SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

Six Friends Visit All 28 San Francisco Breweries In One Day

A group of SF friends set out on Saturday, August 17 to hit every brewery in the city, beginning out at the ocean at 9:30 a.m. at Beach Chalet — a grand total of 28 stops. And they survived.

SF News

Judge 'Alarmed' After Seeing Footage of Homeless Man Attacking Woman, Backlash Mounting

Prior to releasing James Austin Vincent — the homeless man who, unprovoked, attacked SF resident Paneez Kosarian outside her building — presiding Judge Christine Van Aken had not seen the video footage of the incident. And now that she has, Van Aken is “alarmed.”

SF News

BART Board President Says Milpitas and Berryessa Stations Will Open by December 31st

After much hoopla and delay, the president of the BART board has promised that two new South Bay BART stations are almost definitely going to open by December 31st.

SF News

Sunday Links: Anti-Gun Violence Rally Engulfs the Steps at City Hall

A man was arrested following a robbery and assault at the Tanforan Mall, a Civil War reenactment happened at Fort Point on Saturday, and a South SF woman was arrested for allegedly shooting her boyfriend.

SF News

A Jury Now Will Decide If PG&E Was Responsible For the Tubbs Fire

In wake of PG&E’s long list of financial and judicial woes, the presiding judge of the utility company’s mounting bankruptcy case has, as of yesterday, allowed a state-appointed jury to decide if the electrical company’s equipment was the cause of the 2017 Tubbs Fire.

SF News

186 Electric Fans Sent to Oakland Schools During This Week's Heatwave

This week’s sudden (and sweltering) heatwave not only made throngs of Bay Area locals stampede toward swimming pools, but it also highlighted the underfunded status of Oakland’s public school system.

SF News

Saturday Links: Bison Named Brunhilda Dies in Golden Gate Park

At this late date, following a fire drill, the city is worried about Chase Center traffic during emergencies; Facebook replaced an SF nonprofit's stolen laptops; and SF could learn something from Portland in re: the homeless.

SF News

Day Around The Bay: Homeless Assault Suspect James Vincent Ordered To Wear Ankle Monitor

Berkeley Soul Cyclers don't seem to care about the boycott, BART won't be pleasant in the East Bay toward Walnut Creek this weekend, and the Isley Brothers are closing out the Stern Grove Festival on Sunday.

SF News

Seven Hospitalized In Central Valley With Near-Fatal Lung Conditions From Street-Purchased Vape Pods

Seven people in Kings County landed in intensive care, some with near-fatal respiratory distress, after vaping with cannabis oil pods purchased from un-licensed pop-up vendors.

SF News

Transamerica Pyramid Hits Market For a Reported $600 Million

The once controversial, now beloved, 48-story Transamerica Pyramid is going up for sale for the first time since its 1972 completion, along with two nearby buildings on Sansome Street, for an estimated $600-$625 million.

Business & Tech

Eight LGBTQ YouTubers Sue Over The Company's Alleged Discrimination Against Them

In an ever-evolving uproar around the tech-gargantuan that gave rise to viral makeup tutorials, eight LGBTQ YouTubers are suing the Google-owned video platform, saying, per court-released documents, that they’re being illegally discriminated against.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Eat Drink SF Returns In Pared-Down Form Next Week At the Midway

The big annual food festival known as Eat Drink SF is now in its 11th year, and this time around it's switching up the venue again and paring down to one day — Saturday, August 24.

SF News

PG&E Tells All Customers To Prepare For Multi-Day Blackouts; Sacramento Pushes Back

Late summer and fall in parts of Northern California could be eerily silent and dark as PG&E is preparing us for the potential of week-long blackouts to prevent wildfires.

SF Politics

Nancy Pelosi’s Three Primary Challengers To Debate Saturday Night

Want to see Nancy Pelosi get primaried? Then you want to see her challengers debate Saturday night in an online forum that you can stream on Facebook or YouTube.

SF Politics

Marianne Williamson Preached About Moral Governance At Manny's In the Mission

Despite sweltering conditions, about 350 people crowded inside Manny's Thursday night to see and hear self-help author and outlier presidential candidate Marianne Williamson give a stump speech.

SF News

Fatal Stabbing On Van Ness

Details are few, but there was a homicide Friday morning in the vicinity of Polk Gulch.

SF News

Friday Morning Constitutional: Power Restored After Big Outage In Marin

All about Mauricio Dubon, the Giants' new second baseman, a beached shark refused to go back in the water at a Bay Area beach, and the homeless suspect in that well publicized assault is back in court today.

SF News

Day Around The Bay: Ford Mustang From 'Bullitt' Goes Up For Auction

Mayor London Breed condemns the judge that freed the homeless guy who allegedly attacked a woman, a young girl was nearly kidnapped by a man while walking to school in South San Francisco, and the 'Bullitt' car is up for auction.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Someone New Might Get To Take Over the Cliff House Next Year

The historic Cliff House is coming up for grabs via a request for qualifications from the National Park Service. And this means someone could come in and turn the place into an actual dining destination — rather than just a tourist destination with ocean views.

SF News

Major Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In the Mission

SF's Mission District — specifically the area around 22nd and Valencia — went eerily quiet Thursday afternoon after construction crews ruptured two large gas lines.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Original Joe's Owners Are Opening A Pizza and Pasta Spot In West Portal

The family that owns North Beach's Original Joe's and its Daly City sister location have snapped up the former Paradise Pizza space in West Portal with plans to open Little Joe's Pizza, Pasta, Parmigiana.

SF News

SF's Oldest Cable Car Comes Back Into Service After 77-Year Break

A San Francisco cable car built in 1883 that was last in active service in 1942 is being put back to work, possibly starting next month.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Tacolicious Is Opening a Downtown Taco Shop This Fall at Market and Third

SF-born taco chain Tacolicious — which now has three locations in the city — is expanding once more with Tacolicious Chico at 685 Market Street.

SF News

One Year Later, Brutal SoMa Dismemberment Murder Still Unsolved

Brian Egg’s decapitation and dismemberment remains a heartbreakingly unsolved murder after an entire year, and suspicious neighbors “wish the police were being more active.”

SF News

SF Woman Livid After Homeless Man Who Allegedly Accosted Her Is Released From Jail

A woman who was assaulted by a homeless and apparently unstable man Saturday night outside her building in SoMa is outraged after the suspect was released from jail on his own recognizance by a judge.

Subscribe to SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports