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Entire Muni Subway Is Closing Nights And Weekends For Four Weeks To Test New Trains

The SFMTA can't just shut down one entire Muni subway for an entire month just to test five new trains. Or can it? Streetsblog brings us word of the San Francisco

Arts & Entertainment

SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

Culture is king queen this week with an extraordinary bevy of really special events, from a benefit performance of Ragtime to a celebration of black women as God to glowing pianos under Golden

SF News

Ka-Ching! San Francisco Has The Fastest Growing Wages In The Country

Seattle-based software company PayScale.com used its tons of data to look at wage growth in the 31 fastest growing cities in these United States of America. Bearing in mind that the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Farm-To-Table Dining May Be Coming To SF Jails

Sheriff Vicky Hennessy wants to explore the possibility of bringing a more farm-to-table culinary situation to San Francisco's jails. "It would be locally sourced food, the kind I

SF News

Terrible Person Creates Facebook Page Just To Mock SF's Homeless

A person going by the name Julie Zberg allegedly created a Facebook page called "Manpiles of SF" in order to denigrate the homeless she sees around her neighborhood. We don'

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A Truck Full Of 'Slime Eels' Flipped On An Oregon Freeway And OMG The Pictures

I don't think you're ready for this jelly. A truck full of live eels being shipped to Korea "for consumption" flipped on Highway 101 in Oregon, spilling

SF News

BART Directors Take Urine-Stained Tour Of Powell Station

Approximately 50 BART officials and directors toured the Powell Street BART Station Thursday as part of an official look at what Macy's Union Square employees apparently call "The Toilet."

SF News

Trial Of Man Accused Of Killing Kate Steinle Begins Friday

At long last, the Kate Steinle murder trial begins tomorrow, Friday. Here's a quick refresher: 32-year-old Kathryn "Kate" Steinle of San Francisco was shot and killed on

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Sacramento Men Who Stopped Train Attack Will Play Themselves In Clint Eastwood Movie

There are perks to heroism. According to KRON 4, the three Sacramento-based men who thwarted an attempted act of terrorism on a French train in 2015 will get to play themselves in

SF News

Shark Attack In Santa Cruz Closes Beaches

A shark attack near the Santa Cruz shore has prompted beach closures and presumably an uptick in folks watching Jaws on Netflix. SFGate reports that a shark tried to take a bite out

SF News

Video: Airbnb Host Pushes Woman Down Flight Of Stairs Over Late Check-Out

"You're not the great artist that you think you are, you're not the queen that you think you are. You need to leave now. This is not Africa,

SF News

It's Official: San Francisco And Oakland Are The Worst Cities For Drivers

There's another downside to living in the Bay Area. According to a study by WalletHub, San Francisco is now America's worst city for drivers and Oakland is the second

Arts & Entertainment

SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

Get out and about! Select any number of these carefully curated events to broaden your horizons and hopefully not blow your bank account. Fans of comedy, cinema, and shopping will be especially jazzed

Arts & Entertainment

'Hot Convict' Caught Kissing Clothing Company Heiress, Drama Ensues

Don't even pretend that you don't remember Jeremy Meeks. The 33-year-old was arrested on a gun charge in Stockton in 2014 and shot to fame because his

SF News

Central Subway Is Almost A Year Behind Schedule

All of San Francisco has been anxiously awaiting the completion of the $1.6 billion Central Subway, and the agonizing construction required to build it. But we're going to have to

SF News

$50K Reward Offered For Last Year's Mysterious Pokemon Go Murder

Remember Pokemon Go? Well last year someone got shot while playing it in San Francisco, as you may or may not recall. 20-year-old Calvin Riley was playing the flash-in-the-

SF News

San Franciscans Called To Complain About Illegal Fireworks Twice As Much As They Did Last Year

The City and County of San Francisco is full of snitches 1,114 of them to be exact. The San Francisco Examiner reports that the number of calls to the city's

SF News

UC Berkeley Senior Alleges Racial Profiling, Illegal Detention At Hands Of Berkeley Police

A University of California, Berkeley student is saying via Facebook post, that he suffered a 39-hour ordeal via the Berkeley Police Department and has yet to receive an apology. The Daily Californian

Arts & Entertainment

SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

There's a wonderfully weird week on the horizon. Buckle up for axe-throwing, an all-male comedy strip-tease revue, and a french fry eating contest. THURSDAY, JULY 6 JAE WHITAKER

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

San Jose's Reigning Champ Sets New Record In Hot Dog Eating Contest

How fast can you eat 72 hot dogs and buns? Not as fast as "Jaws" from the South Bay, we'll bet. Hailing from San Jose, 33-year-old Joey

SF News

Half Of The Mexican Museum's Collection Is Potentially Inauthentic Or 'Insignificant'

Founded by the late Peter Rodriguez, the Mexican Museum has been a part of San Francisco's cultural community since 1975. But as the museum has grown its collection into a body

SF News

CA Couple Moved To Portland, Vandals Respond With "Go Back To CA" Graffiti

Jessica Faraday and Preston "I work for Adidas" Page did not receive a warm welcome from some new neighbors. KRON 4 reports (via Portland's KOIN) that the California-based

SF News

Suspect Charged In East Bay Car Crash That Killed Two Kids

35-year-old Lemuel Sirvonn Wilson Jr. was arrested Sunday in connection with a fatal weekend crash in the East Bay that killed two children and left a three-month-old with major

SF News

San Jose Woman Accused Of Running Over 'Friend,' Killing Her

Campbell police say Tues hit&run was homicide. 23 yr old Elsie de la Rosa arrested. Allegedly ran down female acquaintance after fight pic.twitter.com/jfrUG1kAVG — @Rob Fladeboe kron4 (@KRON4RFladeboe) June

Arts & Entertainment

'Tales Of The City' Is Coming Back, Via Netflix Reboot

Cue the sound of angels. Something is finally going right. Are you sitting down? Variety has reported that Netflix is developing a 10-episode "present-day continuation of San Francisco author Armistead