Arts & Entertainment Explore The Chronicle's Abandoned Union City Printing Plant At Night: Photos Urban explorer and Bay Area photographer Troy Paiva shot the former Chronicle printing facility in Union City (1550 Pacific Street) over the course of two nights in May, and the result is a
SF News Seven Families Displaced Following 3-Alarm Gas Station Fire In Balboa Park A fire that started this morning at a gas station body shop in Balboa Park and spread to nearby apartments has been contained, but left 23 people and two dogs without a place
SF News Day Around The Bay: Cowork With Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom is sharing space with a bunch of techies at Founders Den in SoMa. [Chronicle] That cell phone kill-switch bill we told you about is a done deal and goes into effect
SF News Rapper Young Jeezy Arrested After Fatal Shooting At Wiz Khalifa's Shoreline Show At Wiz Khalifa's Friday night concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, a man was shot and killed backstage. Now six people associated with the tour — including Def Jam rapper Young Jeezy — have been arrested on
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sorry Griswolds, Burning Man Is Closed Sorry - Burning Man is CLOSED Leave it to Funny or Die to quickly jump on the news that Burning Man has shut its gate and come up with a clever way to
Arts & Entertainment Nine Inch Nails And Soundgarden Co-Headline Shoreline: Photos Hard rock fans were treated to a double bill of Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden on Sunday at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. Our photographer was there, capturing NIN's Trent Reznor looking intense
SF News Burning Man Gate Closed Due To Rain, No One Getting In Until Midday Tuesday [Updated] Burning Man has closed its gate due to rain, at least through tonight and maybe until tomorrow morning, and no one is getting into the festival. In a series of tweets starting this
SF News Napa Skateboarders Turn Earthquake-Damaged Street Into Ramp [Video] In case you’ve been asleep since Sunday (what did you do this weekend?), a 6.0 earthquake hit six miles southwest of Napa and left significant destruction in its wake, with houses
Arts & Entertainment Jack White's Short Hair And Loud Guitar At Bill Graham Civic Auditorium: Photos Last night, Jack White played the first of a two-night stand at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and, if you're headed to tonight's show, be sure to bring earplugs. It might have been the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mayor Ed Lee = No More Mr. Nice Guy Mayor Ed Lee's "era of good feelings is starting to break down." [Chronicle] Oscar Grant's family has visited Ferguson, Missouri and will attend Michael Brown's funeral. [CBS San Francisco] S.F.’s thriving
Arts & Entertainment Got A Polaroid Taken In S.F.? This Public Art Project Wants It As part of the Hearts in San Francisco public art project — those large heart sculptures installed throughout the city and then auctioned off to benefit S.F. General Hospital — artists need your vintage
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pit Bull Grooms His Baby Bunny Friend We're not sure what goes on in the house of YouTuber TexasGirly1979, but apparently her pets are allowed to bring home pets. Regarding the above video, she writes that her pit bull Sharky
SF News Transgender Students Admitted To All-Female Mills College For The First Time For the first time in its 162 year history, Oakland's Mills College will welcome transgender students who identify as female into its all-women undergraduate program. It's also a first among the 119 single-sex
SF News S.F. Protestors Rally For Ferguson, March For Alex Nieto Planned Today About 100 people gathered at United Nations Plaza last night around 7 p.m. in a show of solidarity for Ferguson, Missouri and the ongoing protests of the police shooting of unarmed teenager
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Ted Danson Dresses Like Prince In 'Purple Rain' In the new Funny or Die video above, Ted Danson and Mark Duplass play a gay couple in need of therapy and turn to Elisabeth Moss for help. Danson's character is intent on
SF News Oakland Ranks No. 2 (Again) On Dumb Magazine's 'Unfriendliest' U.S. Cities List Alright, maybe it's mean-spirited to call Condé Nast's Traveler magazine "dumb," but for the second year it has published a readers' survey ranking Oakland as the No. 2 "unfriendliest" city in the U.
SF News Robin Williams' Ashes Were Scattered In The Bay, Tabloids Report Two tabloids are reporting that Robin Williams was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the San Francisco Bay the day after he died. That's the same day Marin County authorities held a
SF News Day Around The Bay: A Joyride In Google's Driverless Car A Reuters' editor tests Google's self-driving car and finds it "utterly unremarkable," which is a compliment. [Reuters] Supervisor Katy Tang wants to add 1,000 housing units to the Sunset District. [San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment The 9 Best Record Stores In The Bay Area Vinyl is back. Hell, even cassettes are cool again, so if you're looking to stock up on analog delights, we have the 9 best places to find them. Some of these stores are
SF News Make-A-Wish Kid Mans Downtown Construction Site For A Day This year's local Make-A-Wish kids must have some amazing, down to earth parents because their wishes are, well, pretty normal and inspiring. First there was 13-year-old, wheelchair-bound Austin James whose dream to ride
Arts & Entertainment New Shows Announced At Renovated Masonic Auditorium, Which Reopens In September [Updated] Update: Live Nation says that its website, as well as Ticketmaster's, had both listed the Beck show before it was confirmed. We'll update you as to whether this show, originally listed for September
SF News First Transgender Officer Graduates From San Francisco Police Academy [Video] Last Friday, 33 recruits from the San Francisco Police Academy graduated and became officers, but one represented a milestone for the city: Mikayla Connell is the first transgender person in her class and
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Paul Rudd (As Ant-Man) Brooding Under The Golden Gate Bridge We told you Paul Rudd was in town filming Ant-Man and now we have this sexy image of him standing under the Golden Gate Bridge, courtesy of Marvel Studios and via USA Today.
SF News Move To Rename Waldo Tunnel After Robin Williams Gains Political And Petitioner Support Within a week of learning about Robin Williams death, more than six thousand people have signed a Change.org petition calling for a tunnel between Sausalito and Mill Valley to be re-named the
SF News Day Around The Bay: What Would Harvey Milk Do? Supervisor Scott Wiener thinks Harvey Milk wouldn’t have supported legislation intended to stop speculators from evicting everyone and flipping buildings. [Chronicle] There's a petition to rename the tunnel that connects the Golden
