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public safety

Shooting at Haight and Ashbury Leaves One Hospitalized; Investigation Ongoing

Gunfire erupted at San Francisco's most famous intersection late Tuesday night, sending one person to the hospital and leaving spent shell casings and property damage behind.

Gunfire broke out near Haight and Ashbury streets just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, sending at least one person to the hospital and rattling the neighborhood around the city's most iconic intersection. San Francisco police responded within minutes after dispatch received the first calls at approximately 11:09 p.m., but officers found no injured victims at the intersection itself — only multiple spent shell casings and property damaged by gunfire.

housing

Construction Set to Begin Oct. 19 on Long-Stalled 203-Unit Divisadero Building — and Neighbors Are Not Happy About Who's Building It

Greystar, the nation's largest corporate landlord, is poised to break ground on an eight-story apartment building at 400 Divisadero on October 19, reigniting a years-long debate about affordable housing and development on the corridor.

After nearly a decade of delays, the vacant former Touchless Car Wash site at 400 Divisadero Street is finally headed for construction — but the project's new developer is drawing sharp criticism from neighborhood advocates. Public Works permits list an October 19 construction start date for the eight-story, 203-unit apartment building, with sidewalk and lane closures along Divisadero and Oak streets expected to accompany the groundbreaking.

housing

HANC Invites Neighborhood to Hear Case Against Lurie's Rezoning Plan at October 9 Meeting

The Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council will host a public forum Thursday on what it calls 'fatal flaws' in Mayor Lurie's citywide upzoning proposal, which has already cleared the Planning Commission on a narrow 4–3 vote.

The Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council is hosting its October General Membership meeting on Thursday, October 9 at 7 p.m. at the Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St., with a focused discussion on Mayor Daniel Lurie's sweeping rezoning proposal and what HANC describes as its impact on Haight-Ashbury's rent-controlled housing stock and neighborhood-serving businesses.

Upcoming Events

Friday–Sunday, October 2–4

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026

📍 Golden Gate Park (Hellman Hollow and multiple stages) · 1:00 PM Friday; 11:00 AM Saturday–Sunday · Verify · Funcheap SF

Saturday, October 3

Prince vs. Michael at Madrone Art Bar

📍 Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St, Lower Haight · 9:00 PM–2:00 AM · Verify · Lower Haight Local

Sunday, October 4

Lower Haight Community Cleanup

📍 Tarragon Cafe, 200 Fillmore St, Lower Haight · 10:00 AM–11:00 AM · Verify · Lower Haight Local

Thursday, October 9

HANC General Meeting: 'Fatal Flaws in Lurie's Rezoning Proposal'

📍 Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St, Haight-Ashbury · 7:00 PM · Verify · Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council

Sunday, October 11

SF's 1st Children's Business Fair

📍 San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave, Golden Gate Park · 9:00 AM–12:00 PM · Verify · Children's Business Fair

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