San Francisco, CA
Dolmen Property Transforms The Hiberia Into San Francisco Hotspot
Forget dingy warehouses for deafening DJ-driven parties. The latest hotspot in San Francisco is a regal, 132-year-old bank.
The Hibernia, owned by locally based Dolmen Property Group led by Seamus Naughten, has been offering up its soaring Beaux Arts venue to big-name electronic music artists and club parties at 1 Jones Street, in Mid-Market, the San Francisco Standard reported.
While it still hosts traditional weddings, charity galas and corporate take-overs, the four-story bank is increasingly embracing immersive art, live performances and electronic dance music.
The Hibernia, which completed a $15 million renovation in 2015, hit a slump during the pandemic. But it now reflects Downtown’s change of identity, wanting to be known not just for tech events, but as a venue for art and music.
In the past two years, the bank has hosted dozens of local DJs and performers on its lower level. It also drew thongs to two major shows from electronic musicians Honey Dijon and Bonobo, who performed on the main floor under the Hibernia’s Tiffany stained-glass ceilings.
This year, the marble-walled venue with soaring ceilings will launch an EDM residency that includes 14 performances over six weeks.
Welcome to a luxe taste of old-school San Francisco, with plenty of bathrooms.
“We never thought that we’d be on this path, but the excitement is pretty crazy,” Terry Lim, chief revenue officer at The Hibernia, told the Standard. “Coming off the back of Covid, you have to think outside the box. And now we feel like we’re in the middle of it.”
The 42,000-square-foot Hibernia Bank Building, built in 1892 on a design by Albert Pissis, served as home to the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society until it moved out in 1985.
For a while, it served the San Francisco Police Department. When the cops pulled out, it sat vacant for years, its columns marred by graffiti. Dolmen bought the building in 2008 as a “long-term hold” for $3.9 million.
After a seven-year renovation, the landmark was renamed The Hibernia.
The venue has four floors, each with its own distinct vibe, from its brick-and-metal basement to a penthouse roofdeck strung with fairy lights, according to the Standard.
Guests can rent out one section or the entire building, from as few as about 100 people to 800 throughout the downstairs dance floor, or 2,000 for the entire building.
Ultimately, The Hibernia considers itself as a case study in how the city needs to focus on adaptability as a key to long-term survival.
“We’re in the neighborhood that gets bashed every day of the week and we’re still here and standing,” Lim told the Standard. “We’re bringing 2,000 people to an event in Mid-Market. This place is like an argument against the ‘doom loop.’”
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Multiple people lose eyes, hands in illegal fireworks-related injuries in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco emergency departments and first responders experienced a sharp increase in serious injuries over the Fourth of July weekend, with illegal fireworks and electric scooter crashes contributing to some of the busiest days in recent years.
At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, medical teams treated a wave of patients suffering severe trauma. In one incident, bystanders rushed to help a person who was bleeding heavily after a hand injury. A 911 dispatcher described the call as “Extreme Trauma. Hand injury.”
Dr. Christopher Colwell, chief of emergency medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, said surgeons worked to treat patients with devastating injuries.
“We are able to do a lot with and sometimes save the function of the hand and eye. Unfortunately, there are injuries that exist every year where we are not able to do that even with the expertise that we have,” Colwell said.
MORE: SF police in riot gear crack down on 4th of July illegal fireworks shows: ‘It was crazy’
According to Dr. Colwell, four people lost eyes, five lost hands and at least 15 people suffered serious injuries related to electric scooters over the weekend.
“We saw a lot of electric scooter accidents. And I think part of it was that their traffic was such that that was a more efficient way of getting around town. But we also learned very clearly that the combination of electric scooters and how fast you can go in San Francisco, particularly going downhill along with not wearing a helmet and adding alcohol on board, is a really bad combination,” Colwell said.
ABC7’s data team reviewed San Francisco EMT data and found that medical incidents on July 4 and July 5 were about double the number reported during the same period in 2025.
Lt. Mariano Elias of the San Francisco Fire Department said emergency crews handled significantly more calls than usual.
“We had almost 200 more calls than we normally have so we had roughly 576 calls in a 24-hour period,” Elias said.
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Illegal fireworks activity also sparked fires across the city. Firefighters responded to Telegraph Hill, where crews quickly contained a blaze.
“We did have two house fires that night on the 4th of July, due to fireworks activities,” Elias said.
City officials estimated that more than 100,000 people were in San Francisco to watch Fourth of July fireworks, creating traffic congestion that complicated ambulance response efforts.
“All the gridlock between, people coming and going from, the Golden Gate Bridge. The city was very impacted on the streets. So that was an issue. The one particular ambulance did, involve themselves in an accident. So, someone hit the ambulance. So that patient had to be transported and moved to a different ambulance,” Elias said.
First responders warned that illegal fireworks activity typically continues for days after the Fourth of July and urged the public not to take unnecessary risks.
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