SF News Day Around The Bay: County Jail Can't Figure Out Trans Inmate Issue The SF County Jail can’t figure out how to house trans inmates. [SF Weekly] Meanwhile, as we learned earlier, California's most famous trans prison inmate, now released, now lives in SF, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Gay Bars In San Francisco For Every Occasion In honor of Pride Week, SFist brings you this comprehensive guide to San Francisco's gay bar scene, tailored to each of your potential needs on any given night of the week. Sometimes you
SF News Awesome, Twisty Tower Designed By Jeanne Gang For 160 Folsom Gets Another Approval It looks like full steam ahead for the rad, unique, 39-story residential tower by acclaimed Chicago architect Jeanne Gang that's been proposed for 160 Folsom Street, one of the final pieces of land
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dum, An Indian Restaurant, Takes Over Former Local Mission Eatery Spot The space left vacant after the December closure of Local Mission Eatery at 3111 24th Street has come alive again at the hands of "Indian soul food" truck chef-owner Rupam Bhagat, whose Dum
Arts & Entertainment Larry Wilmore Mocks Oakland's Police Chaos; Former Prostitute Speaks Out About Her Assault Case Against OPD "There's a crazy situation going on in Oakland right now," says comedian Larry Wilmore. "And for once it's not Raiders fans." Now that Oakland cycled through three police chiefs in nine days and
Arts & Entertainment Gay It Up: Your Official SFist Guide To Pride Week 2016 Is Here Yes, Pride Sunday itself has become a bit less of a gay celebration in recent years, but with its million or so attendees in San Francisco and the strong tradition that many LGBT
SF News Activists Now Want To Oust Newly Elected Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Over Police Scandals The drama continues across the Bay as anti-police-violence activists raise a call for the ousters of Mayor Libby Schaaf, saying that the cycle of three fired police chiefs in the last two weeks
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Bay's First Dunkin' Donuts (In A Long Time) Opens In Walnut Creek We learned last winter that the first Dunkin' Donuts to debut in the Bay Area would be out in Walnut Creek, and now that has come to pass. East Coast transplants who want
SF News Cole Hardware Building, Not SRO, Named As Source For Last Weekend's Fire On Monday we heard rumors that the major, five-alarm fire last Saturday on the 3300 block of Mission Street at the edge of Bernal Heights may have begun in Graywood hotel, the low-income
SF News When Realtors Say 'Eureka Valley' Instead Of 'Castro,' Is That Just Homophobic? Remember when the Nema building on Market published that neighborhood map that didn't include the Castro but in its place was "Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights." Well, it's long been common custom for SF
SF News Day Around The Bay: Kim Actually Beat Wiener In Primary By 370 Votes Despite Apple’s decision to boycott the GOP convention, the company’s CEO Tim Cook plans to host a fundraiser for Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. And it's common for Apple
Arts & Entertainment Video: Dozens Of Broadway And TV Celebrities Join To Sing 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' For Orlando On June 15, 2016, three days after the deadly hate-motivated massacre in Orlando and three days after the Tony Awards, dozens of recording artists, Broadway stars, and other celebrities gathered in a New
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tony's Pizza Offers Up Two Giants-Themed Pies At Ballpark-Adjacent Slice House Local star pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani, who's won like a hundred world pizza championships at this point, is partnering with the San Francisco Giants this season to create two signature pizzas inspired by two
SF News State Says It's OK For Oakland To Put Civilian In Charge Of Police; Sergeant On Leave Was Fired Before The mess in Oakland's law enforcement community only deepens with each day, and Monday there was a brief dustup between Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the California state commission on peace officer standards
SF News In Triumph For Environmentalists, PG&E Says It Will Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant In 2025 Saying that it was an American Fukushima waiting to happen, environmentalists throughout California and elsewhere have long been putting pressure on Pacific Gas & Electric to fully shut down the Diablo Canyon Power
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Warriors Lost But They Won You A Free Taco At Taco Bell Today Thanks, Warriors. The Finals are over, and The New York Times has a sad piece about what a disappointment the Warriors turned out to be in the end, flagging and clumsy pretty much
Arts & Entertainment The 'Looking' Finale Film Trailer Drops Ahead Of Pride Weekend Premiere Somebody is getting married possibly Doris and we find out from the Looking finale movie trailer that we're jumping ahead a couple of years in time with Patrick, Dom, Augustin and the gang
Arts & Entertainment Beloved Mission Record Store Aquarius Records To Close And Reopen Under New Name, Management It's kinda sorta the end of the line for Aquarius Records, the independent Valencia Street shop that's been in continuous operation in various locales since at least 1970 as they say on their
SF News This Map Shows You Where All SF Commuters Call Home On the average weekday, San Francisco gains about 160,000 more bodies in the form of workers who commute in from various Bay Area counties, and counties even further to our north, south,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mid-Market Restaurant Cadence To Close After Only Six Months Ambitious new restaurant Cadence (1446 Market Street), with chef Joey Elenterio at the helm, is already closing after just six months in business. Eater brings word that co-owner Jay Bordeleau (Maven) issued a
SF News 'Family' Support Page For Convicted Rapist Brock Turner Argues That Victim Should Show Her Face A bizarre Facebook support group has popped up purporting to be from the voice of convicted sexual assailant Brock Turner's family though it may have been created by a misogynistic troll simply looking
SF News Latest Mission Fire May Have Started Inside Code-Violating SRO Early reports from residents of the Graywood, a single-room-occupancy (SRO) residence hotel at 29th and Mission, suggest that Saturday's five-alarm fire that displaced 58 people may have begun somewhere inside the hotel. The
SF News 58 People Displaced By Intense Mission Street Fire Devastating #MissionFire - several bldgs gone, many families displaced - more: https://t.co/VGAgk6htKJ Thx @sffdpio pic.twitter.com/tsaOOVk6kC— Ted Weinstein Lit. (@twliterary) June 19, 2016 The fire that broke out
Arts & Entertainment Louis C.K. Spotted On Haight Street After Surprise Shows In SF Even though comedian Louis C.K. wasn't due to be performing in the Bay Area for a couple of weeks he's doing two sets at Bill Graham on July 8 followed by a
SF News Two Men Charged With Murder In June 5 Shooting At The EndUp Nightclub A fatal shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of June 5 that killed 19-year-old Sean Ford was apparently a gang-related hit that happened inside the famed EndUp nightclub at 6th and
