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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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Suspect Identified In 2004 Cold Case Involving Bible Camp Workers Murdered On Sonoma Beach

SoCo sheriff says it made no promises in getting suspect confession. #abc7now #jennerUpdates pic.twitter.com/ExK5ks9FrW— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) May 5, 2017 A 38-year-old Forestville man has been identified as the "likely"

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

New Pasta Spot From Adriano Paganini, A Mano, Opens Monday In Hayes Valley

A Mano, the pasta and pizza restaurant slated for 450 Hayes Street from local mogul Adriano Paganini which we learned the details of a few weeks back is now set for an opening

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Tartine Manufactory Named One Of Food & Wine's Restaurants Of The Year

They did not take home a James Beard Award the other night in Chicago, however baker Chad Robertson, pastry chef Liz Prueitt, and chef Sam Goinsalvos still got a nice honor this week

Door 'Flies' Off Muni Metro Car In Motion, Falls Into Tunnel Near Church Street

Door flew off the muni train in the tunnel between Castro and church just now #muni #sfmuni #sf @sfmta_muni @SFGate @SFist @Hoodline pic.twitter.com/f0WSW5uQD8— James Chang (@jameschangtweet) May 3, 2017

Day Around The Bay: Mark Leno Is Running For Mayor, Everybody

Former state senator Mark Leno, who's contemplated a mayoral run before, is going to announce Thursday that he's officially entering the race for mayor in 2019. [Chronicle] Prior to the Ghost Ship tragedy,

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

RN74 Closing, Will Be Replaced By Ayesha Curry's BBQ Restaurant International Smoke

Pretty big news for downtown dining: Michael Mina's eight-year-old brasserie RN74, famous for its long and expense-account-shattering wine list, is going to be calling it quits later this year and "transitioning" into a

World Famous Surfer, Now Homeless, Questioned And Released In Santa Cruz Homicide

Onetime surfing legend Kevin Reed, a.k.a. Kevin Callahan, was arrested Sunday and questioned by Santa Cruz police in connection to the death of another man whose body was found by some

[Update] President Trump Expected To Sign Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Executive Order This Week

Three months after a draft executive order was leaked that many saw as a thinly veiled attack on LGBTQ equality, sources close to the White House say that President Trump is aiming to

Arts & Entertainment

Richmond Mayor Desperately Wants To Locate Important Landmark In LSD History

Richmond Mayor Tom Butt has been on a quest for many months now trying to figure out which of a group of houses in Point Richmond was home to Owsley “Bear” Stanley's LSD-making

Bad Landlord Anne Kihagi Fined $2.4 Million By SF Court

Housing rights activists gather to protest landlord Anne Kihagi #protest #housing #eviction https://t.co/fYG1EdMi8S pic.twitter.com/uPN7u8noG2— Onpublico (@onpublico) January 31, 2015 It's a bad week for notoriously bad landlord

Day Around the Bay: Kittens Rescued In Redwood City

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Kara Swisher ripped into Travis Kalanick for canceling his

BART Is Mad That In-Cab Video Of Fatal 2013 Accident Was Leaked, Takes PUC To Court

After NBC Bay Area obtained a video two weeks ago via an anonymous source showing the in-cab footage of an untrained BART operator whose train fatally collided with two workers on the tracks

One Goh, Shooter In 2012 Oikos University Massacre, Pleads No Contest

Though he had previously pleaded not guilty and suggested to the court that he hoped for the death penalty, accused Oikos University shooter One Goh pleaded no contest in Alameda County court this

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Benu Chef Corey Lee Wins James Beard Award; SingleThread Wins For Restaurant Design

The James Beard Foundation Awards for restaurants and chefs were last night in Chicago the media awards were all announced last week and the big San Francisco winner of the evening was Benu

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Is Seeking Some New Freelance Voices

SFist is looking to expand and deepen our coverage of San Francisco, and we're paying. We want original, compelling, heartbreaking, funny, enraging, enlightening work, written clearly and with an eye towards stories that

Second Suspect Arrested In BART Mob Robbery After He's Allegedly Seen Committing Another Robbery

Details of a second arrest that was made Friday, relating to that April 22 swarm robbery at Coliseum BART, came out late Monday, following on reports of a first arrest and multiple warrants

Day Around The Bay: Mobile Mental Health Vans May Come To SF

Official OPD crowd estimate of #oaklandmayday Fruitvale march is 500. Seems low to me. Packed shoulder to shoulder on Intl Blvd. 750+? pic.twitter.com/Q1X9GEA8bW— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) May 1, 2017 Follow

Burned Out Shell Of A Home In East Oakland Hits Market For $100,000

A two-bedroom, six-room Oakland home that was ravaged by fire in 2015 and has sat empty ever since has hit the market for a relative steal at $99,000 and obviously that's just

Peer Review Engineer From Millennium Tower Project Says He Did Not Consider Transbay Center Impacts

At a Board of Supervisors committee hearing Friday, one of the engineers tasked with reviewing the foundation of the now sinking Millennium Tower when it was in the design and construction process testified

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

FiDi To Get Mediterranean-Mexican Lunch Spot Complete With Falafel Tacos

Med-Mex Fusion Restaurant 'Torshi MeXiterranean' To Make FiDi Debut https://t.co/2qK50vaqzf by @heysuehey pic.twitter.com/W1BcbcT3IO— Hoodline (@Hoodline) April 28, 2017 The next frontier in fusion cuisine to hit the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Many Bay Area Restaurants, Other Businesses Recognize A 'Day Without Immigrants' By Closing Today

The list is growing of Bay Area businesses, in particular restaurants, that are staying closed today in recognition of International Workers' Day (May Day), and marking another Day Without Immigrants something that many

Photos: May Day Demonstrators March Up Market Street, Blockade ICE Headquarters In SF

We're marching side by side w/our immigrant residents to fight for their rights & advocate for comprehensive immigration reform #MayDay2017 pic.twitter.com/L5TIdfCxBA— Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) May 1, 2017 As

Airbnb And HomeAway Settle With SF, Will Require Hosts To Register With City Before Posting

Airbnb and HomeAway announced Monday that they are dropping a lawsuit that was challenging San Francisco's ordinance that penalizes them for the scofflaw behavior of their users. As part of the settlement agreement,