Due to the September house blaze at Haight and Fillmore, Fecal Face Dot Galley had to shutter its smokey doors. Sad. But! They will reopen (temporarily) on Friday in the Inner Richmond (at 248 Clement) with Everything Under the Sun, a solo show by the Mario Martinez / Mars-1, and something called 11-11-11, which will features other artists from around the world. more ›

On Saturday night, Feb. 19, Pubcrawl-SF will host a pub crawl covering 10 bars in the Inner Richmond. Saturday night's roster includes: Happy Lounge - 2nd Ave & Geary (8 p.m.), Buckshot - 3rd Ave & Geary (8:30 p.m.), Ireland 32′s - 3rd Ave & Geary (9 p.m.), Fizzees Sports Bar - 4th Ave & Geary (9:30 p.m.) ... more ›

Reportedly dying of natural causes, a man whose van was towed from Anza Street near Rossi Park "was discovered dead in his vehicle Thursday morning." Identified as Sigmund Leonard, 59, the man had, it seems, been living in his van for quite some time. more ›

Using an Inner Richmond apartment and a Craigslist ad as bait, Rachael Marie Smith, 29, bilked potential renters out of thousands of dollars each "by accepting their deposits and then spinning a tale that they couldn't move in for a while because her mother had cancer, police said Thursday," SFGate reports. Many of her alleged victims signed leases with Smith, giving her $5,600 checks for the deposit. (Frizz-Ease doesn't come cheap, folks.) If you were defrauded by Smith, victims are asked to call Inspector John Monroe at 415-553-1936. more ›

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This 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom house helped to land 94123 on Forbes’ Most Expensive Zip Codes list - #55 to be exact. At 2500 Lyon Street, you can live right down the street from Gordon Getty and Larry Ellison. How fun! The property lies at the entrance to the Lyon Street steps and boasts “abundant with rich and opulent architectural detailing and superb Bay views.” more ›

Hey, everyone -- once again, it's your contributions that have put the sheen on the apple that is SFist. Check out your editors' picks for Top 5 comments of the week -- and enjoy! more ›

-- Will Harper has it that Chris Daly might run for mayor now that Gonzalez is out. Whoa, a real contender! Interesting. [The Snitch (SF Weekly)] more ›

Hey, have you seen all those annoying "Let's meet at Starbucks" adverts? Quite irritating. Well, SBUX is indeed bringing folks together -- in a way they may not be too happy about. many businesses and residents in the Inner Richmond are protesting via petition an invasion of one of Starbuck's nigh ubiquitous stores. more ›

We love when people send us little things that are going on in the city. It's that whole citizen journalism thing at it's best. Today, we have somebody who saw a recent development in a story in today's Examiner. Hey, and if you got something you think we'd find interesting, drop us a line at editor at sfist.com more ›

Remember that day when there was a weird smell in New York and all those dead birds in Austin? Feel left out? Wish we could go have some sort of gaseous anamoly? Well, we had one today as a gas leak in the Inner Richmond caused the evacuation of residents and students in a local middle school. more ›

Relaxed from spending a week off in order to spike the Thanksgiving gravy with enough bourbon to kill Dennis Hopper, Barrespondent Drew dives right back into the San Francisco bar scene just in time for the peak drinking season. more ›

In which SFist eats our way around the Bay Area in alphabetical order... more ›

A bright flash; the lights dimmed; and then the loudest explosion we've ever heard. A transformer at the corner of Fulton and Stanyan just blew up, and there's a six-block chunk of city that's completely dark. Good thing we're compelled to buy the jumbo bag of tea lights every time we visit Ikea! We hope you like the accompanying JPEG we managed to get of PG&E assessing the damage about 5 minutes ago; you have no idea how difficult it is to photograph a power outage. more ›

Because SFist is ready for simpler times, when perhaps the country wasn't shrill shades of read and blue, but rather a more velvety purple, we're quite excited about this weekend's Sing-a-Long Purple Rain in celebration of the film's 20th anniversary. Things get all Lake Minnetoka this Saturday at midnight, at the Bridge Theatre (3010 Geary at Blake, Inner Richmond). It's the last showing of the Midnight Mass movie series, a favorite of SFist Watches, and is hosted as usual by local sensation Peaches Christ. Bring a lighter and lacy, fingerless gloves. more ›