SF News Refrigerator Full Of Weed Blazes In Oakland A blazing refrigerator full of weed sent area firefighters to an East Oakland warehouse this morning, but so far, the owner of the pot and the cause of the fire remain a mystery.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Tonight: Urban Air Night Market Thursday nights can be tough: starting the excesses of the weekend early is so college, but you need to get out and do something, right? That's where the Urban Air Night Market comes
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Don't Feed The Cats Antioch has outlawed the feeding of feral cats on public property. [Contra Costa Times] The SF Giants have tabled contract extension talks with Pablo Sandoval. Gosh, if he doesn't come back, what are
Arts & Entertainment [Video] These Baby Falcon Chicks Are The Cutest Predators You'll See Today It's April, which means it's time for our annual "aww look at these baby falcon chicks" report. And here it is, because today four baby falcons have hatched in their nest/box on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Estrogen Entree With A Side Of Balls It's been nearly a year since Estrogen Entree With a Side of Balls, San Francisco's monthly showcase of local female comedians, first hit the stage. Don't you think tonight's a great night to
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Chinatown's Caricature Problem San Francisco's Archbishop co-signs letter urging every other bishop in America to promote an anti-gay-rights march to their congregations. [Good As You] According to Sue Lee of the Chinese Historical Society, though the
SF News Personal Trainer Who Tried To Throw Wife From Bridge Takes Plea Deal A Mill Valley personal trainer who tried to throw his former client/wife from the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in front of a crowd of motorists has agreed to plead no contest to a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: The Pet Shop Boys Thirty years later, it's still not entirely clear what the Pet Shop Boys' smash hit "West End Girls" was really about. There's something about TS Eliot, something else about the British class system,
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Today's Free Cone Day UCSF's brain registry opens today, which means that every user of a brain in SF is required to register their brains or risk fines and arrest. Just kidding! It's a volunteer archive of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today: Snap Up Some Plants Macy's The Secret Garden Flower Show wrapped up yesterday, and we're sure it was great. But now, what's happening to all the plants used in displays like “The Abandoned Estate,” “Maze Garden,” “Junkyard
SF News SFPD On 'High Alert' After Officers Threatened Would-be lawbreakers in San Francisco might want to think twice these days, as the cops are reportedly more on edge than ever before. According to an SFPD spokesperson, recent threats made against officers
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: BARTmobile Birthday Friday: IndieFest Roller Disco From 8 PM on Friday night, lace up your skates and get rolling at SF IndieFest's Roller Disco party at the Women's Building (3543 18th St at Valencia). You
SF News Santa Rosa Boy Scout Leader Arrested For Four-Year-Long Abuse Of Boy A Santa Rosa Boy Scout Den Leader accused of a four-year-long case of "prolonged molestation" with an area boy has been ejected from the organization, a BSA spokesperson said Thursday. 40-year-old Franklin Lee
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: A Better Way To Leave Burning Man Golden Gate Ferry's M.S. San Francisco is getting a $20 million renovation. [Marin Independent Journal] Best Buy has a hard time keeping their shit together long enough to get a San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Exploring Choreographic Thinking You're an educated person. You know that dance is more than just people flailing and throwing themselves around. But how much more? Ponder that tonight at Dance Discourse Project #18: Exploring Choreographic Thinking.
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Why The 49ers Should Dump Chris Culliver Fred Blackwell has only been Oakland's City Administrator for a month, but he's already quitting to take a gig in SF. Wow, there sure is a lot of turnover in Oakland's top jobs,
SF News Santa Cruz Cab Driver Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Passenger A cab driver working without a permit stands accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting one of his passengers, Santa Cruz police said today. 53-year-old Ahmed Ali Abdi (that's him in the picture above)
SF News San Francisco's Jet-Setting Mayor's Travel Expenses Close In On Six Figures It's good being mayor of San Francisco! Sure, there's lots of boring meetings, and you have to work on the weekends sometimes, but there are perks—perks like the over $95,000 of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Everything That Remains Of course you have watched Hoarders, we all have. I'm not like that person, you think, as your mind flickers over that VCR you have yet to toss out, those jeans that you
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: SF's Pollution Comes From China Modesto runner lost in the snow for two days only wants to go to In-and-Out. I know the feeling. [AP/Fresno Bee] About 29% of the air pollution we breathe in the Bay
Arts & Entertainment 'Ultimate April Fools Joke' Gmail Turns 10 Today Disbelief at the reminder that Gmail was first announced on April 1, 2004 abounds. Can you believe that we once lived in a world where Gmail was not the dominant free webmail service?
Arts & Entertainment Oh No, Leland Yee: The Saga Illustrated Almost as soon as the news broke that California State Senator Leland Yee had been arrested, graphic journalist Susie Cagle snapped into action. Enthralled by the many cinematic details of the lengthy criminal
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today: Free Museum Admissions Across SF It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means free admission to a bunch of great local museums. So fall ill, take a long lunch, whatever it takes to hit one or two
SF News $7,500 Reward For Capture Of Tattooed Man Who Sexually Assaulted Six-Year-Old A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of a man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl after luring her from an Oakland school. The Oakland Police Department
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Sunday Parking Meters Defended The strange, partially SF-based story of the International Business Times, an online news company that owns Newsweek. There's San Francisco-based employee exploitation, a cultish religion, and more! [Mother Jones] The [BBC] visits City
