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Jay Barmann

Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years.

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Layoffs At Tech Companies Double What They Were Last Year At This Time

Can we all admit, finally, that the tech bubble has indeed burst, or at least floated off and disappeared somehow as bubbles do? It may be less of a pop-up than just a

Arts & Entertainment

After-School Program That Did Anti-Tech Musical Now Takes On The Environment In <i>This American Hive</i>

Fans of This American Life and loyal readers of SFist will remember CASA (Children's After-School Arts), the local after-school program that was featured because of a provocative musical they created and staged in

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Best Outdoor Bars: East & North Bay Edition

Just a couple weeks ago we brought you an updated list of the best outdoor and patio bars in San Francisco, and now it's time to give some similar attention to al fresco

Multiple Humpback Whale Sightings In Bay Are Fun, But Actually Cause For Concern

Spotted some gray whales while I was on the GG Bridge! First time I brought my camera too, super lucky. 🐋 pic.twitter.com/ePIMn5DsOy— Chris Gallello (@cgallello) May 11, 2016 As SFist noted

Stoned Driving Has Actually Killed A Lot Of People In Washington State

A lot of people will try to tell you that they can always drive stoned and marijuana makes you a better driver rather than a worse driver, like alcohol, but that actually doesn't

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

New Mediterranean Spot Tawla Coming To Lower Valencia

A delicious looking new Eastern Mediterranean spot think more Turkish and Lebanese than Greek or Italian is set to debut in the next couple of weeks from former Delfina chef Joseph Magidow, and

Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Shooter Robert Dear Found Unfit For Trial

Not shockingly, the man accused in the killing of three innocent people last November in Colorado Springs, as he attempted to storm a Planned Parenthood location there and be a "warrior for the

Etiquette Week: Do You Have To Line Up For BART Doors?

It's Etiquette Week at SFist, in which SFist's editors dole out some prescriptive advice for how to behave in this city we all share in order not to overly annoy, offend, or otherwise

Arts & Entertainment

Video: Riley Curry Is Watching You As Dad Gets MVP Trophy

Don't mess with Riley Curry. https://t.co/0NuhU1WVdi— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) May 10, 2016 Of course, basketball legend-in-the-making Steph Curry had to be upstaged by his adorable daughter Riley on Tuesday as

Arts & Entertainment

Immersive Theater Piece <i>The Speakeasy</i> Returns This Summer In Permanent North Beach Home

Boxcar Theatre's hit immersive theater experience from 2014, The Speakeasy (see SFist's review here) is being revived this August in a new space in North Beach/Chinatown and like its first incarnation, the

City Clears 100-Person Homeless Encampment On Cesar Chavez

Homeless camp swept from #SF's Cesar Chavez St. https://t.co/7NcILnIAMU pic.twitter.com/7sSq6x3zZd— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) May 11, 2016 A large and "complex" tent city centered around the 101 freeway overpass

[Update] Part Of Mission Street Closed Downtown By Large Sinkhole

Giant sinkhole swallows part of San Francisco street https://t.co/QETXgYqZq1 pic.twitter.com/folEQCSUsU— ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) May 11, 2016 A pretty significant, SUV-sized sinkhole opened up beneath an Uber SUV

Day Around The Bay: AAA Says Marijuana DUI Tests Are Bunk

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 study commissioned by AAA's safety foundation has found

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Etiquette Week: How To Split A Check

It's Etiquette Week at SFist, in which SFist's editors dole out some prescriptive advice for how to behave in this city we all share in order not to overly annoy, offend, or otherwise

Big Rig Topples Tree Onto Tent On Folsom, Injuring Two Homeless Men

A white big-rig truck struck a tree early Tuesday morning and toppled it onto a tent where two homeless men were sleeping, on Folsom Street in the Mission District. The truck then fled

Horrifying Embarcadero Crash Involved Luxe Valet Driver

Remember this awful collision at Embarcadero and Bryant last month involving that BMW that had to be pried open with the jaws of life? As CNet is reporting, the other vehicle, the Jeep

[Update] St. Luke's Hospital Entrance Briefly Shut Down By Bomb-Like Device

The area of Cesar Chavez Street around Valencia Street and San Jose Avenue, in the vicinity of St. Luke's Hospital, has been shut down by the SFPD as they investigate a suspicious device.

Openly Gay Venture Capitalist Peter Thiel Comes Out As Trump Supporter

Local smartest-man-in-the-room VC Peter Thiel has apparently applied his contrarian tendencies to this election year as we learn today that he's signed on to be a delegate for Donald Trump. Like some of

Arts & Entertainment

Video: Amazing <i>America's Got Talent</i> Chihuahua Act Wows Oracle Arena

I can't get enough of this video, which is actually a week old now but just surfaced in my Facebook feed, of circus performer Christian Stoinev making a halftime appearance during the NBA

Arts & Entertainment

Etiquette Week: How To Ride A Muni Bus

It's time again for something we haven't done in a couple years here at SFist, and that's Etiquette Week in which SFist's editors dole out some prescriptive advice for how to behave in

Arts & Entertainment

Darren Criss To Play Hedwig For San Francisco Run In October

The casting announcement has just been made, and for the San Francisco touring production of the revival of the hit rock musical Hedwig & the Angry Inch, the genderqueer main character Hedwig will

New Valencia Bike Barometer Already Defaced

Perhaps predictably, someone who either hates bicyclists or hates the SFMTA or just plain hates the gentrification of Valencia Street has already vandalized the new bike counter that just went up a week