SF News Man Fatally Shot At Oakland KFC Drive-Thru A man was shot and killed around 6:15 p.m. Thursday evening while picking up some chicken at a KFC drive-thru near Hegenberger and International Boulevard. Details are scarce, but the 20-something
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Barry Bonds. Still Fighting. Barry Bonds is still filing appeals in court, apparently. [KTVU] Time to start worrying about radiation on Treasure Island, before breaking ground on the $1.5 billion development. [Chron] Are people getting tired
SF News Day Around The Bay: Richard Nixon On BART That one time Richard Nixon rode BART. [Chron] Silly, frivolous jokes about Melky Cabrera. [McCoveyChron] America's Cup racing starts next week, and transit planners are using the opportunity to plan for the future.
SF News Meanwhile, In The Suburbs... Someone Is Bowhunting Pet Peacocks Ken and Judy Reed of Vacaville were stunned this week when they discovered someone had shot one of their 40 pet peacocks and peahens with a bow and arrow. The skewered peahen has
SF News Bernal Heights Consignment Shop Robbed By Middle-Aged Men With Tasers Wednesday morning, a consignment shop on Mission Street in Bernal Heights got a call from a customer asking them to open early. Unfortunately for the shop, a couple of 40-something bandits with tasers
Arts & Entertainment Video: 1980s Bus Driver Training Film Will Prepare You For Any Bay Area Transit Situation If there's anything easier to make fun of than the 1980s in general, it is definitely San Francisco's local transit system. Which is why this training video for Bay Area bus drivers, apparently
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Willie Brown Ditched Outside Lands To Go Watch People Have Motel Sex In Willie Brown's weekly food blog/local restaurant commercial, the former Mayor offers one piece of advice for anyone thinking about attending the Outside Lands Festival in the future: "eat before you go
SF News Facebook Stock Price Sinks To New Low It's a tough post-IPO world out there for Facebook, apparently. Right before more than 271 million additional shares of the company's stock came up for sale today, the company's stock price hit it's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bi-Rite Creamery Applies For More Sidewalk Space Bi-Rite Creamery, which regularly sees lines wrapping around the corner on Dolores, has applied for its very own parklet on 18th Street to accomodate for some of the spillage that drips over on
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Dueling Sheriff's Rallies Dueling Sheriff's rallies set to face off in front of City Hall today as the Ethics Commission prepares to weigh in on Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearings. [Chron] There's a food bank black
SF News Day Around The Bay: Twitter Co-Founders Latest Tech Thing Twitter co-founders preview Medium, which is a new collaborative publishing thingamajig. [CNET] San Francisco's Forgotten Disaster. [SFW] 9,000 people sought medical help after Chevron's refinery fire in Richmond. The blaze is now
SF News Pedestrian Critically Injured In Market Street Hit-Run A 39-year-old victim was left in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital after being struck by a vehicle while in crossing Market Street around 12:51 a.m. Wednesday morning. The vehicle
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Discover The History Of A-holes With A Linguistics Professor Tonight in the Commonwealth Club's Blue Room, UC Berkeley Linguistics professor Geoffrey Nunberg will give a talk on the "Ascent of the A-Word" from its roots with GIs in World War II, up
Arts & Entertainment Video: Hear The Call Of A Glen Park Coyote Because we are about 15-25 feet away from nature at any given time in San Francisco, we have to constantly be on the lookout for wild animals whether they are adorable, bizarre or
SF News SFPD's Fuzzy Crime Stats Inflated Number Of 'White' Arrests A new report has revealed some misleading arrest rates recorded by the San Francisco Police department over the course of more than a decade. Since 1999, the Bay Citizen has learned, the SFPD
SF News Melky Cabrera Benched 50 Games For Doping Giants star Melky Cabrera is in the spotlight again today for the very worst reasons. The team announced today that the 2012 All-Star Game MVP winner, who was enjoying a .346 batting average
Arts & Entertainment Video: Bombing Hawk Hill On A BMX Bike Is Thrillingly Scenic (Also Terrifying) We here at SFist cannot in good conscience endorse high-speed helmetless bicycling, no matter how good the wind feels in your hair, but we can fully endorse the backdrop on this BMX descent
SF News Burglary Suspect Broke In, Robbed Steve Jobs' Home With House Key One Kariem McFarlin, a former San Jose State football player, is currently in jail after looting tens of thousands of dollars worth of electronics, jewelry and household items from the home of late
SF News Brutal Mission Terrace Beating Caught On Film Outside Victim's Home A local restaurant cook was viciously attacked while sitting in his SUV outside his Mission Terrance home Monday. The victim, 35-year-old Antonio, told KTVU that he was in his car when the suspect
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: The Best Thing To Happen To Civic Center In This Century That big red lotus flower installation is "the best thing to happen to Civic Center in this century," according to John King. [Chron] What's going on at Hibernia Bank? The jewel of the
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Noise Pop Record Collective Tonight at Mr. Smith's in the heart of the city's Mid-Market revitalization district, local independent music concern Noise Pop and noted record store Amoeba Music join forces to present the latest edition of
SF News Nü-Metal Activist Invites Gavin Newsom To 'Suck This C*ck' Ontario-based rap-rocker Grant MacDonald — whose music comes recommended if you like Eminem, Lil Wayne, and, oddly enough, Kenny Chesney — has plopped out a new album dedicated to San Francisco's erstwhile Mayor and his
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Four Barrel Bans 'Annoying Hipster' Conversations At Coffee Counter At Four Barrel Coffee's back alley coffee window on Caledonia Street, the prickly coffee chain has posted a list of rules for enjoying the alleyway while being respectful of the neighbors. Some of
SF News Niners, Guns Return To Candlestick Park The San Francisco 49ers returned to Candlestick Park for a preseason game against the Vikings last Friday night. The Niners got a good start, warming up Colin Kaepernick with 92 running yards and
