SF News Facebook, Craig Newmark, And Mozilla Funding New Non-Profit To Combat Fake News "In high school US history, I learned that a trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy," says Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. "As a news consumer, like most folks, I want news we
SF News 'It's All So BART': Commuters From New Warm Springs Station Disappointed In Service Already BART just opened its first new station in a half decade last week, the Warm Springs/South Fremont Station that extends the system five miles further south toward San Jose on the Fremont
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Step Inside Tequila Mockingbird, Now Open In SoMa Having made a name for himself as a chef at the tiny and much loved Canteen, Dennis Leary has spent the last few years as more of a businessman and bar owner. He's
Arts & Entertainment Member Of San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Collapses Onstage During Intermission, Dies A 39-year-old member of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus collapsed in the middle of a performance Friday evening at the Herbst Theatre, and despite efforts to revive him, he died. Ryan Nunez
SF News One Year Later, A Possible Break In Case Of Missing Toddler Arianna Fitts And Her Slain Mother It's been a full year since 32-year-old Nicole Fitts was last seen, and over a year since friends and family have seen her daughter Arianna. Arianna would now be three years old, and
SF News Emails Show Oakland Fire Officials Considered West Oakland Building A Known Fire Hazard With Oakland's second deadly fire in four months, new evidence shows that a fire captain called to have the building at 2551 San Pablo Avenue shut down for safety reasons as of January
Arts & Entertainment Gilbert Baker, Creator Of The Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65 As announced by his longtime friend Cleve Jones on Facebook, Gilbert Baker, the creator of the first rainbow flag to symbolize gay equality, has died. He was 65. Jones recently spoke to SFist
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rich Table Spinoff RT Rotisserie Readies An April Debut The husband-and-wife team behind Hayes Valley's successful and acclaimed Rich Table, Evan and Sarah Rich, are almost ready to debut their first fast-casual concept, also in Hayes Valley, dubbed RT Rotisserie. Announced back
SF News Reports Surface Describing Troubled Youth Of Alleged Redding Abduction Victim Sherri Papini Though her family has already called this "victim blaming at its most egregious," the Sacramento Bee has just published a story following up on the ongoing investigation into the November disappearance of 34-year-old
SF News Candle Blamed For Deadly West Oakland Fire Though suspicions of arson were quickly raised this week following news of an unfolding showdown between the landlord and a nonprofit tenant, an initial investigation has concluded that an unattended candle was the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Suspect Arrested In Oceanview Homicide Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The SFPD has arrested one suspect in the killing
SF News Forever 21 Store In SF In Trouble With State Agency For Allegedly Requiring Employees To Speak English Only The Union Square-area Forever 21 store in San Francisco is the target of a civil rights claim by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after it came to light that management
SF News LGBT Activists Livid After U.S. Census Bureau Removes Topic Of Sexual Orientation From Proposed 2020 Census LGBT rights advocates are speaking out in anger after the U.S. Census Bureau seemed to be reneging on a proposal to include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the upcoming
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Eight Best Fried Chicken Sandwiches In SF Chef Alison Barakat did not think of herself as a trendsetter when, in 2005, she began serving a fried chicken sandwich at her new Temescal neighborhood bakery in Oakland, Bakesale Betty. Barakat had
Arts & Entertainment Get Ready Again For Goatchella At The Ferry Building April 15 The last couple of years has seen CUESA's once small celebration of goats and baby goats turn into a major event, following some social media hype, and the nickname Goatchella. This year, the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Mano, A Pasta And Pizza Spot From Beretta/Starbelly Guy, Opening In May In Hayes Valley Prolific local restaurateur Adriano Paganini can not be stopped, and we now finally have word on the concept for the space we've known he had snagged at the new 450 Hayes building for
Arts & Entertainment Thrift Town Owners Blame Lagging Sales For Closure Days earlier than expected, Mission favorite Thrift Town has closed: https://t.co/iGMmedYNlT pic.twitter.com/sXJfc2k0wg— Capp Street Crap (@cappstreetcrap) March 30, 2017 Many on Wednesday were mourning the sudden loss
SF News New Millennium Tower Lawsuit Seeks Funds To Repair The Building's Problems The latest lawsuit in the sinking and tilting Millennium Tower saga has been filed by the building's homeowners' association, and it lists a collection of defendants, including the developer, architect, and the Transbay
SF News West Oakland Building That Burned Monday Was A Halfway House With A Troubled History A fourth victim has been confirmed in the deadly fire that burned down a three-story building on San Pablo Avenue in West Oakland on Monday, and as the investigation into the fire gets
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two Sisters Bar & Books Is Closing, You Guys Sad news for Hayes Valley! Well loved six-year-old cafe/bar Two Sisters Bar & Books is calling it quits sometime in the near future, and as Tablehopper tells us, it's because owners Mikha
SF News Read The Thoughts Of A Younger Travis Kalanick On This Eight-Year-Old Wordpress Blog At the ripe young age of 32, back in 2009, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick apparently launched a Wordpress blog called Swooshing, and for some reason he's never taken it down. The name is
SF News 9-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Swept Out To Sea At Carmel Beach A young boy who had been playing in the surf with his father is dead after being knocked down by a large wave and swept out to sea in Carmel. The incident occurred
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink French Laundry Wine Thief Gets 15-Month Sentence The Modesto man who pleaded guilty in December to the heist of over a half million dollars worth of wine from The French Laundry in Yountville was given a sentence of 15 months
Arts & Entertainment Exclusive: Betty Who To Headline LGBT Pride Event At The Armory Australian pop star and burgeoning gay icon Betty Who is going to be headlining a major music event during Pride weekend in San Francisco this June, as SFist can exclusively report this morning.
SF News In First Big Post-Election Speech, Clinton Calls Health Care Bill Failure 'A Victory For All Americans' Speaking to the Professional Businesswomen of California conference in San Francisco Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton gave her first major speech since the November election, and she spoke on topics ranging from Trumpcare, to
