Arts & Entertainment Photos: Twin Baby Giraffes Born at San Francisco Zoo, One Survives Last week the San Francisco Zoo welcomed a rare occurrence the live birth of twin reticulated giraffes in captivity which turned into a bittersweet event after one of the two twins died two
SF News Centerplate CEO Getting Ousted Over Dog Abuse Video Following the release of the video last week that showed Desmond Hague, CEO of Centerplate, kicking a Doberman pinscher and hoisting it by its leash, the company is expected to announce Hague's resignation
SF News Aftershocks Still Rocking Napa a Week Later Two small jolts were felt overnight and early this morning in Napa County, one just before 2 a.m. and one just after 6:30 a.m., as CBS 5 reports. The two
SF News What Are You Still Doing At Work? It's time for everyone's (least) favorite open thread for a holiday-weekend Friday. Do tell us, dear SFist readers, what are you still doing at the computer when you should be on the road
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In S.F. Food: Doc Ricketts Arrives, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack Expands, and More The big news this week (besides the opening of Bandidos) is the arrival of Doc Ricketts (124 Columbus), a new restaurant, and Doc's Lab, a new comedy and music venue that's opening in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink In-House Tech Company Chefs Talk About What They Cook, Not About Stock Options Over at the Chronicle, Jonathan Kauffman did video interviews with a panel of tech-company chefs Lance Holton of Twitter, Brian Mattingly of Dropbox, Shane Dykhuis of BandPage, and Matthew DuTrumble of Zynga asking
SF News Great Nephew of Labor Leader Cesar Chavez Possibly Intentionally Infecting Other Men With HIV A not-so-sweet story is coming to light this week about 29-year-old Thomas Guerra, who has also gone by the name Ashton Chavez, and whom San Diego prosecutors are now building a case against
SF News Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Admits She Is Mentally Ill Marilyn Hartman, the 62-year-old woman who can't seem to stay out of airports or off of flights she hasn't purchased tickets for, now says she is suffering from chronic depression, as well as
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: An Informative And Pretty Video About Sutro Tower Check out this swell video from the Exploratorium's Science in the City series which tells the story of Sutro Tower, which went "from eyesore to icon." Its years of use as the Bay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's Happening To Popeye's On Divis? [Updated] This just in: Popeye's on Divisadero is either in danger of closing, already closed, or getting a weird facelift, as Hoodline reports. One thing is for certain: That corner property on New Valencia
SF News Insurance Bill For Uber/Lyft Drivers Passes California Senate A compromise reached between California legislators and ride-share companies Uber and Lyft this week suggests that insurance companies may be asked to create a new type of policy specifically for peer-to-peer ride-sharing. As
SF News Witness In Death Of Bryan 'Feather Lynn' Higgins Describes Early Morning Confrontation Some more details have come to light via eyewitness testimony in the attack on, and ultimate death, of 31-year-old Bryan "Feather Lynn" Higgins near Church and Duboce Streets on August 10. And the
SF News The Next Big Development Battle Site: The Flower Mart Over in white-hot SoMa, another property that could be making a whole lot of money for one developer is set to become the site of the next battle between that developer and a
SF News Turf Replaced at Levi's Stadium For Second Time; Also, a Drone's-Eye View of the Stadium For the second time in a week crews were ripping out the grass at Levi's Stadium after complaints about the original turf from 49ers players. This just happened last Wednesday, as you'll recall,
SF News Woman Dies In Bus Accident At Burning Man A woman who has not yet been identified died early Thursday morning when she fell under the wheels of a bus at Burning Man. The details of the accident have not yet been
Arts & Entertainment Celebrity Sightings: <i>Looking</i> Stars Spotted Around S.F. As Shooting For Season 2 Begins As you probably heard, despite a lot of mixed reviews, HBO's S.F.-set gay dramedy Looking was renewed for a second season, and shooting is now starting up again here on location.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Exclusive: Here's the Menu For Bandidos, Opening In the Castro September 2 The new sit-down Mexican spot coming to the Castro from the Hi Tops team, Bandidos, is now set to open next week, on September 2, right after Labor Day. Owners Dana Gleim and
SF News Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Arrested Again (!), In Phoenix Everyone said she probably wasn't going to stop, even though she pretended to be all contrite after getting released from jail in L.A. two weeks ago. And now poor, possibly insane Marilyn
Arts & Entertainment <i>Full House</i> Revamp Possibly In The Works Starring John Stamos A revival of Full House, starring John Stamos and maybe taking place in San Francisco (like the original 1987-1995 series), is reportedly being tossed around at Warner Brothers Television, as TV Guide reports.
Arts & Entertainment Here's The Lineup For Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014 After weeks of teaser medleys on the Hardly Strictly site, in which they revealed this year's artists ten at a time, the full lineup for everyone's favorite free music festival that isn't in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Uber Testing Lunch Delivery In L.A., Corner Store Delivery in D.C. As predicted last year, Uber is branching out into businesses other than on-demand black cars and ride-sharing, and the first concepts are UberFresh, a lunch-delivery service currently being tested in Santa Monica, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>Buyer & Cellar</i> at the Curran "I don't do Barbra," actor Michael Urie says in the opening moments of Buyer & Cellar, when he is speaking as himself, an actor who is about to play the role of a
Arts & Entertainment Video: Evil Elmo Back To Making Children Cry At Fisherman's Wharf He's back! He never actually went anywhere, but just like the sea lions who occasionally disappear from their favorite dock at Pier 39, Evil Elmo sometimes goes below the radar for a few
Arts & Entertainment Huzzah! Burning Man Gates Reopen As Of 6 AM The road in and the gates to Black Rock City reopened earlier than expected this morning, at 6 a.m., following Monday's freak rain storm that destroyed a legion of Burners' early camp-set-up
SF News New Plan For Oakland's Coliseum Area Includes 5,750 Housing Units, New Venues For Football, Baseball, and Basketball The City of Oakland just unveiled a detailed master plan for Coliseum City, a project they forsee spanning the next 20 years that would include the construction of a new stadiums for the
