SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Escape From Alcatraz Swimmers Fear Sharks SF doesn't have enough haunted houses (the Halloween fun kind, not the "real" kind), which is why Jay's report on the one at the Armory is imperative. [SFist] UCSF doctor urges hospitals to
SF News Day Around The Bay: What People Leave On BART The deadly and destructive Valley Fire that burned nearly 2,000 structures and killed four people will end costing more than $1.5 billion. [KRON4] "We have an establishment-backed mayor, Ed Lee, running
SF News FBI Shames Jowls Of SF Bank Robber I've written about a lot of bank heists over the years, and if I had one piece of advice for aspiring robbers, it's this: Make sure there is absolutely nothing remarkable about your
SF News Outer Sunset Photographer Busted For Child Porn, Tourist-Area Upskirts The San Francisco Police Department is asking anyone who might have had contact with an Outer Sunset photographer to come forward after they say they discovered thousands of images and videos depicting children
Arts & Entertainment Woman Scores $1 Million Scratcher At One Of SF's Sketchiest Safeways The Safeway at 350 Bay Street has a pretty tarnished reputation, from incidents that got it named one of SF's "sketchiest" earlier this year to CW Nevius' report last month that shoplifters steal
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: No Mayoral Endorsement At SF Examiner Is it reasonable to assume that someone who has been locked in a closet for 57 days, after being kidnapped, brutalized, raped, abused, then they say 'You're going to rob a bank now.
Arts & Entertainment What's Going On Here, Backpacked Muni Clinger? Man hops onto the front of a Transbay Terminal bus in San Francisco. http://t.co/ozKAdJcGyy (Photo via Yvonne Pham) pic.twitter.com/Oa79fOKihJ— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) October 14, 2015 The
SF News Alleged Golden Gate Park Killers Appear In Court, May Face The Death Penalty As the trio of drifters accused of killing a Marin hiker and a Golden Gate Park backpacker made their first court appearance, some San Francisco residents are telling police that the suspects represent
SF News Video: Terrifying Snake Slithers Through SF Street When San Francisco Police Department officers were called to the so-called Design District Tuesday night, the crime they were responding to wasn't one of fashion...unless you have an objection to snakeskin. CBS5
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: East Bay Shaken By Series Of Quakes Here's a book about the cost overruns on the Bay Bridge, just some fun reading if your life doesn't feel bleak enough as-is. [CityLab] San Franciscans gathered in bars last night to watch
SF News SFPD Investigating Sexual Assault, Rooftop Suicide At San Francisco Marriott Marquis San Francisco's Marriott Marquis hotel is under scrutiny this week, after a man jumped to his death from its roof a few hours before a housekeeper was discovered sexually assaulted and nearly dead
SF News $5 Million Lawsuit After Giant Fisherman's Wharf Area Pine Cone Crushes Man's Skull A photo posted by Eve Batey (@evelb) on Jul 22, 2015 at 4:31pm PDT Surely I'm not the only person who assumed that the above sign, posted to a fence at an
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Is DA Gascon Tough Enough? More on why BMW's car-sharing business tanked in SF. [Fortune] [Inc] says that "The tech bus wars may be close to a truce." SF's City Hall will be hosting this year's Golden State
SF News Twitter Laying Off 8% Of Workforce, CEO Says 'This Isn't Easy. But It Is Right.' [Updated] Made some tough but necessary decisions that enable Twitter to move with greater focus and reinvest in our growth. http://t.co/BWd7EiGAF2— Jack (@jack) October 13, 2015 "New" Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
Arts & Entertainment SF Chronicle Reports That The SF Chronicle's Owners Are Responsible For Killing Off Beloved Dive Bar Dave's Six days ago, an SFist reader named Katy emailed me about the closing of Dave's, the much-loved downtown-area bar that will die on December 31. "Can anything be done about Dave's?" she asked.
SF News Man Killed, Storefronts Shattered In Sunday Morning Shooting Bullets ripped through multiple storefronts in San Francisco's Ocean View neighborhood Sunday morning, during a fatal shooting that is San Francisco's 40th homicide of 2015. According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer
SF News Cyclist Dies In Market Street Collision With Muni Bus SFPD: Bicyclist was a 48 year old male, riding between two buses in the same direction. pic.twitter.com/RqDptRbLBG— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) October 12, 2015 One cyclist is dead and another injured
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Women Left Out At Oracle Event Your weekend ICYMI: A possible East Bay high school shooting was thwarted, CA has a bunch of new pot rules, and Obama was in SF giving advice to Kanye, a great white shark
SF News Sunday Morning Coming Down: Should The F-Market Get Bigger? Prefab housing (as the Midwest refers to the assembly-line homes that make up many a faceless development) hits San Francisco, and the Mayor seems thrilled. [SF Chronicle] Unnamed SF teen, what were you
SF News Saturday Morning Special: Mayor Passive-Aggressively Passes Tenant Protections Hang on, only three of the Best Bars In The World are in SF? The only explanation is that this listmaker is punishing us for losing Dave's and Zeke's. [SFist] President Obama has
Arts & Entertainment Hundreds And Hundreds Of Corgis To Take Over Ocean Beach Saturday A photo posted by Janette (@janette_tang) on Jun 28, 2015 at 12:55am PDT For all of you who freaked out when you realized you missed June's Corgi Con on Ocean Beach,
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The SF Zoo's Adorable Lion Cub Wants His Tummy Rubbed You guys, it's another one of those weeks. Isn't it? I can tell from the comments that a lot of you are feeling ground down, too. That's why, as I was penning reports
SF News Arrest Made After Woman Is Shot To Death In Mason Street Supportive Housing Shortly after a woman was fatally shot in a residence near Union Square and the Westfield Mall, police detained a man they described as "a person of interest." Thursday afternoon, the San Francisco
SF News 'Lost Souls' On Crime Spree Allegedly Killed Woman In Golden Gate Park Saturday, Marin Hiker Monday In a strange and shocking twist, late Thursday night the San Francisco Police Department announced that they believe they have found the people responsible for killing Canadian backpacker Audrey Carey in Golden Gate
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Supe Backtracks On Dismissal Of Bad SF Landlords There is much disagreement with our list of the 10 most scenic Muni lines! [SFist] Man allegedly flies from SFO to Boston with 100 pounds of weed in his luggage. [Boston.com] District