SF News [Updated] SFPD Chief On Racist Texting Scandal: 'Everybody Has Bias' "I have bias, everybody has bias." -- San Francisco Police Department Chief Greg Suhr speaking before SF's Public Safety Committee, Thursday, April 2 SFPD Chief Greg Suhr hasn't had an easy time of
SF News SF's Third Fatal Fire This Year: Elderly Man Killed In North Beach Blaze An elderly man was killed in a North Beach fire Thursday night, the third fatal blaze in San Francisco this year. According to the San Francisco Fire Department, crews were called to 1050
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Swimming From Tokyo To SF "Are San Francisco Housing Prices Foreshadowing The Next Global Financial Downturn?" asks [Seeking Alpha]. That self-driving car that left SF the weekend-before-last has made it to New York. [Associated Press] A 19-year-old SF
SF News Did You Feel This Morning's 3.6 Magnitude Earthquake? According to the US Geological Survey, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area early this morning, shaking folks in San Francisco, down the peninsula, and as far north as Vacaville. The
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Google's $500 Million Stock Split The SFFD has refused to toughen its alcohol testing rules. [SF Chronicle] Two separate planes leave SFO, have to flip it back around after in-flight troubles. [KRON4] Tech reporters blew the Meerkat story
SF News San Francisco Spends $16,000 On Jokey Video About Sewage System If you were the boss of San Francisco, how much would you allow an agency you oversee to spend on a rap video about SF's sewers? $20? $100? $500? How about $16,000?
SF News Video: Man Goes After San Francisco Cab Driver In Bizarre Padlock Attack At first, the below video seems like nothing special — it's a cab driver's dashcam, capturing what appears to be a peaceful fare in downtown San Francisco. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, violence. It
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Tech-Powered Think Tank Looms A squirrel knocked out power to 5000 Santa Clara residents Tuesday night. [KRON4] Ron Conway and Sean Parker are launching a "tech-powered think tank". First up: those pesky redwood forests! [SF Business Times]
SF News Arrests Made In Double Homicide At SF Playground Two shot and killed at Crocker Amazon park. More later... pic.twitter.com/Gh8lX1LHsJ— Mike Koozmin (@MikeKoozmin) March 9, 2015 Two men have been arrested in a shooting at a popular San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment Video: R2-D2 Rolls Around San Francisco, Looking For Love What is it about R2-D2 that makes him feel so human? Because, honestly, he's just a beeping trash can with wheels, right? But as every Star Wars fan knows, he's as "real" and
SF News Victim Shot As San Francisco's Home Invasion Wave Continues A man was sent to San Francisco General Hospital with gunshot wounds Friday, after he was shot as robbers raided his McAllister Street home. San Francisco's seen a large number of home invasion
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Do Restaurants Need Tablecloths To Be Good? Willie Brown reminds you that he doesn't like places without tablecloths (Subway obviously excepted). [Inside Scoop] What Muni can learn from "elitist" private bus services like Leap. [Wired] It's apparently hard to get
SF News 'Spirit In The Sky' Songwriter Critically Injured In NorCal Crash A motorcyclist is dead and a two people are in critical condition after a collision on a Santa Rosa street Saturday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol, one of those injured was
SF News SF's 14th Homicide Of 2015: Another Fatal Shooting At Crocker-Amazon Playground San Francisco's Crocker-Amazon Playground has become the scene of yet another slaying, after a shooting there Saturday claimed the life of a man in San Francisco's 14th homicide for 2015. According to San
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Looking Back At The Panhandle Freeway ICYMI this weekend: Blondie's Bar might be in trouble, self-driving Benz returns to SF, Hapa Ramen's Richie Nakano was fired from the restaurant he founded, KGO's satellite truck went all out, SFPD's crime
SF News Sunday Morning Coming Down: Stanford's Cheating Epidemic An earpiece/mic combo is being used to detect SF's leaky pipes. [SF Chronicle] Watch the Dolphin Club take a dip in the Bay. Yes, there are Speedos. [KQED] Prepare for traffic snarls
SF News Saturday Morning Special: Abrupt Leadership Change For SFPD The San Jose Police Department's computer system couldn't handle the demands put on it when an officer was shot and killed. Which makes you wonder how the 11-year-old system, nestled in the heart
SF News Report: 14 Cops Investigated In SFPD's Racist Text Scandal, Terminations Coming Soon Sure, all we can think about today is the SF Jail Fight Club (first rule of SF Jail Fight Club: Fight, or you get pepper sprayed). But don't forget San Francisco Police Department's
SF News Defenders Of SF Jail Deputies Accused Of Forcing Inmates To Fight Attack Adachi, Claim 'Horseplay' Let's take a spin through just a few of the issues that have plagued the San Francisco Sheriff's Department in recent years, shall we? November, 2012: San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Michael
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Now Techies Are Coming For NASCAR Nan Tucker McEvoy, the last member of The [SF Chronicle]’s founding family, has died at age 95. She was a real character and a lot of fun. D11 Supe John Avalos talks
Arts & Entertainment 'Money Prize Guarantee' For Anyone Who Finds These Lost Richmond District Shorts We need to help this person find their shorts! @darth @richmondsfblog pic.twitter.com/IpFwSxIA6N— CF (@cassfung) March 25, 2015 What do you think, is the above a viral marketing effort? A twee
Arts & Entertainment Ellen DeGeneres-Themed Slot Machines Take NorCal Casinos By Storm If you were a celebrity who could put your name on anything, what products would you pick? Supplements? Blenders? An energy drink? If you're talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, the answer is "slot
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Put On Your BART Party Dress Bernal Heights resident finds a replica grenade while gardening. [KRON4] [The Awl] takes on SF's private bus service boom. Twitter launches Periscope, its livestreaming video app. (We're on it @SFist, of course.) [BuzzFeed]
SF News SF Jail Escapee Was Major Drug Kingpin, No One Knows How He Got Low-Security Clearance As an alleged drug kingpin who escaped from San Francisco County Jail remains on the loose after his partially-clothed escape Monday night, the questions are mounting on just how this could happen. Chief
SF News Suicidal Man With High-Powered Rifle Kills Bay Area Police Officer The city of San Jose as well as law enforcement officials across the Bay Area are reeling after suicidal man with a high-powered rifle opened fire on the cops sent to check on