Bay Area punk bands Surprise Privilege and False Flag took over the sidewalk in front of the Warfield last weekend, in a sign of brazen punk rock attitude.

In yet another bad omen for San Francisco, Bloomingdale's on Market Street says it will close its doors this spring, opting for the suburbs rather than the troubled central retail district.

Bloomingdale’s will be closing its San Francisco Union Square location this spring, KRON4.com has confirmed. The location, which was the retailer’s flagship store in the Bay Area, was also the last major anchor tenant at SF’s troubled San Francisco City Centre mall.

Luxury department store Bloomingdale's announced it is closing its flagship store in San Francisco joining several other stores that have closed in the area the past several years.

Bloomingdale's is closing its San Francisco flagship anchoring the San Francisco Centre, the department store chain announced on Tuesday. As first reported by the San Francisco Ch