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S.F. police arrest man they say lit house on fire, assaulted someone with knife FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Firefighters battle a large house fire near the intersection of 18th and Eureka streets in the Castro district of San Francisco, Calif. Friday, March 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Firefighters battle a large house fire near the intersection of 18th and Eureka streets in the Castro district of San Francisco, Calif. Friday, March 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / ...

San Francisco firefighters battled a one-alarm house fire Monday afternoon in the Outer...

An injured hang glider in critical condition was airlifted Tuesday by helicopter from San Francisco's Fort Funston to a local trauma center, officials said. Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson with the San Francisco Fire Department, said the hang glider collided with the rocky cliffs above the beach and fell to the sand. An airlift was the best way to ensure the safety of the victim, Baxter said. The helicopter staffed with a California Highway...

San Francisco firefighters hoist three people to safety in Marshalls Beach, Fort Point rescues FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 San Francisco firefighters rescued two teenagers at Marshalls Beach, where they were hoisted up a roughly 100-foot cliff after they likely got trapped after the tide came in, San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Jonathan Baxter told The Chronicle.Courtesy of San Francisco Fire DepartmentShow MoreShow Less 2of2 San Francisco firefighters rescued two teenagers at Marshalls Beach b...

A dozen firefighters using ropes and a stretcher hauled to safety a hiker who had fallen...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters in San Francisco used ropes and a stretcher to haul a...

Beaches not safe for anybody right now: Dangerous high surf batters Bay Area coasts FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Beck Adler (front to back) of Venice and Rolando Stanley of Pascuales, Mexico. stand on Mavericks Beach as a wave rushes up the beach.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6 “Alo” Slebier of Santa Cruz rides in on a wave toward Mavericks Beach.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of6 Patricia DeLeo of San Diego and Rose McCann (right) of San Diego walk with Jett o...

Dr. Grant Colfax, the city’s public health director, announced the 10-day quarantine travel order amid a ‘staggering’ increase in coronavirus cases. City officials said they did not expect the Bay Area to meet the state’s standards for lifting the order on Jan. 7, when it is set to expire. The Bay Area’s ICU bed availability hovered at about 7.5% this week, and coronavirus cases continued to climb. Officials said it would take at least two weeks before the city knew the impact of gath...

Car hits War Memorial Veterans Building, one injured FacebookTwitterEmail A driver is in serious condition after a car crashed into a side entrance of the San Francisco Opera on Thursday.San Francisco Fire Department A car crashed into a side entrance of the War Memorial Veterans Building on Thursday, leaving the driver in serious condition and causing minor damage to the building, officials said. A medic unit and street crisis response team happened to be waiting at a red light at Van Ness Ave...

Male surfer found semiconscious in surf at Ocean Beach in critical condition FacebookTwitterEmail The San Francisco Fire Department rescued a surfer from the waters at Ocean Beach just after 1 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2020.SFFD The San Francisco Fire Department responded to multiple rescues Wednesday afternoon. A male surfer was pulled from the surf at Ocean Beach near the Cliff House around 1 p.m. after being found "face down and semi-conscious," said Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the Fire D...