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Newsflash: Most Of San Francisco's Streets Were Named After Men

You can tell a lot about the history of a place by its street names — Houston, Texas has Robert E. Lee Road, for example — but what, if anything, does the gender breakdown of

Arts & Entertainment

Union Square Ice Rink Opens, Will Spice Things Up With 'Dungeon On Ice'

The Union Square ice skating rink opened yesterday, with luminaries such as Assemblymember David Chiu and Snoopy in attendance to celebrate. The rink, officially known as The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Yelp Now Explicitly Warning You Off Restaurants With Poor Health Scores

The restaurant review site Yelp unveiled a new feature this October — one that is sure to win friends among consumers and make (even more) enemies among restaurant owners. The new feature updates a

Measure Mandating Condoms In Porn Approved For November Ballot

A measure that would mandate all pornographic film performers in California wear condoms during shoots will be on the 2016 ballot next November. The Secretary of State yesterday announced that the measure had

Video: Serena Williams Chases Down Mission Chinese Food Phone Thief

World famous tennis champion Serena Williams was in San Francisco this week, and on Tuesday she decided to grab some dinner at Mission Chinese Food and catch up with an old friend. At

Ugh: How Companies Are Using Facebook To Determine Your Creditworthiness

What you say and post online can have a profound impact on your life. We all know this. This is not news. However, that the frequency with which you use specific, inoffensive words

SFPD Once Again Blames Cyclist For Own Death, City Refuses To Release Video Of Accident

SFPD: Bicyclist was a 48 year old male, riding between two buses in the same direction. pic.twitter.com/RqDptRbLBG— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) October 12, 2015 In what is becoming a tragic pattern,

City To Demolish Pedestrian Bridges On Geary To Speed Up Bus Travel

As part of a plan to streamline bus rapid transit along Geary Boulevard, the city of San Francisco is proposing to demolish two pedestrian bridges which they claim stand in the way. The

16th And Mission BART Plaza 'Overrun' With Rats

The 16th and Mission BART Plaza is known around the Bay Area for many reasons — its central location and proximity to Dolores Park, that it plays host to a weekly poetry slam, and

Powell Street To Be Partially Closed To Traffic In Pedestrian Safety Pilot

Frequenters of the unmitigated madhouse that is the strip of Powell Street between Geary and Ellis Streets have reason to celebrate this morning, as the SFMTA has approved a pilot program that would

Day Around The Bay: SF Police Union Is Not Happy With Supervisor Cohen

The San Francisco Police Union is not happy with Supervisor Cohen. [Examiner] A Ron Conway-funded election information site claims that it’s non-partisan. [Mission Local] USGS working to predict Bay Area landslides, which

Fisherman's Wharf Solidifies Status As Lame Tourist Spot By Opposing Pot Dispensary

Members of the Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District would like it known that they are not cool with medical marijuana. Like, no way man. In response to efforts to bring a medical cannabis

Sorry Everyone, Implosion Of Old Bay Bridge Delayed

Sad news for anyone hoping to watch this Saturday's planned implosion of part of the eastern span of the old Bay Bridge (and especially these people who paid $90 per person for an

Chief Google Engineer Says Crazy Thing About 2017 Drone Deliveries

The company formally known as Google (Alphabet) hopes to have drones delivering you baby wipes and other small items by 2017, according to one of the company's engineers. The announcement was made yesterday

Arts & Entertainment

Metallica To Play AT&T Park On Eve Of Super Bowl

Bay Area elder-statesmen rockers Metallica will play a hometown show on the eve of Super Bowl 50, as we just learned. The concert, to take place in AT&T Park, is part

New Warm Springs BART Extension Might Actually Open This Year

BART announced last week that the third rail of the upcoming Warm Springs BART Station south of Fremont Station would be turned on today. The powering on of the rail means that the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Restaurant at Meadowood To Open Casual Alternative In St. Helena

Want to taste the talents of chef Christopher Kostow but can't afford the mint that would take for an evening at Meadowood? Well, then you're in luck as the two-person team behind Napa's

Delays Continue To Mount On Bay Bridge Bike Path

It appears that yet another deadline to complete the Bay Bridge bike path will be missed, as the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is predicting that the long-overdue pathway connecting the East Bay

In Confusing Bid To Reduce Litter, National Park Service Pulls Ocean Beach Trash Cans

In a bizarrely counterintuitive move echoing San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department's efforts in Dolores Park, the National Park Service has removed a series of garbage cans along the Ocean Beach promenade with

How Many Ranked-Choice Votes Would It Take To Unseat Ed Lee?

Tomorrow is election day (you're going to vote, right?) and a couple of controversial ballot propositions have received a lot of (deserved) attention. As a possible voter you have been asked to make

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Wine Train Lawyers Fight Back In Lawsuit Over Racial Discrimination

Lawyers for the (now) notorious Napa Valley Wine Train are attempting to dismiss elements of the lawsuit brought against them by 11 one-time passengers. The lawyers assert that the $11 million dollar racial-discrimination

Reminder: New Bay Bridge Briefly Closing To Allow Pier To Be Detonated

You've heard they're detonating the old Bay Bridge, right? Apparently continuing to dismantle the old eastern span piece by piece is taking too long, is hard, is too expensive, and might hurt surrounding

In Rare Case Of Reverse Gentrification, Fancy Soda Shop Becomes Gambling Den

In what appears to be a rare case of Mission District reverse gentrification, the former home of fancy soda/candy shop The Fizzary has morphed into an illegal gambling den, complete with numerous

San Francisco's Bail System Is Unconstitutional, Says Class-Action Suit

A federal class-action lawsuit claims that San Francisco's bail system is unconstitutional, and it's a charge top cop Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi agrees with. Equal Justice Under Law, a non-profit civil rights organization, has