SF News Why Your PG&E Bill Will Be Way Higher This Fall, By The Numbers Starting this fall, your Pacific Gas and Electric will take a leap, and not because you're leaving all the lights on. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to let the SF-based
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: California's $400 Million Film Tax Credit An open letter from DeSoto Cab driver Beth Powder to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. [SF Examiner] Prop G, the measure crafted to stem the tide of Ellis Act evictions, almost didn't get an
Arts & Entertainment Chelsea Handler Might Be Moving To San Francisco Comedian/talk show host Chelsea Handler has never been one to shy away from a tussle (see her most recent Instagram shot above, captioned "I'm a Kardashian'"), but is she tough enough for
SF News 'Watch This' Said Berkeley Bus Rider Before Randomly Stabbing Woman A 25-year-old skateboarder is being applauded by Berkeley Police after intervening during a terrifying random stabbing on an AC Transit bus. According to a press release sent by Berkeley Police, at around 9:
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Rupert Murdoch Skulks Around SF Is that Emperor Palpatine I spy at SF-based startup Stripe? Nah, just Rupert Murdoch. [Valleywag] Headed to the 49ers game this weekend? Remember, bags larger than "the size of an adult's hand" won't
SF News No Real Consequences For Muni Drivers Who Can't Prove They Were Sick During Sickout Are you someone who's gentle and sweet enough to have believed that the drivers who missed work during The Great Muni Sickout of 2014 were actually ill? Ha ha, just kidding! No one,
SF News Air Traveler Allegedly Gropes SFO-Bound Teen, Makes 'Sucking' Suggestion A man accused of groping a 14-year-old girl, then telling her "don't tell your mom" during a flight to San Francisco has been released on $5000 bond following a hearing Friday. The Smoking
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Taggers Who Say 'LOL' Tombstones are being uprooted in the Presidio's National Cemetery. Don't worry, this isn't Poltergeist. [KTVU] Taggers who say "LOL" don't get a lot of respect from [Uptown Almanac] commenters. One time I was
Arts & Entertainment Koko The Gorilla Mourns Robin Williams As you can imagine, we've gotten a number of press releases today that could be interpreted as attempts to capitalize on the tragic death of Robin Williams. However, one we received this afternoon
SF News Bathroom Bandits Rob, Swear At Woman In Westfield Centre Ladies, if you're using the can at the tony Westfield Centre in downtown San Francisco, keep your belongings close — a robbery pair is apparently seeking bathroom-using victims and swiping items from their bags.
Arts & Entertainment 140 Gate Crashers, 1000 Pounds Of Cheese: Outside Lands By The Numbers The three-day-long food/music/comedy fest known as Outside Lands is over, and the west side of San Francisco is quiet once again. Now that the dust has cleared, let's look at some
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: SF Braces For Water Rationing At today's San Francisco Public Utilities Commission meeting, they'll be discussing a proposal to have some customers reduce outdoor watering by 10 percent or face fines. [SF Chronicle] What can Healthy San Francisco
SF News When SFPD Is 'Too Busy,' North Beach Bartenders Go Vigilante On Presumed Stroller Thief Of course, confronting an alleged criminal on your own is a terrible idea. But when you see your stolen stuff in the hands of others, and the cops won't help, what are you
SF News As Supervisor's Gun Task Force Is Debated, Three More Die Violently On SF Streets In recent days, San Francisco has seen three young men die violently, all in areas overseen by a San Francisco Supervisor who has been taken to task for making what critics describe as
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: Liking Everything On Facebook Pier 70 project will be the first to put Proposition B to the test. [SF Examiner] [SF Gate] wants to make sure you correctly pronounce the names of Bay Area streets, towns, and
SF News Day Around The Bay: Outside Lands' Beach Mess Rio's Steve Jobs doppelgänger is a fascinating weirdo. [Valleywag] Outside Lands beach cleanup stinks. [Ocean Beach Bulletin] A federal judge says that the "$324.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging Google
SF News Badly Burned Body Discovered Near Caltrain Tracks In SF Workers discovered the body of an "unidentified male victim" that was "burned beyond all recognition" Thursday morning while cleaning up after a fire near the Caltrain tracks in Visitacion Valley. According to KTVU,
Arts & Entertainment Beyoncé Abandons San Francisco Just When We Need Her The Most Well, crap. It looks like the rumor we started isn't coming to fruition, and that Beyoncé and Jay Z have actually left San Francisco. Unless this is some sort of elaborate hoax? Yeah,
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Look At This Tech Bus! New Tumblr for your enjoyment: Look at This Tech Bus! [Tumblr] Now officials are saying that the captain of the salmon boat that ran aground in Ocean Beach wasn't aboard when he made
Arts & Entertainment Don't Freeze Your A** Off At Outside Lands: Here's What To Wear Look, I'm not Anna Wintour, and your style decisions for Outside Lands (this Friday-Sunday in Golden Gate Park, if you live under a non-Golden Gate Park rock) are your own. Lord knows, I
SF News Muni To 'Charge Restitution' To Tech Bus That Halted J-Church Service "The SFMTA is not regulating shuttle routing," the transit agency announced when they kicked off their 18-month-long pilot program allowing tech buses to use Muni stops. Wonder if they regretted that decision when,
SF News BART Thinks Signs Will Keep Cyclists From Flouting Bike Rules Back in December, 2013, when BART ended their ban on bikes on their trains during rush hour, they told cycle-toting riders that there were still some rules that they need to follow. Now,
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: 'Steve Jobs' Spotted In Brazil Famous nude San Franciscan George Davis takes his naked rap to New York's Times Square. [Associated Press/MSN] San Francisco's immigration court is strained to the breaking point. [Modesto Bee] This SF guy
SF News The Plot Thickens: Missing Boat Captain Is A Wanted Man A seemingly-straightforward tale of a salmon boat that ran aground on Ocean Beach has gotten a little more complicated, as news of an outstanding arrest warrant for the missing captain have led some
SF News BART's Summer Of Bomb Threats Continues With West Oakland Scare Tuesday Night It's been a wild month of bomb scares at East Bay BART stations! In the latest incident last night, their service was disrupted for about two hours while a bomb squad investigated a
