SF News Check Out This Crazy Looking 'Ash Devil' Menacing Yreka Wildfires are frightening enough as is the damage to property, wildlife, and risk to human life they pose. And yet, as CBS 5 reports, they have the potential to be even more terrifying
SF News Day Around The Bay: An Expiration Date For The Elbo Room Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you — sign up here. A group of rape survivors filed a formal complaint
SF News Entry Fees Waived As National Park Service Turns 100 Have any plans this weekend? How about heading to one of our nation's great national parks? In celebration of the 100-year-anniversary of the National Park Service, CBS 5 reports that all entry fees
SF News Antique Heist Leads To $50K Loss Of Rare Greek And Japanese Artifacts A low-profile antiquities heist earlier this month in San Francisco netted thieves valuable Greek and Japanese artifacts that officials estimate to be worth at least $50,000. According to The Examiner, this is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Silicon Valley' Star Teams Up With Soylent In Mocking Promotional Stunt Silicon Valley's Big Head dons velcro suit to hawk coffee @soylent: https://t.co/pbECgUZwO7 pic.twitter.com/Tw1t2yUgA3— SanFranciscoMagazine (@sanfranmag) August 25, 2016 Replacement food-drink Soylent seems like one of those things
SF News Heads Up: Digital Traffic Signs Will Try To Make I-80 Commute Less Awful Yes, commuting sucks. Wouldn't it be great if you knew ahead of time, in real time, which lanes were clear and which were obstructed? Well, starting today, you will. Drivers on a 20-mile
SF News Neighbors Put Parking Over Housing In Fight Against 6-Story Mission Development The latest housing development to incur the wrath of neighbors is proposed for Cesar Chavez near Guerrero Street. Mission Local reports that the six-story building would replace what is now a one-story office
SF News 19-Year-Old Woman Arrested In Golden Gate Park Torture And Murder Case A woman who police say was involved with the May torture and murder of a 66-year-old homeless man in Golden Gate Park has been arrested in northern Arizona. The Chronicle reports that the
SF News A's (Again) Eye Port Of Oakland Site For New Ballpark The Oakland Athletics could one day have a waterfront ballpark to rival AT&T Park, with A’s co-owner John Fisher showing interest in a Port of Oakland site as a potential
SF News Surprise! Bay Bridge Bike Path Delayed Yet Again Remember when officials promised us in May that the bike path connecting the East Bay to Yerba Buena Island would fully, finally open in September? Well, yeah, about that. The Chronicle reports that
SF News Facing Loss Of Lease, Doc's Clock To Move Down The Street When news broke earlier this year that Doc's Clock would be forced to close following a decision by the new building owner not to renew the bar's lease in 2017, devotees of the
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Yosemite Sure Does Look Nice From Space Everyone loves Yosemite National Park (even President Obama!), and photos abound of the park in all its glory — think firefalls, art installations, and rare foxes. Well, we know have another picture to add
SF News Three Seriously Injured After Taxi Jumps Curb In FiDi SUTTER SANSOME UPDATE 3 critical adults VEH into pedestrians AVOID AREA pic.twitter.com/YmpCx6sYVg— San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) August 23, 2016 Market Street was blocked off with firetrucks and ambulances today following
SF News Early Bird Gets The Smog: Traffic Now Worst On Bay Bridge Between 5 And 6 AM Drivers coming into the city from the East Bay have been pushing the peak of rush hour earlier and earlier according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. CBS 5 reports that for years the
SF News Check Out The New Muni Trains That Will Begin Showing Up Next Year San Francisco is set to replace all of its Muni train cars by the far-off year of 2028, but the first of the shiny new Siemens light-rail vehicles will begin entering service as
SF News Man Accused Of Using Airbnb To Scout Mountain View Home Before Burglary A man stands accused of using the home-rental site Airbnb to scout and then burglarize a Mountain View home in a style of crime that police now say is a trend across the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Berkeley BART Will Lose Its Rotunda Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The downtown Berkeley BART station will soon lose its
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trader Joe's Opening On 4th And Market This October The long-rumored downtown Trader Joe's is actually, finally about to open, everybody. The Chronicle reports that the purveyor of peanut butter-stuffed pretzels and cheap wine intends to open a new San Francisco on
Arts & Entertainment Prince's Death Likely Caused By Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl When Prince's autopsy concluded that the artist accidentally overdosed on the powerful painkiller fentanyl, questions were raised as to how he got his hands on a drug 50 times more potent than heroin
SF News BART Spends $340K To Pee-Proof Elevators For many people, BART elevators are something to be avoided — even if they do happen to be working. For others, they're a necessary means of accessing the public transit that we all depend
SF News Pressure Mounts To Remove UC Berkeley Chancellor Ahead Of Planned Resignation UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks is on his way out — of that there is no doubt. The only question that remains is the timing of his departure, but the Chronicle reports that some
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink IT'S-IT Unveils New Flavor: Green Tea Fans of all things good in the world have a reason to celebrate: Beloved local maker of chocolate-covered ice-cream sandwiches, IT'S-IT, just added a new flavor to its collection. And, drum roll, that
SF News Nightmare On Lake Shasta: Swarm Of Otters Attack Swimming Teens They just wanted to go for a swim. They had no idea what lurked beneath the surface. They never dreamed... that otters attack! And yet ABC 7 reports that for two teenage boys,
SF News Weekend Reminder: You Can Legally Get Drunk In San Francisco Cabs So it's Friday afternoon and you're probably sitting at your desk thinking about weekend plans. Maybe heading out to dinner, or meeting friends at a bar? Many of you, no doubt, will end
SF News Slain Cyclist's Family Argues City Should Stop Removing Memorials When a cyclist dies on the streets of San Francisco, the tragedy is often memorialized by a ghost bike. You've likely seen the all-white bikes chained to various poles or signs near the
