SF News Justin Herman Plaza About To Be Renamed, But Rec & Parks Commission Flubs Vote The name of Justin Herman is all but certainly going to be removed from the plaza at the foot of Market Street, but a vote taken by the Recreation and Parks Commission in
SF News Kyle 'Based Stickman' Chapman's Car Vandalized In Berkeley, He Blames Antifa One of the Antifa Terrorist left a big clear hand print on the window of my suv. Berekley CSU is pulling the print now. pic.twitter.com/XETAWM9NRt— Based Stickman (@BasedStickMan_) October 18,
SF News Sonoma County Sheriff Blasts ICE And Breitbart For 'Misleading, Inflammatory' Statements About Immigrant Arson Suspect In response to a Breitbart article and a subsequent press release from the federal agency that enforces the country's immigration laws both of which suggested that an undocumented man who was arrested on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meadowood, French Laundry Reopen Following Wildfires Two of the Bay Area's six Michelin three-star restaurants, The Restaurant at Meadowood and The French Laundry, were impacted by the wildfires last week and had to shut down as the entire Napa
SF News Santa Rosa Fears Population Loss As Some Residents Are Being Allowed Back Into Evacuation Zone Residents of the largely burned out Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa are being allowed back in today to assess damage, collect anything they can find, and grieve. The neighborhood has been under
SF News Day Around The Bay: Birds Are On The Move South Away From North Bay Fires Now on their way to full containment, on schedule, tomorrow, the Tubbs Fire is now 92% contained as of this afternoon, and the Nuns Fire is 82% contained. [Cal Fire] Large numbers of
SF News Large Homeless Encampment At 'Hairball' Gets Cleared One of the last large homeless encampments in the city is being "resolved" according to city officials, and the dozens of people who have been living there for about a year or in
Arts & Entertainment Architect Richard Neutra's First SF Project Illegally Razed By New Owner A house on Twin Peaks originally designed by renowned California architect Richard Neutra and constructed in 1936 has been completely demolished, and Socketsite suggests that the developer behind this transgression will likely just
SF News Dog Owners Rejoice As National Park Service Drops Decade-Long Fight Over GGNRA Dog Rules A long and contentious fight between local dog owners and the National Park Service over a proposed new set of rules regarding on- and off-leash areas for dog walking in the Golden Gate
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wise Sons Bagel Arrives In Hayes Valley October 31 We’re excited to open our new shop in Hayes Valley real soon! Just a few more finishing touches before we start serving bagels and @stumptowncoffee at 537 Octavia St. A post shared
SF News Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Gravely Injured SFPD Bike Patrol Officer While the prognosis of a San Francisco police officer who was apparently intentionally struck by an SUV Wednesday remains unclear, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident. The collision between
SF News Bear Fire In Santa Cruz Mountains Reaches 30% Containment, Some Evacuation Orders Lifted First Responder to the #BearFire. California feels a little End of Days this morning. Stay safe good people. pic.twitter.com/PoeNAOlvNQ— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) October 18, 2017 300 structures remain under threat
SF News 38-Year-Old Missouri Man Identified As Firefighter Who Died In Napa Crash The contract firefighter who died after his water tanker truck went off the road in Napa early Monday morning has been identified as 38-year-old Garrett Paiz of Missouri. Paiz had come to fight
Arts & Entertainment Taylor Mac Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant In the midst of a barrage of fire-related news last week, I neglected to note that the brilliant Taylor Mac who just completed the second-ever complete performance of his 24-Decade History of Popular
SF News First Lawsuit Filed Against PG&E Over Wine Country Fires A state senator is suggesting that PG&E will have to be broken up if it turns out to be found guilty of negligence in causing the wildfires that ripped through Northern
SF News [Update] SFPD Officer Hit By Car On Turk Street A San Francisco police officer was struck and injured by a vehicle on Turk Street between Franklin Street and Van Ness Avenue Wednesday afternoon, and the extent of the officer's injuries are not
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Event Designer Stanlee Gatti's Ultra Fancy Meraki Market Opens In The Tenderloin Thursday A high-end gourmet market conceived by local event impresario Stanlee Gatti will make its debut on October 19, and from the sound of it, it will be like nothing the Tenderloin has known,
SF News Shady Websites Suggest Wildfires Were Started By Mexican Drug Cartels, Illegal Immigrants Citing no actual evidence, a website known for floating conservative-leaning conspiracy theories has reported that Mexican drug cartels are suspected of deliberately setting the multiple wildfires that ravaged wine country and beyond last
SF News Day Around The Bay: Fire Victim May Give New Life To Infant Through Organ Donation Fire news: The Bear Fire, which broke out late last night in the Santa Cruz mountains, is now over 200 acres and remains just 5 percent contained. [Cal Fire] A brush fire in
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Assuming you will not be helping friends or family pick up the pieces after fires in the North Bay, or volunteering to help evacuees this week, below find some fun activities to take
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Salt & Straw Debuts In Hayes Valley This Week, Will Donate To Fire Victims The second SF location of Portland-based Salt & Straw ice cream debuts Friday with a particularly frightful, if inventive, list of Halloween-season flavors, and with a charitable focus in light of the fires
SF News Video: Watch A Berkeley Fire Crew React As They Approach The Tubbs Fire In Its First Hours A video that puts in perspective the swiftness and vastness of the devastation that first responders encountered in the early hours of the wine country wildfires one week ago is this one, from
SF News Federal Judge In Hawaii Halts Trump's Third Attempt At A Travel Ban Amidst all the recent discussion of sanctuary cities, Dreamers and DACA, you may have forgotten that President Trump's other controversial move impacting immigrants and travelers into the US, primarily those from Muslim-majority nations,
SF News 28 Years Ago Loma Prieta Rocked, Cracked, And Crumbled The Bay Area It's hard to focus too heavily on the past today, after a week that has seen some of the worst and sure to be counted as the deadliest wildfires in state history that
SF News Tesla Factory Dogged By Allegations Of Racist Attacks By Workers That Went Unpunished Three more men have come forward alleging that they were the victims of racist verbal attacks and harassment on the factory floor of Tesla's Fremont plant, and they've filed a lawsuit in Alameda