SF News Video: 4 Injured In Skater Brawl In Justin Herman Plaza Multiple people were injured Friday when a brawl broke out in Justin Herman Plaza. The above video shot by a vendor who sells t-shirts shows some of the carnage (before she ducks to
SF News Musk Calls 'BS' On 'Quotes' In New Biography "My mentality is that of a samurai," Elon Musk told a potential investor according to a new biography, adding, "I would rather commit seppuku than fail.” But some things are too good to
SF News Why Is Berkeley Installing Cash Donation Boxes To Support The Homeless? A very Berkeley initiative approved by the Berkeley City Council called The Positive Change program aims to make giving to resources for the homeless as easy as it is to give to them
SF News In New Deal, The New York Times Will Publish Some Articles Directly To Facebook In a deal that is expected to be announced Wednesday and has been anticipated for some time, the New York Times will publish select articles directly to Facebook, a place where news is
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week See and be seen at these select San Francisco shows, parties, and events. You know, because you can't read the Internet all the time. TUESDAY, MAY 12 THEATER CONVO: Carey Perloff, a passionate
SF News Sidecar To Deliver Medical Marijuana, Become The Real Uber Of Pot Sidecar, a service that's something of a rideshare wars also-ran when compared with Lyft and Uber, has perhaps as a result of its position been fairly experimental with its business. The company has
SF News Leap's Private Buses Continue To Hurdle Regulations Leap drives fast and breaks things, so to speak, with the Chronicle reporting that the private bus company has outmaneuvered regulation at every turn and currently occupies a "gray area" in which it
SF News Day Around The Bay: SF's Black Population Among Lowest Of US Cities The Hapa Ramen scandal, now as fully explained as it probably will or need be. [Eater] A judge ruled against Google lawyer and infamous Mission evictor Jack Halperin. [Mission Local] Here are renderings
SF News New Biography Says Elon Musk Thinks Male Employees Should Miss Their Children's Births Elon Musk is so good because he's so crazy. But that also means he's crazy. Let's leave the potential for sarcasm open here — the man's Twitter avatar is a Dr. Evil / Dr. No
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Tour A.C.T.'s Brand New Strand Theater It's a new opening curtain at The Strand (1117 Market at 7th), the American Conservatory Theater's new second home on Market Street. Or it would be, only the gorgeous stage doesn't have a
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Recap: The Monkey's Paw "Night sweats can be a precursor to bedwetting, and that is very serious." That's Richard's bad doctor, the kind that's been popular in comedies for some time and whose medical advice is best
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Blue Bottle Bows Out At Ferry Building Farmer's Market, Plans Two New Locations San Francisco raked in a few awards from the James Beard Foundation this week, so first, congrats all around on those. We also heard an update on Bon Marché Brasserie from AQ restaurateur
SF News Video: Crucial Update On 'Rubbish' The Wandering Sea Lion Pup (And His Checkered Past) As we navigate the storm-tossed seas of life and the internet, it's with an oceanic depth of "feels" that we recall Rubbish, the rescued sea lion who last week gave us a glimmer
SF News A Mission Development Moratorium Would Stall 1,100 Housing Units A temporary moratorium measure on market-rate development in the Mission District that Supervisor David Campos introduced to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday would, according to the Business Times, stall around 1,100
SF News Day Around The Bay: Could Narrower Streets Solve SF Housing Crisis? Smash-and-grab season continues, and this time one was caught on video. [KRON 4] Some more details and figures for the “floor plan,” and timing of the massive Pier 70 development. [Socketsite] A man
SF News Score This Electromagnetic Field-Blocking Paranoia Chamber For Just $8.6 Million Unit 4 at 2170 Jackson Street is a safe space for the concerned and electromagnetically sensitive among us. Though it was sold back in 2007, it was still, as Curbed puts it, a
SF News Video: Off To The Santa Cruz Drone Races As long as you aren't flying them around the Golden Gate Bridge (you're not supposed to do that, guys) or attacking or spying on someone with yours, drones are a nifty hobby. Tinkerers
Arts & Entertainment 40-Foot Burning Man Sculpture Getting Removed From Treasure Island According to a Facebook event to bid farewell to the 40-foot tall dancing woman sculpture that's graced Treasure Island since 2011, a previous de-rusting didn't fully protect the piece from sea breezes, and
Arts & Entertainment Here Are The Roles Being Cast For That Mission-Based TV Pilot '94110' The in-production TV pilot 94110 that was casting in the Mission recently has been relatively hush-hush about its vision, allowing rampant speculation. Many have expressed their distaste for the project Mission Local even
SF News Uber Surged Big-Time During Wednesday's BART Delays Uber has promised not to gouge "surge" their ride prices during storms and other emergencies, a promise it may not always be keeping. But during a BART shitstorm such as yesterday's track deformity
SF News Google's Canopied Campus Dreams Dashed By Mountain View City Council It was just around midnight last night that the Mountain View City Council rebuffed Google's new attempt at town domination. This means that Google's recently revealed dreams of creating a game-changing piece of
SF News Microsoft Revealed As Second Company Bidding For Salesforce A week ago it was reported that Salesforce.com Inc., the largest employer in San Francisco's tech sector, was at work with financial advisers after receiving takeover offers. At that time, sources said
Arts & Entertainment McSweeney's Launches Kickstarter With Loopy Prizes Like Notes From Spike Jonze And Insults From The Onion “For 15 years now, it’s been a break-even operation,” founder Dave Eggers said of his small, Mission District-based publishing house McSweeney's, in an interview with the New York Times last October. “I’
SF News Renderings: Giants Double Affordable Housing, Lower Heights For Huge Planned Development At Mission Rock Yesterday the San Francisco Giants submitted a ballot measure to the city attorney for their development at Mission Rock, the stadium parking site where they foresee a 28-acre mixed-development. So, take a good
SF News Day Around The Bay: What Did Mark Twain Really Think Of SF? The last thing Silicon Valley needs is a Hollywood-like “Silicon Valley” sign, and yet... [Chron] [SFmag]. You can buy Steve Jobs’ old business cards, if you're inclined to pay thousands for them. [SFGate]
