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Amazon Tests Out 30-Hour Workweek For Some Employees

Amazon's latest innovation isn't a new subscription program or e-book reader: It's a 30-hour work week for certain employees on technical teams, the Washington Post reveals. A few dozen workers at the Seattle,

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Old Devil Moon Rises For Beer, Po' Boys, And Cocktails In Bernal

Business partners Chris Cohen, Andrew Kelly, Ericka Shell, Will Marshall, and Carson Beker, are not, as you might guess from the slightly satanic atmosphere they've concocted at their new bar Old Devil Moon,

Google's Waze-Based Carpool App Launching In San Francisco, To Compete With Uber

Google may have hoped to wade gently into the ride-hailing waters jealously guarded by San Francisco's Uber and Lyft, but news today that its Waze-based carpool app will be expanding to San Francisco

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Photo Du Jour: Bernal Rock Becomes Poop Emoji

The locally famous Bernal Heights rock, a frequently painted and re-painted neighborhood gem, is starting to get sh***y. During primary season, you may recall, the landmark was claimed by fans of Bernie

Shuttle Bus Operator Bauer's Adding 30 Vehicles To SF Fleet Despite Contested Muni Stop Permit

Shuttle Bus operator Bauer's Intelligent Transportation, whose black, monolithic motor coaches carry employees from clients like Cisco, Zynga, and Electronic Arts, plans to add 30 vehicles to its already sizable fleet, expanding service

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Architect's Pretty Sketches Of Bay Area Landmarks Build A Following

It may not be Follow Friday just yet, but Dan Hogman's Instagram account and Facebook page are worth a Like any day of the week for lovers of Bay Area architecture, cool drawings,

How Tenants Who Fight Evictions Can Land On Renter Blacklists (Even If They Win)

If you, like Denise Barton and her young twin daughters, are evicted from an apartment in California, like they were from theirs in the Outer Richmond, you can fight... but she chose not

Due To Faulty Counters, Muni Ridership Numbers Have Been Wrong For At Least Two Years

According to automatic passenger counters, between fiscal years 2014 and 2015 ridership declined on Muni motor coaches by by 3.4 percent and on trolley coaches by 7.3 percent. Wait, what? Muni

49ers' Kaepernick Will Continue To Sit During National Anthem To 'Stand With The People'

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the now 28-year old player who rose to prominence during the 2012 season when he led his team to the Super Bowl, ended his 2015 season in relative disgrace,

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Watch Black Rock City Rise On This Burning Man Live Stream

You are not, at this moment, in the middle of a desert in Nevada having a life-altering experience. But you're in luck! Among the most genuinely exciting aspects of Burning Man — watching an

Bill To Promote Whale Safety Amid Rising Fishing Gear Entanglements Heads To Governor's Desk

State Senator Mike McGuire has responded to a record number of whales entrapped by debris such as crab fishing gear along the California coast with a bill that would create a regulatory program

City Attorney: HUD Was Wrong To Reject SF Anti-Gentrification Plan

City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying into federal housing officials who rejected a San Francisco policy this month, the Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, that would have set aside 40 percent of all

Secret Service Believes Bay Area To Be Counterfeit Cash Hub

Earlier this month, KTVU reported that the Secret Service had noticed an uptick in fake bills likely produced by offset printing — a process that requires a large press and is regarded as sophisticated.

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Watch This Short Documentary About An Art Gallerist In 'The Greatest Neighborhood In San Francisco,' The Tenderloin

"You are in this city that is so vibrant and full of everything, what are you doing to be a part of that?" Carson Lancaster asks in an interview with San Francisco Arts

Massive Condo Development Coming To 1001 Van Ness, Former KRON 4 HQ

KRON 4 said in 2014 that its parent company would put 1001 Van Ness (at O'Farrell), previously its mothership, on the market, as Socketsite wrote at that time. You know what would be

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Berkeley Synthetic Milk Startup Says They've Found The 'Whey' To Make Good Vegan Cheese

The race to find the hot new milk — the one cool coffee shops start serving, the one protective parents insist their children only drink — can sometimes feel as heated a contest as, I

Study: Berkeley Sugary Drink Tax Led To 21% Decrease In Soda Consumption Among Low-Income Residents

A first-in-the-nation tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (of just a penny per ounce) was having its intended effect a mere four months after implementation in Berkeley according to a study published in The American

Uber Is Testing Pre-Paid, Flat-Rate Rides, And They're Already Sold Out In SF

Maybe you, like I, received a notification from Uber regarding “Uber Plus,” a new subscription service that Forbes reports is intended to foster customer loyalty. Did you act fast? In San Francisco, Uber

Hayes Valley Shepard Fairey Mural Already Tagged With Graffiti

In what is either a brilliant exploration of the line between graffiti tagging and public art, or else a typical case of a couple of dudes with too much time and spray paint

Day Around The Bay: Dept. Of Interior Says Presidio Trust Wasn't Biased Against Lucas Museum

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. It's the two year anniversary of the Napa quake,

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Marianne's, Chic Private Techie Bar, Now Open To The Hoi Polloi

It was in 2013 that Marianne's, the semi-secret bar within the Cavalier at the Hotel Zetta, was dubbed "The secret S.F. room where tech deals get made" by the Business Times. The

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Make Your Own Frank Chu Sign With This Meme Generator

Frank Chu gives special meaning to the word "ubiquitous." This is weird, but it kind of makes me feel at home to know that somewhere on Market Street at pretty much any given

Peter Thiel Now Funding A Startup To Fund Third-Party Lawsuits

Did you know that we're in a bubble? No, not a technology bubble, you overeducated ninny. “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” Peter Thiel, the Paypal co-founder, Facebook

Scott Wiener's State Senate Campaign Received $30K In Donations From Strip Clubs

In his heated bid for State Senate, Supervisor Scott Wiener raised more than $1 million by June, making the contest with Supervisor Jane Kim already the most expensive in the history of the

Turn This Nine-Bedroom Dolores Street Home Into An Ersatz Hotel, Says Broker On Craigslist

"Dolores Park, Whole Foods... everything's around here," says real estate Broker Bill Harkins as he introduces possible tenants to 283 Dolores Street in a video tour of the space. But what's going on