SF News BART Begs You To Stop Jamming On Train Doors We hate to beleaguer a point as much as anybody else, but one thing SFist takes seriously is proper public transportation etiquette and rules. You see, when you don't follow even the most
SF News Tech Companies Come Out In Force Against Trump's DACA Decision Many of tech's biggest companies are banding together to resist President Trump's stated decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. Per CNet's report, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are
SF News Far Right Commentator Banned From Uber And Lyft After Islamophobic Tweets Following a series of tweets in which she complained about Muslim drivers on Uber and Lyft, far-right commentator Laura Loomer has been banned from both of the ride-share services. According to CNet, this
SF News Internet Blasts Realtor Who Discovered 'House Hacking' (i.e., Being A Landlord) What do you call someone who owns property and rents it out to other folks? If you guessed "landlord," you're wrong and behind the times, pal. According to Oakland realtor Joe Dickerson's Facebook
SF News Santa Cruz Bear Fire Arson Suspect Threatens Prosecutor During Arraignment #BearFire suspect, Marlon Coy, mouths “You’re next” toward Santa Cruz DA Jeff Rosell in court this morning.Rosell- “Bring it on.” pic.twitter.com/tMcp5lbuTQ— Matt Keller (@MattKellerABC7) October 31, 2017 Marlon
SF News Wildfire-Related Insurance Claims Total More Than $3.3 Billion With the Northern California wildfires now 100% contained as of Tuesday, the investigation into how it began and how much damage it's caused has begun in earnest. According to a report from the
SF News Facebook, Twitter, And Google Testimony Leaves Senators Visibly Dissatisfied To put it in the simplest terms: Senators are unhappy with what they've been hearing from Facebook, Twitter, and Google executives, who are currently being questioned about how their platforms were exploited by
SF News Alleged Murder Weapon In Death Of Kate Steinle Has Safeties Designed To Prevent Accidental Discharge, Says Expert Testimony San Francisco police criminalist and firearms expert Gerald Andrew Smith testified in the Kate Steinle murder trial on Tuesday about the alleged murder weapon's potential for accidental discharge. Smith described the pistol, a
SF News Day Around The Bay: Rain, Rain, On The Way Meteorologists are predicting that a storm system is making its way to the Bay Area, providing a bit of rain and a nice alternative to the recent warm weather. Of course, the temperatures
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week This is it, you made it to Halloween! While many of the larger parties may have already happened over the weekend, there are still plenty of other great opportunities for you to jam
SF News Longshoremen In Oakland Sue Port Companies Over Alleged Racist Incidents Four longshoremen in Oakland are taking their accusations of racism to court, reports CBS. They're alleging that the Pacific Maritime Association and SSA Marine are doing nothing to address numerous alleged instances of
SF News Expert Testimony Suggests Ricochet Bullet Could Have Killed Kate Steinle Key evidence in the Kate Steinle murder trial was presented on Monday, as a firearms specialist and retired police investigator testified about the alleged ricocheting bullet that killed Steinle in 2015. Per the
SF News Berkeley's Revolution Books Targeted By Right-Wing Protesters Yet Again Berkeley's Revolution Books once again found itself targeted by right-wing protesters Sunday evening during their "100th Anniversary of Russian Revolution" talk and slide show event. According to the Daily Cal's report of the
Arts & Entertainment 'The Columbarium' Is A Beautiful Look Into One Of San Francisco's Last Remaining Final Resting Places The Atlantic shared a look at The Columbarium, which is a documentary that delves into the story of the San Francisco Columbarium, otherwise known as the Neptune Society Columbarium. It's one of the
Arts & Entertainment Steph Curry Celebrates Halloween By Showing Up To Sunday's Game Dressed As 'Jigsaw' Puppet Hello, I want to play a game. #Jigsaw #DubNation pic.twitter.com/cvl6F3cIQc— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) October 29, 2017 Stephen Curry knows how to make an entrance. Getting into the Halloween spirit, Curry
SF News Disagreement Over Proper Cheeseburger Topping Placement In Emoji Prompts Google CEO To Make Some Changes I think we need to have a discussion about how Google's burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while Apple puts it on top pic.twitter.com/PgXmCkY3Yc— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal)
SF News SFMTA To Refund Drivers For Overpaid, Double-Charged Traffic Citations And Tickets This is going to sound like one of those class-action lawsuit radio ads, but: have you paid the SFMTA for a parking, street cleaning, or traffic ticket recently? It's possible you could be
SF News New 'Zig Zagging' Tower Proposed For Oakland Chinatown Would Be City's Tallest Tower Oakland's skyline could soon be changing as developers have filed a proposal for a unique new building that would tower over businesses and residences in Oakland's Chinatown. According to a report from the
SF News Facebook Details Moves To Increase Transparency In Political Advertising On Its Platform After Senators introduced new legislation intended to regulate advertising on social networks, Facebook has unveiled more details about their own attempts to enforce transparency in advertising on their platform. Per TechCrunch, Facebook will
SF News A's Bruce Maxwell 'Made Anti-Police Statements' After Being Arrested For Allegedly Pointing Gun At Delivery Driver Bruce Maxwell, the Oakland A's catcher who became the first player in Major League Baseball to take a knee during the national anthem, was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, for allegedly pointing a gun
SF News Police Who Responded To Kate Steinle Shooting Testify In Third Day Of Trial The second and third day of the Kate Steinle murder trial brought witness testimony from those who saw the shooting and its aftermath, and the police officers who first responded to the emergency
SF News Berkeley Homeless Encampment Near BART Tracks Cleared Out, While Here/There Encampment Stays Residents of the "Here/There" homeless encampment in Berkeley are celebrating today as they were granted a temporary reprieve by a judge, who blocked an attempt by BART police to evict the residents
SF News Twitter Details 'Industry-Leading' Changes To Increase Transparency In Political Advertising On Its Platform In response to several US Senators announcing potential legislation to regulate advertising on Twitter, the tech company revealed that they have a new plan to greatly increase transparency for all advertisements on their
SF News Trump's Interior Secretary Proposes Substantial Entry Fee Price Hike For Yosemite, Yellowstone, And More It may soon cost you a heck of a lot more to enjoy the country's natural splendor, as the current Secretary of the Interior is considering a price hike (sorry) for entry into
Arts & Entertainment Crystal Castles Show At Warfield Cancelled After Band Co-Founder Is Accused Of Rape And Abuse Crystal Castles was originally scheduled to play the Warfield tomorrow, October 26, but that performance has been cancelled after former band member Alice Glass accused Ethan Kath of rape and assault in a
