SF News Day Around The Bay: R.I.P. 415 We've officially run out of 415 area codes. San Francisco and Marin are getting a new area code — 628 — assigned to new numbers starting March 21, 2015. [7x7] Hey S.F., don't feed
SF News Yelp Lied About Allegedly Shady Sales Tactics, New Shareholders Lawsuit Claims A few of you fine commenters chimed in about my Yelp post yesterday, saying I was unfair to criticize CEO Jeremy Stoppelman's comments on San Francisco's housing problem and the lack of diversity
SF News Day Around The Bay: Rally Possum Driven by tech, Bay Area wages are rising twice as fast as those in any other major metro region in the country. [Oakland Tribune] A possum that wandered into the field during Monday
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 7 Best Dim Sum Spots In The Bay Area There's nothing quite like the comforting first bite of a steaming hot dumpling. Dim sum is communal, caters to almost any palate, and is often dirt cheap. We've picked a variety of spots
Arts & Entertainment Visit The Moon And Mars Using Google Maps If you can't wait until 2026 — the year SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he'll have humans on Mars (or won't be able to afford it when the time comes) — take a trip now
SF News Yelp's CEO Makes Light Of S.F. Housing Problems, Blames Tech's Lack Of Diversity On Education Yelp is one of the apps I use most on my phone as it has essentially become the modern yellow pages, but it's a somewhat guilty pleasure after learning that the company's business
SF News Let's Talk About The California Drought, Baby, Today On Twitter At 11 AM California is currently in "a once in a generation type" drought, which we've been telling you about all year (read previous coverage here). Today (August 6) at 11 a.m. PST on Twitter,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Paleo And Gluten-Free Craze Hits Peak Weirdness As S.F. Startup Turns Crickets Into Flour A new San Francisco startup called Bitty Foods is banking on people setting aside their qualms about eating bugs in favor of a protein-rich, gluten-free diet. Bitty manufactures cricket flour by freezing, boiling,
Arts & Entertainment 5 Rumors We're Starting About Outside Lands, Plus A Few Real Updates What would Coachella be without the reoccurring rumor that Daft Punk is going to show up? (They actually did in 2006 and Arcade Fire punked the crowd with a fake version in 2014)
SF News Candlestick Park Auction: Our Wish List After Sir Paul McCartney belts out "Live and Let Die" on August 14 at Candlestick Park, the historic stadium will indeed die — with its parts sold to the highest bidder. As SF Weekly
SF News LinkedIn Busted For Wage Violations, Must Shell Out $6M For Unpaid Overtime Turns out that the social network designed to help you get a better job is a pretty lousy employer. LinkedIn is coughing up nearly $6 million in back wages and damages after the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Who's That Man Waving An American Flag On The Golden Gate Bridge? On Tuesday, the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee will question Caltrans officials about the recent report that alleges they silenced engineers who tried to expose cost overruns and construction defects on the new
Arts & Entertainment 'Terminator 5' Shooting Downtown Tonight And Tomorrow The fifth movie in the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Genesis, will be filming late tonight, August 4, and early tomorrow, August 5, in two different downtown locations. As the Chronicle reports, Mission Street between
SF News Renoir Hotel Ablaze, Explosions Reported Mid-Market's Renoir Hotel caught fire today at 12:03 p.m., in a blaze that the Fire Department says is "the width and height of the building,” the Chronicle reports. No injuries have
SF News Bayview Residents File Lawsuit To Block Proposed Homeless Shelter Next To Mother Brown's Kitchen The city wants to build a 100-bed homeless shelter next to Mother Brown's Kitchen (2111 Jennings Street), a Bayview drop-in center that feeds about 300 a night, but residents and business owners have
SF News Breaking: Two Major Muni Accidents Injure At Least 40 People Two separate Muni crashes in San Francisco on August 1 have left at least 40 people injured, reports CBS San Francisco. Both accidents happened within the same hour this afternoon, at around 1:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Touchy Feely Tea House Opens This Sunday I have met Travis Sigley twice — once at the Lower Haight communal living space, the Convent, and once over Skype, where we discussed his new members-only tea house — and both times he was
SF News Pit Bull And Companion Stabbed In North Beach, Say Attack Was Unprovoked [Updated] Pit bulls have a bad reputation — usually due to some idiot owner — but in the case of an incident this morning in North Beach, a pit bull and his companion did nothing to
Arts & Entertainment Tech Boom Documentary In The Works: Watch The First Footage Filmmaker Walter Thompson is asking a question that's on a lot of San Franciscan's minds: "The tech industry is transforming housing and transportation in San Francisco, but are we on a sustainable path?
SF News Day Around The Bay: More Bay Bridge Drama Caltrans allegedly silenced engineers who tried to expose cost overruns and construction defects on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, according to an investigative report released today by a state Senate
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Wolverines Roll Around In Ice, Frolic At SF Zoo We warned you not to hug and kiss the two new wolverines at the San Francisco Zoo, but after watching this ridiculously adorable video, you'll be tempted. These feisty, ferocious hunters look like
SF News Today's Counter Protest At Mission Planned Parenthood Will Playfully Mock Pro-Lifers As SFist reported on Monday, there’s been an uptick in harassment and intimidation of patients and staff at the Planned Parenthood at 1650 Valencia Street, while the city decides if and how
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mayor Ed Lee's Disappearing Parking Tickets MTA records show that Mayor Ed Lee's Chevy Volt has been ticketed six times since 2011 — for street-cleaning violations and parking in a tow-away zone — but all were conveniently dismissed by the San
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Bay Area Thrash Metal In The 80s, Including Metallica, Testament, and Exodus Thrash metal ruled the Bay Area in the early 80s, giving birth to Metallica, Testament, Possessed, and Exodus and supporting L.A. bands such as Slayer and Megadeth. Budding photographers Harald Oimoen and
Arts & Entertainment Looking To Rent A Hot Pool Boy? New Startup To Deliver 'ManServants' On Demand Everything about the new startup ManServants looks like a promo from the latest J Lo or Lady Gaga video, but its founders — two San Francisco women who work in advertising — say it’s
