SF News Newly Released Records Show Oakland Officials Told Prior To Fire That Ghost Ship Warehouse Was Converted To Housing As the names of the confirmed dead continue to be released in what feels like an agonizing trickle, newly released records show that the city of Oakland was told multiple times that the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Noise Pop Adds New Acts To Festival Lineup Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube are teaming up in
SF News Donald Trump To Host Tech Summit Next Week -- But Who's Going? The cyber, as we all know, is very, very tough. Perhaps with that in mind, USA Today reports that President-Elect Donald Trump's transition team has invited a group of tech luminaries to New
SF News Mission District Neighbors Are Now Opposing Nuns Trying To Feed The Homeless It was right out of a Lifetime movie plot; A group of nuns, facing eviction from their Tenderloin soup kitchen and home, are saved when a charismatic multimillionaire self-help guru purchases them a
SF News Robot Butler And Real-Time Tenant Tracking Offered At Luxe SF Apartment With numerous over-the-top housing options competing for the dollars of San Francisco's most well paid, The Jasper is doing its best to stand out. And with at least one three-bedroom in the 40-story
SF News Ghost Ship Fire Could Immediately Impact Other Arts Spaces In Bay Area And Elsewhere With the Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Ion Almena very much in the spotlight following Friday's deadly fire, another, less corporeal object of potential blame has emerged in some circles: the Bay Area
SF News Hundreds Gather At Lake Merritt To Mourn Victims Of Ghost Ship Fire Several hundred people gathered last night around a white pagoda adjacent to Oakland's Lake Merritt to mourn the confirmed 36 people lost in Friday's Ghost Ship warehouse fire. Friends and family members of
SF News Community Members Push Closing Golden Gate Park To Most Cars With the June death of 41-year-old Heather Miller likely on the minds of some, community members gathered Saturday at Golden Gate Park’s County Fair Building to propose different approaches the city of
SF News Nancy Pelosi Calls Ben Carson 'Disturbingly Unqualified' For HUD Appointment As President-Elect Donald Trump continues to make cabinet appointments, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has stepped into the fray by highlighting his latest appointment as particularly egregious — even for Trump. The Associated Press
Arts & Entertainment 'Sense8' Christmas Special, Season 2 Netflix Premiere Date Announced Fans of Sense8 have reason to celebrate today, as the producers of the Netflix show just announced a forthcoming Christmas special episode as well as the long-awaited season two premiere date. CNet reports
SF News Instacart Workers Sue Company Over Independent Contractor Status Independent contractors working for grocery-delivery company Instacart are once again suing the company, with their employment status at the heart of the dispute for a second time. The suit, reports Consumerist, was filed
SF News Criminal Probe Launched Into Oakland Warehouse Blaze With the number of confirmed dead expected to surpass 36, the city of Oakland has launched a criminal probe into the cause of Friday night's tragic warehouse blaze. The LA Times reports that
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Tanners Go Home Again A photo posted by Beth Spotswood (@bethspotswood) on Dec 2, 2016 at 4:40pm PST It looks like you can go home again. Well, if your show creator drops $4 million on your
Arts & Entertainment Video: Artist Brian Goggin Discusses His Creative Process If you've spent any time wandering the streets of San Francisco, you've likely seen the work of Brian Goggin. The artist is known for putting his creations in unexpected and very public places,
SF News Robotic Furniture Coming To SF In Bid To Make Your Cramped Studio A Tad Less Miserable Imagine effortlessly changing your tiny studio apartment from bedroom, to office, to living room — all at the push of a button. The Registry reports that a new company out of Massachusetts is seeking
SF News Video: Robbers Strike Busy Marina District Apple Store — Twice A group of robbers struck the same Marina District Apple store on two separate occasions in the final days of November, stealing what likely amounts to thousands of dollars worth of electronics. The
SF News District 8 Will Likely Be Without A Supervisor Until January Supervisor Scott Wiener narrowly beat out Supervisor Jane Kim in his effort to become District 11's next state Senator. As he will be vacating his current role of San Francisco District 8 supervisor,
SF News City Drug-Injection Sites Endorsed By Department Of Public Health Director The city's senior health official endorsed the idea of establishing safe-injection sites for intravenous drug users yesterday at a Board of Supervisors meeting, aligning herself with what she says is clear scientific evidence
SF News Day Around The Bay: Scott Wiener Is Very Pleased With Himself Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Apple is reportedly building a drone fleet to help
SF News Mission Housing Development Dropped After Auto Shop Deemed Historically Significant Developers initially intending to turn a Mission District auto shop into 20 units of housing have backed away from that plan following a ruling by the city that the building has historical significance.
SF News Michael Phelps Now Dreams Of Silicon Valley Gold What's left to conquer when you already have 28 Olympic medals? How about Silicon Valley? That seems to be the thinking of Michael Phelps, who the Associated Press reports is planning on leveraging
SF News Mission District 'Hacker House' Struggles As Even Techies Can't Afford The Rent The story of the long-time resident getting priced out of the Mission District is so common as to be cliché, but the latest twist on the tale proves that even the tech set
SF News Levi's CEO Asks Customers To Stop Bringing Guns Into His Stores San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. stepped into the national debate on gun safety yesterday when company CEO Chip Bergh published an open letter asking that his customers stop bringing firearms into Levi's
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco 'Hamilton' Tickets Go On Pre-Sale Monday Morning, General Sale December 12 As you likely already know, the absurdly popular Hamilton is set to come to San Francisco this spring — opening on March 14 and running through August 5. We now learn via SHN that
SF News Here Are The Latest Mission Rock Development Renderings From The Giants A new round of renderings for the proposed Mission Rock development is set to be presented this coming Monday to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and the updated images provide
