SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nooo! Longtime Polk Gulch Trans Club Divas In Danger Of Closing The long, slow death of the LGBT elements of Polk Street has been discussed and mourned frequently for the last two decades. But now an iconic business that has survived all the change
SF News Market And Duboce Site Gets A Condo Plan The last three years have drastically transformed the area of Market Street between Castro and Church as previously undeveloped lots have seen new luxury rentals and condos rise swiftly out of the ground.
SF News 'Suitcase Murder' Investigation Continues Despite Suspect's Death Even though the prime suspect in the case of the dismembered body found stuffed in a suitcase on January 28 died over the weekend, the SFPD assures us all that the investigation is
SF News According To Justice Thomas, SCOTUS Just Admitted They're Ruling In Favor Of Federal Same-Sex Marriage We're still likely months away from a final ruling from the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage nationwide only two short years after the landmark decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act in
Arts & Entertainment <i>Looking</i> Recap: Dom And Kevin Have Breakup/Non-Breakup Blues In the fourth episode of the new season we learn that Patrick was once a fat kid (nickname: Fatrick), Eddie is HIV-positive, and Lynn is never going to want to get serious with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Bar Guys From Tonic & Bullitt To Reopen Spats In Berkeley This Spring Two bar owners who just can't seem to get their fill of opening new bars, Ben Bleiman and Duncan Ley, are adding to their ever-growing portfolio once again, taking over the lease at
Arts & Entertainment Rex Ray, SF-Based Artist And Designer, Dies At 58 Rex Ray, the San Francisco-based fine artist and graphic designer known for large-scale, brightly colored, 1960s-inspired, often psychedelic paintings, has succumbed today after a long battle with cancer. Ray, who'd been active on
SF News Chronicle Declares Anti-Tech Protest Movement Dead Just a year after the streets of SF were abuzz with near weekly protests blocking tech shuttle bus routes, the Chronicle is ringing the death knell for the anti-tech movement as a whole.
SF News 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks Gets 27-Month Sentence Assuming you've all been anxiously awaiting news of the fate of last summer's internet celebrity Jeremy Meeks, of hot mugshot fame, here it is: He's been convicted on that gun charge and sentenced
SF News Man Suspected Of Killing Trans Woman In Bayview Found Dead The SFPD says that the man who was the prime suspect in last week's fatal stabbing on McKinnon Avenue was found hanging from a fence, dead from an apparent suicide one day after
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Ginto Izakaya Debuts Downtown, B-Side BBQ Calls It Quits, And More As we SFist editors prepare our stomachs for the kickoff of Beer Week tonight, we've got some more of the week's food news to wrap up. The cool new openings keep stacking up
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Sideshow Becomes Music Video Check it! An apparently "secret" sideshow that took place on January 25th became the backdrop for this new music video. Credit for the footage goes to Ace at Fox Body Movement Car Club.
SF News Angry Cab Drivers And Eviction Protesters Descend On Crunchies Awards Ceremony The second annual Crappies were not the only element of protest happening outside last night's Crunchies ceremony at Davies Symphony Hall. As KTVU shows us in the video coverage below, there was also
SF News Video: Local Teen Thrilled To Marry Accused Attempted Murderer Behind Bars The Brits love to poke fun at trashy, gun-toting Americans and trust the British press was all over the story about the 3-year-old in New Mexico who accidentally shot both his parents. Add
SF News SF General Hospital To Be Renamed After Zuckerberg With a $75 million gift to the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, the soon-to-be renovated SF hospital and its under-construction new building will be getting the name The Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg San
SF News Day Around The Bay: Why Google Glass Broke Here is a most excellent long-read by Nick Bilton on "Why Google Glass Broke," and how that whole strategy with the Explorers backfired. [NYT] Twitter CEO admits that they “suck” at dealing with
SF News Armed Robbers Storm SF Tiffany's Store Dressed As Construction Workers, Steal Jewelry Wow. What is with 2015, you guys? There was just a crazy armed robbery at the Westfield Centre Tiffany's location on Wednesday afternoon, in broad daylight. Three armed suspects stormed the store in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best New Brunches In San Francisco And Oakland We've already shared what we think are the best and most reliable brunch standbys around town, some of which have been slinging waffles and eggs Benedict to the hungover hordes for over a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hasn't The Castro Reached Peak Coffee? We've already talked about how Valencia Street may or may not have reached peak restaurant density. Now it's time to once again address the fact that you now can't throw a rainbow ring
SF News SF Public Defender Seen In Viral Courthouse Video Will Not Be Charged Attorney Jami Tillotson will not be charged with any crime in connection with her brief detention by San Francisco Police at the Hall of Justice on January 27 which was caught on video
SF News Transbay Developers Only Bluffing, Will Not Sue City As it happens, all that noise last fall from several of the big developers involved in the Transbay district over the special assessment taxes they have to pay to the city was just
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink AL's Place, Chef Aaron London's New Mission Spot, Opens Friday A new restaurant that's been three years in the making is finally making its debut in the Mission this week, and that's former Ubuntu chef Aaron London's solo effort, AL's Place (1499 Valencia
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Foie Gras Alert: Attorney General Kamala Harris Is Appealing Federal Judge's Decision That Overturned The Ban Though food people got very excited when California's two-and-a-half-year-old ban on foie gras got struck down in early January, there's a chance the ban could get reinstated albeit a small one. Attorney General
SF News Weather Report: Big Rain Finally Returns There's a decent-sized storm system moving into the Bay Area Thursday and Friday, and for this we should all be extremely grateful. Your rain dances have worked. It is time, once again, to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tech Millionaire Dubbed 'Secret Somm' On Twitter Randomly Gifting Wine To East Bay Diners An anonymous woman who seems to be working on behalf of the Tri-Valley Visitors' Bureau (covering the valleys of Amador, Livermore, and San Ramon) has been roaming restaurants around Danville, Pleasanton, and elsewhere
