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Wake for Santa John

Wake for Santa John

Posted by: Anhoni Patel on Aug 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

Irish bar Lefty O’Doul’s will be hosting a wake for John Toomey, the well-loved character who served as Santa Claus at Macy’s Union Square for twenty years until he was infamously fired last December for telling some uptight adults a semi-baudy joke. Toomey, 69, passed away last week.

Firefighters Funeral on Friday

Firefighters Funeral on Friday

Posted by: Anhoni Patel on Jun 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

The joint funerals for fallen SF firefighters Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio will be taking place at St. Mary’s Cathedral (111 Gough Street between Geary and Ellis) at around 12:30pm on Friday, June 10th. If you are planning on driving up that way – watch out – it’s going to be crowded.

Tragedy Strikes SF Fire Department

Tragedy Strikes SF Fire Department

Posted by: Keith Mizuguchi on Jun 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

For the first time in nearly a decade, two San Francisco firefighters have died in the line of duty, fighting a two-alarm blaze last week in the city’s Diamond Heights neighborhood.