Arts & Entertainment Sean Parker Wants You To Buy This Communication Robot For Your Kid Everyone agrees that it's never too early to begin a child on social media. The San Francisco Business Times brings us news of ELFKINS, a Sean Parker-backed toy robot designed to safety introduce
SF News BART Is Accused Of Spying On Us In A New Lawsuit Many of us have come to terms with the fact that the government is watching us all the time, around the clock, wherever we are. And a new lawsuit is accusing a BART
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Willie Brown appears twice on the list this week, once directly and once with a cameo in The Princess Diaries. Not a Brown fan? Not to worry. We've also got Carnaval, Digable Planets,
SF News 14-Year-Old Gets Arrested After High-Speed Chase In Sonoma, Turns Out He Had 10 Warrants Get ready to forward this article to your mom to remind her that you weren't that bad as a teenager. According to CBS 5, a 14-year-old boy was arrested in Rohnert Park (aka:
SF News Facebook's 'To Delete Or Not To Delete' Internal Training Manuals Revealed How exactly do Facebook's moderators decide what is and is not appropriate to keep on the site these days? The Guardian knows and they just made it all public. 100 internal training manuals,
SF News Apple's Campus Has Everything - Oh, Except Daycare Apple's new $5 billion Apple Park campus has everything an Apple employee could wish for, unless they have children in which case: tough. The one thing missing from the brand new Apple mothership,
SF News Chico Frat Boys Accused Of Chopping Down 32 Trees In Lassen National Forest During an initiation for the California State University, Chico chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, popped collar marketing majors allegedly chopped down (a.k.a. murdered) 32 trees in Lassen National Forest
SF News New Local Website Launches Called 'The Frisc' "The Frisc is a new site. We share voices and tell stories about our city in flux," says the intro copy for a new local content site on Medium. Founded by Anthony Lazarus
SF News Newly Appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller Spent Much Of His Career In San Francisco Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been appointed as the special counsel to investigate any Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election and any possible ties to the Trump campaign. This is a
SF News Five Adorable Coyote Pups Were Rescued After Their Mom Was Killed In A Hit-And-Run San Jose resident Chuck Rossi and Silvia Restelli were so enamored with a coyote den on their property, they brilliantly set up a "Coyote Cam" to watch a mom and her five newborn
SF News Johnny Depp Will Play Tech Weirdo John McAfee In A Movie Former teen heart-throb and accused domestic abuser Johnny Depp is set to star in King of the Jungle, an upcoming film about tech entrepreneur turned cocaine/maybe other things addict turned international fugitive
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Bay to Breakers will take over the city on Sunday, which should give you a good idea of the marvelously mayhem-filled week ahead. Fans of Elizabeth Berkeley, grilled peaches, and nerdy crafts will
SF News Oakland Landlords Evict Tenants, Allegedly Destroy Their Stuff, Hang Trump Banner Jahahara Alkebulan-Ma'at received an eviction notice from his Oakland apartment on Christmas Day 2016. The residence in question is a home near Lake Merritt that was converted into three separate apartments. Alkebulan-Ma'at went
SF News World's Bravest Kitten Lives In Oakland, Rides CHP Patrol Cars Brace yourselves, cat people. A kitten was discovered clinging to the underside of a California Highway Patrol car as officers responded to the scene of an accident on I-880 Sunday morning. The officers
SF News Chelsea Manning Will Remain On Active Duty When She's Released From Prison Private Chelsea Elizabeth Manning will be released from Leavenworth Prison in Kansas on Wednesday, May 17. When she's finally free, the transgender soldier and leaker of national security secrets will remain an active
SF News Book Passage Sues The State Over Uptight Autograph Law Passed last year, California Assembly Bill No. 1570 expanded the state's law on autographs from its original focus on entertainment and sports memorabilia to include signed books and basically anything with an autograph.
SF News Twist Ending In Creepy Mexican Phone Carrier Ad Goes Viral A three-minute ad from Mexican phone carrier Movistar is freaking everyone out. The commercial features two teenagers meeting online, texting for a while, and deciding to meet in person. Obviously it ALL GOES
SF News Cowboy Sheriff Feeds 30 Cows Stranded On A River Island Near Yosemite A Central Valley sheriff organized an air-drop of two tons of hay for the 30 cows stranded on an island in the Merced River. The breeding cows are stuck due to to the
SF News Dumb Commercial For Georgia House Race Gets San Francisco All Wrong There is currently the most expensive House election EVER going down in Georgia's 6th District between right-wing Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff. Both Handel and Ossoff want the United States House
Arts & Entertainment Geena Davis Talks About VR Film Short 'Dear Angelica,' The Final Production By Facebook's Oculus Story Studio San Francisco's soon-to-be-shuttered Emmy-winning Oculus Story Studio, computerized paint strokes, and Geena Davis have come together to create a 12-minute virtual reality story that has consistently wowed reviewers. "Dear Angelica" was conceived and
Arts & Entertainment SF Opera Co-Commissions Opera About Steve Jobs The San Francisco Opera has just co-commissioned an opera (that's already been written) about the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Along with the Seattle Opera, "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs" will premiere
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Last-Minute Ideas For Treating Mom On Mother's Day Around The Bay Area Sunday is Mother's Day and while she's done basically everything for you, you've probably dropped the ball on celebrating your mom. SFGate threw together a list of San Francisco restaurants that are still
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week It's not technically summer yet but this week's event line-up definitely has a strong case of senioritis. Free coffee day at Peet's, a baguette show-down, and a diva double-feature all made the cut
SF News More Details From Mark Zuckerberg's Surprise Dinner With That Random Ohio Family 32-year-old Facebook CEO and Mission District resident Mark Zuckerberg recently announced plans to travel to the 30 American states he's never visited and like, connect with the flyover people. In preparation for his
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kahnfections Offers The Mission Another Venue For Muffins, Cookies And Scones A new bakery has set up shop on 20th Street and we'd like one of everything. Baker Judy Kahn ventured out on her own with the adorably-named Kahnfections after leaving Bernal's Sandbox Bakery
