SF News [Update] Bomb Scare At AutoReturn Briefly Shuts Down SoMa, Hall Of Justice Evacuated A suspicious item that was being treated as a possible bomb was found in the back of a car at AutoReturn, the city-contracted company that handles towed vehicles. The discovery was made before
SF News All Teslas Will Be Autonomous-Ready From Here On Out, And They're Banned From Uber And Lyft Starting today, all Tesla vehicles produced at the company's Fremont, California factory will have the capacity for fully autonomous driving, though they won't exercise those capabilities until the company makes updates "over the
SF News Day Around The Bay: In Oakland, A Plan To Make Homeless Encampments More Livable Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. A hotly-debated new program approved by the Oakland City
SF News Anti-Defamation League: 2.6 Million Anti-Semitic Messages Posted On Twitter Over Past Year Twitter, the proverbial bridge under which trolls can spawn and spew, has been a particular hotbed for anti-Semitism, so much so that the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League Task Force on Harassment and Journalism has
SF News California Attorney General Investigating Wells Fargo For Identity Theft California Attorney General Kamala Harris is leading an investigation into whether criminal identity theft took place at Wells Fargo, a bank embroiled in a scandal that may involve up to two million bank
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SoMa Bar Owner Declares SF A Happy Hour Town, Late-Night Drinking Dead Maybe because San Francisco hardly kicked its drinking habit during Prohibition — the 18th Amendment was rather loosely observed by local law enforcement here — or perhaps because Anthony Bourdain once called San Francisco a
SF News Airbnb Will Ban Multiple Listings By SF Hosts As Airbnb and the city of San Francisco spar in court — the company sued the city over a law requiring it to verify the hosts on its platform are legal or else face
SF News 4 Students Shot, 1 Critically Outside June Jordan High School In The Excelsior A girl and three boys were injured, the girl critically, by gunfire this afternoon in the parking lot of June Jordan School for Equity, a small high school of just 250 students in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ahead Of Michelin Guide Update, 11 New Bay Area Restaurants Receive 'Bib Gourmand' Nod As we wait on local picks for the Michelin Guide 2017, which will be announced next Tuesday and aren't likely to top last year in terms of excitement, today we've got a list
Arts & Entertainment Hayes Valley May Get New Dose Of Burning Man Art Next Month A sort of sliver of Burning Man's Black Rock City in the heart of the far more hospitable Hayes Valley, Patricia's Green has hosted multiple iterations of art inspired by and related to
SF News [Update] Greg Gopman, Former AngelHack CEO Who Called Homeless People 'Hyenas', Fired By Twitter Update: TechCrunch writes that Greg Gopman has been fired by Twitter. “Anddd I’m fired. Thanks TechCrunch,” he reportedly wrote to his Facebook page, adding that “[TechCrunch] wrote a smash piece on me
Arts & Entertainment [Video] Surprise Guests Mac DeMarco, James Blake Join Conan Mockasin Onstage At The Chapel Serious FOMO trigger warning: If you weren't at the Chapel last night for Conan Mockasin's sold-out show, you missed not only that weirdo doing his crazy thing, but also surprise appearances by fellow
SF News Police Investigating Two Reported Sexual Assaults At Berkeley Frats Last Weekend Two female Berkeley students reported that they were sexually assaulted over the weekend according to separate UCPD crime alerts released on Monday morning and reported on by the Daily Californian. One alert indicated
SF News Supervisor Proposes Law To Guarantee Tenants' Choice Of Internet Provider, Ending AT&T/Comcast Duopoly The choice between AT&T and Comcast being little choice at all, Supervisor Mark Farrell plans to introduce legislation today that would ensure all San Franciscans access to Monkeybrains/Webpass/what have
SF News Photo Du Jour: Mysterious Rune Or Buried Planter? Who's a good boy? This dog, who dug up a piece of 100 percent certified treasure in Golden Gate Park over the weekend. A tipster to SFist suggests that the amazing pet sleuth
SF News Willie Brown Appears To Defend Donald Trump In Chronicle Column In his latest Chronicle column under the innocuous headline "Trump could drag the Republican Congress down with him," former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown appears to defend republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump by
SF News Alleged Stalker Is Shot, Arrested After Following Victim From Georgia To Los Altos Home And Opening Fire Calm in the Los Altos Hills area was broken on Friday by an active shooter situation and a shelter-in-place order as sheriff's deputies, police, and a SWAT team established a perimeter around a
Arts & Entertainment James Blake Performs Tonight At the Fox In Free Make-Up Show For Treasure Island Ticket Holders As winds swept the stage last night during a stormy Treasure Island Music Festival, James Blake, the understated British crooner whose soulful voice has made him a sensation, was one of several acts
Arts & Entertainment Puddles, Ponchos, And Rainbows: Soaked Scenes From The 10th Treasure Island Music Festival For all its 10 years, Treasure Island Music Festival has used the same logo image, designed by Jason Munn, of the event's island home as the bottom of an upside-down ship whose masts
SF News Day Around The Bay: Supes Propose 60-Day Cap For Short-Term Rentals A photo posted by Paula Rose (@sunmallia) on Oct 14, 2016 at 6:22am PDT Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories
SF News From Gold Rush Almshouse To Hospital, Laguna Honda Celebrates 150 Years Of Care At 150, Laguna Honda is even older than most of the people living there. The establishment dates to 1866, and to ring in its anniversary this year, volunteers have assembled photographs and artifacts
SF News Peak 2016: Luxor Cabs Seeks Legacy Business Designation Thoroughly disrupted by contractor-based ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, 1928- founded Luxor Cabs has filed with the Planning Department to receive benefits reserved for so-called legacy businesses. Socketsite snapped up the news,
SF News Nobody Wants To Buy Twitter As Salesforce Is Latest, Last Suitor To Walk Away Wanna buy a lightly-used (maybe that's the problem) microblogging platform? Salesforce doesn't, as CEO Marc Benioff informs the Financial Times that his cloud computing company has walked away from a potential bid on
SF News Maven, GM's Zipcar Competitor, Expands To SF With $8/hr Car Rentals The future of driving and car ownership is anything but certain, leading established automakers to explore new bets and business models. Ford, for example purchased San Francisco-based shuttle service Chariot last month, and
SF News To Keep Tech Shuttles Running, Companies Are Backing Moderate Candidates For Supervisor To ensure that tech shuttles can continue to roll along, business-as-usual, companies such as Salesforce and Y Combinator are among more than 24 contributors to a political action committee backing moderate candidates for
