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
SF News Federal Judge in California Declares 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Unconstitutional Buried in last night's news beneath the blazing inferno in San Bruno was an important development in the gay rights movement: Central California federal district Virginia Phillips filed an 86-page ruling declaring the
misc Take a Look Inside SPARC, the Apple Store of Pot Dispensaries A couple of weeks ago, a new medical marijuana dispensary swung open its doors in SoMa, and with its sleek design and unique retail experience will undoubtedly be a game-changer for the local
SF News AT&T Investing Lots In Network Upgrades, But Where? Today's Business Journal notes that AT&T has already invested $1.1 billion this year to upgrade wireless (and wired) networks across California, which has included 100 new cell sites, 25 antennas
SF News Read the Full Muni Sickout Flier, and Get Angry An anonymous flier has circulated among Muni drivers encouraging a sickout next week, from September 13 to September 17, to protest the August revamping of Muni's sick leave policy. Basically, as the Snitch
Arts & Entertainment Win Tickets to a Private Scissor Sisters Concert Afterparty Tonight at Booty Call Local drag impresario Juanita MORE! is throwing another of her big fetes this Sunday night, this time to celebrate the arrival of her friends, Scissor Sisters, including S.F. native Ana Matronic. It's
SF News WTF?! Fall Already Here? S.F. Sees Its First Rain Last Night Parts of SoMa, Laurel Heights, and the Western Addition experienced power outages last night relating to an unusual September downpour around 3 a.m. that stirred up a bunch of summer dust and
SF News Out-of-State Polluters Pouring Millions Into 'Yes on 23' Campaign in CA A Texas oil refinery and a Kansas-based chemical company have dumped several million dollars into the coffers of the proponents of Prop 23, which will appear on the November ballot in California. Why
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man 2010: Scenes from the Playa SFist opted out of Burning Man this year, but we're certain a fair number of you out there are currently sleeping it off/sweating out your drugs/picking dust out of your ears
SF News Dude Who Scaled Millennium Tower Actually a Fire Safety Advocate? According to his website, the man who scaled the Millennium Tower yesterday using suction cups, Dan Goodwin a.k.a. Skyscraper Man, is a fire-safety advocate and apparent anti-high-rise activist with a thing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Green Wire at Locanda da Eva Local food writer and avid CHOWhound Robert Lauriston recently opened his own restaurant in Berkeley, Locanda da Eva (2826 Telegraph Avenue), featuring Italian cuisine from chef Huw Thornton (formerly a sous chef at
Arts & Entertainment Style-Ist: The <em>NYT</em> Shines Its Spotlight On S.F. Style, and Our Various Fashion 'Tribes' On the eve of Fashion Week in NYC, Guy Trebay devotes his Fashion Diary this week in the NYT to San Franciscans and their rugged, often vintage or vintage-inspired style in "this foggy,
SF News Two Adorable Baby Sea Lions, Orphaned at Pier 39, Find Home in Chicago Two baby sea lions, whose mother gave birth to them at Pier 39 and abandoned them there for reasons unknown, have settled into their new home at Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago. They don't
SF News Tourism Up, But Tourist Spending Not So Much 2010 has proven a far better year for tourism in San Francisco than the dismal year that was 2009, but tourists on average seem to be spending less. According to the Chron, hotel
SF News Girlfriend of Murder Suspect Efren Valdemoro Spoke to Boss During Car Chase The girlfriend of now deceased suspected killer Efren Valdemoro spoke to her boss at the nail salon where she worked, on her cell phone, from the car she was in with Valdemoro during
misc Phrenological San Francisco: Another Wacky Neighborhood Map from <em>7x7</em> For their Fall Arts Preview, 7x7 has produced yet another kooky neighborhood map, this time using the theme of phrenology, and like, human tendencies? Or something? Anyway, we live somewhere in the vicinity
SF News Sales of Burning Man Supplies, Silly Outfits Way Up Over Last Year (A photo from 2009's fest - AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) Another sure apparent sign of economic recovery: Sales of Burning Man-related supplies at places like REI and Haight-based costume shop Piedmont Boutique are
SF News UPDATED: Another Oil Rig Just Exploded in the Gulf of Mexico There was an explosion this morning on the Vermilion Oil Rig 380, 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast, west of the site of the Deep Water Horizon blast.
SF News That Temporary Transbay Terminal? It Has No Toilets. For the next seven years, as a new Transbay Terminal is constructed, commuters gathering at the temporary, mostly al fresco transit hub downtown will be going without restrooms -- or just finding a
SF News Police Discover Two Dead Women, Bomb Materials in Vallejo Home It's been a bizarre and bloody few days in the North and East Bays, with five people dead and one still missing in a violent string of events culminating in a police showdown
SF News NIMBY WATCH: Dolores Park Battle Goes Down Tonight We here at SFist are ever the fans of civilized disagreement, and we shun all public meetings that devolve into crazy rantings by over-loud complainants, and/or shouting matches. But we just might
SF News Former Home of Sacramento Serial Killer Sold at Auction The former home of notorious Sacramento serial killer (and onetime brothel owner) Dorothea Puente, behind which Puente buried seven of her victims, sold for $215,000 this past weekend at auction. Bay Area
SF News San Jose Man Shoots Self With Nail Gun, Gets Shot By Cops After Confrontation A San Jose man appeared at the home of his estranged wife yesterday morning around 9 a.m. and attempted to kill himself with a nail gun. Police officers arrived on the scene
SF News S.F. Taxis May Soon Use 'For Hire' Lights to Indicate Availability Those who've spent any time in New York likely have found it frustrating to hear that those 'For Hire' lights on the top of cabs in S.F. often don't denote available taxis
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Mai Tai at Thermidor Mad Men is probably going to win another Emmy this weekend for best drama, and the show has done its part to inspire newfound nostalgia for 60s fashion, furniture, and cocktails. Thermidor (8
