SF News SFPD Union Opposes New Plans For Officer Shields, Use Of Force In the days following the San Francisco Police Department's caught-on-video shooting of stabbing suspect Mario Woods, a lot of the discussion centered around what SFPD policies need to change to prevent fatal use
SF News Brass-Knuckled Kidnappers Beat SF Man, Steal His Gun A San Francisco man is recovering after a terrifying, hours-long ordeal during which he was beaten, kidnapped, and robbed of his gun. It all started at around 11 p.m. Thursday, KRON4 reports,
SF News Driver Who Allegedly Sped Down Wrong Side Of Road Arrested After Fatally Striking Cyclist A driver is behind bars this morning after police say that he struck and killed a cyclist while speeding down the wrong side of a narrow San Francisco street. According to the San
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Social Media Postings Could Tank Visitors' Visas Are you a carpool lane cheat? [SFist] Unicorn comms startup Twilio is in talks to rent 92,000 square feet in a former SoMa post office. [SF Business Times] Elderly women attacked near
SF News Survey: Mayor Lee's Approval Ratings Plummet, Majority Says SF Is 'Pretty Seriously Off-Track' A survey conducted by the polling company regularly used by Ed Lee to demonstrate support for his plans and proposals has some bad news for the San Francisco Mayor: His approval ratings are
SF News Early-Morning Fight On Haight Street Ends In SF's 48th Homicide of 2015 One man is dead and another injured after an argument at the foot of Haight Street turned violent Saturday morning. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers were called to Haight Street
SF News Muni Light Rail Vehicle Strikes Woman Between Tunnels A woman was taken to San Francisco General Hospital Sunday morning, after she was struck by a Muni light rail vehicle near Duboce Park. Bay City News reports that the woman was struck
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Has The Bay Area Has Repurposed 'Hapa'? Your weekend ICYMI: The names of the SFPD Officers who shot Mario Woods have been released, hoverboard SantaConner pronounced dubious king, driver in San Jose nearly impaled by massive steel beam, and hundreds
SF News Sunday Morning Coming Down: Germans 'Dislike' Facebook Catch up on your SF food news, because we all gotta eat! [SFist] It's super windy out. [KRON4] The Bay Area mourns as the Warriors' amazing winning streak comes to an end. [SF
SF News Saturday Morning Special: Brace For SantaCon, Which Stumbles On Today Everyone brace, it's SantaCon today. [SFist] Stanford researchers are working on a Shazam for earthquakes. [KRON] Twenty-unit building with no parking planned for Capp between 21st and 22nd. [SocketSite] The Sunset Holiday Mercantile
SF News Fatal Shooting In Bernal Heights Is San Francisco's 47th Homicide For 2015 A shooting on a quiet Bernal Heights street has led to San Francisco's 47th homicide for the year, taking us well past 2014's total number of slayings. Bay City News reported Wednesday that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Drink For The Kids At These Official Golden State Warriors Watch Parties The Golden State Warriors are at a bonkers 23-0 for the season, and are hoping to make it 24-0 when they play the Boston Celtics tonight. But with tickets to home games nearly
SF News Two Pedestrians Struck Within 10 Minutes Thursday Two women are recovering this morning, after they were struck by drivers in two separate collisions across San Francisco Thursday night. At 6:38 p.m. Thursday, a 35-year-old woman was struck in
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Airbnb's Endgame Who would you like to see play at Outside Lands in 2016? [SFist] Alleged chinchilla thief busted in Union City. [KRON4] [The Awl] mulls "The Airbnb Endgame." Yahoo loses another major exec. [re/
SF News Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Gives Birth To Identical Twin Girls Though rumors continue to swirl around the company she helms, Marissa Mayer has something to smile about today: The Yahoo CEO announced early this morning that she gave birth to identical twin girls.
SF News Video: Rescue Crews Use 'Snout Mask' To Save Dog Pulled From Oakland Blaze #dogrescue OAK FF's save dog from house fire last night on 85th, perform rescue breathing. Check FB for more info pic.twitter.com/AU4YM2ha65— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 9, 2015 An Oakland dog
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Announces Dates For 2016 Though we we don't know who'll be playing at 2016's manifestation of the Outside Lands music (and more, they claim) festival, we do know when they will be playing: August 5-7, festival organizers
Arts & Entertainment YouTube's 2015 Rewind Is Here To Remind You Of All The Viral Timewasters You'd Forgotten I was prepared to be cynical about YouTube's 2015 Rewind, which is intended to "celebrate the videos, people, music and moves that made 2015." But this year's video, from SF studio Portal A
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: SF Is Bad For Engineers Paris-based hotel operator to buy company that owns the Fairmont. [Bloomberg] New logo for Google Ventures. [Wired] [Cnet] mulls the fall of Yahoo. Adopt an Oakland pet, get a remarkable portrait of the
SF News Garbage Truck Ordeal: Sleeping Bay Area Man Crushed In Trash Compactor (Twice!) A Bay Area man underwent a pretty crushing experience Monday, when he was dumped into a garbage truck while sleeping peacefully in a dumpster behind a Fremont restaurant. A Fremont Police spokesperson says
SF News Soon You Will Pay Even More To Ride Caltrain Caltrain riders will be shelling out more to use the transit agency next year, after their Board of Directors approved a significant increase for tickets and parking fees. In a press release sent
Arts & Entertainment Grumpy Cat Comes To SF To Meet Her Animatronic Doppelgänger Self-described "internet sensation" Grumpy Cat has been charming computer users with her signature pout since 2012, but now you have one more place to view her cranky visage: An animatronic version of the
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Peskin's Back, Baby My Indiana Pacers made a valiant effort last night, but nothing seems able to stop the mighty Golden State warriors, which are now 23-0. [Associated Press] Uber launches food ordering service in Toronto.
SF News Mayor: Video Of SFPD Officers Shooting Mario Woods 'Raised Questions' Five days after the fatal shooting of a stabbing suspect by five San Francisco Police Department officers was caught on video, SF Mayor Ed Lee has released a statement on the death that
SF News Woman In Wheelchair Slashed In The Neck At Ninth And Mission A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday, after he allegedly stabbed a 58-year-old woman in the neck as she sat in her wheelchair. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the woman was on
