Ofc. E. Teper says:

Shots Fired:
On June 25th at 7:30 pm, officers responded to Pennsylvania and Mariposa on a call of shots fired. They met with several witnesses that saw a suspect on the overpass in the area shooting at a passing Cal Train. After shooting at the train, the suspect was seen placing his gun into a bag and walking away from the scene west on Mariposa to north on Pennsylvania. The officers searched the area for possible victims, finding none. The officers also contacted the San Mateo County Sherriff who located the victim train and found that it sustained no damage as a result of the shooting nor were there any victims aboard. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident. Shell casings were recovered from the scene of the incident. The officers searched the area for the suspect but could not locate him that evening. This incident is under investigation.
(SFPD Case No. 120500756)

What happens to a building like this? What is its disposition? I have some dubious credentials and a burning (haha) interest in this story. The first order of business is to see if there’s anything the SFPD still has to share. I contacted their public information office, Mindy Talmadge.

She replied:

The only additional information that I have is that the estimated property damage is $200,000. In this case, I’m not sure who is in charge of it. I do know that the Fire Department is responsible for all Fire Department properties, occupied or unoccupied.

The cause is listed as Under Investigation.

$200k? That’s a lot of flaming pigeon feces!

This is probably the newsiest thing I have ever done, so of course I had to dig deeper.

I emailed Captain Chignell of the SFPD:

Hello, do you know which city department is normally in charge of the
old station?

If it is the police department, can you give any indication as to what
the city plans to do with it, if anything?

Captain Chignell erroneously answered:

The Board of Supervisors has declared the property surplus and available to be sold.

The property hasn’t made it to that stage yet. I’ll let my next email explain:

I see that the SFPD has been discussing making the property at 2300 Third (the old police station) surplus, and that a letter was submitted to the Board of Supervisors, but I can’t find anything about this being passed as a resolution. If it was passed, or will be passed, what is the process for making it available for purchase? How does the old police station stand relative to surplus property ordinances that relate to affordable housing? Until it is sold, is it exempt from blighted property rules? If not, is the police department responsible for its upkeep, the DPW (since they store some stuff there), or the City in general?

Thank you for any help that you can provide!

Here are all the official mentions that I could find:

• http://sf-police.org/index.aspx?page=3969
• http://sf-police.org/index.aspx?page=3927
• http://bit.ly/KG0l2H

Marta A. Bayol, District General Manager, Real Estate Division, City & County of San Francisco replied:

2300-3rd Street has been declared surplus by the San Francisco Police Commission and the next step is to prepare legislation for the Board of Supervisors to transfer jurisdiction from the Police Department to the Real Estate Division and to obtain approval to submit a Request for Proposal to either lease or sell the property. We expect to have the resolution ready to submit to the Board by Fall 2012. We are obtaining the necessary approvals from City Planning, etc. first. In the meantime, the property is still under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Police Department.

So, there you have it. Watch for more details this fall — or as I find them.

Piccino Block Party
Sunday, June 3rd 12-6pm
1001 Minnesota St.
San Francisco Ca 94107

Hey! Piccino is having a block party tomorrow!

It’s our first anniversary!

One beautiful, intense, rewarding, inspiring year has gone by since we moved to the Yellow Building . . . and all of you made it possible. So come celebrate with us this Sunday as we host a block party on our little cul-de-sac.

We’ll close off Minnesota Street in front of the Yellow Building and make merry . . .

• Live music from “Trio Piccino” (the NYE band)
• A fabulous fashion show by MAC
• DIG will of course be sampling something delightful
• Extended outdoor seating and umbrellas
• $2 glasses of prosecco
• The kitchen will fire up some favorites from last spring
• An activities area for the kids
• Outdoor espressi & macchiati
• Tomatero Farms will be here
• Some fun giveaways to say thank you
• Michael Recchiuti will preview his new project just down the block
• And much more!

Bring the whole family down and join the festivities!

Le Corbeau: (facebook) (twitter) (Kickstarter)
806 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

The scuttlebutt in the neighborhood is that there is another new restaurant opening up, this time in the old detective agency.

Wait. Pump the brakes. There was a detective agency in the DP? Amazing. It was O’Brien & Associates Investigations. In 1982 it was a restaurant called “Mike’s Place.” I heard a rumor that there was a crack or meth house upstairs at some point that drew gunfire from the street — but that could have been one of the places on either side, and I’m repeating it second hand, so I could be mistaken.

But I digress! The new restaurant will be run by Oriane and Shawn Paul, formerly of Soluna Cafe.

Their Kickstarter page says:

Le Corbeau is a San Francisco gathering place in the Dogpatch District, serving urban New American/French rustic food and specializing in organic wood-fired cuisine. We serve simple food created with seasonal ingredients sourced from local purveyors. Le Corbeau maintains a commitment to offering local, organic, sustainable products. Through farmer’s markets and sourcing with intention, we have developed relationships with a multitude of purveyors who share these principles. A small selection of Beef, Pork, Local Clean Fish, Game Birds, and Whole Animal Butchery will be available but our menu features will be on the produce of the bay area. The bounty of small farms in the bay area is unmatched in the world. We intend to take full advantage of that fact!

Then we met, in a restaurant… and fell in love around food! We realized we both shared a passion for great food and services and that we had the same vision of what our own place should be : a simple restaurant where the focus is on food itself. As well as the relationship with where it comes from, and the stories of those who worked hard to produce it. The philosophy of supporting local farms and sharing it with our community is primordial to us . We both agreed that even though a sophisticated presentation is always pleasant, we actually enjoyed our food to be presented in its most authentic way : well seasoned, well executed and ready to devour!!!!

If you’re going to chip in, you have until June 15th.

Drew Hoolhurst says:

The Dogpatch has potential (and The Ramp is here), but you’re new to the city, so no. It’s far away, buddy. I’m just trying to help.

He has a pretty good point about Dogpatch*, but lumping Dogpatch together with Hunter’s Point is a little… weird. What about Mission Bay**? Bayview? Vistacion Valley? Also, “it’s called Hunters Point… Think about that.” So… what… watch out for those tree blinds in Hunters Point? You might get served tasty venison by various hunters? Wear orange so you don’t get mistaken for a deer?

Don’t call Frisco what?

* Your friends will never visit you here in the Inside Lands
** Landfill-landia.