The San Francisco Police Department said it intends to stop the annual “Dolores Hill Bomb” skateboarding event from taking place on Saturday adjacent to Mission Dolores Park.

The event, in which skateboarders race down Dolores Street at high speeds with spectators watching on the sidelines, usually occurs on the second Saturday of every July in San Francisco. It is an unsanctioned, unofficial event with no known organizers, said SFPD Chief Bill Scott.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.