Yesterday morning at around 4 a.m., a woman over on the 1600 block of Hearst Avenue in North Berkeley "was awakened by a man standing over her flashing a flashlight into her eyes and waving the knife," telling her he wanted her "to perform a sexual act on him," according to CBS 5. During the attack, the victim screamed, prompting the attacker to dart off and leave behind his shoes. Berkeley police think this latest attack is related to two other sexual assaults that have taken place in the area. The man is described as "a thin, muscular black man in his late-teens to early-20s, standing between 5 feet 5 inches and 6 feet tall," speaking with a "thick accent, possibly Jamaican." If you have an info on this most recent attack, you are urged to call Berkeley police at 510-981-5735 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. more ›

When you live in a neighborhood overrun by donut purveyors and nail shops, with a fair number of fairly unappetizing Chinese restaurants sprinkled in between, the arrival of a new joint featuring a new regional cuisine is cause for at least a little salivation. more ›

(Now, we know most of you reading this probably never go bra shopping, since most of you are, ummm... well, male. And those of you men who do, probably do it online, so you can skip this post and go on to the next one. Unless you like to buy lingerie for your ladyfriends...) more ›

We think a lot about pizza here at SFist, maybe a little too much. And since San Francisco has some pretty good pizza, we were a little nervous to move out to the East Bay. (Golden Boy, we don’t mind that you’re in North Beach, you can do no wrong with your clam pizza.) more ›

Your SF weekend assaults roundup: A shooting at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Mission and 18th, followed 45 minutes later by a stabbing at Mission and 17th; a shooting in Visitacion Valley Saturday night/Sunday morning; a shooting at Broadway and Columbus outside Vietnam Restaurant; and a shooting outside 330 Ritch. Hey, if you hate alternative music of the late 80s that much, just say so! Good Samaritans at the North Berkeley BART stop -- people waiting on the platform Sunday interceded to stop an attempted robbery of a woman waiting for a Richmond-bound train. Four people were injured (one seriously), but they caught the would-be robber. The BART stop was then closed for three hours as the police came by for interviews, a weapons search, and to clean up the station. BART says maybe September 11 is not the best day to try anything funny on a transit system. And yesterday, an Alameda County jury returned two second-degree murder convictions in the Gwen Araujo case, and hung again on the third defendant. The jury rejected first-degree or the hate crime enhancements to the penalties. more ›

On the down side, it's still hot and, eeeegh, it looks really gross out. On the up side -- free BART! As part of the Spare the Air program, BART is working with the nine-county Bay Area Metropolitan Transit Commission to encourage people to take public transportation instead of driving on hot muggy days, which decreases the level of smog in the air. more ›