SF News Women's Book Club Plans To Sue Napa Valley Wine Train For $5 Million Somewhat predictably following a media firestorm around the unceremonious removal of 11 East Bay women from the Napa Valley Wine Train for allegedly being loud whilst drinking their wine, the group has engaged
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Nicely Dressed' Dead Body Found Outside The Mill Man Found Dead In Parklet Outside The Mill: http://t.co/wKs5n31tP8 by @LightExposures pic.twitter.com/q3NAjhzv9S— Hoodline (@HoodlineSF) August 31, 2015 The deceased body of a "nicely dressed gentlemen" was discovered
SF News BART Will Maybe Solve Terrible Screeching Sound In Transbay Tube Once And For All During the weekend closure of the Transbay Tube earlier this month, BART replaced some of the tracks in the tube itself that they say are responsible for the terrible screeching sound that we
SF News The Sacramento River Delta Could Have Its Own Katrina-Like Levee Disaster As you may or may not be aware, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is made up of a series of levees, all of which protect a freshwater source that supplies water to two-thirds
SF News 9th Circuit Hears Arguments In Constitutionality Of Death Penalty In California An appeal from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, in a case pertaining to delays in California's death penalty system, went before a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit today in Pasadena. Harris is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yep, New Owner Of The Grubstake Wants To Raze It To Build Condos Despite some protestations earlier this month claiming that they would continue to run beloved late-night diner The Grubstake "as is," new almost-owners Nick Pigott and Johnny "Love" Metheny have just quietly engaged design
SF News Muni Wants To Be Better: More Trains And Route Changes Coming In September You know how Muni switched some things up in April, adding some rapid/skip-stop bus lines to existing lines and trying to improve service for certain parts of town? Well that was just
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Opens With Traffic, Dust Storms, Susan Sarandon We'll keep the negativity to a minimum because obviously we're not there and can't speak to its glories and wonders, but Burning Man officially began Sunday with the first arrivals of RVs and
SF News Day Around The Bay: Shrimp Boy's Motion To Dismiss Denied Vanity Fair is hosting a 'New Establishment Summit' in SF on October 1 featuring some "tech titans," and tickets are $5,500. Yes, $5,500. [RachelSchafer/Twitter] Judge rejects Shrimp Boy’s bid
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rainforest Café Manager Tied Up, Robbed At Gunpoint A manager at the Rainforest Café at Fisherman's Wharf was held up at gunpoint around 1 a.m. this morning. Bay City News reports that a suspect entered the restaurant and made his
Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: The Stuff Of Blurry Nightmares For some reason, the person who posted this ad to Craigslist for an in-law one-bedroom in the Bayview couldn't take a clear shot of the unit in question. Either their phone really sucks,
Arts & Entertainment Weird Documentary Profiles Local Drag Queen Heklina As part of their Truly CA series, KQED has just shared this documentary short about San Francisco drag star and Oasis co-owner Heklina. It's a little odd, with a Bergman-esque opening sequence involving
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved Tiny Sushi Bar, Ino Sushi, Closing Next Week After 37 Years Japantown mainstay Ino Sushi, famous in part for its fantastically fresh fish and in part for the gruff temperament of chef-owner Noboru Inoue, is closing its doors forever next week as Ino-san and
SF News Nevius Loves The Mayor's Super Bowl Plan For The Homeless There have been a lot of eyebrow raises amongst the media regarding the mayor's as-yet unexplained plan to clear all the homeless out of the vicinity of the Super Bowl fan village at
SF News New Sheriff Overseeing Burning Man Playa Might Be More Hardassed About Drugs There's a new sheriff in town at Black Rock City well, Pershing County, Nevada to be precise. Former sheriff's deputy Jerry Allen was elected to replace former sheriff Richard Machado, and he took
Arts & Entertainment Director Talks About <i>Amélie</i> The Musical, Premiering Soon At Berkeley Rep The beloved French film Amélie (2001) has been turned into a musical which will be having its world premiere in September at Berkeley Rep. The book is by acclaimed playwright Craig Lucas (Prelude
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Name Your Own Price For Scoops Of Three Twins Ice Cream Today In celebration of their 10th anniversary, quirky local ice cream company Three Twins is doing a “Name Your Price” special all day today at all four of its Bay Area locations, including the
SF News Oakland Childhood Friends Say Virginia Shooter Vester Flanagan Was 'Respectable,' But Also Once Was A Male Escort The man known as Bryce Williams, born Vester Flanagan II, who was responsible for yesterday's shooting of two Virginia journalists, grew up in Oakland, as we noted yesterday. And now CBS 5 tracked
SF News Former 49er Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape; Ahmad Brooks Charged As Well Last we heard, former 49er Ray McDonald and his attorneys were attempting to level a defamation lawsuit against the 22-year-old woman who accused McDonald of sexually assaulting on December 14, 2014 at his
SF News [UPDATE] Womp Womp: Big Mystery Event At Bill Graham Just Another Apple Unveiling It's still not exactly confirmed or elevated beyond well substantiated rumor, but Hoodline claims to have a 'trusted source" who says that the big-deal event taking shape at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium the
SF News Day Around The Bay: A Trump Tower Coming To SF?? The Chron's John King paints a totally plausible scenario in which Donald Trump could end up being the highest bidder for a site that's going up for auction, in the Transby District, that's
Arts & Entertainment Mark Rucker, Associate Artistic Director Of A.C.T., Dies at 56 There was some tragic and unexpected news today in the local theater community. Talented and acclaimed theater director Mark Rucker, who has served as Associate Artistic Director at American Conservatory Theater here in
Arts & Entertainment Seven Fun And Easy Weekend Staycation Ideas In SF Sometimes, there just isn't time or money for a real vacation. But you do realize that the city you live in happens to be one of the highest ranked domestic tourist destinations in
SF News Advocates Want 16th And Mission Site To Become 100 Percent Affordable, But It Probably Won't Following on last week's news that the so-called 'Monster in the Mission' could be doomed due to a legal dispute between the landowner and the developer, opponents of the project jumped for joy,
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'Burning Man' The Musical It seems inevitable, given that the internet is the internet, that someone would do a satirical take on Burning Man in the form of musical theater. And that very thing has arrived! It's
