Arts & Entertainment SFist Went To The NFL Experience Thing At Moscone So You Don't Have To On Saturday afternoon, a friend and I made our way downtown to visit the NFL Experience ("driven by Hyundai") located at Moscone Center. Unlike Super Bowl City, entrance to which is free, the
SF News Zika Virus Declared International Emergency By W.H.O., Detected In California The World Health Organization today declared the spread of the Zika virus to be an international public health emergency, less than a week after officials confirmed the first case of the virus in
SF News Tent City Residents Fear City Efforts To Corral Them Ahead Of Super Bowl Residents of San Francisco's newest neighborhood — the tent city located on Division Street under the overpass — are worried. But as the Super Bowl approaches and the city swells with tourists, the homeless living
SF News Day Around The Bay: FBI Super Bowl Command Center Is Reading Your Tweets The FBI has a secret command center set up for Super Bowl security, and agents "will be closely monitoring social media." So, you know, watch what you tweet! [Chronicle] BART is now using
SF News Week Of Protests Begins Saturday With Mario Woods March On Super Bowl City It is going to be a busy week. Starting tomorrow (Saturday), a slew of protests are planned for the week leading up to Super Bowl 50. And while some of them — like tomorrow's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Leo's Oyster Bar Debuts, Belcampo Closes In The Mission, And More This week we took a first look at Fiorella, the new Italian/pizza spot in the Richmond, and we heard the news that the Lexington Club is becoming, predictably enough, a high-end cocktail
SF News What Is (Probably) Actually Going On With Those Spaced-Out Stinson Beach Coyotes Reports coming out of Marin over the last few weeks detailed a series of coyote-car interactions so odd that the possibility the coyotes (or coyote) were high on magic mushrooms was considered. However,
SF News SFMTA Investigation Into Nevius Fare Evasion Complete, Preferential Treatment Confirmed A SFMTA investigation into Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius's bizarre article detailing his Muni fare evasion and subsequent getting off scot-free was completed last week, and today we learn the results. It seems
SF News App Promises To Drive A Fuel Truck To Your Car And Fill It Up So You Don't Have To So, it has come to this. A new app launched this week which promises to drive a gas truck to you in order to fill up your car — wherever you happen to be.
SF News Facebook Unveils 5 New 'Reaction' Buttons To Accompany 'Like', Still No 'Dislike' Facebook has announced that it's finally ready to change a fundamental part of the way people can communicate on its platform, but in a very Facebook-like manner the company is doing it in
SF News $50K Worth Of Bull Semen Stolen From Turlock Truck Someone just stole $50,000 worth of bull semen. Or, more precisely, someone just stole multiple metal tanks filled with tens of thousands of dollars worth of the stuff. The liquid nitrogen-filled tanks
SF News Old Habits Die Hard: Dolores Park Trashed After Opening Party Dolores Park is already full of garbage! pic.twitter.com/lXINISx09h— Peter Lawrence Kane (@WannaCyber) January 28, 2016 Well that didn't take long. As you no doubt know, the south side of Dolores
SF News [Update] More Hidden Super Bowl Costs: SFMTA Workers Asked To 'Volunteer' On The Clock As taxpayer costs related to Super Bowl City continue to increase, we learn today that at least one city department is working hard to keep expenses off the books. SFMTA officials, it seems,
SF News Hide Your Pets: Fighter Jets To Buzz Bay Area In Anticipation Of Super Bowl We've heard probably too much about street level security for the upcoming Super Bowl and Super Bowl City, but what about threats from above. Don't you worry, the government has thought it all
SF News Photo Du Jour: First Look At Dolores Park's New Pissoir Another addition to the new Dolores Park in #SF is this outdoor urinal across the tracks near the top of the hill. pic.twitter.com/fOX9pFcGHV— Brian Flores (@BrianFloresKTVU) January 27, 2016 Well
SF News Graphic Video Shows Handcuffed Oakland Man Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Prior To His Death In 2013 In a disturbing police body-cam video obtained by the Contra Costa Times this week, we witness the final moments of the life of 51-year-old Hernan Jaramillo play out in what has become a
SF News The Fences Come Down! Dolores Park Finally Opens Fully For First Time In Two Years It's finally, finally done. After nearly two years of almost constant construction, the entire Dolores Park is now open to the public. At around 8 a.m. today, workers could be seen taking
SF News Day Around The Bay: 3,000 Limo Drivers Sought To Ferry Around Super Bowl VIP's A company is trying to hire 3,000 limo drivers for the express purpose of driving around Super Bowl 50 VIP's. The firm doing the hiring has been contracted out by the NFL,
SF News Twitter Stopped Showing Ads To 'VIP' Users Say goodbye to the "verified" check-mark and say hello to the new way to tell if Twitter thinks your account is worth a damn. The social media giant, it seems, has stopped showing
SF News Pretty Much Everyone Is Suing Uber At This Point Uber has a reputation as a company disinclined to shy away from conflict — a reputation that may be well deserved. The technology giant is currently facing approximately 50 different suits in federal court,
SF News BASE Jumpers Drown After Leaping From Big Sur Bridge Tragic news out of Big Sur today as two BASE jumpers have gone missing after leaping off the iconic Bixby Creek Bridge. Both are presumed dead. In a sad twist of fate, it
SF News Coyotes, Possibly High On Magic Mushrooms, Attacking Cars Near Stinson Beach The sleepy beach town of Bolinas has something lively to talk about this week, as reports emerge that a coyote (or coyotes) has been attacking cars along Highway 1 in a manner so
SF News Supervisors Pen Op-Ed Slamming SF Super Bowl Deal Meanwhile, in San Francisco... pic.twitter.com/55b5XptnUB— Uel Aramchek (@ThePatanoiac) January 26, 2016 Following on last Tuesday's press conference lambasting San Francisco's Super Bowl City arrangement with the Host Committee and the
SF News Video: Uber Drivers Stage 'Honk-In' Protest Over Wages In Front Of Uber HQ Uber drivers protesting #Uber #UberProtest #iloveSF #sanfrancisco #beepbeep #honkhonk #stfu A video posted by @pawshbb on Jan 25, 2016 at 3:55pm PST Uber drivers, upset over an announcement by the company earlier
SF News BART Rushing To Replace Fake Surveillance Cameras Ahead Of Planned Transit Bond When it was revealed earlier this month that a majority of BART train surveillance cameras are decoys, we all did a bit of a collective face-palm. BART officials, for their part, seemed shamed
