Arts & Entertainment Fleet Week Replaced By Wharf Fest With the Blue Angels grounded and the actual fleet temporarily mothballed due to government sequestration, this year's annual demonstration of American naval power will be replaced by a much tamer celebration of the
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Seven Years Of Twitter Mentions Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is "bored" with games. [WSJ] The complete history of Twitter, as told by the tortured descriptions of it in the New York Times. [Quartz] How hackers simplified San Francisco's
SF News Santa Cruz Quickly Becoming Nation's Capital For Botched Marijuana Crime After this morning's story about a bumbling crew of nautical drugrunners, the stoney seaside hamlet to our South is really making a name for itself as a place where would-be marijuana kingpins can
SF News Arrests Made In Slaying Of 8-Year-Old Oakland Girl Eight-year-old Alaysha Carradine became collateral damage in a Oakland gang war when she was shot and killed during a sleepover back in July. Oakland Police announced today that two suspects have been arrested
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reminder: Your Takeout Bag Now Costs 10 Cents A year after San Francisco saved the entire planet from self-destruction by banning plastic shopping bags and imposing a 10-cent fee on all others, the same fee is now coming to your favorite
SF News Weed-Running Boat Capsizes Near Santa Cruz, Surfers Stoked Today in drug mishaps: a 20-foot boat carrying 80 pounds of marijuana capsized offshore near Four Mile Beach in Santa Cruz Monday morning. Investigators believe the seafaring drug runners set off from Mexico,
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Spilling On Tosca Isaac Shumway spills the details on Tosca Cafe's upcoming bar program. [EaterSF] An Australian Winemaker/Sailor has challenged Larry Ellison for the next America's Cup. In case you were worried if the next
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe Group Expanding To 888 Brannan In SoMa The noted restauranteurs from Absinthe group will bring their next offering to an attention-starved corner of SoMa sometime in the next year, Inside Scoop reports. The group, which currently owns Absinthe, Arlequin Cafe
SF News Teen LSD Party In Mill Valley Turns Into Marin County Blood Ritual An all-night, LSD-fueled party in Mill Valley, California went wildly out of control early Sunday morning, requiring law enforcement officers from no less than five nearby towns to bring everyone back down to
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Homeowner Hindsight If you were lucky enough to own a house in San Francisco back when everyone was poor then you're probably a millionaire now. [Carl Nolte/Chron] Twitter's IPO details could be made public
SF News Children Find Loaded Handgun Near Golden Gate Park Birthday Party A group of kids playing in the bushes during a birthday party in Golden Gate Park stumbled upon a a loaded handgun yesterday afternoon near the Conservatory of Flowers. According to a witness,
SF News Suspect In Random Muni Shooting Kept Survival Gear, Personal Arsenal At Home 30-year-old Nikhom Thephakaysone was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting on Muni Metro in Ingleside Heights that left S.F. State student Justin Valdez dead. According to police, the attack was "random
Arts & Entertainment Regarding That Time Mrs. Doubtfire Tried To Buy A Sex Toy On Wednesday during a question and answer session on Reddit, noted San Francisco comedian and bear icon Robin Williams revealed a Mrs. Doubtfire story involving the titular Scottish woman, a San Francisco sex
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing Tonight: Drinks After Dark At The S.F. Zoo While other local institutions may offer more frequent night time drinking opportunities, your chance to get drunk and dance with some big cats at the Zoo only comes once a year. Tonight: Noc'tails
SF News Latest Ellis Act Evictions Met With Protests, City Hall Support As San Francisco continues to hurt for available rental units and rising rents are pushing out many longtime residents, one family in Nob Hill became the face of the staggering number of Ellis
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Living Beyond Your Means Vicious cycle: how long can San Francisco renters keep living beyond their means? [SF Appeal] Oracle shareholders aren't happy with Larry Ellison's high pay. [WSJ] Twitter just scored a deal to post NFL
Arts & Entertainment Bon Voyage: Photos From The Finale Of The America's Cup On Wednesday, September 25th Oracle Team USA beat out Emirates Team New Zealand in a winner-take-all race to bring the 34th America's Cup to a close. For more coverage of Wednesday's racing and
Arts & Entertainment We're Live From The America's Cup, The Greatest Contest In The History Of Sports [Updates] After months of largely ignored racing on the bay, the America's Cup comes down to one final race. The stakes are high: on the line are one bajillionaire's inflated ego and the honor
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Tatiana Rides Again Larry Ellison skipped his own keynote speech at Oracle OpenWorld to watch his own boat race in the America's Cup. [Reuters] At the Tonga Room, Mai Tai sales are soaring now that they
SF News Day Around The Bay: Oakland Also Expensive Oakland home prices shot up 76% in one year. There goes your San Francisco exit strategy. [CurbedSF] Chicken and waffles, among other things, coming to the Victory Hall & Parlor in the former
SF News Muni Metro Could Suck Slightly Less Next Month Everyone's favorite transit agency is set to test out another pilot program that will (hopefully) make the lives of thousands of daily commuters slightly more bearable. Starting next month, Muni will allow double-train
SF News Dogfighting Video Leads To SFPD Investigation SFPD's crowdsourcing unit is asking for the public's help in tracking down three suspects caught on video encouraging a dog fight in Hunters Point. In the video, the suspects can be seen slapping
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Tech Vegas Hundreds attend a vigil for the 12-year-old boy killed while biking in front of a Contra Costa County middle school yesterday morning. [KTVU] Oracle OpenWorld is "the Vegas of tech." [Chron] Here is
SF News Day Around The Bay: Fog City Shines What it means to keep chain stores out of San Francisco. [The New Yorker] After San Francisco Magazine ran tech writer Farhad Manjoo's latest Tech Boom thinkpiece last week, the media has been
