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The Library Forgives You, 55K Patrons With Overdue Fines, During Amnesty Period Next Month

To ensure a truly clean slate for 2017, the San Francisco Public Library is offering amnesty to all 55,000 of its patrons with fines for overdue items of more than $10.01,

Arts & Entertainment

Watch The Trailer For The 'Sense8' Christmas Special, Airing This Week

Like characters on Sense8, the Netflix original sci-fi series centered on eight psychically interconnected characters, fans of the cult-favorite show knew together and at once last week that the trailer for the show's

Academy Of Art, Longtime Zoning Scofflaw, Agrees To $60 Million Settlement With SF

In a City Hall news conference announced yesterday and held Monday morning, City Attorney Dennis Herrera delivered the news, leaked early to the Chronicle's Matier and Ross, that Academy of Art University, one

Ghost Ship Manager Derick Almena Will Be Represented By Attorney Tony Serra

Tony Serra, 81, has defended Huey Newton, Sarah Jane Olson, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, and many more, and it looks as if his next case could be that of Ghost Ship proprietor/building

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In SF Food: Kosher Israeli Bakery Opens, Ichi Sushi Moving Back To Original Location, And More

This week at SFist, we informed ravenous food news readers of the coming transformation of Les Clos in SoMa, which will be closing and taken over by the Marlowe/Park Tavern Team after

Steph Curry Auctions Off Shoes Honoring Ghost Ship Victims, First Wears Them To Walk All Over The Knicks

Joining the fundraising effort personally and commemorating those lost in the Oakland Ghost Ship fire of December 2, Warriors guard Steph Curry sported a special pair of custom shoes as his Bay Area

Video: Killer Whales, True To Their Name, Devour Shark In Monterey Bay Waters

A whale of a tale this morning from KTVU who feasted on some footage from Monterey Bay of a pod of killer whales feasting on a Sevengill shark: The video comes from Slater

Day Around The Bay: With 5,000 Local Government Jobs Created Under Mayor Lee, He Now Calls For Halt

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Waitlist For SF Shelter Beds Surpasses 1,000 People

Last night, with today's torrential downpours on the horizon, 1,009 people languished on a waitlist for 90-day shelter beds, a statistic that comes to us via a press release from the Coalition

Arts & Entertainment

Eff-ing In SF, Vol. 11: Meet 'Bubby', A Dating App For Nice Jewish Boys, Girls, And Goys, Too

Sex, love, and other mysteries in the city your mother warned you about. Most actual Bubbes, or Jewish grandmothers, prefer to do their well-meaning nagging and cajoling in person or over the phone.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

22-Year-Old Opening EDM-Themed Bubble Tea Bar In The Richmond

In a concept that sounds more like an improv sketch than an honest-to-god business plan, the Richmond District is, we gather, getting an EDM-themed tea bar which we are going to just go

Arts & Entertainment

Scenes From The 'Oakland United' Ghost Ship Benefit Concert Featuring Hieroglyphics, Tune-Yards, Primus, And More

Fans joined hands, heard from victims' loved ones, and swayed to emotionally resonant music at the Fox Theater last night in a powerful fundraiser concert presented by Another Planet Entertainment and Noise Pop

In Signal To Interim SFPD Chief, Resolution Urging Permanent Chief To Live In The City Passes Unanimously

Supervisor Norman Yee's non-binding resolution to "require" the San Francisco Police Chief to live in the city he or she serves has passed unanimously. A legislative aide to Yee reiterated to KRON 4

Facebook, Silicon Valley Engineers Pledge Never To Build A Registry Of Muslims

Recently, pressure has mounted on technology firms and their workers to publicly vow that they will not help create a registry of Muslims even if asked by the US Government to do so,

Supervisors Vote To Allocate $9 Million For Free City College

While advocates for a tuition-free City College took to City Hall yesterday to sing Christmas carols with altered lyrics to fit their cause, the Board of Supervisors voted 9-1 to allocate $9 million

After New $39 Million Financial Blow, Free City College Advocates Ft. Danny Glover 'Carol' At City Hall

Actor Danny Glover says Make SF City College free! @OfficialCCSF @SFCity_Hall #KTVU pic.twitter.com/SqIhfS5KXI— taramoriarty (@taramoriarty1) December 13, 2016 Just weeks ago, advocates for a tuition-free City College felt their

Former Stanford Football Player And 49er Konrad Reuland Dies Of Brain Aneurysm At 29

A Stanford alumnus originally signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2011 according to Bleach Report, Konrad Reuland, 29, died Monday. News of this death broke at a

Refried Cycles, San Francisco's Best Little Used Bike Shop, Has Closed

Refried Cycles, a Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory of bike parts expertly combined and brought to life, is gone. Their phone number has been changed and Yelpers and Facebookers report the store as permanently closed.

Instead Of Making Its Own Driverless Cars, Google Will Use Chrysler Minivans

With regard to plans for the development of its own driverless car, Google parent company Alphabet is putting its foot on the brakes, although that idiom doesn't really apply because the company's original

Day Around The Bay: Alexandria Theater Could Become Alexandria Swimming Pools

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Following Homicide On South Van Ness, Residents Are Left To Clean Up Blood Themselves

A pool of blood belonging to Lisa Williams, 21, who was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday December 7 on South Van Ness Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets,

Baby Born In Golden Gate Park

A 33-year-old woman gave birth in the chilly predawn air of Golden Gate Park early Monday morning according to a spokesperson with the San Francisco Fire Department who spoke with Bay City News.

Disbanded: Stanford Marching Band Suspended Through End Of School Year, Will Be Reconstituted Under Professional Director

Stanford University's band, an irreverent group of musicians and entertainers known for marching to the beat of its own proverbial drum, has predictably been chastised once again by university officials, but this time

Twitter Reinstates Account Of Literal Nazi Richard Spencer

It seemed marginally possible last month that Twitter might not unilaterally suck at curbing hatred and abuse on its platform when it banned the accounts of several major "alt-right" trolls. Among the group