SF News Uber Drivers 'Cheating' The App To Gain Fares At SFO [Updated] Update: CBS San Francisco reports that Uber is disabling the illegal app and passengers affected by it will receive a refund. We also have new information from Chris, the driver who alerted the
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Governator Is Back Twitter had a great second-quarter, to everyone’s surprise, and shares shot up more than 35% in after-hours trading. [San Francisco Business Times] The Four Seasons is currently the city’s most-expensive condo
SF News Fugitive Cheerleader Turned Alleged Sex Trafficker Arrested In S.F. A 19-year-old Oregon woman who fled the state while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking a minor was found and arrested by San Francisco police on Monday, the Chronicle reports. Julia Lynn
SF News Is This Science Magazine Cover Transphobic? Congresswoman Jackie Speier Says Yes Science magazine put transgender sex workers in Jakarta on its cover this month with an objectifying image that cuts off their heads and focuses on their tight dresses, long legs, and high heels.
SF News Protestors Launch Sticker Campaign To Tag Apartments Illegally Flipped Into Airbnb Rentals Today at noon, the San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) will protest what they claim is “thousands of rent controlled apartments” that have been illegally converted to short-term rentals on sites like Airbnb. Starting
Arts & Entertainment Is Your Cat On This Crazy New Metadata Map? Further proof that cats do run the Internet, a new project has collected 1 million cat photos and placed them on a world map. Using metadata embedded in social media posts, the website
SF News Hidden Cash Returns To S.F. This Weekend, Hints At Pez Dispenser Clues The Hidden Cash phenomenon is back in San Francisco this weekend and the bounty might be hidden in Pez dispensers. Via its @HiddenCash Twitter account, the international cash scavenger hunt announced today that
SF News Mission Planned Parenthood Protesters Harassing, Taking Photos Of Clients And Staff No longer protected by a 25-foot no-protest zone, the Planned Parenthood on Valencia Street reports that harassment and intimidation of patients and staff has escalated. It even goes as far as one protestor
SF News Priest Twice-Accused Of Child Molestation Was Permitted To Minister In SF, Archdiocese Claims It Didn't Know The Archdiocese of San Francisco issued a statement today using some cryptic language about a priest named John Wadeson no longer being allowed to "undertake any ministry," due to "concerns in the community.
SF News Target To Open Three New Express Stores In Bay Area Target announced a plan to expand its San Francisco Bay Area presence with three new mini-stores opening in 2015, reports the San Francisco Business Times. There’s no word yet on where the
SF News Make-A-Wish Kid Picks Riding BART As His Ultimate Dream Come True If your evening commute involves sweating on a crowded BART train, this story might make you think twice before grumbling about it. A wheelchair-bound 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy recently rode BART for
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This (If You're An Exhibitionist): World Naked Bike Ride There's a naked bike ride happening this Saturday, July 26, for those ballsy enough to put their nether regions near spokes and chains. Organizers say it's a “ride as bare as you dare”
Arts & Entertainment Rush Hour Heart Dancer At 101 Pedestrian Bridge Spreads Love To Commuters Some days it only takes the smallest gesture to brighten an otherwise lousy day — made especially lousier if you're stuck in rush hour traffic. For the past six months, readers report seeing a
Arts & Entertainment Comic-Con Geeks Also Ban Google Glass The geekfest known as Comic-Con kicks off today in San Diego and — as the Los Angeles Times reports — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), and the casts of shows like Game
SF News Twitter's Diversity Numbers: White, Male, And Exactly What You'd Expect After mounting pressure, today Twitter revealed its workplace diversity demographics, conveniently one-minute before Facebook's earnings release, as Valleywag points out. The breakdown is pretty much exactly what we previously predicted: 70% of employees
SF News Is Silicon Valley Making The World A Dumber Place? This week, a freelancer for the British newspaper The Guardian called out Silicon Valley for creating a “tech utopia nobody wants.” JR Hennessy, who lives in Sydney, Australia, targets his criticism at San
SF News More Impostors On The Loose: Marin County Has A Fake Ranger Who Kicks Dogs Not to be confused with that creepy private-equity executive posing as a TSA agent at SFO or the San Francisco man acting like a police officer to sexually assault women, this new impostor
SF News Man Dies After Being Buried By Sand At Beach Camping Trip A 26-year-old San Lorenzo man died on Monday, July 21, after being buried alive by a sand tunnel he was building at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay. As the San Jose Mercury
SF News San Francisco To Vote On Soda Tax In November It's official: Supervisor Scott Wiener’s measure to add a 24-cent tax on every can of soda sold in the city is going on the November ballot. The Chronicle reports that the Board
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: San Francisco 2030 Skyline The California Rail Map has released a rendering of downtown San Francisco in the year 2030, which includes current, under construction, and planned buildings. It technically isn’t a photo, but rather an
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bi-Rite Now Offers Same-Day Delivery Starting today (July 22), you can have Bi-Rite Market's goodies delivered direct to your door. It’s only available in San Francisco and through the web and mobile app Instacart, which charges a
SF News DeSoto Cab Wants To Turn Its Taxis Into Limo Sedans To Survive Among Uber, Lyft Of all the taxi companies pissed at how their business is suffering at the hands of Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others, DeSoto Cab Co.’s president Hansu Kim has been one of the
Arts & Entertainment New Burning Man Art Comes To Pier 14 On July 21, just after sunset, a new interactive, LED sculpture will light up Pier 14. The 28 x 40 foot stainless steel installation is a modified version of piece that premiered at
SF News S.F. Officials Snub Levi's Stadium Ribbon-Cutting, Willie Brown Laments Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — who finally announced today that he’s an official lobbyist — vented in his Chronicle column, Willie's World, about the Levi's Stadium ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 17, essentially
SF News Reckless Bike Riding No Different Than Driving, Court Says A bicyclist can be charged with recklessly driving a vehicle, a state appeals court ruled last week, in a Los Angeles case where a drunken cyclist hit and severely injured a pedestrian. The
