SF News Juror In Brock Turner Case Pens Letter To Judge, Says 'Shame On You' None of the names of the predominantly male jury in the sexual assault trial of Brock Turner have been revealed, however we are now hearing from the first of those jurors to speak
SF News Remembering The Gay San Francisco Church That Was Torched Out Of Hate In 1973 Following the attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando Sunday that took the lives of 49 victims, most of them Latino gay men, the New York Times reminds us of earlier attacks on the
SF News Yet Another Aging Affordable Housing Complex Senses Threat From Outside Development Today we hear of another case involving a subsidized housing complex in the Western Addition that's over 30 years old and that suddenly finds itself in an awkward, legally tricky predicament regarding its
Arts & Entertainment Video: Hear Oakland's Own Daveed Diggs Talk About Winning His First Tony Award For 'Hamilton' Oakland-born hip-hop artist turned Broadway star Daveed Diggs took home the Tony Award Sunday night for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the dual roles of the Marquis de
SF News Pride Organizers, Castro Businesses Reassess Security Measures In Wake Of Orlando Shooting Following the deadly mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday, Supervisor Scott Wiener is convening safety meetings with the SFPD and members of the LGBT nightlife community to discuss security preparations for the upcoming
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Apple's WWDC Keynote: 'OS X' Finally Gets Retired, Apple Music Gets Redesigned There are no bad views in this place. Very excited. #wwdc2016 pic.twitter.com/jul60pUYmX— Brian Capps (@bcapps) June 13, 2016 Starting at 10 a.m., Tim, Jony, Phil and the gang will
SF News SFPD Vows Increased Police Presence In Castro For Pride Month Following Orlando Shooting Though there have been no credible threats against Bay Area targets, it stands to reason that the minds of LGBT people here have likely already leapt to the possibility of further, copycat attacks
SF News Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, SF Mayor Ed Lee Respond To Orlando Mass Shooting As follow-up stories and reactions spread across the country early Sunday in the wake of the horrific mass murder at an Orlando gay nightclub, the Bay Area woke up to the news just
SF News Female Construction Worker Fatally Stabbed In SoMa A female construction worker who has yet to be publicly identified was stabbed Friday while escorting a couple away from a job site on Shipley Street, an alley between Folsom and Harrison, near
SF News Oakland Police Sex Scandal Blows Up Further With Details From Formerly Underage Prostitute News arrived late Thursday that Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent was being forced to resign amidst a sex scandal, even though Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf billed the resigned as being for "personal reasons.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Now We Get A $16 Cup Of Coffee From Blue Bottle Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. First, more on the Brock Turner rape case: The
SF News Huge 16th And Mission Project Moves Forward, Again The 380-unit project dubbed by critics and affordable housing activists the "Monster in the Mission" arrived again on the docket at the Planning Commission Thursday, setting off what will likely be a renewed
Arts & Entertainment Tony Nominated Play <i>Eclipsed</i> Added To New Curran Season The Curran is continuing to undergo an extensive renovation and reinvention at the hands of new owner, producer Carole Shorenstein Hays, and Hays is continuing to add some high-profile productions direct from Broadway
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Regarding $2.50 Bagels, $4 Toast, $15 Sandwiches, And What Food *Should* Cost In SF A couple of interesting data takeaways from this new Chronicle piece by Jonathan Kauffman all about the rising cost of eating out in San Francisco and the frequent often online public decrying of
SF News Hunger Striker And Supe Candidate Edwin Lindo Calls Cop Union 'A Rotten Influence' Probably the most divisive and bombastic figure in the local debate over officer-involved shootings and the SFPD's use of force has been Police Officers Association president Martin Halloran. Halloran has spent the last
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink In Situ, Corey Lee's Food-As-Art Reproduction Restaurant, Opens At SFMOMA Next Week Ambitious chef-restaurateur Corey Lee (Benu, Monsieur Benjamin) has had an enviable career already at a young age, having earned three Michelin stars at Benu, helmed the kitchens at The French Laundry and Per
Arts & Entertainment Jennifer Lawrence To Play Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes In Upcoming Film In yet another example of Hollywood being obsessed with Silicon Valley lately, a new film is in the works by director/screenwriter Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman) telling the story of the
SF News City Surveyors Mark Actual Geographic Center Of SF, Sort Of In recent days, because apparently they don't have enough to do, the city's Department of Public Works installed a small brass disc marker on a sidewalk on Corbett Avenue, the 700 block, on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Barista Puts All Other Latte Artists To Shame R2D2 FTW! Facebook page link under my bio! #r2d2 #sf #latteart #lattesketch #robot #starwars A video posted by Melaquino (@melaquino) on May 2, 2016 at 9:58am PDT Melannie Aquino doesn't have major
Arts & Entertainment McDonald's-Themed Black Sabbath Cover Band Mac Sabbath Comes To Slim's Sunday Some of you may have caught Mac Sabbath when they performed at the GastroMagic stage at Outside Lands last year, and you already understand that they're a weird and funny amalgam of KISS,
SF News Plague Bacterium Turns Up In South Lake Tahoe In some not-great epidemiological news, bacteria that cause plague sometimes called bubonic plague have been discovered in fleas found on a chipmunk in South Lake Tahoe, prompting The California Department of Public Health
SF News Day Around The Bay: Sugary Drink Warning Law Now On Hold Judge puts SF’s sugary drinks warning law on hold due to an appeal by the beverage industry. [WSJ] [Consumerist] This is just a cute pic of Steph Curry's family. [ABC7/Twitter] It
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tratto, A Modern Italian Trattoria, Is Coming To Former BDK Spot At Geary And Taylor We first heard word about the upcoming arrival of Tratto a few weeks ago, and today the team shared a full release with all the details about what's going to be "a spirited,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cala and Locol Land On <i>Food & Wine</i> Best New Restaurant List Every magazine gets their annual turn to declare their favorites among the nation's crop of new eateries, and this week we get Food & Wine's 2016 Restaurants Of the Year list, which features
Arts & Entertainment The 9 Best Swimming Pools In San Francisco For those who love swimming, you ought to know that this city has a bunch of swell indoor and outdoor pools, both public and private, that you should probably check out. For the
