SF News High-Speed Rail Approved in Dramatic State Senate Vote After much hemming and hawing, the threat of lawsuits from NIMBYs on the Peninsula, and much spilt ink about the price tag, it looks like California will get a high-speed rail line after
Arts & Entertainment Reluctantly Gay Author Chuck Palahniuk 'Remixes' His Gayest Book, Comes to Castro Theater Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk only quietly, reluctantly came out of the closet a few years ago in an Advocate interview, after letting a statement in 1999 that he had "a wife" go
SF News Two Additional Suspects Charged in Pimp Murder More details are emerging about the June 4 shooting death of alleged pimp Calvin Sneed of Compton. Originally, the only two suspects were Lupe Mercado, 37, and Barry Gilton, 38, who have been
SF News Guy Who Caused Yesterday's Bay Bridge Jam and Shooting Was on Parole for Human Trafficking Antonio Roberson, 29, is being held in connection with yesterday's crash and subsequent shooting on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge, near the S-curve. The incident happened around 2 a.m., when
SF News Opponents of Central Subway Have New Delay Tactic: Union Square Station Deemed Illegal Another day, another challenge to the Central Subway project, which is literally minutes from getting back underway along the Stockton corridor and up by Union Square. Earlier this week we heard about North
SF News Postal Service Selling Off North Beach Annex, Seven Other Post Offices in Bay Area You may recall last fall that we reported on the ever-dwindling number of corner mailboxes as the USPS slowly becomes obsolete, with over 800 having been removed in the past few years in
SF News 21-Year-old Man Shot on Julian Avenue Last Night A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life today after being shot on Julian Avenue in the Mission last night around 1:30 a.m. The incident happened near 14th Street, and not
SF News Motorcyclist Killed in Pre-Fireworks Crash in the Richmond A 54-year-old man was killed last night after a collision sent him flying off his motorcycle and under a passing vehicle. The deceased motorcyclist has been identified as Rick Scheuer, and witnesses say
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Check Out A Temporary Offering, Now Livening Up Seventh and Market Over at the Renoir Hotel, on Market Street between 7th and McAllister, a new group of pop-up ventures are serving to liven up the block and test the waters for future businesses on
SF News Protest Cleared At Closed Oakland Elementary School, Two Arrested It's been seventeen days of sit-in, Occupy-style protest at Oakland's Lakeview Elementary School, where teachers and parents have been camping since mid-June to call attention to the closure of Lakeview and four other
Arts & Entertainment Weather Report If this were anywhere else in the country besides Seattle, you'd be sweating right now. And July 4th is, traditionally, a sweaty time of year, a time for blowing things up and drinking
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pre-Independence Day Edition It's Fourth of July Eve-Eve, and like everyone else we're sure you're blue that this year's celebration of the red, white, and blue is on a Wednesday. Wah wah. Anyway, let's begin the
SF News Confirmed: Cyclist Chased and Robbed at Gunpoint in Oakland Hills SFist was unable to confirm, on Friday, that a tale of a cyclist chased by a van and robbed at gunpoint in the otherwise quaint and tony Oakland hills was in fact true
SF News NIMBY Watch: North Beach Folks Want to Stop/Stall Central Subway Construction It wouldn't be Monday in San Francisco without a tale of a construction project that someone, somewhere is going to fight tooth and nail to stop. Work is beginning on the North Beach
SF News Instagram, Netflix Servers Knocked Out By Virginia Storm Wondering why that blue-filtered photo of your latte won't upload? It appears that a large, non-hurricane summer storm that swept through several mid-Atlantic states on Friday caused power outages in Virginia that affected
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: 'Call Me Maybe' ... in German Obviously we don't know enough German to understand a lick of how the lyrics have been translated, or why they made this into a duet. But here's Carly Rae Jepson's instant, effervescent pop
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Eve Ensler's 'Emotional Creature' at Berkeley Rep The Vagina Monologues. Heard of them? That is the 1996 play that made Eve Ensler famous, and sent her on a tour around the world performing the show herself, as she originally had
SF News Three-Alarm Fire at Tenderloin Apartment Building Injures One [Updated] 540 Leavenworth is on fire, everyone. It's a residential building between Geary and O'Farrell, and there are a bunch of fire trucks on the scene, and one non-life-threatening injury has been reported. All
Arts & Entertainment Occupy Tagger Takes Jail Time Over Probation, Counseling Arrested Occupy SF tagger Richard Barksdale, 43, who actually hails from Colorado Springs, opted for jail time this week after being found guilty for spray painting on the walls of the vacant Cathedral
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'The Scottsboro Boys' at A.C.T. Let's take a second to refresh the memories of those of you for whom it's been a few years since you took an American History class: The Scottsboro Boys were nine teenage black
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Harry Potter Theme Played on Wine Glasses We've said it before and we'll say it again: The internet is amazing. And much like the Game of Thrones theme played on squeaky toys, this version of the Harry Potter theme music
SF News 56-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Killed By Longtime Boyfriend in Orinda A woman whom authorities say was killed by her longtime live-in boyfriend in Orinda on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Evangeline Cumbe Devera, 56. Boyfriend James Collin, 62, who lived with Devera
SF News Nancy Pelosi Tweets Reactions to Health Care Law, Tells Kennedy Widow 'Now, Teddy Can Rest' Chief Justice John Roberts showed that he's his own man today, and our Bay Area Congresswoman and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is already coming out swinging on Twitter, calling today's Supreme Court
SF News Bank Robbed Near Union Square On Monday Have you heard? It's easy as pie to rob a bank these days. You just quietly approach the teller, hand him/her a note, and walk away with a murse full of cash!
Arts & Entertainment Video: Intoxicated Women Struggle To Sit/Stand For 15 Grueling Minutes Meet Lisa. Her friends really want her to sit down, but also to stand up. This marvelous video was captured by SFist friend Jack Shamama in the hours just following Saturday's Dyke March
