SF News DMV Declares That Uber/Lyft Drivers Need Commercial License Plates "Any passenger vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit is a commercial vehicle," reads a recent advisory issued by the California DMV with regard to Uber,
SF News Members-Only Dating App 'The League' Raises $2.1 Million The League, a members-only dating app that describes itself as "curated" rather than elitist, has raised $2.1 million in a seed funding round according to Business Insider. The app syncs with your
SF News SF Second Only To Portland On Kinkiest Cities List While The Advocate is busy throwing darts at a map to pick its gayest city in America, our own Kink.com is checking out the numbers of folks using their site and others
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ike's Place Owner Plotting Burger and Pizza Joint On Mission Street Ike's Place proprietor and namesake Ike Shehadeh is no longer satisfied putting mozzarella sticks on sandwiches. He wants to put them on pizza, too. Specifically, he'd like to do that on Mission St.
Arts & Entertainment An SFist Guide To SF Sketchfest Not joking: SF Sketchfest starts today. If you haven't made any plans, we're here to do you a solid. Here's a roundup of some excellent comedy, from tributes to standup to screenings. There's
Arts & Entertainment (Video) A San Francisco Kaleidoscope As KateReadsBooks, the creator of this video, puts it herself: "This is some art." It surely is, and it's mostly of the abstract variety, but it's an enjoyable watch, especially if you're partial
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photos: The Market On Market, A Massive Home-Grown Food Hall In The Twitter Building Enter The Market, singularly named because now that it's here, no other market need exist. Inside the Twitter building awaits the cave of a thousand dream foods, but don't call it the Twitter
SF News Free Muni Approved For Seniors, People With Disabilities Free #Muni for seniors and people with disabilities rally about to start at City Hall. pic.twitter.com/Ki6N2tzNeN— Jerold Chinn (@jchinn84) January 20, 2015 In a unanimous vote yesterday, the SFMTA approved
SF News Check Out The Original Apple Watch (From 1995) What if I told you that the Apple Watch was already out there, and had been since 1995? At that, some Apple fanboys might self-destruct. But the true fans would know that Apple
SF News Lyft Vehicles Lose Furry Pink 'Carstaches' For Good The furry pink front bumper mustache on Lyft's fleet of cars was equally iconic and annoying. So, in a rebranding effort, it's been shaved and replaced with a small, arguably more tasteful, glowing
SF News Astronaut Tweets Bay Area Photo From Space Hello #SanFrancisco! What a clear view of the Bay Area from #space, I think I can see the Golden Gate! pic.twitter.com/eNr7pDItH6— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) January 20, 2015 This far-out photo
SF News Day Around The Bay: Are You My Uber? This inconvenienced man says to lock your doors in San Francisco because you might be mistaken for an Uber. Hey, it happens, but it sounds like his life will be okay! [The Awl]
SF News (NSFV) Two Severed Boars' Heads Found On Berkeley Streets This post is not safe for vegetarians (and vegans). The first boar's head, blood-covered with dangling skin, was found yesterday. Today a second was discovered. No, this isn't Westeros or Middle Earth. It's
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week See and be seen at these select San Francisco shows, parties, and events. You know, because you can't read the Internet all the time. TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 LECTURE: There are still tickets to
SF News This Is How We Count Homeless People At last count there were 6,400 homeless people living in San Francisco. But where does that figure come from, and is it reliable? That's of particular importance since the number determines the
SF News How To Recover Your Stolen Bike: A Sting Op Procedural From Mission Bicycle Company comes a crime procedural of theft and recovery. It's a parable with a strong moral because the Valencia Street hand-built bicycle company would like you to please register your
SF News [Updated] Group Of Possible Stanford Students Blocks Lanes On San Mateo Bridge Protesters blocking WB lanes on San Mateo Bridge. If you're stuck in traffic, call to share your story: 415-954-7296. pic.twitter.com/cbREbFbij0— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) January 20, 2015 A group of people
SF News Day Around The Bay: Furries In San Jose San Jose was a zoo with Furries last weekend. [SJ Mercury News] The Bay Guardian’s commemorative final edition cover has been revealed, and it comes out as an insert in the SF
SF News Uber CEO Says SF Revenues Are $500 Million Per Year, Others Question Figure Business Insider reports that in Munich yesterday Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced that Uber's revenue in San Francisco is far larger than that of the taxi industry here. What's more, it's possible that
Arts & Entertainment Artist Smears Mark Zuckerberg With Poop-Paint Portrait This shit is art. KATSU, a well-known, New York-based hacker, vandal, and graffiti artist who has repeatedly lampooned technology in his work, has now used his own feces to paint a portrait of
Arts & Entertainment Local Children's Author Behind <i>Mulan</i> Dead After Market St. Fall San Francisco children’s author Robert D. San Souci died at age 68 following a head injury from a fall on Market Street. He was found unresponsive in mid-December by friends with whom
SF News Get Ready To Register Your Airbnb And Follow All The New Rules Starting Next Month Renting out a room on Airbnb ain't what it used to be. In fact, now you have to do a little clearance first, thanks to our first-of-its-kind law passed last year by the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In S.F. Food: Tara Reid Touches Down At Zero Zero, Box And Bells Packs Up Apart from the ever expanding list of restaurants serving foie gras and consequent death threats to chefs and the sudden closures of Supperclub and The Addition, here's what else has been happening on
SF News Elon Musk Gleefully Releases SpaceX Explosion Video Elon Musk's pet project SpaceX just released Vine video of its Falcon 9 booster crashing in an attempt to land on a barge last week. This followed a more successful launch to the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Manufactory Will Be The Name Of Tartine's New Bakery And Restaurant At Heath Ceramics Tartine Bakery, an OG in San Francisco's line-standing trend, will have many more wait-worthy treats at a new spinoff in the Heath Ceramics building to be called The Manufactory. As Chad Robinson tells
