SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: iPad Pants SFPD hosting Town Hall meeting tonight to address officer-involved shooting on Sunday morning. [BCN/Appeal] [Previously] Construction watch: work begins on new 15-story Hampton Inn in SoMa, on a site formerly owned by
SF News Friday: S.F. Will Host Nation's First 'Walk To Work Day' You've probably heard of Bike to Work day: the one day a year when local politicians pedal to work and local bike commuters get free tote bags while pedestrians don't even get so
Arts & Entertainment Even In 1968, New Yorkers Thought S.F. Was A Joke Our colleagues back East have unpacked last night's episode of Mad Men, which begins with Don and Megan returning from a Hawaiian vacation in January 1968, after Don stole a G.I.'s
SF News SFPD Officers Shoot Two In Air Gun Altercation Two people were left in critical condition after an altercation sprung up early Sunday morning between two groups across the street from SFPD's Mission Station at 17th and Valencia Streets. A bystander alerted
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Drinks At Saison iPad-swiping "Cubicle Con" busted. Saison's new drink menu includes whiskey-infused coal-fired popcorn. [GrubStreet] Is Hi-Lo BBQ the best restaurant to open in San Francisco this year? Patty Unterman thinks so. [Unterman] Eating your
SF News Day Around The Bay: San Francisco Claims Instagram's Worst Teenager These two snatch-and-grab smartphone thieves would have gotten away with it if they hadn't crashed into that telephone pole. [Haighteration] Semen cocktails are a real thing. S.F. Weekly food critic Anna Roth
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From Opening Day At AT&T Park Earlier this afternoon, your San Francisco Giants took the field at Third and King Streets for their home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park. The sun was out,
SF News President Obama Apologizes To Kamala Harris For Distracting A Nation Last night after returning from his trip to California, President Obama called state Attorney General Kamala Harris to apologize for "the distraction created by his comments" yesterday in which he called Harris "the
Arts & Entertainment President Obama And The Golden Gate Bridge Got Together For A Landmark Photo Shoot Two of America's most treasured landmarks: a black president and an orange bridge, appeared together for their first photo shoot ever* yesterday. After the brief photo shoot on Crissy Field, President Obama left
SF News Manhole Explodes On Bush [Update] That is: a manhole cover on Bush Street blew off near the intersection with Stockton Street just a few blocks from Union Square around 11:30 a.m. this morning. Bystanders in the
SF News Cyclist Lands In The Hospital After Rear-Ending Muni Bus A cyclist took a trip to the hospital this morning after an unfortunate incident with a 24-Divisadero bus in Bernal Heights. The bus was stopped at the intersection of Cortland Avenue and Bronte
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: A Century Of City Hall Rio Grande ends its temporary stay at Seventh and Market on Monday night. The Renoir Hotel, meanwhile, while get boutique'd. [GrubSF] Mission Dolores Basilica, City Hall, the Spreckels Mansion: San Francisco has 13
SF News Pedestrian Blindsided By Big Wheeler At B.Y.O.B.W., Suffers Fractured Skull After five years of sliding down Vermont Street on children's toys (and eight years on Lombard Street before that), it was only a matter of time before someone got injured at the yearly
SF News Knife Crime 2013: Cabbie Robbed By Sixth Street Fare A taxi passenger was determined to ruin one local cabbie's night, apparently. The driver was robbed after picking up a passenger and bringing him to the notorious knife crime corridor along Sixth Street,
SF News Facebook Launches Home (So You Can Spend More Of Your Time On Facebook) Thursday morning at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Mark Zuckerberg gathered members of the press to finally break the seal on a long-rumored Facebook phone. More accurately: Zuckerberg and company unveiled Facebook Home
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Spring Dog-Walking Fashion Oakland police searching for a suspect who shot an off-duty EMT in his car in broad daylight. [KTVU] Coming Soon: a supermarket in West Oakland. [KQED] Your illustrated fashion guide for Spring 2013
SF News Craigslist Announces Bay To Breakers Sponsorship In a match made in San Francisco, the Internet's best place to find someone to casually pee on you is teaming up with the city's #1 event for public urination: Craigslist announced today
SF News Cyclist Struck By Driver At Embarcadero & Broadway Around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning a cyclist was struck on her bike by a van near the intersection of Broadway (or S.F. Bicycle Route 10, to the two-wheeled set) and the
Arts & Entertainment Dear S.F. Zoo Tiger Cub: Please Never Grow Up The San Francisco Zoo's tiger cub is still the most adorable thing in the larger Bay Area right now. While the Zoo would like to remind everyone that she now has visiting hours
Arts & Entertainment Let There Be Jonas Brothers: America's Cup Music Venue Approved By Entertainment Commission The controversial entertainment permit for the America's Cup one-season-only music venue on the Embarcadero was unanimously approved by the Entertainment Commission yesterday, meaning the Jonas Brothers, Sting and SFist house band/wine label
Arts & Entertainment You Must Be At Least 18 Years Old To Read The S.F. Chronicle Online Have you ever looked at the Terms & Conditions page on the San Francisco Chronicle's noted internet portal SFGate.com? Neither had we. Everyone knows anything below the timestamp on an article quickly
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Bike Lanes Continue To Confound Man arrested for vandalizing City Hall on Easter Sunday. [SFAppeal] Reborn Red Vic/Alembic now shooting to open in August. [EaterSF] More people in San Francisco are overdosing on painkillers than heroin. [Chron]
SF News There Will Probably Be A New iPhone This Summer, Everyone Who Just Bought One Laments Happy with your recent purchase of an iPhone 5? You might not be later this summer, when experts expect an updated version to hit stores and make your new phone, like, basically obsolete
SF News Map: San Francisco Is All 'Creative Class' And No Working Class Gentrification can be a dirty word around here, what with the constant hand-wringing associated with tech shuttles, rising rents and all the cool kids moving to Oakland. Over on The Atlantic Cities, however,
SF News America's Cup Music Venue Now Doing Fewer Concerts, Promises Soundproofing Curtain Thanks to some concerns from neighbors up the hill (and possibly some booking difficulties) concert organizers from the America's Cup and Live Nation have agreed to scale back their summer concert lineup at
