SF News Oh No, Ed Jew: Back From Jail, But For How Long? Though disgraced former San Francisco supervisor Ed Jew is home from federal prison (where he reportedly taught yoga; the fun with this guy never ends), he's supposed to head back to county jail.
Arts & Entertainment This SFPD Training Video Is Oddly Gripping Just hours after after the beleaguered San Francisco Police Department began to come to terms with the federal indictments handed down to five of their active officers, a different side, more thespian side
SF News Map Suggests That SF Rents Aren't As Crazy As You Think We've all read the reports: San Francisco's rents are rising impossibly quickly, people can't afford to live in San Francisco anymore, and if you lose your apartment, you may never find another one.
SF News USF's Undergrad Tuition Swells, SF State's Remains Stable The gap between the costs to attend college in San Francisco just got a little wider last week, when the University of San Francisco announced that their tuition at the school will hit
SF News Massive Tax Bill For NorCal Couple Who Found Buried Treasure By now, you've heard all about the Northern California couple who discovered about $10 million in buried treasure while they were out walking their dog. But before you get too jealous of those
SF News Serial Panty Pirate Nabbed In Union Square Have you ever bought Victoria's Secret panties that fell off the back of a proverbial truck? Then, 1) you make some interesting decisions that we would love to hear more about in the
Arts & Entertainment Video: Godzilla Set To Destroy San Francisco, As So Many Movies Do The first full length trailer for the most recent version of Godzilla was unleashed on the internet Tuesday, with predictably breathless results (An apparent 69,400 news reports at publication time, wow). We
SF News Greg Gopman, Startup Founder Who Lambasted Homeless People, Is Getting Sued Just days after we wondered what despiser of the undomiciled Greg Gopman was up to, we have our answer: he's busy getting sued. Former AngelHack CEO Gopman, as you know, authored a Facebook
SF News That Techie You're Mocking Might Be A Gun Nut When we say "techie*," what mental images appear? Big shuttle buses? $4 toast? Glassholes? Well now, according to one SF club, you might want to add "guns" to that list. San Francisco's Pacific
SF News Disaster Expert Compares New Span Of Bay Bridge To Dented, Easily Crushable Beer Can "When you think of a beer can between two large hands, if you have a small dent in the beer can, it will collapse very easily. It's how we impress a lady in
SF News Too Many Bogus Signatures: CA's Anti-Trans Kids Measure Fizzles California's secretary of state announced late Monday that a measure designed to roll back California's laws protecting the rights of transgender students lacked a sufficient number of signatures to qualify for the November
SF News Suspected Hell's Angel Hate Criminal Found Hiding In Bed Of Truck A suspected member of the infamous Hell's Angels motorcycle gang attempted to hide from police just blocks from a hate crime assault he allegedly committed. Perhaps he should have picked a better hiding
SF News BART Creates Video To Remind Riders To Behave Like Decent Human Beings BART's ridership is higher than ever, with a record number 400,000 trips being made on most days (that is, when their trains aren't dangling off the tracks). That's why, they say, they
SF News Golden Gate Bridge Sees Record Number Of Suicides, As Barrier Plan Remains On Hold The Golden Gate Transportation District has confirmed that 2013 was a record year for suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge, with 46 reported deaths, including ten in the month of August. Over 2000
Arts & Entertainment Animal Roundup: Baby Giraffe, Ailing K9, Incredibly Old Raccoon A 6’3” Tall, 160-170 Pound Baby The SF Zoo announced this week that one of their tower of reticulated giraffes (that's really what you call a group of giraffes, a "tower." How
SF News Man Quits Google Because Of 'Congested, Racist, Incestuous, And Overpriced' Bay Area Is the Bay Area congested, racist, incestuous, and overpriced? That's what one of Google's current developer advocates believes, which is why he is leaving the company. Well-known coder, entrepreneur, and all around tech
Arts & Entertainment SF Strip Clubs Want To Get UC Berkeley Co-Eds Naked Who says there are no non-tech jobs available in San Francisco? I can think of at least six businesses in San Francisco that are actively recruiting employees, and the greatest technical skill you
SF News Alleged Mission Bank Robber Nabbed A 53 year old San Francisco man has been arrested for the robbery of a Mission District bank on Monday, just blocks from the scene of the crime. According to SFPD spokesperson Officer
Arts & Entertainment Happy Birthday, Patty Hearst! SF native Patricia Campbell "Patty" Hearst turns 60 today. Some of you might recognize her from her cameo in the John Waters films like Cry Baby and Serial Mom. Others of you might
SF News S.F. Sex Toy Business Slurped Up By Holding Company Local sex device company Jimmyjane has long been heralded as the "Apple of sex toys," creating products that combine slick design with impressive performance (oh, grow up). And they've recently been acquired, which
SF News Cal Student Allegedly Gay Bashes, Robs Other Student A UC Berkeley student accused of making homophobic remarks before beating and robbing a classmate may face hate crime charges for the assault, according to a crime report posted by the schools police
SF News Why Are BART Cars So Hot? Because They Are Busted. "Is it really hot in here," a fellow BART rider mused aloud during a trip I took from Rockridge to San Francisco last week, "or did I just hit menopause?" While that rider's
Arts & Entertainment Headline Of The Week: Chita Rivera Dying To Be On 'The Walking Dead' When 81-year-old Broadway legend Chita Rivera spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle to promote her upcoming appearances at the Fairmont, you might have expected her to talk about her work in West Side
SF News Local Shelter Magazine Shutters It's a day of inside media baseball, as yet another locally-based publication has left us. This time, the deceased is California Home+Design, an upmarket print and online shelter magazine, which Tuesday closed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Have A Cop Wait On You Tonight If you don't have dinner plans tonight, maybe you'd like to be waited on by a cop? Tonight's the annual(ish) "Tip a Cop" fundraiser, in which, says SFPD's Ray Padmore, "Officers will
