SF News Ninth Circuit Rules Feds Can't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Sellers Complying With State Law In a new ruling shoring up the strength of state laws permitting the growing, selling, and possession of medical marijuana, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that federal prosecutors can not
SF News Video: U.S. Navy Dedicates First Ship To LGBT Person, USNS Harvey Milk Tuesday afternoon, a ceremony was held on Treasure Island, formerly a Navy base, officially announcing the naming of the previously announced USNS Harvey Milk, the first Navy vessel dedicated to an openly gay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Much Awaited Hayes Valley Restaurant Nightbird Set To Open Shortly It's been a year and a half since we first heard that the talents of chef Kim Alter would finally be getting a solo stage from which to cook here in San Francisco,
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man 747 To Begin Shutting Down Roads Today En Route To The Playa The jumbo 747 that was originally intended to make it to Burning Man last year, is now, actually, slowly making its way from Mojave in Southern California to the Black Rock desert in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lord Stanley Lands On <i>Bon Appétit</i>'s Best New Restaurants At #3 Coming off a year of local accolades and a fresh-out-of-the-gate Michelin star, Polk Street's Lord Stanley has just garnered some new national attention that is sure to make it a tough reservation to
SF News How Worried Should You Be About Falling Branches In SF Parks? San Francisco's Recreation and Parks Department is now under scrutiny after a woman walking with her two children on Friday in North Beach's Washington Square Park was struck and seriously injured by a
SF News Neglected Poodle Mix Abandoned By Dumpster In Marin Needs New Home Just to round out the day with what will hopefully be a happy story, a two-year-old poodle mix abandoned by a dumpster at a Marin County shopping center is in search of a
SF News Condoleezza Rice Has Been Notably Silent About Trump Not that it necessarily matters at this point though every negative endorsement helps! but former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has remained totally mum on the topic of Donald Trump's candidacy, refusing any
SF News Soberanes Fire Fells Trees In Big Sur, Closes Highway 1 Monday We learned Friday that the large and still growing Soberanes Fire was likely to wreak some havoc for tourism in particular traffic on Highway 1, which is the only road in and out
Arts & Entertainment Jane Lynch Brings New Christmas Cabaret To Feinstein's At The Nikko In December Actress and comedian Jane Lynch, best known for her role as Sue Sylvester on Glee but also as host of Hollywood Game Night and for a recent Broadway appearance as Miss Hannigan in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Jacques Pépin Says He'd Cook Chicken For Trump With 'A Lot of Vinegar In It' The great and lovable Jacques Pépin, who shows no signs of slowing down at age 80, was in San Francisco Thursday for a book signing at the Ferry Building and a cooking demo
SF News Video: Stanley Roberts Shames People Who Hang Out Of Sunroofs Taking Photos On Golden Gate Bridge Stanley Roberts's target for passive finger-wagging this weekend over at KRON 4 this week were the many, many tourists (and locals) who hang out sunroofs and car windows, without seatbelts on, to take
Arts & Entertainment Trove Of Historic Photos Found From Inside San Quentin A Sacramento photography teacher who teaches a course in the history of photography San Quentin State Prison was recently shown a banker's box full of thousands of negatives, all shot inside the prison,
SF News Two Killed In Shooting Outside Party In Downtown Oakland Two men were fatally wounded and a third was injured Saturday night/early Sunday outside what the East Bay Times reports as an "all ages birthday party" at a downtown Oakland gallery. The
SF News 100-Pound Tree Branch Falls And Critically Injures Woman In Washington Square Park A large tree branch fell and seriously injured a 36-year-old San Francisco woman on Friday in Washington Square Park. The woman was in the North Beach park at the time with her two
SF News Two Stanford Swimmers Win Gold Medals At Rio Olympics In Rio on Friday two Bay Area swimmers took home gold medals, including Stanford's own Katie Ledecky, who took home her fourth gold in these Olympic games. 23-year-old Maya Dirado of San Francisco,
SF News Soberanes Fire Edges Closer To Big Sur, May Cause Highway 1 Shutdown This Weekend The three-week-old Soberanes Fire, which has now burned over 70,000 acres and is 55 percent contained, continues to encroach on the majestic redwood groves and tourist attractions of Big Sur. As CalFire
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Second Act Marketplace Shutting Down In The Haight The Upper Haight's experiment in pop-up food halls is coming to an abrupt end as Second Act Marketplace (1727 Haight Street), in part of what was formerly the Red Vic movie house, is
SF News Sacramento-Bound JetBlue Flight Hits Crazy Turbulence, Puts Two Dozen In Hospital A JetBlue flight bound for Sacramento from Boston encountered severe turbulence Thursday that sent objects, passengers, and flight attendants flying through the cabin, resulting in 24 people needing treatment for injuries. As the
SF News Oakland Suspends Two Police Officers In Racist Texting Scandal A series of racially offensive texts sent by two Oakland police officers, the revelation of which led directly or indirectly to the removal of the third of three police chiefs in quick succession
SF News You May Again Be Able To Pee In A Powell BART Station Restroom... In 2018 Moving slower than frozen molasses per usual, a plan BART announced a year ago to possibly reopen some underground restrooms that have been closed over safety concerns since September 11th 2001 is still
Arts & Entertainment Snapchat Once Again Proves Its Racial Cluelessness, Removes Slanty-Eyed Filter @Snapchat @snapchatsupport idk if u realize, but this filter is yellowface and u should take it down pic.twitter.com/MLSHz0Bbkl— lia (@limb_light) August 9, 2016 Much like they did on 4/
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lolinda Reopens After Last Weekend's Kitchen Fire Good news for steak-lovers with reservations at Lolinda: The restaurant has finished cleaning up after that small fire last Friday, and will reopen for dinner service tonight, Thursday. The team made the announcement
SF News Macy's To Shutter Its Union Square Men's Store Among the 100 Macy's stores that are set to close, as the retail giant announced today, will be the hulking, nearly windowless men's store across the street from their Union Square flagship, at
SF News Twitter Is Not Shutting Down Over Cyberbullying, But Also Can't Do Much About Cyberbullying A rumor was spreading around Twitter Thursday, along with a requisite hashtag (#SaveTwitter), that Twitter would be shutting down in 2017 over the issue of cyberbullying. As CNet reports, this rumor is unfounded,
