Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>Sweeney Todd</i> At SF Opera My esteemed colleague Cedric recently suggested that SF Opera's recent staging of a production detailing "the evil scheming of a morally corrupt upper class against the noble instincts and the steady moral compass
SF News SFPD Seeks Cadillac Driver After Conflict With Cyclist Another day, another story of conflict between a cyclist and a driver, I guess? Today's tale in this city battling over regulations for bike riders involves a Cadillac, an allegedly sideswiped cyclist, and
SF News Are These San Francisco's Noisiest Neighborhoods? When real estate industry website Trulia set out to map the noisiest neighborhoods in San Francisco, they did so by pulling "about five years" of "police data on noise complaints," they say. But
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Ragged Tenderloin Flag San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks has pleaded not guilty to sexual battery. [Associated Press] Tattered flag at Hyde Street post office draws complaints. [ABC7] Driscoll's Mortuary has gone green. [Mission Local] The
SF News Suspects In Bayview Shooting Flee On Muni Bus When you consider how you'd flee after a crime, it's unlikely that a Muni bus would top your list. After all, it's slow, unreliable, and never there when you need it. And yet,
SF News Video: Alleged Critical Mass Road Rage Cyclist Spotted In The Wild 39-year-old Ian Hespelt, aka the alleged Critical Mass Road Rage Cyclist might be one of San Francisco's most recognizable figures: Between the much-viewed video of his alleged attack on a ZipCar during August's
SF News SF Man Arrested, Dog Saved After Rescue From Sailboat At Ocean Beach Two men and dog rescued from sailboat by NPS and @USPP_SFFO. One man was arrested for outstanding warrants. pic.twitter.com/XEFBEs1aic— Golden Gate NRA (@GoldenGateNPS) September 28, 2015 Two men and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where To Get Free/Cheap 'National Coffee Day' Coffee Tuesday The National [Something] Day trend is a marketing-driven scourge that is typically met with eye-rolls and unkind remarks in the SFist (virtual) office. That said, cheap coffee is cheap coffee, right? So here's
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: SF's Free Diaper Plan [ThinkProgress] claims that "nobody is talking about" homeless people in SF aged 18-24. San Francisco plans to spend about $479,000 annually to distribute diapers monthly to families in need. [Al Jazeera] Uncertainty
SF News Behold, The Chronicle's Damningly Tepid Endorsement Of Mayor Ed Lee We've all been scolded "if you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all" at one time or another, haven't we? Of course, that admonishment doesn't apply when you work in the
SF News Airbnb's $8 Million And More: SF Campaign Fundraising, By The Numbers As things ramp up towards November's election in San Francisco, big money has been flooding in and out of the offices of some hotly-contested (in most cases) local campaigns. Want to take a
SF News After Threatening Fliers Appear In The Mission, Tech Workers Reportedly Change Their Clothes Anyone who's surprised that there's tension between those who've recently moved to San Francisco for jobs in the tech industry and those who lived here before this new wave arrived — well, you're probably
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: BART Ticket Theft Scandal Your weekend ICYMI: An exploding transformer and a raccoon took out power to San Francisco, man attacks Muni, and a fire in SoMa. Your Saturday and Sunday links. BART's keeping mum after a
SF News Exploding Transformer, Errant Raccoon Knock Out Power To Thousands Of San Franciscans Huge swaths of San Francisco found themselves without power Saturday, after two separate incidents — one caused by a transformer that exploded, the other caused by a raccoon — took out lines across the city.
SF News Sunday Morning Coming Down: 100 Year Old BART Rider Hiro Takahashi of San Mateo celebrated his 100th birthday by taking his first-ever [BART] ride. Australian shocked by Twitter's "dodgy" neighborhood. [News.com.au] Lincoln High School turns 75. [SF Examiner] Trouble at
Arts & Entertainment Video: Man Attempts To Beat Muni Bus Into Submission, Fails Without context, this video posted to YouTube on Friday remains a curious non sequitur: an enraged man repeatedly bashes a 30 Stockton Muni bus while yelling such threats as "I'll fucking kill you.
SF News SFFD Quickly Extinguishes Showy SoMa Blaze It took the San Francisco Fire Department about half-an-hour to control a dramatic-looking SoMa fire Friday night, after flames broke out between two buildings. According to tweets from the SFFD union, the two-alarm
SF News Saturday Morning Special: SF Chronicle Loses Key Player SFPD says that the pick-up truck used by a driver to strike and seriously injure a pedestrian two weeks ago was a "sonic blue" 2001-2005 model year Ford Ranger. [Bay City News] Huge,
SF News Today In Bay Area Dead Whales: Juvenile Gray Whale Washes Up In Wildlife Refuge In the fifth such incident since April, a "badly decomposed" whale turned up on a Bay Area beach late Wednesday, this one at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. East
SF News Palo Alto Library-Goers Freak Out Over Bedbug Infestation Some patrons of Palo Alto's public library are scratching themselves silly, after reports of bedbug sightings at a local branch have them worried they got a side dish of "parasite" when they checked
SF News It's Official: As Of October, There Will Be No Gun Shops In San Francisco Though legislation from Supervisor Mark Farrell proposing that all gun sales in San Francisco be videotaped has yet to pass, San Francisco's last remaining gun shop isn't waiting to see how things turns
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Airbnb Goes Up Against San Francisco An unbecoming ruckus at the D3 Supe candidates' debate. [SF Weekly] Apple fans are excited about the progress made on the company's new Union Square location. [Apple Insider] How Airbnb is fighting San
SF News Video: Mayor Ed Lee's Vision For San Francisco Hey, what are you up to for the next hour and seven minutes? Want to watch Mayor Ed Lee face the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board? Then do I have a video for
SF News Bomb Squad, Distressed Teens Make For Crazy Day At Ocean Beach National Park Service crews were in the right place at the right time Wednesday, when beach patrol units who were staking out a military flare that had washed up on Ocean Beach were
SF News Critical Mass Cyclists On Possible Highway To Hell Friday, As They Mix With AC/DC Fans This Friday is the first Critical Mass bike ride since August's road rage altercation, but this month's riders have even more to deal with than increasingly negative public perception of their event: Legions
