the mission, lower haight. nellie was leaving a friend s house when she saw a distraught woman on the sidewalk. she was crying. kept wiping her eyes. she had five or six police officers right around her. the woman had just been robbed. her attackers sprayed pepper spray in her face, hit her in the head and grabbed her purse. we don t think of things happening in that neighborhood very often. ten minutes earlier they had hit in another unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. it makes me feel like carrying around pepper spray. i don t know what else to say. i always felt pretty safe on the streets. that s a little concerning. five attacks since wednesday. a sixth one happened tuesday on market street. a man sprayed the face of an employee and got away with some watches. the only one involving a store. police don t know if it is related. seems like you could do it if you wanted it do it but that s kind of ridiculous and it suction because it s considered one