SF News President Obama To Hit SF City Hall In October For Thousand-Dollar Reception Want to rub shoulders with people who want to rub shoulders with the president? If you've got (at least) $1000, then we sure do have a great event for you! According to an
SF News Driver Plummets Over Embankment And Into Yellow Cab Parking Lot As if San Francisco's cab industry didn't have it rough enough, with plummeting use of their service making national headlines, last night a driver crashed into Yellow Cab's Mississippi Street parking lot. According
SF News Man's Body Found Floating In San Francisco Bay The body of a man found floating face down in the San Francisco Bay has yet to be identified, officials said Thursday morning. At about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the San
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: UC's Sexual Assault Problems An 11-year-old SF girl killed in a collision on 280 has been identified. [CBS5] The same "art gallery" that left out a statue that toppled onto a little kid and killed him just
SF News Bay Area Beaches Stricken With Riptides In Wake Of Hurricane Odile Bay Area beaches — which have never been the safest — are a little more dangerous this week, the US Coast Guard says. As the Chron reports, the tail end of Hurricane Odile, which has
SF News SFPD Releases Sketch, Description Of Driver Who Made U-Turn To Shoot Pedestrian He Nearly Hit Attention, SFist commenters who eagerly debated the ethnic heritage and origins of a driver who flipped his car around to shoot a pedestrian that he nearly hit: today the San Francisco Police Department
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Ed Lee Makes News By Riding Muni [The Atlantic] takes a deep dive into how BART planned for its "Fleet of the Future." Are you a "metal guy" who's over 18? Want to be in a video? Then here you
Arts & Entertainment On This Day In 1985, Apple Forced Steve Jobs Out. On This Day In 1997, He Came Back. If we were believers in numerology,* we might ascribe some significance to today's reports that sales of the iPhone 6 appear to have exceeded Apple's wildest expectations. September 16 isn't just a day
SF News Drug Smugglers Fail To Clean Up After Opium-Packed Soap Bust At SFO "Whitening & Freckles," read the boxes of soap that arrived at San Francisco International Airport last week. "Acne & Blemish, with Vitamin C," read others. The ingredient not listed on the packaging: opium.
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Churches Still Taking Over SF Streets Sent to me in an email subject lined "POP POP!": "Snapchat Investor Says High-Profile Failures Are Just Around the Corner." [Valleywag] Learn a little more about Gwynn Murrill's sculptures at the SF Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Uber Double-Block What's going on here? According to Elliot Orona, it's an Uber driver who parked, blocking both the crosswalk and the bike lane, while waiting for a Mid-Market pickup at 11 a.m. on
SF News Gavin Newsom: 49ers' Decision To Play Ray McDonald Is 'Painful Affront To Every Victim Of Domestic Violence' About five hours before the 49ers began their first home game of the 2014-2015 season, Lt. Gov/former SF mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, were not, as you
SF News SFPD Realizes Suspect In August Homicide Was Right Under Their Nose A man who was already being held in San Francisco County Jail over another crime is also responsible for a recent Potrero Hill homicide, the San Francisco Police Department and District Attorney's office
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Does 'SF Feminism' = 'It's OK To Abort Girls'? Folsom Street Foundry is apparently now "the epicenter of the fighting game community’s revival." [Shoryuken] According to the [SF Chronicle]'s Debra Saunders, "San Francisco feminism" means "It’s OK to abort
Arts & Entertainment Video: Wow, This Kid Sure Hates Lou Seal On September 9, 2014, the SF Giants' honorary Play Ball Kid was Vicente Gallardo, MLB.com reports. That Tuesday will live on in Gallardo family infamy forevermore, one might suspect, because it's also
SF News Uber's And Sidecar's New Carpooling Services Are Apparently Illegal Ten days after San Francisco Uber users received emails welcoming them to uberPOOL, a recently-launched service from the transportation service intended to allow "Uber riders to share trips with another rider along their
SF News Seriously Injured Man Discovered Outside SF General A man suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds was found just steps from San Francisco General Hospital on Thursday night, and now police are trying to figure out where the shooting took place. According
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Sneaking Weapons Into AT&T Park When's the last time you visited the state capitol, fourth grade? [SF Gate] A 25-year-old SF man has pled guilty after, while allegedly boozed and coked up, he slammed his Jag into an
SF News Can San Carlos Succeed Where SF Failed, And End Delivery Of Unwanted SF Examiners? The San Mateo County city of San Carlos has a big problem, and it's coming from San Francisco. The issue? Unwanted copies of the SF Examiner that are being dumped in San Carlos
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Is It Rude To Call SF 'The City'? SF gets closer to setting up $2 million dollar funding pool for lawyers of kids in danger of deportation. [SF Chronicle] [The Sonia Show] worries that she might offend people who live elsewhere
SF News Giant Snake Dumped In Pescadero Finds Home, Wasn't A Burmese Python After All After an SFist report about that giant snake — initially identified by the Peninsula Humane Society as a Burmese Python — that was discovered beneath a car in Pescadero, snake aficionados came calling. And, boy,
SF News Person Is Hit By BART Train, Survives A person who was struck by a BART train Tuesday night is, remarkably, recovering in the hospital following the collision. According to BART spokesperson Jim Allison, "witnesses saw the person jump in front
SF News Muni Metro Service Resumes After Woman Is Struck At Van Ness Station A spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has confirmed that a woman was struck by a Muni Metro vehicle at Van Ness Station this morning. Fire officials say that the woman
SF News Man Stabbed To Death At 24th And Capp The San Francisco Police Department is seeking two suspects after a man was stabbed to death in the Mission District Tuesday night. According to an SFPD spokesperson, police were called to the intersection
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Streetcar Vs. Tour Bus The average price of a condo in San Francisco is $1,119 per square foot. [SF Business Times] Apparently, the guy who founded Yelp is more qualified to sit on a stage and
