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Four Clarion Alley Murals Wiped Out After Property Owner Orders 'Graffiti' Cleanup

A building manager painted over four works in the iconic Mission District alleyway last week, leaving the 34-year-old mural collective scrambling to assess the damage and seek city support.

Four murals in Clarion Alley, the iconic Mission District passage with over 50 murals connecting Mission and Valencia streets, were painted over last week — three completely, one partially. The incident happened on a Monday when a neighbor saw a man painting over the works; by the time artist Doug Rhodes, who has a studio on the alley, spotted him, the worker was already on his fourth mural.

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Bernal Heights House Fire Injures Three Firefighters, Displaces Family of Seven

A two-alarm blaze gutted the first floor of a home on Anderson Street on Wednesday morning, sending smoke over the neighborhood and narrowly sparing two adjacent houses.

A morning fire at a home in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood sent smoke billowing over the area, injured three firefighters, and displaced a family of seven. A cat also died in the blaze. San Francisco fire crews responded to the 700 block of Anderson Street at about 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, and contained the fire by 7:23 a.m. Arriving firefighters found the first floor of the home engulfed.

PG&E

Bernal Heights Blackout Is San Francisco's Seventh Major PG&E Outage of 2026

An unplanned outage cut power to roughly 2,825 customers in Bernal Heights on August 29, the latest in a pattern of failures keeping pressure on the utility's grid maintenance.

Power was restored to more than 8,800 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in San Francisco after a pair of unplanned outages on Saturday, August 29. About 2,825 customers in the Bernal Heights area lost power starting at 5:04 p.m. and regained it by 6 p.m., according to a PG&E spokesperson. Hoodline identified the event as San Francisco's seventh major blackout of 2026.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, September 5

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema — Film Crawl on Cortland

📍 Multiple venues on Cortland Avenue, Bernal Heights · 7:00 PM

Thursday, September 10

Valencia LIVE! — September Street Party

📍 Valencia Street between 18th and 21st Streets, Mission District · 5:00 PM–10:00 PM

Saturday, September 12

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema — Under the Stars at Precita Park

📍 Precita Park, Bernal Heights · 6:00 PM–9:30 PM

Saturday, September 12

15th Annual Guac-Off

📍 Farmhouse of Guac, 3340 Folsom St. (near Ripley Street), Bernal Heights · 1:00 PM

Sunday, September 20

35th Annual Fiesta on the Hill

📍 Cortland Avenue (between Bocana & Folsom Streets), Bernal Heights · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

More from the Neighborhood

Portal Cinema Kickstarter Deadline September 18 as October Opening Approaches

As reported last week, The Portal Cinema is set to open at 3293 Mission St., near 29th Street, sometime in October, according to the cinema's website — an update Mission Local confirmed…

Bodycam Footage Contradicts SFPD Account of Pride Weekend Stud Alley Arrests

Internal police documents and body camera footage reviewed by Mission Local show that San Francisco police officers did not issue dispersal orders immediately before arresting 18 people at the "Stud Alley" party…