SF News Day Around The Bay: Inside Uber Headquarters Lite Gov. Gavin Newsom is now accepting political contributions in the form of Bitcoin. [Chron] Here are 18 homes with the highest property taxes in the Bay Area. [CurbedSF] Hauntingly beautiful photos of
SF News Does San Francisco Even Know There Is A Drought? According to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Franciscans have done little to change their water habits in the face of a record-setting drought affecting all of California. It's almost like San
SF News A New Proposal To Un-Suck Muni: Tie Funding To S.F. Population Growth District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener is taking a hard look at ways to funnel more funding to the city's forever-ailing transit system. His latest proposal: a city charter amendment that would increase the
SF News 'Obstruction On Track' Temporarily Closes BART Between S.F. And East Bay [Updated] According to an alert from BART, there will be no train service between San Francisco and the East Bay for at least a half an hour around Noon on Tuesday due to an
SF News Is Your Neighborhood Walgreens Infested With Rodents? KRON4 Investigates. Several local Walgreens outlets are in the spotlight this week after the grocery store watchdogs at KRON4 News began investigating reports of rodents scampering through the aisles of cheap snacks, greeting cards and
SF News Crowdfunding Site Cancels Fundraiser For Ailing Sex Worker Adult film star and director Eden Alexander's crowdsourced effort to raise $4,000 for medical bills was pulled from Giveforward after the site's Palo Alto-based payment processing company WePay decided her campaign was
SF News YouTube To Buy S.F.-Based Video Game Streaming Service For $1 Billion According to Hollywood trade magazine Variety, Google and YouTube plan to purchase San Francisco-based video game streaming service Twitch for over $1 billion in cash. Launched in summer of 2011, Twitch was spun
SF News New Video Shows Arrest Of Balls-Out, Bison-Taunting Bay To Breakers Runner After yesterday's incident in the Golden Gate Park Bison Paddock during Bay to Breakers, reader Jake M. sends in a brief, but amusing, video of the suspect who hopped the fence and tried
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Scenes From Bay to Breakers 2014 On Sunday, Bay to Breakers swept through San Francisco for the 103rd time. Troubles with an "unsteady arch" at the starting line delayed the first wave of Bay to Breakers runners this morning,
SF News Bay To Breakers 2014: Naked Man Reportedly Hops Fence, Taunts Bison In Golden Gate Park [Updated] Sunday afternoon, during the denouement of the annual Bay to Breakers festivities, a naked man reportedly jumped the fence at the bison paddock in Golden Gate Park and proceeded to taunt the bison
SF News Supervisors Testing Fewer Seats, Wider Aisles On Muni Trains If you took an N-Judah to work and noticed a lot more standing room, you can thank Supervisors London Breed and Scott Wiener, who pushed for more strap-hanging and less seat-hogging on light
SF News S.F. Catholic School Cuts Girl's Yearbook Photo Over Tuxedo San Francisco's Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep school got a thwhack from the social media ruler this week after the school banned a girl's yearbook photo because she decided to wear a tuxedo. According
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local's Corner Vandalized (And Scrubbed) Again A week after Mission Local Market and Local Mission Eatery were hit with graffiti and death threats, vandals returned to Local's Corner to tag up the windows. According to one tipster, the graffiti
SF News Huge Amazon Locker Appears On The Waterfront To Distract Us With Marketing Yesterday, a giant Amazon locker appeared on Justin Herman Plaza across from the Ferry Building, prompting tech blogs and even the Wall Street Journal to have an awkward "what's in the box?!" moment.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Important Hamburger News: 4505 Burgers & BBQ Offers Insane 'Big Mac' Today in secret menu items: 4505 Burgers & BBQ on Divisadero is offering an artery-clogging take on the classic Big Mac: two beef patties lovingly caressing a block of fried macaroni and cheese.
SF News SFPD Officer Sued For Spitting On, Nearly Running Over Traffic Cop A 31-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department is the target of a federal civil rights lawsuit this week. Officer Thomas Lovrin is accused of spitting on and nearly running down Department
SF News Person Struck And Killed By BART Train At Pleasant Hill Station Pleasant Hill BART station is currently closed due to "a major medical emergency" according to the transit agency. Bay City News reports a person was struck and killed by a train at the
SF News Free Crack Pipe Program Fails To Tear San Francisco Apart [Updated] A controversial crack pipe exchange program has turned out to be something of a rocky success story. Intended to reduce HIV transmission among crack smokers and supported by the city’s HIV Prevention
SF News Day Around The Bay: Riding In Cars With Google Four separate high profile publications ran stories on "what it's like to ride in a Google self-driving vehicle" today. In case you were wondering how Google's PR machine works. [Verge] [Re/code] [USA
SF News Oh Crap: We've Been Using Crosswalk Timers Wrong All This Time Have you, like us, been using the ever-so-handy crosswalk countdown timers to gauge whether you have enough time to scramble across several lanes of traffic? As San Francisco Police Cmdr. Mikail Ali revealed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco's 10 Best Happy Hours It takes a special level of dedication to clock out right at 5 p.m. and head out for drinks. It is also a time-honored American tradition. Last year, we broke down our
SF News OK, Seriously This Time: Google Glass Available To Anyone With $1,500 After Explorer programs and limited betas and complete accidents, Google Glass is now for sale to anyone who with $1,500 to spend and desire to have all the features of a basic
Arts & Entertainment Bryan Cranston Threatens CA Teen Into Attending Prom With Drama Kid Prom proposals are all the rage this year, and one teen from Los Gatos, California managed to enlist the help of Walter White to woo/threaten one special lady. Stefan Montana, 17, managed
SF News Twitter To Create Learning Center For Homeless Families Twitter announced today, by way of the Chronicle, that the company will partner with Compass Family Services to create the "Twitter Neighborhood Nest" — a technology learning center for homeless families to learn basic
