Arts & Entertainment We Are All This Rat Stuck On A BART Escalator At the beginning of this one-minute YouTube video, we're rooting for a rat stuck on an escalator at Civic Center BART to break free of his endless treadmill of fecal matter. By halfway
SF News Pile Of Recycling Debris Fuels Overnight Recology Fire, Does Not Spare The Air For more than nine hours last night, a crew of over 100 firefighters battled a fire at Recology's recycling warehouse in the Bayview. The blaze ignited around 8:30 p.m. after the
SF News Oakland Gas Line Ruptures, Sets Street On Fire Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, an underground gas line in Oakland's Eastmont neighborhood ruptured, spilling gas and setting fire to a residential street. Aerial footage from NBC Bay Area shows the street
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Under Your Feet For the third day in a row it is illegal to burn wood and some people are frustrated. [Spare the Air] [KTVU] Magazine named for rich guy asks you to please get your
SF News Day Around The Bay: Alternative Caroling Coyotes: apparently thriving in Golden Gate Park. [Chron] The Chronicle has hired Kitty Morgan, formerly of Better Homes & Gardens and Sunset magazine to head up their new, all-encompassing lifestyle section. [EaterSF] The
SF News Victim Of Fatal Valencia Street Hit-Run Identified As Local Artist Kurt Dalen Early last Thursday morning a man was struck while walking on the side of the road on Valencia Street. The victim, who was taken to San Francisco General in critical condition, later died
SF News Fake Google Employee Was An Actor, Union Organizer, And Occupy Mainstay [Updated] The man seen on an already-viral video posted by the San Francisco Bay Guardian has been identified as Max Bell Alper, a self-proclaimed "organizer and artist" with the Making Change Media Collective and
SF News If The Cold Doesn't Kill Us, The Air Quality Surely Will Not to get all alarmist this early on a Monday morning, but in addition to this delightful and also terrible cold snap we've been having lately, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Knock It Off North Beach neighbors don't want to fix that awkward intersection of Columbus and Vallejo. [CurbedSF] A man and his kids stumbled upon some human remains and a tennis shoe while out on a
Arts & Entertainment Batkid Returns (For A Fundraiser) Local cancer patient and pretend super hero Batkid will return to San Francisco tomorrow after his recent victory lap through New York and probably a few naptimes. This time around, the celebrity five-year-old
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Peak Pricing BART considering charging premiums during peak hours. [Chron] BART praised for reform after Oscar Grant killing. [AP/SFEx] Esteemed Mission dive bar Pop's is changing ownership, but won't be changing much. Here's an
SF News Two Pedestrians Seriously Injured In Separate Hit-Run Incidents Early Thursday morning around 2:45 a.m. a man was left in critical condition after being struck near the intersection of Valencia Street and Clinton Park. A second pedestrian was also seriously
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photos: Oakland Fast Food Workers Go Full Ronald, Strike For Better Wages Earlier today, as part of a nationwide fast food workers' strike, employees from several East Bay fast food chains walked off the job. The strike convened on a McDonald's location on Jackson Street
SF News UC Berkeley's Football Field Now Brought To You By Kabam The University of California, Berkeley has announced that the naming rights for the field at Memorial Stadium will go to Kabam, a maker of free video games headquartered in San Francisco. For $18
SF News Mysterious Google Barge Now Under Investigation The ongoing saga of Google's mysterious barge/Glass showroom/"technology learning center" continues this week with news that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission announcing that they've launched a formal investigation
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Bring Back The Yard One San Francisco family's dream of moving into NEMA was haunted by debt until they were rescued by Bevan Dufty. [Chron] Homeowners are bringing back front yards in the cemented-over Inner Sunset. [SFEx]
SF News Day Around The Bay: The View From Up Here "'The BART strike was very interruptive to the cash flow,' said a crack-cocaine dealer who spoke to The Appeal on the condition of anonymity." [SFAppeal] LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy is ready
SF News Uber Delivering Christmas Trees Tomorrow For Soulless Scrooges In the past, towncar-hailing service Uber has won hearts and easy publicity by delivering on-demand kitten playtime, free tamales from the Tamale Lady, and DeLorean Rides. For the Holiday season, the company is
Arts & Entertainment MTV Teases Awkward New 'Real World: Ex-Plosion' Well, here it is, folks: our first look at the MTV's last-ditch effort to revive their once-great Real World series. The twist this year comes halfway through the cast's stay in San Francisco,
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Silicon Valley Dating A surely scientific survey says Silicon Valley millionaires like to date "younger, attractive" non-millionaires. [SFGate] CCSF enrollment continues to slide as the school fights to regain accreditation. [SFEx] Pirate Radio is having a
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Prove It On The Road (By e.Chang) Currently: 10-8 for the season; 8th place in the Western Conference. Last Week: @ Pelicans (WON) @ Mavericks (lost) @ Thunder (lost) @ Kings (WON) This Week: Tue: home against the Raptors Fri: at
SF News Day Around The Bay: Too Much Talk Muni is eliminating promotional displays on the front of Muni buses due to complaints, which means no more "Go Niners!" or "Equality for All!" messages around town. [SFAppeal] Soaring rents mean longtime residents
Arts & Entertainment Ai Weiwei Talks Alcatraz Exhibition After the October announcement that celebrated Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei would be bringing an exhibition to Alcatraz island, the New York Times has tracked the man down to spill some more details on
SF News Techies Hate It When You Call Them That, Say Techies In Coffee Shops The preferred terms, according to one techie interviewed by the Chronicle while working at a Four Barrel Coffee in the Mission, are: "hackers," "makers," or "coders." The dreaded t-word is not only insulting,
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: A Definite No-No Inflated food critic/de facto Emily Post: Michael Bauer wants to tell you about "a definite no no." [InsideScoop] Newsflash: the Mission is still incredibly expensive, despite all the development. [CurbedSF] Speaking of
