SF News Adobe Is Finally Killing Off Flash, Giving It Until 2020 To Choke And Die One of the internet's most hated and annoying bits of software, and one that endlessly needs updating due to security holes being endlessly exploited by bad guys, is finally going to die a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Mid-Market Rooftop Bar To Be Called Charmaine's; Ground-Floor Restaurant Named Villon The much anticipated rooftop bar and lounge at the soon-to-open Proper Hotel at Market and Seventh now officially has a name: Charmaine's. We just learned a few weeks ago that they had hired
SF News [Update] 10-Year Vet Of SFPD Arrested On Child Porn Charges The SFPD is about to hold a press conference to announce that a 10-year veteran of the force has been arrested on child porn charges. 37-year-old Joshua Enea of Antioch, who's been an
SF News Video: Elon Musk Has Actually Already Built A Car Elevator For His Insane Tunneling Project It's unwise to laugh these days when a billionaire entrepreneur seems to be joking about a new venture he dreamed up while sitting in traffic. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's seemingly jokingly (we thought)
SF News 'Emergency Protest' Planned In Castro Following Trump's Ban On Trans People In The Military Following this morning's tweet-announcement by the president of a ban on trans people serving in the military something that could effect over 2,000 active-duty troops an "emergency protest" has been announced in
Arts & Entertainment Popular Pier 70 Halloween Party 'Ghost Ship' Rebrands Itself 'LoveBoat Halloween' Many of us assumed that the big two-night Halloween costume rave known as Ghost Ship, which lately has been happening in the abandoned warehouse on Pier 70, would likely have to change its
SF News Man Threatens To Kill Everyone On BART Train, Is Allowed To Board By BART Cop A clearly unstable man who had already caught the attention of BART police early Friday morning at North Concord/Martinez BART Station was allowed by one BART officer to board a train full
SF News Chelsea Manning, Nancy Pelosi And Others React To Proposed Trans Military Ban President Trump's announcement via Twitter Wednesday morning that he planned to ban trans people from military service is already sending waves of anger through the LGBT community and has hopefully, finally, made Caitlyn
SF News Day Around The Bay: Bay Area Inundated With Wasp Nests Oakland Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney may be facing hefty fines for ethics violations relating to a city-contracted architecture firm from whom she received free help in opposing a development that was planned next
SF News Uber Suspends Driver For Engaging In Sex While A Backseat Passenger Was On A Trip We have a fresh story of an Uber driver behaving badly, and this time it didn't have to do with victimizing a passenger but rather making a passenger feel really, really uncomfortable while
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink More Details On Plan To Turn Stonestown Macy's Into Multiplex Theater With Food Court We heard outlines of a plan a couple weeks ago by new property owner General Growth Properties (GGP) to redevelop the Macy's store at the Stonestown mall. Now the Chronicle gets a few
Arts & Entertainment Pioneering Trans Performer And Onetime Marilyn Monroe Impersonator Aleshia Brevard Dies At 79 One of the first trans women in the US to receive sexual reassignment surgery, and a performer known for small roles in film and television as well as her spot-on Marilyn Monroe impression
SF News 'Game Of Thrones' Leads To Spate Of Abandoned Huskies With Funny Names Siberian huskies, the strong, wolf-like dogs originally bred for sled-pulling in the Arctic, have along with some of other wolf-esque breeds like the Alaskan malamute been gaining huge popularity in the US and
SF News BART Now Says The First 'Fleet of the Future' Cars Will Be Taking Passengers In September BART is not making any promises, but via a media ride-along event on Monday, they are eager to let the public know that they are not behind schedule anymore with the rollout of
SF News Day Around The Bay: Seven Suspects Sought In Oakland Gang Rape City Attorney Dennis Herrera is still trying to force Uber and Lyft to release data on their drivers' daily trips within the city, and he's just filed a petition in court. [Chronicle] Check
SF News Facebook Cafeteria Workers Unionize, Say They're Not Sharing In The Tech Wealth A decision by about 500 cafeteria workers at Facebook's Menlo Park campus to unionize led the Guardian to do this piece profiling a husband and wife who work in the cafeteria and are
SF News Boutique Hotel With Roof Deck Planned For 18th Street In The Castro Plans for a modern new hotel in the heart of #TheCastro #CastroSF #RealestateSF https://t.co/at2tGEMvMC pic.twitter.com/qyHedYLn64— SocketSite (@SocketSite) July 24, 2017 A four-story, 12-room boutique hotel is in
Arts & Entertainment Video: The Rock Stars In Absurd New iPhone Ad Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the star of a new commercial for Siri and the iPhone 7 called "The Rock x Siri Dominate the Day," and it's all about how insanely busy the
SF News Video: Victim In Richmond BART Mob Attack Speaks Out 30-year-old Landon Sims has no idea why a gang of about a dozen teenagers randomly attacked him outside the Richmond BART station last week. Robbery was not the apparent motive because, as he
SF News [Update] Online Fact-Checker Snopes.com Reaches Out For Donations In Midst Of Ownership Dispute Snopes.com, the 23-year-old fact-checking website devoted to keeping the internet honest, is in the midst of an ownership struggle that, according to one side of the dispute, is threatening the future of
SF News Kate Steinle Murder Trial Possibly Getting Postponed The defendant in the murder case of Kathryn Steinle, who was fatally shot two years ago on Pier 14, made an appearance in court Friday, and as the Mercury News reports, his attorneys
SF News Two Bay Area Runners Win SF Marathon The San Francisco Marathon shut down some streets this morning, and runners were going before dawn, circling the city through Golden Gate Park, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and back to the starting
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Bar Tartine Space Becoming A Matcha Shop, Barcino Opens In Hayes Valley, And More This week on the food scene we learned that Wise Sons is expanding to Hayes Valley, likely with a bagel shop, and we learned some behind-the-scenes secrets from an In-N-Out employee. Also, Namu
SF News Video: Dog Attacked By Otters In Washington Lake A two-year-old black Labrador retriever was attacked by several otters last Wednesday in American Lake in Lakewood, Washington. As KRON 4 reports, the dog's guardian, Linda Willingham, witnessed the attack and she said
SF News SF Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure For The 11th Time Outside Daly City Target An unstoppable public masturbator was sentenced this week to 16 months in jail after he was caught pleasuring himself in his car in a parking lot at the Serramonte Center Target store in
