SF News 7-Unit Elbo Room Development Challenged By Discretionary Review Request A redevelopment plan for the Elbo Room space at the corner of Valencia and Sycamore that would add three stories to the existing two-story building to create seven units of housing could be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 22-Year-Old Fulfills Dream Of Opening EDM Bubble Tea Shop Fulfilling a childhood dream he had last year, a young entrepreneur has successfully opened Gosu, an "EDM Themed Tea Bar with Asian American Snack and Dessert Fusion Specialties." Just in case my mom
SF News H-1B Visa Rule Tightening Stokes Fears In Silicon Valley, But Threat Could Be Empty Google CEO sundar pichai at rally at Googleplex "the fight will continue" pic.twitter.com/cZOfn9FiGY— Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) January 30, 2017 A policy guideline from the year 2000 that treats programmers with
SF News Verizon Combining Yahoo And AOL Brands Into New Company Called 'Oath,' God Knows Why Billion+ Consumers, 20+ Brands, Unstoppable Team. #TakeTheOath. Summer 2017. pic.twitter.com/tM3Ac1Wi36— Tim Armstrong (@timarmstrongaol) April 3, 2017 "In the summer of 2017, you can bet we will be launching one of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Woods Beer Co. Turns 5, Debuts 32-Foot Inflatable Slide At Treasure Island Location A post shared by Matt Coelho (@mateobmc) on Apr 1, 2017 at 7:39pm PDT Woods Beer Co., whose original Cervecería location on 18th Street at the corner of Dolores Park celebrates its
SF News Luxury Apartment Ad Declares Bayview 'The Next Mission,' And Supervisor Cohen Is Not Having It Advertisements for a luxury housing development in the Bayview that celebrate the idea of the neighborhood becoming "the next Mission" have been pulled after they rankled Bayview residents like Supervisor Malia Cohen. In
SF News Dolores Park Predictably Trashed Over Warm Weekend, Rec And Parks Calls Behavior 'Appalling' #DoloresPark neighbors say crowds enjoying the #sunny weekend are #trashing the park. pic.twitter.com/UjtEe2Vjq3— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) April 3, 2017 Temperatures soared to 73 degrees on Saturday and Dolores Park was,
SF News How Uber Games Its Drivers To Get Them To Drive More Uber makes no secret of its ambitions to replace human drivers ASAP, testing autonomous cars in a highly public manner. But for the moment, and even for the next decade, the ride-hailing company
SF News Day Around The Bay: Bay Area Drivers Would Pay More In Taxes To Ease Congestion Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The Bay Area-shot 13 Reasons Why drops on Netflix
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Craftsman And Wolves Opening Bayview Doughnut Shop, Bauer Still Digs Outerlands, And More This week, the SFist food bureau broke news of Black Jet Baking Co.'s soft opening in Bernal Heights, had the word on Mersea, a restaurant bound for Treasure Island, and news of
SF News Text This Number, And SFMOMA Will Send You Images From Its Collection By Keyword A new image search function created by SFMOMA makes Google image search look like a service for philistines. Art enthusiasts with some free time on their hands and no one to text are
SF News Uber Exec Accused Of Stealing Google Self-Driving Car Secrets Pleads Fifth Over Criminal Charges Concerns Anthony Levandowski, an Uber executive whom CEO Travis Kalanick once called his "brother from another mother," is asserting his Fifth Amendment rights in a lawsuit filed by his former employer, Google. Levandowski's lawyers
SF News Bluegogo Bikeshare Pulling All Cycles Scattered About SF Streets Oh and anther one!! But this #bluegogo isn't looking too hot 😨 pic.twitter.com/zJweXMi3mO— girlonabike (@girl_on_bike) March 26, 2017 Chinese bike share company Bluegogo caused quite a stir when it
SF News 'Tech Bar And Lounge' Applies For Liquor License In Former Oakland SRO A former single-resident occupancy hotel in Oakland that's being renovated by an upstart San Francisco real estate company could sport a literally luxe first floor bar and lounge. According to an East Bay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Black Jet Baking Co. Now Softly Open In Bernal Heights A post shared by Ritual Coffee Roasters (@ritualcoffee) on Mar 29, 2017 at 3:49pm PDT The ovens are back on at 833 Cortland Avenue in Bernal Heights. Black Jet Baking Co., who
SF News BooBoo, NorCal Cat Who Disappeared 4 Years Ago, Found Healthy, Happy In Canada Late Friday night, Ashley Aleman of Watsonville, California got a call she wasn't expecting: The Guelph Humane Society of Ontario, Canada rang her up to say that her cat, BooBoo, was safe at
SF News Poll Says Nearly Half Of Bay Area Millennials Are Looking To Leave 46 percent of Millennials want out of the Bay Area "in the next few years" according to a poll released today by the business-backed Bay Area Council, and although that may sound like
SF News This Year's 4/20 Will Indeed Be City-Permitted For The 1st Time Marijuana clouds are on the horizon: 4/20 approaches in less than a month, and this year, for the first time in San Francisco, the city will be permitting the annual smoke-in at
SF News Day Around The Bay: City May Consider Official 4/20 Sponsor Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Once again, the main sale of Burning Man tickets
SF News Ugh: Lyft CEO Declares 'We're Woke' As customers give Uber hell over a steady stream of recent scandals, its distant second in the American ride-hailing market, Lyft, has been the beneficiary of tremendous good will, ride-hail dollars, and app
Arts & Entertainment TJ Miller Mansplains Mainsplaining In Full 'Silicon Valley' Season 4 Trailer Silicon Valley is back on April 23rd with a fourth season on HBO, meaning the series has officially outlasted most startups. Creator Mike Judge infuses his comedy with careful details and research, making
SF News Cannabis Flower Crown Arrives Just In Time For Coachella The flower crown, a go-to accessory for Coachella fashionistas, has its share of critics. Flower crowns are basic, they've been done, but hey, at least they're not Native American headdresses. Now there's good
SF News [Update] Mission Street's Thrift Town Is Closed For Good Thrift Town, a secondhand store of treasures untold, is closing for good on Friday according to Mission Mission. A Thrift Town employee wouldn't confirm the closure to SFist, and we've left a message
SF News Bill Giving Cities Option To Extend Bar Hours To 4 A.M. Passes Committee State Senator Scott Wiener's bill that would allow cities to decide if bars and clubs may serve alcohol past the current 2 a.m. statewide last call has passed a first test: The
Arts & Entertainment Solange Will Grace SFMOMA's Birthday Bash In April Her sister Beyonce headlines venues like Levi's Stadium, but Solange is apparently more at home in a museum setting. A year ago in April, SFMOMA threw open its doors to show off the
