misc Week Around the Ists Shanghaiist documented the opening of its first Apple Store, a giant cylindered affair in our central business district. We also took a sneak peek at their newish "Briefing Room" strategy for enticing business
SF News Day Around the Bay Journalists' profound chin-scratching over Mehserle verdict aftermath. [Oakland Local, SFBG, SF Weekly, Bay Citizen] Oscar who? East Bay Express party is back on. [EBX] Meanwhile, in Berkeley... [Eye One Blogs] Man rapes women
Arts & Entertainment Automatic Teller Machine Turned Into Art While we're not the most ardent fans of graffiti, we're huge fanboys of ATMs (they give us money!), and here we have one in Hayes Valley, which has been turned into a piece
misc Ask SFist: World Cup On Sunday? A tipster writes to SFist wanting to know where they could catch the Would Cup game on Sunday. Can we see an article today about good places to watch the World Cup on
SF News Johannes Mehserle's Public Apology Letter Here's the letter of apology (.pdf) from Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant, written on Sunday, July 4, days before the verdict was
SF News Photo du Jour 667 "HRD Coffee Shop" by RadioNicole (via SFHaps), located at 521 3rd Street & Bryant. Previously: SFist Eats: HRD's Mongolian Beef Cheesesteak Sandwich
SF News NIMBY Watch: Paul McCartney, Noise Threat? Our mother's grandmother was right: The Beatles are nothing but trouble. According to the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association, tomorrow's Paul McCartney concert at AT&T Park might prove too rock 'n' roll
SF News SF Chronicle Prints 3D Ad In Friday Edition If you buy a print version of the SF Chronicle today, you will find pop-out 3D glasses and a full-page 3-D ad (page A3). The three-dimensional magic shows a man's body and head
SF News 78 Protesters Arrested After Mehserle Verdict, 25% From Oakland During last night's Mehserle verdict coverage, one sharp SF Appeal commenter suspected that many rapscallion rioters in Oakland might not be from Oakland. And? She was right. The Appeal has numbers: Sgt. JD
SF News Two Injured After Truck Plummets Down Twin Peaks Egads! Early Friday morning on Twin Peaks Boulevard, two people in a car went over a cliff and careened down a hillside in the Twin Peaks neighborhood. "A couple was up on viewpoint
SF News SFist Blotter: Richmond Robbery At around 9 p.m. on Thursday on the 3000 block of Fulton, a 40-year-old man approached a woman sitting in her car, brandished a gun and demanded her property. The suspect, according
SF News Water Main Break at 4th/Bryant Central subway construction workers broke a water main at Fourth and Bryant Streets this morning -- which looks downright refreshing -- just next to SFist HQ, the tasty Chavos, the always-crowded Hotel Utah
SF News SF Chronicle Agrees With Mehserle Verdict Well, that was fast. The San Francisco Chronicle has declared involuntary manslaughter "the right verdict in Mehserle case." Way to wait a day or two to let things settle. Or sink in. Sheesh.
SF News Scenes from Oakland After Mehserle Verdict Images from Oakland shortly after the Johannes Mehserle verdict was announced. Reactions ranged from calm and peaceful to violent and abrasive, including several small incidents of looting and arson. Read SFist's continuing coverage
SF News Day Around the Bay Mehserle convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant. [Oakland Tribune, Google] Federal gay marriage ban overturned. Well, duh. [SFGate] Today there was a hooker protest at Craigslist. [Eye On Blogs]
SF News Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction: Right or Wrong? BART cop Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter today. Do you agree with the jury? Do You Agree With Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Verdict?survey software Read SFist's continuing coverage of the verdict
SF News UPDATED: Johannes Mehserle: Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict: BART cop Johannes Mehserle is guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was convicted of killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009. Involuntary manslaughter comes with a
SF News Verdict Reached In Mehserle Case; Announcement at 4 p.m. The jury has reached a verdict in the Mehserle case. Johannes Mehserhle, accused of killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day at the Frutivale platform, faces a conviction of 2nd degree murder (15
SF News Pink Saturday Stays, Says D8 Supe Candidates Local homosexual newspaper The Bay Area Reporter reports that the District 8 (The Castro!) candidates, each one of them, promise an intact Pink Saturday for 2011. Even after this year's typically fey fete
SF News Wells Fargo to Layoff 3,800 Wells Fargo, the fourth largest bank in the U.S., will eliminate some 3,800 jobs, around 1.4 percent of its workforce. Sad. We like the Farg. (Now, we use small credit
SF News Golden Gate Stabbing Victim Identified Police identified the man who was stabbed to death in Golden Gate Park over the weekend. Adam Noyes, 25, was killed Sunday near Conservatory and John F. Kennedy drives. Richard Ray, 65, who
misc Midnight Movie Sign-Off: Slaughter In San Francisco Welcome to our first installment of Midnight Movie Sign-Off. Similar to Afternoon Palate Cleanser, SFist will now feature one blithe clip at the midnight hour. It could be, say, something bizarre, borderline chortle-worthy,
SF News 5.4 Earthquake Hits Southern California A 5.4 quake was reported near Borrego Springs in Southern California. The LA Fire Department said "there were no immediately reports of damage or injury within the city." Also, operations are running
