SF News Judge Rules That Names Of Officers Who Shot Alex Nieto Must Be Revealed Though the SFPD and the City Attorney have been stalling for time in the case of the officer-involved death of Alex Nieto this past March, a federal judge has just ruled that the
SF News SF To Have Sunny Christmas, But It May Be Wet In The East Bay Most of you should have been asking Santa for rain this Christmas anyway, and if you weren't, you're selfish. But for those who did, your gift will be arriving in the form of
SF News Details Emerge About Ray McDonald's New Rape Investigation Last week the 49ers decided to drop Ray McDonald after his third run-in with San Jose police in six months relating to violence against women. Earlier the drama had to do with McDonald's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Bauer Calls Lazy Bear A 'Millennial’s Version Of Chez Panisse' In Sunday's Chronicle, resident food critic Michael Bauer lavished some hefty praise on the new Mission restaurant Lazy Bear which also happened to figure on our Best New Restaurants list last week. He
SF News Cyclist Killed In 2013 SoMa Collision With Truck Being Blamed For Wearing Earbuds On August 14, 2013, 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac was cycling through SoMa when she was killed in a collision with a semi truck at Folsom and Sixth Street. A wrongful death trial began
SF News Google's Self-Driving Car Prototype Will Hit California Streets In 2015 Needless to say, the DMV is not prepared to deal with Google's self-driving car, which the company just unveiled in its latest prototype form for all geeks to gawk at. As Google announced
SF News Video: Pair Of Holiday Grinches Caught On Camera Stealing Packages In Noe Valley, a resident captured this DropCam footage of a pair of thieves casually swiping a package from a doorway and shoving it in a shopping bag last Thursday. As the uploader
SF News Carsonist Strikes Again In The Castro Sunday Morning A fifth car fire in less than a week has struck the Castro/Dolores Heights neighborhood, this time at Hartford and 18th Streets. The first report of the fire came at 3 a.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Giddy Candy Co. Opens In The Castro Just in time for the holidays, a new homegrown candy shop has opened up at the intersection of Noe and Market in the Castro, and it's called Giddy (2299 Market). Shop proprietor Mary
SF News Surveillance Video Shows Sheriff's Deputy Beating Man At SF General A San Francisco Sheriff's deputy was arrested in connection with beating a man in a waiting room at SF General and then falsifying reports to cover it up. As ABC 7 reports, 33-year-old
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In S.F. Food: Burma Superstar Arrives On Valencia, Loco'l Finds A T-Loin Spot, And More December is a season of celebration for most restaurants, and 'tis the season of lists, like our roundup of the best new restaurants of the year. But it's also a season when we
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Palate Cleanser: Parade Of (Impersonated) Celebrities Bring Christmas Cheer Christina Bianco is back again, this time with some Christmas readings, and singing, from the army of female celebrities she does spot-on impressions of. (Some of you may have caught her marvelous, multi-voiced
Arts & Entertainment Get A 100-Foot-Tall GIF Greeting Card Projected On A Downtown Wall Starting Tomorrow Annoyed by the idea of sending actual holiday cards but nonetheless charmed by the idea of holiday cards? Well, a collaborative project called GIF the Halls has arrived to let you send out
SF News Sidecar Now Lets You Choose Women Drivers In response to the growing safety concerns swirling around Uber, which are now making national headlines that include the story of the woman in Boston raped by an UberX driver, smaller ride-share upstart
SF News Tinder Helps ID Suspected Burglar Caught On Surveillance Video Remember this case of the woman clearly caught on camera burglarizing an office in SoMa multiple times back in July? Frustrated by the fact that all his efforts to publicize her image on
SF News Huge Flames Over Chevron Refinery Last Night That Freaked Everyone Out Were On Purpose A problem in the de-asphalting unit at the Chevron refinery in Richmond last night led to some dramatic "flaring" in the skies over the East Bay, as KRON4 and others have reported. In
SF News Day Around The Bay: 'The Interview' Sneak Peek Canceled At Metreon Bay Area moviegoers who were all psyched to see a special sneak preview of The Interview last night at the Metreon had their hopes dashed when Sony yanked it from release amid terror
SF News Ray McDonald Dropped By 49ers After New Possible Rape Charge Even though the 49ers organization had been standing by defensive end Ray McDonald and vowing "due process" for domestic violence allegations against him, a new sexual assault investigation that just arose this week.
SF News This Is Actually The Wettest December Ever It's only the 18th day of the month, and San Francisco has already had 424 percent of our normal rainfall for December, including this week's downpours. El Niño, anyone? As CBS 5 reports,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 15 Best New Restaurants In The Bay Area Another year in SF means another couple dozen new places to eat. It's pretty astounding, actually, how the economy, combined with our voracious appetite for new food, has supported a dining boom in
SF News Scathing NYT Profile Says Marissa Mayer Messed Up With Yahoo Those who aren't hanging on to Yahoo stock may not have been paying attention when their stock price tumbled this past July, and again in September. Both tumbles, which it's since recovered from,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two More Restaurants Closing: Chez Papa and Nombe The month of December typically brings a wave of restaurant closure news, with New Year's Eve always a popular night for saying goodbye, and this week we get news of longtime Potrero neighborhood
SF News White Activist Discusses Getting Beaten Up During Oakland Protest You may have heard that there's some tension among Bay Area protesters of racial injustice over the fact that there are not enough black voices, and too many white ones, being heard in
Arts & Entertainment Bay Lights Backers Reach Funding Goal To Keep The Lights On After Next Year Fears that the Bay Lights might permanently go dark after March have been allayed, and the foundation behind the light sculpture, Illuminate the Arts, has announced that they've reached their $4 million fundraising
SF News Day Around The Bay: Avalos's Pro-Protest Resolution Dies You know that resolution John Avalos wanted to pass condemning police around the country and supporting the protests? The seven more centrist supervisors backed off of supporting that. [Examiner] And you know how
