Through Sunday, Wolfgang's Vault is exhibiting Bill Graham's prolific collection of San Francisco rock memorabilia in Backstage Pass: A Sweeping History of Rock 'n' Roll at the historic Old Mint Building, whose doors have been closed to the public since 1994. more ›

First, we want to briefly mention that the last leg of "The Amazing Race: All-Stars" finale took place in San Francisco. How did we not hear about this back in December when it was filmed?? more ›

Brian Rossiter, the owner of "the most famous hand in America," has begun lashing out at reporters, describing his life as "hell" since the news broke that he sold his severed finger to Anna Ayala and her husband Jaime Placensia for $50 to drop in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Rossiter's mood seems to have darkened from Wednesday, where he was reported to have gone to his favorite bar, waved his hand around, and got his buddies to buy him numerous shots of his favorite drink, Goldschlager. Goldschlager? A prominent doctor at SF General was found murdered in the doorway of his house in Diamond Heights. Police are focusing on cherry pits strewn around the house and outside in his yard as possible clues. And the police have a man in custody who set fire to a building across the street from the Old Mint in SoMA last night. The man was seen running out of the building with a jar filled with liquid and screaming that he was involved with the fire. The SF Fire Department rescued six residents in the building who were either trapped in their apartments or had fled to the roof. more ›

Hey! Have you wondered what the heck that big building across the street from the parking lot for the Metreon at Fifth and Mission is? Why, it's the Old San Francisco Mint! The original SF Mint was established by President Millard Fillmore in 1850, to facilitate the quicker minting of all the "that there's gold in them thar Sierra hills" business. The mint was then moved to the Fifth and Mission building in 1874, which survived the 1908 quake, but was then deemed too small for the vast coinage required for our great land, at which point the Mint moved to its current location, the bunker surrounded by barbed wire behind the Market Street Safeway. more ›