Arts & Entertainment As Tony Bennett Statue Unveiled On Nob Hill, Willie Brown Says 'I Hope It's Not Trump!' Ex-Mayor Willie Brown jokes to crowd before unveiling of Tony Bennett statue on Nob Hill: "It better not be Trump!" pic.twitter.com/uNnvgb4FmW— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) August 19, 2016 A statue honoring
SF News San Mateo Man Convicted Of Murder In 2013 Double-Shooting Outside Gay SoMa Club Some justice has been served in the senseless killing of Melquiesha "Mel" Warren, a 23-year-old woman shot dead in a SoMa parking lot in 2013 over a fender bender, following a night in
SF News U.S. Olympic Fencing Team Member Returns Home To Find New House Destroyed In Clayton Fire Matthew Porter, the armorer of the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team in Rio, returned home to California this week to find that the new home he and his wife had just purchased in
SF News Day Around The Bay: Lyft Driver Robbed At Gunpoint Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. A Lyft driver, called to pick up a fare
Arts & Entertainment Video: Zelda Williams Opens Up To Chelsea Handler About Life After Her Dad's Death Zelda Williams, who's now 27, appeared on Chelsea Handler's new Netflix talk show last night to talk about life in the aftermath of her father's 2014 suicide, and she talked about how she
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Outer Richmond's Pizzetta 211 Expanding Next Door With Seafood Spot Tiny, always crowded Pizzetta 211 (211 23rd Avenue) has been a neighborhood favorite in the Outer Richmond for 17 years now, never expanding beyond its handful of seats and closet-sized kitchen. But now,
Arts & Entertainment Video: SF Couple, Painted To Be Living Mural, Gets Engaged An SF couple participating in a "living mural" by artist Alexa Meade who specializes in painting on people, and their clothing, to turn them into figures in two-dimensional works of art that appear
Arts & Entertainment Le Video's Archive Remains In Cold Storage, Not Rentable; Lost Weekend Video Seeks New Business Model Remember how we got the great news last December that the vast DVD and VHS collection belonging to now defunct Le Video was getting purchased by Alamo Drafthouse, which also partnered with the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 13 Best Cafés That Are Also Basically Co-Working Spaces Sometimes I go to a coffeeshop in this city and I ask myself, "Does everyone work from home now?" Also, "Is everyone a graphic designer now?" I myself get too distracted to work
Arts & Entertainment Neglected Marin Pooch 'Mozzarella' Adopted By SFist Readers, Renamed 'Ziggy' I *knew* this would end happily. The neglected poodle mix nicknamed Mozzarella by Marin Humane Society staffers, discovered last week next to a dumpster at a Mill Valley shopping center, already has a
SF News Three Suspects In Bizarre Millbrae Murder Plead Not Guilty The trio suspected of killing a young Millbrae father in late April made appearances in San Mateo County court on Wednesday, and all three entered pleas of not guilty, as KRON 4 reports.
Arts & Entertainment Naked Donald Trump Statue Appears In SF's Castro District, Multiple Other Cities [Semi-NSFW] Naked Donald Trump plop art sculpture in the Castro #SF pic.twitter.com/P3vr7xbVX0— Larry-bob (@larrybobsf) August 18, 2016 A bloated, nude effigy of Donald Trump appeared (where else?) at Jane Warner Plaza
Arts & Entertainment Nine Awesome Pieces Of Burning Man Art To Look For On The Playa Burning Man 2016 is shaping up to be a fun one, art-wise, so long as the dust storms stay at bay. Below we bring you a collection of things Burners can look out
Arts & Entertainment Video: New Metallica Documentary Being Released By Spotify Thursday It's been a long road since Metallica sued Sean Parker's Napster service in 2000. Tomorrow, August 18, Parker-affiliated Spotify is releasing a new four-part documentary series about the formative years of Metallica, titled
SF News You, Too, Can Live On A Houseboat In Sausalito For $3M Houseboat culture in Marin: It seems so romantic! Now you could own one of your very own if you happen to be willing to spend as much as you would for a luxury
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nomica To Open Shortly In The Castro; Chef Ryan Scott's Finn Town Opening Late October The Castro is about to get two new restaurant options in spaces that have lain dormant for the last year along Market Street: Nomica, a new, modern Japanese spot from the team behind
Arts & Entertainment Several People In San Leandro Still Upset About Three-Story Nude Woman Sculpture Truth is beauty at Burning Man By Marco Cochrane Pic courtesy of @scottlondonpics edited by me #burningman #art #... pic.twitter.com/Df8SrPvwEl— Luis Cochez (@L_uisCochez) November 18, 2014 While the Chronicle has
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fried Chicken Sandwich Shop From Super Duper Team Headed For Downtown The ever-growing empire of Adriano Paganini, a.k.a. Back of the House restaurant group, will be adding to its empire a fast-casual fried chicken sandwich operation at 115 New Montgomery Street (formerly
SF News Ninth Circuit Rules Feds Can't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Sellers Complying With State Law In a new ruling shoring up the strength of state laws permitting the growing, selling, and possession of medical marijuana, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that federal prosecutors can not
SF News Video: U.S. Navy Dedicates First Ship To LGBT Person, USNS Harvey Milk Tuesday afternoon, a ceremony was held on Treasure Island, formerly a Navy base, officially announcing the naming of the previously announced USNS Harvey Milk, the first Navy vessel dedicated to an openly gay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Much Awaited Hayes Valley Restaurant Nightbird Set To Open Shortly It's been a year and a half since we first heard that the talents of chef Kim Alter would finally be getting a solo stage from which to cook here in San Francisco,
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man 747 To Begin Shutting Down Roads Today En Route To The Playa The jumbo 747 that was originally intended to make it to Burning Man last year, is now, actually, slowly making its way from Mojave in Southern California to the Black Rock desert in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lord Stanley Lands On <i>Bon Appétit</i>'s Best New Restaurants At #3 Coming off a year of local accolades and a fresh-out-of-the-gate Michelin star, Polk Street's Lord Stanley has just garnered some new national attention that is sure to make it a tough reservation to
SF News How Worried Should You Be About Falling Branches In SF Parks? San Francisco's Recreation and Parks Department is now under scrutiny after a woman walking with her two children on Friday in North Beach's Washington Square Park was struck and seriously injured by a
SF News Neglected Poodle Mix Abandoned By Dumpster In Marin Needs New Home Just to round out the day with what will hopefully be a happy story, a two-year-old poodle mix abandoned by a dumpster at a Marin County shopping center is in search of a
