SF News Fog Warnings For Bay Area Bridge Commuters Fog advisories were issued this morning for the San Mateo, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. The alert is effective until 9 a.m., but could extend until 10 am as
SF News 8 Shot In Oakland, Including 1-Year-Old Baby [Video] A little after 6 p.m. on Monday night, eight people were shot in West Oakland, including a one-year-old baby. The shooting occurred on the 700 block of Willow Street when a group
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dungeness Crab Season Is (Finally) Here! After a two-week delay, and one SFist editor's tummy barren of his preferred crustacea, dungeness crab season finally started today. According to The Chronicle, "The commercial crab season officially began moments after central
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Parallel 37, New Bar-Centric Ritz-Carlton Restaurant, Opens December 12 The Ritz-Carlton's new restaurant, Parallel 37, will open its doors before Christmas (say what you will about the tony hotel establishment, but its San Francisco locale is the place to go during festivities
Arts & Entertainment 'Playland At The Beach' Railway Now At Conservatory Of Flowers Well, this is downright adorable. The Conservatory of Flowers at Golden Gate Park recently unveiled an all new garden railway display, one "celebrating the legendary Playland at the Beach and a bygone era
Arts & Entertainment Director Ken Russell Dies Before he sold his soul to Beelzebub by appearing in the UK's Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, noted director Ken Russell had made some of the most visually jarring yet controversial films
SF News Bay Area Fog Advisory Issued Due to the cliched fog blanketing the Bay Area this morning, the National Weather Service issued a fog advisory. It will be in effect until 11 a.m. What does that mean for
SF News Suspect(s) Sought In Intentional Richmond District Hit-Run Attack A former Marine and current Cal Fire firefighter who was intentionally hit by a car at the Shell gas station parking lot at Geary Boulevard on Thanksgiving morning remains in the hospital with
SF News Day Around The Bay: Shirtless Chef Mourad Lahlou! Chef Mourad Lahlou of Aziza goes shirtless for 2012 Meals on Wheels calendar. [Richmond SF] OccupySF protested in Union Square for Black Friday, urging shoppers not to, you know, shop. [SFist] McSweeney's children's
SF News OccupySF Descends On Union Square For Black Friday Protest A protest underway in Union Square has loads of Occupy SF supporters blocking traffic, drumming loudly, and attempting to occupy stores. Protesters have gathered in the city's tony shopping district to shun Black
SF News Thanksgiving Potty Police Riot Befalls Occupy Oakland After police turned away a truck driver delivering Porta-Potties to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, Occupy Oakland members and OPD erupt into a heated (albeit brief) scuffle. Police said that the truck
SF News Massive Water Main Break Drenches South SF A water main break in South San Francisco created quite the show Friday morning, with water spewing 50-feet in the air. The main, which ruptured around 9:45 a.m., caused widespread flooding
SF News Daisy Does The Niners: 16-6 Loss Ruins Thanksgiving (By Daisy Barringer) Thanksgiving, age six: My mother told me that if I didn't behave she would send me to boarding school. Thanksgiving, age thirteen: My mother left me behind at Baker Beach.
SF News Winning Lottery Ticket Purchased In Downtown SF Some lucky soul has a lottery ticket worth more than $150,000 in their pocket. The Daily Derby ticket was purchased at Star Convenience in downtown San Francisco. It's worth $154,088. Nice.
Arts & Entertainment Stay Alive And Make Good Bread Pudding This Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving from the fine folks at SFist. If you don't know what to make this year, you still have time to prepare this delightful savory bread pudding care of Mary Risley, fledgling
SF News Day Around The Bay Behold the "cherpumple": a cherry, pumpkin, and apple pie baked into three separate cakes, then assembled into an enormous layer cake. Astounding. [Boing Boing] The city's political left is dead. Or is it?
Arts & Entertainment Beasts Feast At SF Zoo Would you look at this little rapscallion? Come now. It's simply too much. We love it. This ring-tailed lemur enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at the San Francisco Zoo today as part of the
Arts & Entertainment Hey, Why Are You Still At Work? Huh. What are you still doing behind that screen? Shouldn't you be stuck on a crowded Muni and/or BART train right now? Or stuck in traffic on the bridge? Or, better yet,
SF News Great Pacific Garbage Patch A Hoax? You know the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that's splashed on your TV screen during Earth Day? The one that's supposed to scare you into bringing your own bag to Whole Foods? That alleged
Arts & Entertainment Niners Preview: Good Morning Baltimore (By Daisy Barringer) When the 49ers schedule was released in April, I immediately sent my mother an email: Hi Mom, I just want to put this out there. The 49ers play the Ravens
Arts & Entertainment Live Reindeer Adorn Roof At California Academy of Sciences Reindeer stand guard as Santa Claus robs the California Academy of Sciences. Ha! No, not really. Actually: A pair of live reindeer have taken residence at the CAS's east garden as part of
