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Castro Comic Book Shop 'Whatever' Launches Fundraising Effort To Forestall Imminent Closure

A Castro comic book store is in serious financial trouble, with its owner saying he needs to raise $8,000 by the end of the week or the shop will close for good.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Proposed BevMo! Near Union Square Gives Hope To Shoppers Everywhere

If you're looking to drop $12 to ice-skate or doing a round of holiday shopping at Macy's, Union Square has you covered. Otherwise, the chain store-filled blocks surrounding that public plaza don't tend

Peter Thiel Poised To Profit Off Trump's Promised Crackdown On Immigrants

While many residents of Silicon Valley are smarting over the election of Donald Trump, Peter Thiel is sitting pretty. The Trump-supporting Facebook board member secured a position on the president-elect's transition team, and

Woman Who Gave Birth In Golden Gate Park Didn't Realize She Was Pregnant

The homeless woman who gave birth early Monday morning in Golden Gate Park didn't think she was pregnant, despite the insistence of her partner to the contrary. So reports Bay City News, which

Uber Staff Allegedly Enabled Stalking And Accessed Beyonce's Trip Data

Fresh on the heels of an update allowing Uber to track users' location data for up to five minutes after they've been dropped off, the ride-hail giant now faces allegations that some of

[Update] Man Found Stabbed In Chest Outside Of Castro Post Office

A man was found fatally stabbed this afternoon outside of the Castro post office, and officials say that he had a knife sticking out of his chest. According to the Chronicle, police arrived

Arts & Entertainment

One Hundred San Francisco Strangers Just Wrote A Book Together

Many of us (*cough*) have literary aspirations, but, as the creator of The Book by Strangers correctly points out, "writing a book is hard." It was perhaps this realization which gave birth to

Mayor Doubles Down On Enforcing Quality-Of-Life Citations

City officials determined in June that enforcing quality-of-life citations is both expensive and ineffective, costing $20.6 million annually without reducing the number of homeless on San Francisco's streets. Having sat on this

Someone Projected A Giant Game Of Super Mario Onto The Side Of A Lower Haight Building

We all need a little harmless distraction, especially right now, and for many people that need is met by video games. One resident of San Francisco, however, apparently required something a bit bigger.

SFMTA Blames Uber And Lyft For San Francisco's Traffic Woes

San Francisco has the third worst traffic in the country, and the Bay Area at large has seen a 70 percent increase over the past six years. As with many things in life,

Photos And Video From A Very Soggy SantaCon 2016

Santas Galore, @ellagreeneyes get yer a55 up here!! #SantaCon2016 #SantaConSF pic.twitter.com/k09MAH1lmh— Betsy (@studio_gal) December 10, 2016 The annual virus tradition of drunken holiday cheer known as SantaCon went down

Day Around The Bay: San Francisco's Shrinking Middle Class

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Uber may use a legal loophole to duck ADA

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In SF Food: Wahlburgers Hits Palo Alto, And Bauer Likes The Morris

It's the end of the year, and, as to be expected, we learned this week of multiple announced restaurant closures or pending sales. Notably, Range is closing, Pauline's Pizza is for sale, Kuleto's

Promise Of Free City College Likely To Go Unmet Following Mayoral Budget Decision

When voters passed Proposition W back in November, they were told that revenues generated by the increased real estate transfer tax on residential and commercial properties worth over $5 million would go toward

Child Protective Services Allegedly Inside Ghost Ship Days Before Fire

The story of the tragic Ghost Ship fire has become one of warnings both missed and ignored. Former friends of master tenant Derick Ion Almena say they told him that his space was

YouTube To Pay Huge Settlement In Songwriting Royalties Case

YouTube today announced that it has agreed to a large settlement with a songwriting rights trade group, in what outsiders view as an attempt to play nice with the music industry. The New

Arts & Entertainment

Nine Events Supporting Ghost Ship Fire Victims And Their Families

With the Bay Area arts scene gutted and shaken to the core by the tragic loss of life resulting from the Ghost Ship fire, numerous relief efforts have sprung up to benefit the

Even Wealthy Bay Area Millennials Fear They Won't Be Able To Retire

As we are constantly reminded, San Francisco is an expensive place. So much so that even stereotypically wealthy tech workers can have trouble affording it. With that being said, the news that rich

North Face Tells Customers Not To Wander Around Muni Tunnels In Video Showing Customer Doing Just That

Do as I say, not as I do. That seems to be the message from Alameda-based apparel company North Face, which released a series of ads under the moniker "perspective hunting" featuring a

Bayview Warehouse Next To Flora Grubb Under Investigation For Alleged Illegal Housing

Warehouse art spaces around the Bay Area will be facing heightened scrutiny for many months following Friday's deadly Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Spots like the Salt Lick in downtown Oakland were quick

Video: Senator Barbara Boxer Gives Farewell Address

California Senator Barbara Boxer's long career in politics is coming to an end. She announced in January of last year that she did not intend to run for reelection, and will soon be

There Are Close To 1,500 Homeless Youth Living On San Francisco Streets

That San Francisco has a homelessness problem is not news — indeed, since Supervisor David Campos declared the situation a crisis last spring, six new Navigation Centers were approved in June, and the city's

California's Mosquito Population Has Increased Tenfold, And We're To Blame

California's mosquito population is on the rise, and scientists say that humans are to blame. A study published yesterday in Nature Communications reports that the number of the winged creatures has increased tenfold

Profiles Of Seven More Creative Souls Lost In Oakland's Ghost Ship Fire

As the names of the missing officially become the names of the dead, SFist is continuing to offer brief remembrances and obituaries as they're being collected from various news sources and friends. Here