I know this, I feel like I can enjoy his character! [link]

Excellent news! Now let’s all enjoy together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9GVKxSiQVM

Two full weeks after it toppled, and they finally got around to propping it back up. First, they lift it off the ground with a bigass crane:

Then they weld some shit back together:

Done.

2 cars crash in San Francisco’s Mission District-reports:2 dead-massive police presence twitter.com/TerryMcSweeney…

— TerryMcSweeney (@TerryMcSweeney) January 1, 2013

Mission Local has more:

A car collision on 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue Tuesday at about 8 a.m. led to the death of two people, and left one in life-threatening condition at San Francisco General Hospital, SFPD media relations officer Carlos Manfredi said.

Police responded to a call of a shooting from a black four-door vehicle near Valencia Gardens at about 7:45 a.m. The officers saw the vehicle a few blocks away and attempted a traffic stop . . .

 

UPDATE: A reader sent us a pic of the car against the liquor store.

UPDATE 2: The pedestrian killed at the scene has been identified as 26 year old Francisco Gutierrez.

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Our friend Chris Wright just sent us photos of a morning fire currently blazing on Capp Street between 22nd and 23rd. The fire department is on the scene – hope everyone is ok!

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[Photo by Helen]

in full compliance with san francisco’s it’s-a-warmish-night-so-don’t-be-indoors-and/or-sober laws.

— binkitybonk (@binkitybonk) October 3, 2012

Same here. How bout you?

Mission Local reports:

Oversized vehicles that line the streets of the Northeast Mission will have to start parking elsewhere after the Board of Supervisors approved a law on Tuesday that prohibits them from parking overnight.

Over objections by homeless advocates that the law criminalizes the poor, the Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance 7-4. Supervisors John Avalos, Jane Kim, David Campos and Christina Olague cast the dissenting votes.

Starting March 1, any vehicle that is 22 feet in length and 7 feet tall will be banned from parking overnight on certain city streets from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. or risk being fined or towed.

In the Mission, the SFMTA intends to install signs prohibiting oversized vehicles from parking on 16th and 17th Streets between Harrison Street and Potrero Avenue.

Just 16th and 17th? That leaves a LOT of other streets, right? (Such as Florida, seen above.)

Read on.

This is the key question to whether I ever move to the suburbs RT @7im can you drink beer in a self-driving car?

— Nick Pal (@nick_pal) September 26, 2012

[via AHSAH]

UPDATE: Another angle via Monkey Brains…