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As Lost Weekend Moves Out On Valencia, Partner 1-2-3-4 Go! Records Finds New Home Next Door

Lost Weekend Video has played host to inventory from Oakland's 1-2-3-4 Go! Records since last year when the two announced a partnership. However, things changed when the DVD palace decided to shack up

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Harvest Shop, A Bespoke Artisanal Etc. Etc. Dispensary For A Burgeoning Stoner Bourgeoisie

For some, an edible marijuana treat is a bite of bliss. For others, it's a ticking panic attack time bomb. But for Harvest Shop, the Richmond's newest boutique medical marijuana dispensary, edibles are

High Towing Fees Could Come Down Following Supervisors' Scrutiny

Towing fees in San Francisco are some of the most wildly expensive in the nation, standing at two to three times what you might pay in any other major US city. If one

Day Around The Bay: Marin Reservoirs Reach Capacity

The Board of Supervisors queued up some big questions for the SFMTA today about why towing fees are so high and why so much of those fees go to other projects. [Chron] Did

Supervisor Avalos Wants To Ban Oil Extraction From Public Land That Currently Benefits SF Libraries And Parks

In his 1941 will, local businessman Albert Fuhrman left the city of San Francisco 800 acres of oil land in Kern County. Since then, San Francisco has leased the land to oil companies

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The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

With a nod to the occasionally torrential rains we've got forecast through the weekend, here are some good, mostly indoor events to get you somewhat-out-and-about. TUESDAY, MARCH 8 ECLIPSE VIEWING PARTY: If you

Video: Exploratorium Livestreams Total Solar Eclipse From Micronesia Tonight

According to the Exploratorium, there are just 100 miles in Southeast Asia from which a total Solar Eclipse, the astronomical event of the year, will be visible. Wait, you couldn't get to Micronesia

So NOW We Have A Homelessness Crisis, Supervisor Campos Decides

After seven years on the Board of Supervisors, David Campos woke up this morning and decided that San Francisco had entered a homelessness crisis. Campos' team was up early, too, calling SFist before

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After Sudden Closure, Oakland's Grand Fare Market Will Reopen

Open for just six short weeks before closing suddenly last November, Oakland's sprawling, lofty Grand Fare Market will reopen its doors according to Eater. Operating costs were blamed for the initial closure of

Video: Saint Coltrane Church Celebrates 60 Day Reprieve, Will Seek New Home

The Church of Saint John Coltrane may not be spared completely, but its potentially final service on February 22nd which SFist documented was not, mercifully, to be its last. Fighting for months to

Arts & Entertainment

40-Foot Burning Man Sculpture Formerly On Treasure Island Arrives On Las Vegas Strip

Admirers of the female form in Las Vegas, Nevada will have something new to ogle in "Bliss Dance," a 40-foot tall sculpture wrought from 3,000 feet of stainless steel cable by Marco

[Update] Leaked Internal Searches At Uber Customer Support Show Thousands Of Results For 'Sexual Assault'

Search queries for terms like "rape" and "sexual assault" conducted by a former Uber customer service representative on Uber’s Zendesk customer support platform returned a staggeringly high volume of results. Those were

Day Around The Bay: San Jose Soccer Champ Pledges To Donate Her Brain To Study Of Concussions

This video explains how to affix a beacon to light up your pair of Converse Chuck Taylor's. [SF Egotist] A wrongly-convicted man who spent 20 years in jail can’t sue SF, but

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In SF Food: The Company Opens, Bauer Cares Not For Cadence, And More

SFist wrote this week of Off The Grid's return, Little Baobab's reincarnation, and the opening of a new food hall, The Myriad. Others had more, so let's dive in: If burgers are what

UC Berkeley Reclassifies Master's Degrees As 'Professional' And Bumps Tuition

The difference between an "academic" and a "professional" master's degree may be, well, academic, but such re-designations at UC Berkeley have come with increased tuition for a variety of programs. As the rising

Local Gallery Owner Who Planned Mission Location In 2014 Is Now Flipping Building, Probably For Condo Development

2548 Mission Street, situated between the Alamo Drafthouse / New Mission Theater and the famed Foreign Cinema restaurant is, though a beautiful old building, not protected as a historic resource. Still, Mission Local was

Former Police Officers' Association President Trolls DA's Racism Panel

The three-judge Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability and Fairness set up by District Attorney George Gascón to rout racism and homophobia from the ranks of the SFPD appears to have backfired a

LinkedIn CEO Gives His $14 Million Stock Bonus Back To Employees

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner would like to add millions to the coffers of employees in his professional network. Combing through some filings, Re/code discovered a generous move on Weiner's part, which the

Super Bowl Brought In $8 Million In SF Hotel Taxes

The San Francisco Travel Association this week touted $8.2 million in hotel taxes for San Francisco collected during the controversial Super Bowl 50 of last month. The event of the season was

Pregnant Woman In Napa County Tests Positive For Zika Virus

A pregnant Napa woman has tested positive for the Zika virus. KQED reports that the Napa County Public Health Division and the California Department of Public Health confirmed the case to the public,

Presidio Board Sees Lucas Museum's Legal Problems In Chicago As Crisis Averted

Since George Lucas' $700 million museum of illustrations and graphic art was spurned by San Francisco's Presidio board and shopped around to Chicago in 2014, and since it's mired in lawsuits in its

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SF Brewers Guild Launches Free Monthly Beer Crawl Shuttle

If you've been treating Uber or Lyft as your designated driver while touring breweries about town, well, most of the time you're going to have to keep doing that, but the good news

Asian Art Museum To Add New Wing For 'Cutting Edge' Contemporary Art

The Asian Art Museum, the Chronicle recalls, grew from a wing of the old deYoung in the '60s to its own full-fledged operation in the former San Francisco main library in 2003. And

Body Pulled From Golden Gate Park Lake

A body was discovered today in the southernmost lake of Golden Gate Park's chain of lakes (also known as South Lake), a police spokeswoman tells Bay City News. Police learned of the body