SF News Santa Cruz Homeless Man Threatens To Blow Up Congressman Over Rejected Lunch Date Santa Cruz homeless person Stephen Brown, seen here photographed in his county orange by the local sheriff's department, was arrested earlier this week after threatening to blow up Congressman Sam Farr's office because
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: San Francisco's Best Drinking Fountain Bikram Yoga guru faces sex accusations. (And you can read about it on SFChronicle.com) [Chron] Here is a map of San Francisco's most iconic sandwiches. [EaterSF] The best drinking fountain in the
SF News Woman Attacked By Pit Bull After Rejecting Pawing Dog Owner A woman in the Bayview was attacked by a man and his pit bull after she rejected the dog owner's sexual advances Sunday afternoon. According to a witness, the victim was walking in
SF News Chronicle Workers Will Protest Tomorrow With 15-Minute Smoke Break, Red Clothing To protest the Hearst Corporation's plan to shoulder San Francisco Chronicle employees with an additional health care burden, members of the Chronicle staff plan to step away from their desks at precisely 3:
SF News Woman Reportedly Shot In The Face Five Times In West Oakland A 29-year-old woman was found shot dead outside a small corner store at 12th and Peralta Streets in West Oakland around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Although details are scarce at the
SF News Supreme Court Likely To Dismiss Prop 8 Case, Allow Same-Sex Marriages In California In Washington, D.C. this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from opponents and defenders of California's same-sex marriage ban. The purpose of this morning's hearing was to simply to decide whether
SF News Photos: Scenes From Outside The Supreme Court During Prop 8 Oral Arguments In Washington DC this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. The signs and protests from both sides demonstrating outside the courthouse this morning were
SF News Map: Will My Apartment Be Underwater If We Get Hit With A Tsunami? Just like a real tsunami, the awkwardly named National Tsunami Awareness Week caught us off guard today. What does one do for NTAW, exactly? Well, you start by looking around you and figuring
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Chronicle Ducks Behind Paywall, Confounds Readers Notice anything different about SFGate.com today? Probably not, but the paper of record has moved some random amount of special content behind a for-subscribers-only paywall site at SFChronicle.com. Articles on SFGate.
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: The Most Accurate NextBus Prediction To Date S.F. Symphony musicians are still on strike. [WSJ] The new Exploratorium's new restaurant will be called Seaglass and helmed by Loretta Keller of Coco500. Also: a new café spot and a coffee
SF News It's A Trend: Another Cyclist Busted For Riding On The Sidewalk, Meth Possession Last Saturday in the Inner Richmond, San Francisco Police officers stopped a 39-year-old male suspect for the inexcusable crime of riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. As we've seen too many times in
SF News BART Passenger In A Panic Over Pilfered Pomeranian A San Bruno woman is distraught after losing her 1-year-old Pomeranian named "Archie" on a BART ride home from a San Francisco SPCA event Wednesday night. Kerrin Lanahan says she accidentally fell asleep
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Returns To The Independent Monday Night [Update: Instantly Sold-Out!] Like clockwork, noted comedian Dave Chappelle has announced his latest bi-annual "surprise" shows at the Independent on Monday, March 25th. And tickets go on sale, like right this second. As is Chappelle tradition
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Bonita Sunset "Strolling to Point Bonita at Sunset" shot by Jim Watkins in the SFist Flickr pool
SF News Massive Muni Mugger Punches 15-Year-Old Girl In The Face A 300-pound "possibly Samoan" man set off an unfortunate series of events when he tried to squeeze into a packed Muni bus in the Excelsior last weekend. The man reportedly attempted to cram
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: The New American Housing Bubble Welcome to the new American housing bubble (in coastal elite cities). [TheAwl] Behold: The city's upcoming developments waiting to break ground. [CurbedSF] Boulder tumbles down the side of Highway 101, smashes into an
SF News Sober Up, People: SFPD Will Start Jailing Chronic Inebriates As part of their ongoing efforts to save us the trouble of stepping over drunks on the sidewalk, San Francisco Police plan to implement a new policy that will lock up the city's
Arts & Entertainment Mr. Marina Competition 2013: Spray-Tanned Fundraising Arriving at Ruby Skye last night with 30 minutes to spare in the free hour of sponsored SKYY drinks, your humble SFist editor promptly ordered two vodka sodas. You know — to blend in.
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Bacon-Wrapped Economy The Bacon-Wrapped Economy is the best tech-worker migration story you'll read this year. [EBX] Carnaval will go on! [SFEx] Bummed that the S.F. symphony is on strike? Now you can catch them
SF News Muni Bus Pops Off Fire Hydrant On Main Street, Inspires 'Top 7 Street Geysers' List Wednesday afternoon, a Muni bus clobbered a fire hydrant at the intersection of Mission and Main Streets, shearing it completely off and causing the city to spring yet another leak. Fire crews on
SF News Reminder: Flashing Your Cash In The Tenderloin Is A Bad Idea A 45-year-old man was robbed Tuesday night while walking out of a check cashing business in the Tenderloin. The victim was reportedly counting his cash advance while strolling down the street near the
Arts & Entertainment These Bros In Spray Tans Would Like To Remind You That The Mr. Marina Competition Is Tonight Behold: Five of the ten finalists in the 2013 Mr. Marina Competition, all dolled up in their finest underoos and spray-on bronze from a local salon. This photo should serve as a retina-searing
Arts & Entertainment Go See This Tomorrow: 'Dosa Hunt' With Das Racist At The Asian Art Museum What's a dosa? More than just a local duo of Indian joints with fancy cocktails, a dosa is savory crepe and a staple of south Indian cuisine (and, yes, Dosa's menus). Dosa Hunt,
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Tap The Sierra Sierra Nevada Brewing Company gets a new taproom in Berkeley's suddenly bustling beer scene. [GrubSF] Changes to the Transbay Transit Center design reflect budget realities. [CurbedSF] Eerie shots of the Presidio Pet Cemetery.
SF News Teen-On-Teen Crime: Pot Deal Goes Bad In Park Merced Three suspects in their late teens or early twenties totally harshed some other kids' mellow when they turned a potential weed deal into a home invasion robbery Saturday afternoon at Park Merced. The
