Arts & Entertainment SF Animal Care's 'Officer Edith': 'There's Always A Skunk At the Bottom of a Hole' One of the darlings of the local government Twitterati, the voice behind the @OfficerEdith Twitter handle that tweets cute pictures of animals rescued by Animal Care & Control, is actually named Lt. Eleanor Sadler.
SF News Three Jurors Dismissed And Replaced On 10th Day Of Ghost Ship Trial Deliberations The judge in the trial of Ghost Ship fire defendants Derick Almena and Max Harris has dismissed three jurors — a quarter of the jury — for undisclosed reasons, and replaced them with three alternates.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink RT Rotisserie Opens Second Location In Faletti/Nopalito Complex At Oak and Broderick Popular fast-casual Rich Table spinoff RT Rotisserie is getting set to debut a second location in the former DeLessio Market and Bakery space next door to Faletti Foods at 306 Broderick Street — exactly 12 blocks from the original location.
SF News Alameda Landlord Claims She Is Not Greedy As She Attempts To Evict 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor A landlord in Alameda has been trying for a year to evict an elderly Holocaust survivor — and previously his terminally ill son, who has now died — reportedly over a $700/month rent hike.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Alamo Drafthouse Reopens After Small Electrical Fire; Refunds Offered If you had tickets for a movie tonight or were planning to see something at Alamo Drafthouse in the Mission in the next day or so, you may be out of luck as the theater is temporarily closed pending an SFFD inspection on Monday.
Arts & Entertainment Hoorah! Curran Theater Will Continue To Be Run By Carole Shorenstein Hays Following Settlement With SHN Theater fans who worried that The Curran might stop importing interesting Broadway fare from New York due to a court fight can breathe a sigh of relief -- the theater can continue to book what it wants "without restriction."
SF News Once Again, A Foolish Driver Drove Through the Muni Tunnel At Duboce Park An SUV tore through the Sunset Tunnel on the N-Judah line on Saturday, this time making it all the way through and out the other side at Cole and Carl Streets.
SF News Homeless Man Accused In Assault To Be Jailed Today On Earlier Arrest Warrant Multiple other victims have come forward with stories of possible threats made by the same homeless man in last week's assault case, and now he's definitely landing in jail.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: PG&E Shares Plummet After Tubbs Fire Decision A woman was fatally struck by a BART train at Powell Sunday night, a registered sex offender chased several women around Santa Rosa, and Sacramento is suing seven homeless people in an unusual case.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Six Friends Visit All 28 San Francisco Breweries In One Day A group of SF friends set out on Saturday, August 17 to hit every brewery in the city, beginning out at the ocean at 9:30 a.m. at Beach Chalet — a grand total of 28 stops. And they survived.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Homeless Assault Suspect James Vincent Ordered To Wear Ankle Monitor Berkeley Soul Cyclers don't seem to care about the boycott, BART won't be pleasant in the East Bay toward Walnut Creek this weekend, and the Isley Brothers are closing out the Stern Grove Festival on Sunday.
SF News Seven Hospitalized In Central Valley With Near-Fatal Lung Conditions From Street-Purchased Vape Pods Seven people in Kings County landed in intensive care, some with near-fatal respiratory distress, after vaping with cannabis oil pods purchased from un-licensed pop-up vendors.
SF News Transamerica Pyramid Hits Market For a Reported $600 Million The once controversial, now beloved, 48-story Transamerica Pyramid is going up for sale for the first time since its 1972 completion, along with two nearby buildings on Sansome Street, for an estimated $600-$625 million.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eat Drink SF Returns In Pared-Down Form Next Week At the Midway The big annual food festival known as Eat Drink SF is now in its 11th year, and this time around it's switching up the venue again and paring down to one day — Saturday, August 24.
SF News PG&E Tells All Customers To Prepare For Multi-Day Blackouts; Sacramento Pushes Back Late summer and fall in parts of Northern California could be eerily silent and dark as PG&E is preparing us for the potential of week-long blackouts to prevent wildfires.
SF Politics Marianne Williamson Preached About Moral Governance At Manny's In the Mission Despite sweltering conditions, about 350 people crowded inside Manny's Thursday night to see and hear self-help author and outlier presidential candidate Marianne Williamson give a stump speech.
SF News Fatal Stabbing On Van Ness Details are few, but there was a homicide Friday morning in the vicinity of Polk Gulch.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Power Restored After Big Outage In Marin All about Mauricio Dubon, the Giants' new second baseman, a beached shark refused to go back in the water at a Bay Area beach, and the homeless suspect in that well publicized assault is back in court today.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Ford Mustang From 'Bullitt' Goes Up For Auction Mayor London Breed condemns the judge that freed the homeless guy who allegedly attacked a woman, a young girl was nearly kidnapped by a man while walking to school in South San Francisco, and the 'Bullitt' car is up for auction.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Someone New Might Get To Take Over the Cliff House Next Year The historic Cliff House is coming up for grabs via a request for qualifications from the National Park Service. And this means someone could come in and turn the place into an actual dining destination — rather than just a tourist destination with ocean views.
SF News Major Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In the Mission SF's Mission District — specifically the area around 22nd and Valencia — went eerily quiet Thursday afternoon after construction crews ruptured two large gas lines.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Owners Are Opening A Pizza and Pasta Spot In West Portal The family that owns North Beach's Original Joe's and its Daly City sister location have snapped up the former Paradise Pizza space in West Portal with plans to open Little Joe's Pizza, Pasta, Parmigiana.
SF News SF's Oldest Cable Car Comes Back Into Service After 77-Year Break A San Francisco cable car built in 1883 that was last in active service in 1942 is being put back to work, possibly starting next month.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tacolicious Is Opening a Downtown Taco Shop This Fall at Market and Third SF-born taco chain Tacolicious — which now has three locations in the city — is expanding once more with Tacolicious Chico at 685 Market Street.
SF News SF Woman Livid After Homeless Man Who Allegedly Accosted Her Is Released From Jail A woman who was assaulted by a homeless and apparently unstable man Saturday night outside her building in SoMa is outraged after the suspect was released from jail on his own recognizance by a judge.
