SF News Day Around The Bay: People Cheat At Marathons Using Social Media Some people train for forever to run marathons. Others just resort to using social media and cheating to say they ran a marathon when they actually didn't. [WIRED] Yesterday, Forbes released their list
SF News Trump Finally Tweets About California Wildfires, Has No Plans To Visit After pledging aid on behalf of the federal government to California Governor Jerry Brown, ABC 7 reports that Trump has yet to make any plans to visit any of the areas in Northern
Arts & Entertainment Short Film Features BART Station Agent Who Happily Greets Thousands Daily Agent of Connection from Ivan Cash on Vimeo. Laughing Squid spotted this very well-made short film which focuses on BART agent William Cromartie, who says he personally greets 4,000 commuters every day
SF News Senators Feinstein And Harris Take FCC To Task Over Wireless Emergency Alert System Shortcomings Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are voicing their concerns about the federal Wireless Emergency Alert system currently in place for disaster warnings. They're criticizing the tool for its shortcomings and for its
SF News 49ers Players Escape Alleged Robbery Attempt Outside Union Square Nightclub Two ambitious — or perhaps foolish — armed robbers tried to mug two San Francisco 49ers players after this past Sunday's game against the Washington [Insert Racist Name Here]. Mission Local reports that according to
SF News Twitter Outlines New Policies To Combat Rampant Harassment, Hate, And Abuse In an e-mail sent to Twitter employees, obtained by the Associated Press, the Trust and Safety team at the beleaguered tech company laid out their plans for combating harassment, hate speech, and abuse
SF News Northern California Wildfire Death Toll Climbs To 42 As Six Firefighters Are Injured Battling Santa Cruz Blaze Cal Fire projected that the Central LNU Complex wildfires still burning in Northern California would be contained by Friday, and for now, those projections seem to be on track. It's a great bit
SF News Firefighters Continue To Battle Growing Oakmont Fire As Some Evacuation Orders Lifted The latest reports coming from Cal Fire say that evacuation orders are being lifted in some parts of Sonoma County, including areas south of the Oakmont neighborhood, despite the Oakmont Fire's continued growth
SF News Potential Jurors For Kate Steinle Murder Trial Instructed To Leave Immigration Debate 'Off The Table' The jury selection process in the case of Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate's alleged murder of Kate Steinle has crossed another milestone today, as prospective jurors sat before a San Francisco Superior Court judge for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Google Pulls Calorie Counting 'Cupcakes' Feature From Maps After Strong Backlash BuzzFeed News' Katie Notopoulos documented a new, short-lived Google Maps feature that would suggest walking to a given close-by destination while telling you how many calories the average human would burn doing so.
SF News East Bay Is 'Overdue' For Wildfire Of Its Own, Say Experts As fire crews continue to battle several wildfires in Northern California, the East Bay begins to make plans for a potential firestorm that, according to one UC Berkeley assistant professor, is very overdue.
SF News Largest North Bay Wildfires Reach 60 To 80 Percent Containment #OakmontFire [update] E side of Hwy 12 near Oakmont community (Sonoma County) is now 1,029 acres and 27% contained. https://t.co/rJdgLud5km pic.twitter.com/C8SZ8T6ePd— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) October
SF News Day Around The Bay: Sonoma County Would Like To Remind You That Price Gouging Is Illegal In Emergencies As wildfire survivors in Northern California seek stability, Sonoma County issued a warning telling people to be on the lookout for price gouging, which is considered illegal when states of emergency are declared
SF News Hero Dog Who Stuck With Rescue Goats During Wildfire Reunited With Family As we continue to hear stories of the dead and as some Northern Californian residents are slowly making their way back to where their homes once stood, some families are finding small pockets
SF News Rain Predicted For Northern California Could Help (And Hurt) Firefighting Efforts A bit of relief may be headed to firefighters this week as rain is predicted for parts of Northern California that are still struggling with containing wildfires. According to KRON 4, meteorologists have
Arts & Entertainment Colin Kaepernick Files Official Grievance Against NFL, Accusing Owners Of Colluding Against Him In the time since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and violence against people of color, other teams and players have voiced their support
SF News Haunting New Drone Footage Reveals Destruction Left In Wake Of Tubbs Fire Though drones have been banned from flying over Santa Rosa's Coffey Park for the past week or so, CBS 5 managed to get some authorized flight time in and captured some haunting footage
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Guy Fieri Feeds Wildfire Survivors, Foxsister Opens On 24th The impact of the wildfires making their way across Northern California can be felt across multiple industries, not the least of which being food. As we mentioned earlier this week, the Michelin Guide
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New 'Diet Avocado' Claims To Have 30% Less Fat Than A Regular Avocado As improbable as it seems, someone has gone and invented a "diet avocado," which contains 30% less fat than your regular, run-of-the-mill, mortgage-payment-consuming avocado. According to Grub Street, the diet-vocados come from a
SF News Senior Citizens Make Up Majority Of Identified Wildfire Victims ABC 7 reports that 70 elderly residents of a senior living community in Santa Rosa were allegedly left behind by nursing staff as the fire continued to burn throughout the city. Those residents
Arts & Entertainment Rose McGowan's Twitter Suspension Inspires #WomenBoycottTwitter Protest As a response to Rose McGowan's brief suspension from Twitter yesterday for sharing the private phone number of a Hollywood executive's assistant, people have joined together to protest Twitter and the spotty enforcement
SF News Tubbs Fire Reaches Calistoga; Firefighters Begin Reporting Higher Containment Firefighters continue to fight for progress in keeping the Northern California wildfires at bay. Containment percentages are up all around, though that comes at a steep cost; as of last evening, the combined
SF News SF Moves One Step Closer To Banning Delivery Robots From City Sidewalks According to a report from the SF Examiner, legislation introduced by Supervisor Norman Yee banning delivery robots has taken another step towards becoming law on Wednesday night. The legislation was brought before the
SF News Self-Driving Cars Could Hit California Roads By June The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced new regulations that could see self-driving cars take the road as soon as next June, but critics of the regulations worry that the safety requirements still
Arts & Entertainment Winchester Mystery House Movie Gets New Name And A Final Release Date The new Hollywood thriller based on the life of Sarah Winchester, the enigmatic owner and mind behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, just landed a brand new release date and new
