SF News Jane Kim Calls For Needle Disposal Boxes In Public Parks Progressive Supervisor Jane Kim has been somewhat pointed in her criticism of the Recreation and Park Department for its reticence to install needle disposal boxes in public parks, the Examiner reports. Rec and
SF News New Nixon Biography Recalls President's Scathing, Bigoted Remarks On San Francisco There are plenty of adoring quotes about San Francisco from beloved writers, entertainers, and politicos, but a few negative remarks about our fair city made by a loathed historical figure, Richard Nixon, are
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From The Fast, Furious 2017 Big Wheel Race Down Vermont Street Even if you were the appropriate age to ride a Big Wheel tricycle when the first San Francisco Big Wheel race took place on Lombard Street 16 years ago, at the 17th Annual
SF News 22nd Street Fire Site Now 'Mission Memorial Frog Sanctuary'? The lot at 22nd and Mission Streets is a disaster area. It's the site of a fatal 2015 fire that displaced over 40 residents and several businesses. Three smaller, subsequent fires rendered the
SF News Berkeley College Republicans Threatened By Graffiti Classic leftist (in)tolerance being displayed on our campus:https://t.co/7B2tF4lJRc— Berkeley Republicans (@BerkeleyCRs) April 14, 2017 Berkeley College Republicans say they're threatened by intolerance and aggression on campus, the latest
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus Contest Returns To Golden Gate Park Easter Sunday, This Time With Trump Exorcism Jesus died to save our sins... so if we don't sin, Jesus died for nothing, right? That's sort of the attitude of the annual anti-Easter celebration thrown by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
SF News Uber Releases Its Financials For The First Time, Finance Prof Calls It 'Cash-Burning Machine' Uber has released a very controlled peek at its financial situation to Bloomberg, a first for the ride-hailing giant that's exercised its right as a private company to tell the public as little
SF News KQED Sells Chunk Of Its Airwaves To FCC For $95 Million The Bay Area's public radio and TV broadcasting station KQED is selling six megahertz of broadcast spectrum to the FCC for $95.4 million — a figure that's seriously in excess of its $70
SF News $20 Scam Tickets Sold To Free 4/20 Event In Golden Gate Park You'd have to be stoned to fall for a scam like this, which is exactly what makes it a good scam. An Eventbrite page has been advertising $20 tickets for the annual **free*
SF News Day Around The Bay: Bill Graham Auditorium Will Get Public Art Love Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Securing driverless cars from hacking is a difficult job,
SF News PG&E, PUC Feud Could Be Keeping The Lights Off At Completed Projects Supervisor Jeff Sheehy is accusing PG&E of intentionally dragging its feet in a way that's keeping the lights off at two sites in his district, the newly renovated Randall Museum and
SF News How The Organizers Of SF's Tax March Hatched The Giant Inflatable Trump Chicken Trend Anne Pruett had surgery the day before Donald Trump was inaugurated. Bedridden and dismayed by the images she saw on TV, she decided to get political. "That's the only reason I made this
SF News Construction Finally Begins On Golden Gate Bridge Suicide-Prevention Nets As construction begins today on long-awaited suicide-prevention nets underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein were on hand to give their remarks at a somewhat somber
SF News Uber Created Fake Lyft Accounts To Track Rival Drivers In Program Codenamed 'Hell' Uber sure knows how to codename a top-secret, legally suspect software program. A month after revelations that the ride-hailing giant used a system dubbed "greyball" to evade regulators by developing software to detect
SF News Transbay Transit Center's Rooftop Park And Apple's New Campus Were In Tree-Buying Battle Getting the right 469 trees to plant in the Transbay Transit Center's crowning rooftop park has been a difficult task, and in part, Apple is to blame. The long-awaited San Francisco development project,
SF News Cormorants Disdain New Bay Bridge Despite Millions Spent On Nests For Them Like a bower bird desperately seeking to attract a mate, Caltrans and other agencies have spent perhaps lavishly to maintain the habitat of the double-crested cormorants who made their nests on the old
SF News FiDi Basement Fire Displaces Residents, Closes Alfred's Steakhouse For Recovery Damage from a basement fire last night just before 9 p.m. at 662 Clay Street, a three-story building consisting of housing and SRO units over commercial units, has temporarily displaced more than
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Time's Up At Current Doc's Clock Location Next Month The clock is ticking for drinks at the current Doc's Clock: According to a Facebook post from the bar's ownership, it closes "around the end of May." Last year, it was originally reported
SF News Dianne Feinstein To Hold First SF Town Hall Of Trump Presidency Monday Congressional leaders across the country are taking a quick break from all the fun of our nation's capital, returning to face their constituents during a recess through April 23. Here, that means a
SF News Day Around The Bay: Uber's Top PR Person Is Very Understandably Leaving It takes making $110,357 a year to live comfortably in San Francisco, according to this report, but of course tolerating a degree of discomfort is probably good for the soul. [Curbed] That
SF News Bill Would Move California's 2020 Presidential Primary From June To March A committee hearing a week from now, on April 18, will begin the process of deciding whether to radically move up the date of the California Presidential Primary vote in 2020, finally maybe
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Readings, concerts, a cherry blossom parade, and a Guy Fieri musical. An eclectic mix of activities this week for you to add to your calendar, or to reinforce your FOMO. TUESDAY, APRIL 11
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Scenes From Last Weekend's Lowrider Cruise Tribute To Selena Some Muni bus shelters on Saturday weren't displaying arrival times for buses: Instead, they read "Lowrider Cruise, 4/8 6pm to 9 pm." And cruise they did: The San Francisco Lowrider Council gathered
SF News Teen Driver Plunges Car Into Santa Clara Pool Sometimes it's best to jump in at the deep end of the pool... especially when you're driving a car that would bottom out in the shallow end. That was one shred of luck
SF News Sacramento Police Officer Tackles, Beats Black Man 'For Jaywalking' Posted by Naomi Montaie on Monday, April 10, 2017 Disturbing bystander video circulating on Facebook shows a Sacramento Police Officer tackling and hitting a man, Nandi Cain Jr., who was reportedly stopped for
