Arts & Entertainment Bay Bridge Eastern Span Progress Update You know who has a lot of catching up to do? The Golden Gate Bridge. If there were a thought bubble hovering above the Golden Gate Bridge, it would be that of a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Tartine Closed Until Next Week; New Oyster Shack Opens Alas, Bar Tartine will be closed temporarily until next Wednesday, January 9, for some renovations and for some much-needed downtime, according to Grub Street. But do not fret, people who like to eat
SF News Petaluma Teen Missing Since New Year's Eve Found Dead Alyssa Byrne, 19, of Petaluma had been missing since New Year's Eve at a Lake Tahoe casino. Authorities have confirmed that the body of missing Petaluma teen has been recovered. Byrne had attended
SF News Reminder: Starting Sunday, SF Parking No Longer Free You want to park on Sundays? Well, parking costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat. And in money. Just pay in money, actually. See, starting this Sunday, parking in
SF News Police-BMW Pursuit Near China Basin Knocks Out Power Oh dear. A police car chasing a BMW near 5th and Townsend resulted in some power loss for businesses and residents. Several hundred people were affected by the outage, with most power restored
SF News Sergio Romo Detained At Airport, Minor Scuffle Cited Say it ain't so, Romo. Giants superstar, the man near and dear to all of our hearts, Sergio Romo was detained at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after a dustup on
SF News Photo: A River Otter Runs Through It A river otter, left, eyes a bird on Thursday afternoon. For the first time in decades, according to AP, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the
Arts & Entertainment 2012 Gays In Review In a city that, let's face it, isn't as welcoming to the gays as it once was, Marke B. turned out a joyous and thoughtful review of LGBTs in 2012, touching upon both
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink ''Like A Form Of Torture,' Says Food Critic Over French Laundry Recalling their meal at French Laundry, the Bay Area's other three-Michelin star restaurant, a food critic in the February issue of Vanity Fair says, "The meal felt like a form of torture." The
Arts & Entertainment A Guide For Making A Seamless San Francisco-To-Oakland Transition [Updated] From what we know of Oakland — which is everything — residents stroll around and shoot each other with guns. Lots of guns. In between going to Ike's and Plum, that is. But that's pretty
SF News Teens Drug Parents' Milkshakes To Use Internet Past Curfew In the timeless words of Will Smith, parents just don't understand. Two teenage girls were arrested earlier this week after allegedly drugging one of the girl's parents. Why? Because they wanted to use
SF News Day Around The Bay: Lower Haight Rises Above Lower Haight deemed best S.F. neighborhood! Bow down, lesser hoods. [Curbed] Go get your medical marijuana recommendation. [East Bay Express] Point Reyes victim praised. [Chronicle] Cab stolen at gunpoint near AT&
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Saison Not Opening Until February? [Update] UPDATE: According to the fine folks at Saison, they have a projected opening date of 1/15. So... fingers crossed for a January opening date! Gastronomes might have to wait even longer to
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Gays And Juanita More In The Castro If you didn't get your fill of young gays and dancing on New Year's Eve, we have the perfect solution for those of you who decided to stay home on Monday night: Booty
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Rose Bowl... Students at Stanford took time away from important things like learning and smoking mary jane to focus on the silliness and violent patriarchy that is college football. Even former Secretary of State Condoleezza
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Notables, Readers Share Their First Meals Of 2013 Padma Lakshmi munched on Danny Bowien's fine fare at Mission Chinese (in either NYC or SF, presumably the former) ordering several dishes. Seems like a bit much, but that's Padma for you. As
SF News Oakland Man Shot Multiple Times On New Year's Eve While the East Bay city has, as far as we know, been able to stave off any murders in 2013, Oakland played host to their final attempted murder of 2012 on New Year's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Hangover Foods In San Francisco You awake yet? We are. Just barely. And while we cannot recall much of New Year's Eve, we can tell you that, right now, we need some medicinal food to cure our hangover.
Arts & Entertainment SFist's Top 5 Most Commented On Stories Of 2012 Well, that was quite a year, wasn't it? SFist kept winning awards (again), kept you entertained and informed (as always), and kept stoking the fires of your brain, prompting much thoughtful commentary. Everything
SF News First Spare the Air Day Is Tomorrow, New Year's Day You know that bonfire you and your hippie friends do at Ocean Beach every year on New Year's Day. Find other plans. Tomorrow, New Year's Day, will be the first Spare the Air
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo: Henry Winkler and John McCain at the Slanted Door Why not? The Fonz (AKA Henry Winkler) and former GOP presidential candidate John McCain were spotted at the Slanted Door on Saturday. The two were sitting across from one another at the noted
Arts & Entertainment Netflix DVD Experiencing Outage [Update] Holy heck, people. Netflix is down again. Or rather it was. Following their Christmas Eve blackout, the movie rental service experienced an outage today. "We're Sorry. The Netflix site is temporarily unavailable. Our
