Note to self: you'll never win when you're surrounded by cops in a cul-de-sac

Last night four San Francisco cops shot an 18-year-old man who was wanted in connected with an armed carjacking after the suspect allegedly reversed his car into an officer during a car chase.

Sgt. Michael Andraychak says at about 6:49 p.m., four cops were patrolling the housing projects in the Bayview near Ingalls and Kiska streets when they spotted a silver BMW sedan that was wanted in connection with an armed carjacking in which the suspect used a long barreled gun (could have been a rifle or a shotgun, police said).

The officers attempted to pull over the driver, who decided to press on and try to dodge the cops.

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That's a big gun

You can come out from under the bed now. San Francisco police announced they have located and recovered the AR-15 that was taken from an unmarked police car over the weekend.

Sgt. Michael Andraychak sent out a quick e-mail letting the public now that all is well: "As the theft of this rifle was a concern to public safety, Chief Suhr wanted the recovery of this weapon to be announced immediately."

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That sucks

Update 3:30 p.m.:The Public Utilities Commission says that crews have finished cleaning the mud and debris in the neighborhood, yet repairs on the broken water line won't be repaired until later tonight.

Six residences were "yellow tagged" and building inspectors will assess whether they're structurally safe. Meanwhile, Wawona Street and 15th Avenue will remained closed through tomorrow while crews work to fix the sinkhole in the street.

City staff is still investigating what caused the water transmission line to break; the pipe transports water from Sutro Reservoir to the Excelsior District.

The good news is that no residents were booted from their house because of this incident. Residents who wish to file a claim with the City should contact the City Claims Department at 415-554-3900.

Update 1 p.m.: : The latest reports indicate that 23 homes and about 12 cars were damaged from the early-morning flooding, and one building was "yellow-tagged."

Original story 8:25 a.m.: City officials are cleaning up homes and cars over in the Inner Parkside neighborhood after a 16-inch water main broke sometime early this morning, releasing a flood of nasty water and dirt.

The underground distribution line broke at about 3 a.m. around 15th Avenue and Wawona Street, damaging cars and homes in the area. Streets were closed down while crews worked through the night to clean up that mess.

The good news in this is that it didn't affect residential water service, so everyone can still shower this morning for work.

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Guess what, Bernal Heights ...

More than a dozen people were rushed to the hospital last night -- and it wasn't because of rotten Thanksgiving leftovers. The San Francisco Fire Department reports 14 people were somehow exposed to carbon monoxide at a Bernal Heights home last night.

The strange incident occurred about 7 p.m. on 1223 Cortland St. when the dozen-plus residents were taken to the hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. The patients indeed had traces of the toxic gas in their bloodstream, yet PG&E officials still have no clue where it came from, according to press reports.
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Man missing after Giants game could be in the Bay

The Coast Guard spent the night above the bay, looking for a man that may or may not have fallen into the water after drinking too much at the Giants game last night.

According to ABC News, the man's friend said they had parked their car at Pier 32 near AT&T Park. After watching the Giants play, the two intoxicated men went back to the pier and stood at the end, near the water.

The man's friend said he looked away for a few seconds, and when he looked back, his buddy was gone.

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Not today

​The oh-so-rad Misson's got everything, even pop-up bar "riots" that disappear as quickly as they're reported.

Police responded to the corner of 16th and Albion streets -- hello, Kilowatt -- at 2 a.m. Sunday morning after callers reported a massive bar fight, Bay City News reported yesterday. The wire service even used the word "riot," perhaps mistaking the situation for what will happen when Mission Street Food runs out of confit.

Two callers to 911 reported a giant fracas, with one caller reporting "80 people," and another reporting "200," according to SFPD Officer Albie Esparza, a department spokesman. The calls came in at 1:59 a.m., a few minutes past closing time (if you're on bar-time and not real-time). By the time police arrived five minutes later at 2:04 a.m., there was nothing, Esparza told The Snitch on Monday morning.

If only high-waisted pants would fall from favor so quickly.

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Smoke billowed from the attic of a three-story apartment complex yesterday afternoon for more than 90 minutes as firefighters worked to extinguish the four-alarm blaze along Haight and Fillmore streets. No people or pets were injured that we know of, but the damage is extensive.

Check out the scene:

Visualinguist via Flickr

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Denizen415, used with permission

Don't take it outside, boys...

​The definitions of both "sports bar" and "bar fight" are malleable, it would seem. In a good way.

Last night marked another edition of Tuesday Night Fights put on by the San Francisco Boxing Union. Patrons of Roccapulco Supper Club ate, drank, and made merry -- this is normal -- while watching amateur fighters unload on one another an arm's length away -- not normal.

Perhaps the ultimate compliment to the night's entertainment was paid by an enthusiastic viewer upon leaving the establishment: "There weren't no goddamn dogshit fights of the bunch!" And this is true. Grammar aside, there weren't no goddamn dogshit fights of the bunch.

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San Francisco commuters survived another nightmarish evening on BART. Last night, passengers were booted from BART stations amid protesters' chaos that interrupted service for more than an hour.

Civic Center, Powell, and Montgomery Street stations were all closed after protesters stormed them. We gave you the blow-by-blow with SF Weekly reporter Caroline Chen at the scene last night. But for those of you who were informed enough to plan for alternative routes home, here is what you missed.

Michael Short

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Joseph Schell

​Sporting crowds make lots of different noises: cheers, boos -- in Europe they sing. But, every once in a while, a crowd makes that most distinctive of sounds -- the collective reaction of people who've witnessed something that impressed them but they wish they hadn't seen. The "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" 
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