SF News Battling Video Arguments For and Against Sit/Lie The Civil Sidewalks folks have put together a little YouTube vid to support Prop L, the Sit/Lie orginance, featuring police chief George Gascon as well as a number of store owners and
SF News San Bruno Death Toll Rises to Eight A man affectionately called "The Bug Man" for his pest control work at local elementary schools, Jim Franco (age 58), was pronounced dead over the weekend at UCSF Medical Center. He had been
SF News Two More Small Quakes Shake the East Bay Two small, 2-pointers rattled along the Hayward Fault in the San Ramon area last night, one just before 6 p.m. and the second just after 11 p.m, according to Bay City
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Speaking With Isabel Wilkerson About <em>The Warmth of Other Suns</em> Isabel Wilkerson's new book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story Of America’s Great Migration (Random House) tells the story of the African-American migration from the South to the North and
SF News Clorox Relocates Jobs from Oakland to Pleasanton, Sells Auto Care Business The Clorox Co., one of the largest employers in Oakland, announced this week that they're relocating their research and development operation to Pleasanton, thereby moving between 500 and 700 workers out of the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink BREAKING: Ike's Place Reopens at 10 a.m. at Lime Let the stampede begin anew! Ike Shehadeh just announced that, as of 10 a.m., Ike's Place will begin accepting phone orders again for their new Castro location: at Lime restaurant (2247 Market
SF News Scalia Comes to S.F., Says the Constitution Doesn't Protect Women Or Gays Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia hopped over to San Francisco on Friday to speak at UC Hastings College of Law, and during his talk, among other things, he mentioned that the Constitution does
SF News S.F. Considers a 'Wet House' Where Homeless Alcoholics Can Live and Drink In Peace You know how the Board of Supervisors are trying to make up for some $17 million spent annually on medical care and law enforcement related to alcohol abuse by taxing all alcohol sold?
SF News Alcohol Tax Advocates to Rally Outside PlumpJack Wine Shop So, you know that booze tax that the Board of Supes approved last week but which Gavin says he'll be vetoing? Well, proponents of the tax, which would put a $1 levy on
SF News AT&T Allegedly Dealing With Dead Zones in S.F. The Business Times reports today that AT&T is pleased with themselves and "proud of the network [they] have built", as they continue to beef up their data network in San Francisco
SF News Hillsborough Murder Suspect to Get Psychiatric Evaluation You may recall the June murder that occurred in deliriously wealthy peninsula enclave of Hillsborough, the first homocide to occur there in six years. Attorneys for the defense of accused murderer Bradley Kleiman,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Hurricane at Hog & Rocks Just as the East Coast and Mexico get buffeted by storms this week, we bring you one of the classic drinks on the menu at predictably popular new Mission hang, Hog & Rocks
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Night Shows Announced, Get Tix Now Three night shows were announced this week, all happening at The Independent, featuring three acts who are performing at the Treasure Island Music Festival. The tickets just went on sale at noon, and
SF News Over 150,000 San Franciscans Experience Hunger In response to a Census Bureau report yesterday preceding the release of the 2010 Census stating that poverty levels in 2009 were the highest they'd been since 1951, the San Francisco Food Bank
SF News Presidio Middle Schoolers Get Free iPads Students in one algebra class at Presidio Middle School got lucky enough to be chosen for a pilot program by Houghton Harcourt Mifflin publishing in which they get a free iPad with a
SF News Marijuana Use Rises 8%, Ecstasy Up 37% A new report shows illegal drug use across the country sharply increased last year to the highest rate of the decade. Marijuana legalization proponents point to the 8% rise in pot use as
SF News Judge Orders Stolen Dog Returned to Owner After Seven Years As SFist reported a couple weeks ago, SF resident Mary Bollero discovered that her missing dog, whom she called "Little Girl," was actually treated for an ear infection at a San Mateo pet
SF News 81-Year-Old San Bruno Victim May Have Been at Home Waiting for PG&E When Explosion Occurred Another alarming nugget from today's Chron piece about the ongoing San Bruno investigation: 81-year-old Elizabeth Torres, the fourth victim of the explosion and fire just identified yesterday, may have been sitting at home
SF News SFist Blotter: Bayview Doorway Shooting, a Domestic Shooting in Union City Bayview / Shooting: Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 57-year-old man that may have occurred during a home invasion robbery. The victim, Dennis Wayne Dixon, argued with
SF News 1981 San Francisco Gas Main Rupture Should Have Taught PG&E a Lesson The investigation of last week's enormous, deadly gas main explosion in San Bruno is now focusing on PG&E's inability to quickly shut off the flow of gas after the explosion occurred.
SF News Gruesome Car Accident Early Sunday Shuts Down Much of 101 Two unrelated people were killed late Saturday night after being struck by multiple cars, causing all but two lanes of 101 to remain closed most of the day on Sunday. An allegedly intoxicated
SF News Ranked Choice Voting System Passes Judge's Muster U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled last week in favor of San Francisco's ranked choice voting system, which has been in effect since 2004. Sunset district resident Ron Dudum filed the suit,
SF News SFist Blotter: Three East Bay Shootings Berkeley / Shooting: A 35-year-old man was shot and killed late Saturday night/early Sunday while walking home from a party with his fiancée. The couple was approached near Adeline and Emerson Streets by
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Acadian at Beretta For today's drink of the week and yes, after last night, we need a stiff drink to settle our nerves and reset our mortality meters we turn to the now established Mission cocktail
SF News Death Toll in San Bruno Expected to Rise As most news orgs are reporting this morning, the official fatality count from last night's gas main explosion and ongoing fire in San Bruno is 4 people, with 52 suffering injuries that required
