SF News BREAKING: 'Mysterious White Powder' Shuts Down S.F. Post Office, Hospital UPDATE 2:30: The crews, according to a nearby commenter, appear to have dispersed now. Not sure what the "mysterious white powder" was, but we'll update as soon as we know more. 2:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco To Get Very First Applebee's San Francisco -- at last! -- is getting its very first Applebee's. What is an Applebee's? We personally have no idea. A Denny's with a bar, according to mythical lore. But Inside Scoop's
SF News Man Stabbed In Botched Outer Sunset Mugging The increasingly hip Outer Sunset just got a little more gritty this week. A man was stabbed in the chest while waiting for a friend near 25th Avenue and Ortega Street around 9
Arts & Entertainment GLAAD To Honor Straight Politician, Baseball Team In S.F. This Saturday, the GLAAD Media Awards throws San Francisco a bone when they host their annual bronze-medal ceremony in the city. (The real awards, if you will, happen in Los Angeles and New
SF News Day Around The Bay: Da Chronicle & Da Mayor The Columbia Journalism Review more or less accuses the San Francisco Chronicle of ethical misconduct. [CJR] Life in the the new Lyft world. [Buzzfeed] How do tattoo parlors feel about everyone wanting to
Arts & Entertainment Hot Airbnb Item: Live In A Van For $520/Month As noted on Uptown Almanac, this harrowing Airbnb ad wants you to live in a van--a van--on Mission Street for only $520 a month (or $480 a week). Behold: I have a 1990
SF News Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan Announces Retirement Routinely criticized Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan announced his retirement today. Effective immediately, his he is on medical leave. In a statement sent to OPD, Jordan writes: "To the members and civilian staff
Arts & Entertainment ¡Help Save Esta Noche! Another gay bar is in trouble, folks. Esta Noche, one of the few remaining LGBT clubs in the increasingly homogeneous Mission District is facing closure. And they need your help. "Last year the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best S.F. Bars With An Outdoor Oasis As summer approaches, it's time to don those shorts and skirts and head out for some daytime drinking under the (occasional) sun. We already told you about the best waterfront bars in the
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Blue Bottle's Five-Barrel Roaster DavityDave snapped this shot of a five barrel roaster Blue Bottle uses to small-batch test roasting beans.
SF News Levi's Stadium: Santa Clara's New Home Of The 49ers In what's being billed as the "West Coast's biggest ever naming-rights deal," the San Francisco 49ers have inked a deal with denim-purveyors Levi Strauss & Co. to have its name adorn the new
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Google Took My Pork': A Survivor's Harrowing Tale Poor Google can't catch a break with San Francisco ilk as of late. The most recent example comes to us from "Simon," an angry Roli Roti porchetta sandwich fan, who sent SFist the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Barry Zito & David Lynch Meditate Lea Suzuki's shot of Barry Zito, David Lynch, and Russell Brand meditating together deserves a Pulitzer. All of them. [City Insider] For only $520 a month on Airbnb, you can sleep in this
SF News Pretty Adorable Photo Of Michelle Obama With Colin Kaepernick FLOTUS Michelle Obama (whose toned arms make headlines) and 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick (whose toned arms also make headlines) get into the Kaepernicking craze at the White House today. The heavily tattooed quarterback
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Outside Lands Adds Rich Table, Wise Sons To Food Lineup You've seen the music lineup (Paul McCartney, Phoenix, Nine Inch Nails, just to name a few), now check out the gastronomic lineup at Outside Lands 2013. Newcomers to the annual 3-day concert in
SF News SFO Terminal, Not Airport, Will Be Named For Harvey Milk When San Francisco Supervisor David Campos proposed renaming SFO the Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport, he faced widespread support and criticism. Milk is a revered gay rights icon, sure. But does his
SF News Video: Matt Kemp Gives Disabled Fan His Cap, Jersey, And Shoes Let's take a break from rivalry and fan violence to focus on the good the Dodgers do. Yeah, the good. During the Dodgers-Giants series at AT&T Park this past weekend, Matt
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Girls Who Wear Glasses Photo by Bhautik Joshi. (Wait, there's more! Check out Joshi's other shots from the 2013 How Weird Street Fair.)
SF News Bayview Shooting Follows Visitacion Valley Shotting On the heels of a Visitacion Valley man who was shot while sitting on his porch smoking a cigarette, another male fell victim to gunfire on Monday afternoon, this time in Bayview. "The
SF News Google Bus Piñata Attacked At Anti-Gentrification Rally A reported 30 to 40 people attended an anti-gentrification block party in the Mission on Sunday where, among other things, a Google Bus piñata was smashed to ribbons. "The scent of sage was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Agricole, Bistro Aix, Incanto Pruned From 'Top 100' On Sunday, Michael Bauer unleashed his annual Top 100. A total of 21 restaurants were dismissed this year, either due to closure (Cyrus, Masa's) or because the noted food critic fell out of
SF News VIDEO: Unruly Fans Fight At AT&T Park Alfredo Mendez caught this video of a couple of Dodgers fans getting into it with a Giants fan at Saturday's game. Bottles fly, drinks get tossed, few punches are thrown. (Menendez, it seems,
Arts & Entertainment The Beanstalk: Giants Sweetly Sweep Dodgers (By E. Chang) The Week That Was: Won 3, lost 0 against the Diamondbacks. Won 3, lost 0 against the Dodgers. 19-12 for the season. The Week That Will Be: 3 games at
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Rolling Stones Reviewed Parking drama in San Francisco. [SFGate] On Saturday, Elzhi headlined Berkeley's 17th Hip Hop in the Park. [Berkeleyside] Oakland braces for cuts in federal funding for food, housing. [Oakland Local] Last night's Rolling
