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New Year's Eve In 1913 SF: Confetti, Barbary Coast Dancing Banned

Lets you think that San Francisco's War on Fun is a 21st Century invention, a look at the New Year's Eve rules and rituals of SF in 1913 are here to prove you

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Why Are You Still At Work?

It's the last afternoon of the last day of 2015, and you're still at work? And, yet, your job is non-demanding enough that you have time to be reading this. So why not

Video: 'I Haven't Got All Day!' Snaps Bandit As He Robs Mission Street McDonald's

Nearly two months after a man smashed into a Mission Street McDonald's, menaced staffers, and plundered the safe, the San Francisco Police Department has yet to track him down. Now they're seeking the

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With Steph Curry Sidelined, Warriors Rack Up Second Loss Of Season

Though Dallas' NBA franchise has had only a so-so season so far this year, whatever the Mavericks did last night was enough to beat the 2015 NBA champs in a 114-91 win over

Thursday Morning Roundup: Page Street Murals At Risk

It's not too late to make a plan for tonight! Here are your best NYE party options. [SFist] Why "Twitter still has a major problem with employee diversity." [The Verge] According to [Inside

Sinkhole Disrupts Muni Service During Thursday Morning Commute

An early-morning sinkhole has snarled the J Church and N Judah today, in what we can only hope is the last Muni mess of 2015. The troubles apparently started at around 5:45

50-Year-Old Baller Robbed Of Fanny Pack

A 50-year-old woman is recovering today after she was knocked out and robbed during an early-morning basketball game in the Western Addition. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the woman was playing

Video: Muni Driver Leaves Bus Doors Open For In-And-Out Assailants

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Police Department showed local broadcast media footage of a November assault on a Muni bus. And while the assault is rotten — you can see it below — the most

Bay Area Woman Arrested For Intentionally Drowning 4-Year-Old Grandson

A Fairfield grandmother is behind bars Wednesday morning, after police say she intentionally drowned her grandson in her bathtub. The Fairfield Police Department received "multiple 911 calls" Tuesday morning from homes surrounding the

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Twitter's 'New' Abuse Policy Super Similar To Old One

Will the new Google Glass' lack of a consumer angle actually make it more desirable to regular joes? [SFist] Yahoo is quietly shopping a massive, 48.6-acre development site it owns in Santa

Elderly Tourist Injured During Brazen Mid-Day Mugging

Two visitors to San Francisco were robbed and a third knocked out during a violent morning mugging on Twin Peaks Boulevard yesterday. According to the San Francisco Police Department, it was 11:15

Pregnant Woman Injured In Beating Near Jackson Square

A pregnant woman was rushed to the hospital Monday, after an argument she had with her teenaged sister took a violent turn. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 16-year-old woman invited

As Of Friday, You'll Be Paying Even More To Ride BART

We warned you about this in April, but now it's here: BART prices are going up again, as of Friday, January 1, 2016. According to BART, this week's fare increase is part of

SFFD Promises Crackdown On Unsanctioned New Year's Fireworks

Though illegal New Year's fireworks — that is, the pyrotechnics unleashed by that guy who lives down the block from you, not the fancy ones shot off that barge off the Embarcadero— are nothing

Tuesday Morning Roundup: Brace For A Year Of Unicorn IPOs

"Long live places you go to just to get drunk for cheap." [SFist] [Atlantic] writer who lives in SoCal basically just rehashes all those same arguments blaming SF's housing crisis on progressives that

Man Stabbed By Pot-Smoking Pals Outside Mission Bar

A Mission man learned — the hard way — yesterday afternoon that just because someone you met at a bar offers to smoke weed with you, their intentions are not necessarily benign. According to the

Two Shot Outside SoMa Nightclub Early Monday Morning

Two men are recovering at the hospital today, after an early-morning shooting outside a South of Market nightclub. According to the San Francisco Police Department, police were called to the 300 block of

Video: Bay Area Woman Hiding Out After She Allegedly Tosses Pug Into Road

Both the human police and animal cops are seeking a Fairfield woman today, after video posted online appears to show her violently tossing her dog into the street during an argument with her

Get Used To Being Cold As Hell, San Francisco

Though the worst of the current Bay Area freeze might be behind us, that doesn't mean it's time to pull out the shorts and flip-flops. Forecasters say residents should expect today's cold weather

Monday Morning Roundup: Twitter's Troll Battle

Your weekend ICYMI: An Uber passenger was killed in a Pacifica crash, the Alameda County sheriff's deputies who were caught on tape beating a suspect in SF have been IDed, and there was

Sunday Morning Coming Down: Toddler Injured In Drive-By

Ferrari driver wrecks in Santa Rosa, cops say booze might be to blame. [Bay City News] [Hoodline] walks the beat with Castro Cares. Australian Rugby League star turned SF 49er Jarryd Hayne just

Saturday Morning Special: Steph Curry Named Male Athlete Of Year

Feels like a good day to go to a movie, doesn't it? Here are some options. [SFist] Days before community organization Tenants Together was set to move into a new space, their landlord-to-be

Woman Walks Into Mission Church, Stabs Employee Over Bathroom Key

The employee of a San Francisco church is recovering this morning, after police say she was stabbed by a woman who wanted to use the facility's restroom. According to the San Francisco Police

SFPD Releases Photo Of Suspect Vehicle In Fatal Mission Hit-And-Run

The San Francisco Police Department is seeking the driver of the car you see above, after police say they struck and killed a pedestrian in the Mission District earlier this month. According to

Thursday Morning Roundup: Lefty Needs Kids' Gifts

Sunshine task force thrice dings Board of Supes president London Breed. [Petrelis] Lefty O'Doul's annual drive for kids' Christmas gifts is going on now, stop by! [KRON4] The sketchy story behind the site