SF News Tenderloin Deli No Longer Allowed To Sell Heroin Barah's Market at Leavenworth and Turk Streets, known around the neighborhood as a convenient place to buy, sell or stash one's illegal drugs, has been ordered to cut it out with all those
SF News Extremely Large Shipping Vessel Slips Under The Golden Gate Bridge, Becomes Huge Media Event The MSC Fabiola, which is about one-third larger than a normal cargo ship, became the largest vessel to enter the San Francisco Bay when it slipped under the Golden Gate bridge yesterday. At
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Fluorescent Millipedes Found on Alcatraz Researchers on Alcatraz accidentally stumbled about what could be a new species of trippy, glow-in-the-dark millipedes. They are (apparently) different from other creepy crawly glow-in-the-dark bugs in California. [BayCitizen] For their 100th birthday,
SF News Strangling Suspect Pleads Not Guilty To Julian Avenue Homicide Roland Pouncy, the man accused of strangling Richard Sprague to death back in February, has pled not guilty to the murder and robbery charges in court today. Pouncy, who has been in custody
SF News Burning Question Answered: Is Train's 'Hey, Soul Sister' About Fellatio? While down in Austin for South by Southwest last week, noted San Francisco fans Train checked in with VH1's tuner blog to shed some light on their upcoming album California 37. (And their
Arts & Entertainment When Global Warming Sinks SF, Who Will Get Waterfront Apartments? Perhaps inspired by recent reports that the world is sinking faster than we thought, local blogger and amateur cartographer Burrito Justice whipped up this hypothetical look at San Francisco's coastline 60 years in
SF News Video: Local Liquor Stores Get The 'To Catch a Predator' Treatment NBC's Chris Hansen, best known for hilariously shaming sexual predators, has apparently moved on from the salacious beat to something way less sensational: tagging along with the California Lottery officials as they investigate
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: David Lynch Dines Alone Filmmaker David Lynch was spotted dining by himself at SPQR. No word on whether he headed to Twin Peaks later for a photo op. [Tablehopper] The Embarcadero was partially closed for sewer repair
SF News Mayor Lee Names Vicki Hennessy Interim Sheriff In today's final update in the ongoing Mirkarimi saga, Mayor Lee named former S.F. Department of Energy Director Vicki Hennessy as Mirkarimi's replacement during the misconduct investigation. Hennessy (no relation to long-time
SF News Day Around The Bay: Chef Packing Heat In War On Foie Gras This war on foie gras is getting a little out of hand: Fierce goose liver supporter and Lafitte chef Russel Jackson is reportedly coming to work armed and wearing a kevlar vest. People
SF News DNA Evidence Leads To Murder Charge In Julian Avenue Strangling Roland Pouncy, 42, of San Francisco has been charged with the robbery and strangling murder of Richard Sprague on Julian Avenue back in February. Pouncy was originally named a suspected in the murder
SF News Breaking: Mirkarimi's Lawyer Says Sheriff Won't Resign [Updated] Although he's still got some time on the clock before Mayor Lee's deadline, the AP is now reporting that, according to Mirkarimi's attorney, the guilty sheriff will not resign despite the threat of
SF News Meanwhile, Outside The Sheriff's Office... The Press Awaits Here's the scene from outside the San Francisco Sheriff's Office where NBC Bay Area's Jodi Hernandez and the rest of the voracious press corps wait for smoke signals Ross Mirkarimi's decision to step
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mid-Market Updates: Comfort Corner Loses Italian Food, Experiences Midday Mugging Longtime San Francisco Italian joint Little Joe's has failed to make a go of things on Market Street's troubled midsection. The former North Beach spot hopped around to 5th and Mission before taking
SF News Breaking: Mayor Lee Asks Ross Mirkarimi To Resign By 4 P.M. Today Although the Mayor's office has yet to make an official announcement, the Chronicle is now reporting that Mayor Lee made clear his stance on Ross Mirkarimi's guilty plea. In a private meeting between
SF News Occupy Cal Protesters Ordered To Stay Away From UC Property Yesterday, over a dozen people charged in connection with last November's rowdy protests on the campus of UC Berkeley received a stay-away order issued by the Alameda County Superior Court. According to Berkeleyside,
SF News Amazon.com Purchases Robot Army While it's not particularly local, the news that Amazon.com has agreed to purchased warehouse robotics manufacturer Kiva Systems for $775 million should be alarming to anyone who fears the inevitable robot uprising.
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: The Suddenly Rich Are Paying Way Too Much For Condos Here's a story we've heard before, but now the The Wall Street Journal catches wind of it: "rising tech generation" types are paying way too much for homes in the city. [WSJ] Club
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In China... Gavin Newsom Has His Picture Taken From Beijing's picturesque Tianamen Gate, former Mayor Gavin Newsom unenthusiastically tweets to his followers back home in California: "the perfunctory tourist photo in Beijing..." the perfunctory tourist photo in Beijing... lockerz.com/s/
Arts & Entertainment Pablo Sandoval Bobblehead Is Flying, Chewing Bubblegum As San Francisco's premier free Giants stuff blog, we here at SFist are pleased to share with you now: the Pablo Sandoval bobblehead, available to the first 25,000 lucky fans at AT&
SF News Man Falls Victim To Heartbreaking Hotel Stickup In what must have been a total boner-kill, a man was mugged at knifepoint last night at a motel near 16th and Mission. The 44-year-old victim met a lady in her mid-20s at
SF News Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Hit-Run In SOMA [Updated] SFist's own Brock Keeling is on the scene of a brutal hit and run accident at Bryant and Second Streets in SOMA this afternoon. Reportedly, a pedestrian was crossing Second street when he
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Zoo's Baby Wallaby Experiences Marsupial Emancipation Did you know the San Francisco Zoo has a new baby wallaby? It's not exactly new — the little joey was born back in September of last year, but only last week managed to
SF News Apple Buys Back $10 Billion In Stock, Shareholders See Dividends In a conference call for Wall Street and tech reporters this morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company would pay out some $45 billion to investors over the next three years by
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Icky Guy From The Bachelor Hosts Dinner Your boyfriend and Sonoma winemaker, Ben from The Bachelor will host a winemaker dinner at Marengo on Union Street in the Marina tonight. [EaterSF] Sand artist and Santa Cruz chef Jim Denevan uses
