SF News S.F. Cabs Often Refuse Fares, Endanger People, and Sometimes Have Bed Bugs We all know that the taxi situation sucks in San Francisco mostly because you can't find one the minute it starts raining, or if it's a holiday, or if it's 7 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour: Last Night's Fireworks Fireworks over San Francisco, December 31, 2012. Photo by David Yu
SF News 23-Year-Old Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Twin Peaks Hit and Run The 23-year-old woman who allegedly drunkenly ran down those four people on Twin Peaks on December 20 has been identified as Gina Eunice. She was arraigned Monday morning in San Francisco Superior Court,
SF News Two People Killed In Morning Crash at 21st and South Van Ness A violent car crash at 8 a.m. this morning at the intersection of 21st and South Van Ness resulted in the deaths of two people, a man and a woman, both in
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Erykah Badu for NYE There are still tickets available for Erykah Badu's New Year's Eve show at the Fox Theater, and we have to say it will probably be a good show. Yes, she wears funny hats
Arts & Entertainment FYI, Larry Ellison's Daughter Put Up $45 Million for 'Zero Dark Thirty' So, Megan Ellison, daughter of Oracle billionaire Larry, is now a respected Hollywood producer. With millions of her dad's money to play with each year, she was the major funding source behind The
SF News Man Surrenders After Two-Hour Standoff at Castro Chevron Station A man in his 30s is in custody after a bizarre standoff with police at the Castro Chevron station Thursday morning. Around 10 a.m. the station attendant called police to report a
SF News Muni Turns 100 Today, Gives Out Free Rides Whoopty doo, Muni celebrates 100 years in operation today. If you can actually succeed in riding a Metro train or bus to work this a.m. despite reduced service this week and the
SF News Oakland Hires Former L.A. Police Chief to Consult on Crime It's been a rough year for murders in Oakland, and critics have been saying the department can't catch criminals anymore and calling for a federal takeover of the department. Now, the City Council
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pet Sights It's been quite the year for pet photography on wide world of the internet, and as Buzzfeed shows us, it's especially been a banner year for pet photos that make you go "Hmm.
SF News Vallejo Couple Stashes Dead Dad in Backyard for Two Years, Collects His Pension Vallejo, ever the source of some of the Bay Area's most oddball crime news, gives us another gross story today. 22-year-old Joseph Romer and his girlfriend Sandeep Waloo have been arrested and charged
SF News 'New York Magazine' Explores the Fascinating World of S.F.'s Corporate Shuttle Buses The vast network of corporate shuttle buses that are clogging our streets and occasionally getting in the way of Muni buses is now a topic of discussion for New Yorkers. A New York
SF News Netflix Streaming Implodes Christmas Eve All those families at home and trying to watch Elf on Christmas Eve may have caused a server meltdown for Netflix's streaming service. Well, the meltdown actually started just after noon Pacific time,
SF News Christmas Night Brings Another Manhole Cover Blast Like a little Christmas gift from PG&E, a manhole cover blew off at 3rd and Mission Streets last evening in a festive display caused by an underground vault fire. The incident
Arts & Entertainment Xmas Eve Palate Cleanser: Give This Boy Some Ho Ho Hos JRandall, a highly heterosexual recording artist who bestowed a song unto the Step Up 3D soundtrack, unveiled this Xmas ditty last year. He doesn't want any stockings, or presents, or cozy fireplaces for
SF News Oakland Zoo Gets Surprise, Anonymous $1 Million Gift Just in time for Christmas, the Oakland Zoo just got an anonymous $1 million donation. The gift was given through the San Francisco Foundation under the condition that the donor not be revealed,
SF News Local News Icon Don Sanchez Retiring After 40 Years KGO-TV reporter Don Sanchez, who began his career at the station in 1972, retired after his broadcast last night. In recent years he's been the affable, mustachioed, always coiffed arts and entertainment correspondent
SF News Berkeley Pot Dispensary Reopens In New Location After Fed Shutdown As the quiet war rages on between the Justice Department and the medical marijuana community in California, one casualty of the recent crackdown has turned out to still have some life left in
SF News The Castro's Busy Sidewalks May Get Wider If you've walked in the Castro on any given evening around rush hour, or on any given weekend at all, you'll know the sidewalks can get pretty crowded with assorted drunks, almost-drunks, perturbed
SF News One Dead, Two Injured In Hit-and-Run on Twin Peaks A group of pedestrians walking on Christmas Tree Point Road near Twin Peaks Vista Point last night were struck by a car and knocked down a hillside. The car then sped off. One
SF News If You're Trying to Fly Out of SFO Today, You May Not Succeed The good news: the world hasn't ended yet. The bad news: The world hasn't ended yet and you still probably have to go somewhere for Xmas. The number of cancellations at SFO is
SF News Japanese Diplomat Stationed in S.F. Pleads No Contest to Spousal Abuse Vice Consul Yoshiaki Nagaya, 33, who has worked for two years as a liaison in the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, has entered a no contest plea in San Mateo County Court to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Apocalypse Edition The world is ending tomorrow, everyone, isn't that GREAT?! No more bills! No more cancer! No more trips to the post office!! We should be so lucky. (Have you heard about the Michigan
Arts & Entertainment The New Cruise Terminal at Pier 27, Rendered Changes to our waterfront architecture are rapidly taking shape in preparation for the America's Cup races in 2014, beginning with Phase 1 of the demolition and rebuild of Pier 27. Behold, via the
SF News 16th and Mission: Not a Good Place to Go to the ATM 16th and Mission, a.k.a. the Mission's Sixth Street, is not the best place to be going to take out cash, especially after 2 a.m. when you're by yourself. Case in
