SF News Reminder: October 21, 2011 is The End Of The World!!! Hey, what are you doing tomorrow? Dentist appointment, lunch with your boss, seeing a movie? Forget it. We told you earlier this week there was only one thing you needed on your schedule
SF News Palo Alto Apple Store Windows Covered By Memorial Notes Photographer (and cherished SFist commenter) Katy German snapped these shots of the Palo Alto Apple store's window today. Fans left a slew of notes, Pixar-based characters, flowers, a comparison to him as our
SF News Steve Jobs Backlash Begins And just like that, the death and surrounding melee of noted Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has sparked a minor backlash. As we mentioned earlier, several people took umbrage with the fact that a
SF News Chinese Android Store Mocks Steve Jobs' Death Via our sister site Shanghaiist, this poster was found outside an Android store (possibly a fake/imitation store or open source OS) in Sichuan, China. The poster reads, "Steve Jobs has kicked the
SF News Steve Jobs Is Dead According to Apple, former Apple CEO and company co-founder Steve Jobs has died. He was only 56. Jobs died from advanced pancreatic cancer, which he had been battling since 2004. (If you recall,
SF News Workplace Shooting in Cupertino Leaves at Least Two Dead, Seven Wounded; Suspect at Large [Updated] Gunfire broke out at an employee meeting at the Hanson Permanente Quarry in Cupertino this morning, killing two and leaving four wounded. KTVU reports, "The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department said an
SF News Quote Du Jour: Tupac And The Oakland Police Department Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. His murder remains steeped in questions and controversy. However, while the Oakland artist was alive, he tossed off the following
SF News Noted Filmmaker George Kuchar Dies An inspiration for artists like John Waters, among others, local filmmaker George Kuchar died on September 6 following a battle with cancer. The San Francisco Art Institute released the following statement today: "It
SF News Woman Struck, Killed by Muni Bus in Castro Identified Authorities released the name of the 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a Muni bus on Friday afternoon. San Franciscan Emily Dunn was at the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of
SF News Muni Bus Kills Pedestrian at 18th and Hartford A woman was struck and killed by a Muni shuttle in Castro District this afternoon. According to reports "Police say the woman was at the corner of 18th and Hartford when she was
SF News Giants Go Into Freefall; Everything in the World Is Ruined All that is good and true seems to have just (just?) slipped through our fingers, folks. You see, the SF Giants continue their plummet into the abyss, possibly falling far away from the
SF News Pedestrian Hit By Bicyclist on the Embarcadero Dies Dionette Cherney, the 67-year-old woman critically injured on July 15 after being struck by a bicyclist in a crosswalk at Mission Street and The Embarcadero, died this morning. "Police were called to the
SF News Dead Goat, Other Dead Animals Found On Capp Street [Warning: Graphic Image] A deceased and bloody goat's corpse was found on Capp Street today. Mission Mission picked up on the story today. SFist talked to San Francisco Animal Care and Control who revealed that, in
SF News John Toomey, Controversial Macy's Santa, Dies John Toomey, the Santa Claus who was fired by Macy's last Christmas for telling off-color jokes, was found dead today at the Budget Inn on Market Street. The cause of death appears to
SF News Cyclist Hurt In Collision With Truck Dies Nancy Ho, the 25-year-old helmetless cyclist who was crashed into a truck at Fremont and Mission on Tuesday morning, succumbed to her injuries and died. If you recall, "Nancy Ho, of San Francisco,
Arts & Entertainment Local Drag Luminaries Reflect on Miss Vicki Marlane After news broke yesterday that local transgender/drag icon Miss Vicki Marlane died, many folks in the queer community were taken aback. To say the least. Given the moniker "The Lady With the
SF News Dennis Knowlton Identified as Body Found Floating in Bay Police identified the body of the man who was discovered in the Marina on Tuesday as 20-year-old Dennis Knowlton. According to reports, police "have not released a cause of death, however police are
SF News Man Shoots, Kills Self Outside SFPD Station An unidentified man committed suicide outside the SFPD MIssion station Monday morning. "The incident was reported at about 9 a.m. outside the doors of the police station at 630 Valencia," reports SF
SF News Second Firefighter Injured in Diamond Heights Fire Dies Firefighter and paramedic Anthony "Tony" Valerio, 53, one of the three firefighters involved in the deadly fire in Diamond Heights on Friday, died on Saturday morning at about 7:30 a.m. Valerio,
SF News Former California Treasurer Matt Fong Dies Matt Fong, California State Treasurer from 1995 through 1999, died today. Current Treasurer Bill Lockyer released the following statement: "Our state has lost a fine leader and a great example of the Asian-Pacific
SF News Man Drowns at Alameda Beach While Fire Department, Coast Guard, Watch The Oakland Tribune (via Mercury News) reports on a tragic story of a 57-year-old man who drowned in the bay in Alameda on Monday after wading chest-high in the water fully clothed for
SF News Pedestrian Killed by Car in the Marina A 22-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed by a car at around 1:20 a.m. this morning in the city's Marina district. The incident occurred at Lombard and Pierce. "The vehicle
SF News Former NBC Bay Area Sports Anchor Daryl Hawks Found Dead Three-time Emmy winner Daryl Hawks, a former NBC Bay Area Sports anchorperson, was found dead inside an Atlanta hotel room Thursday morning. Rich Lieberman reports: "Atlanta police called Hawks' death a medical emergency
SF News Three Killed in San Jose State University Parking Garage Shooting, Including Alleged Shooter Three people were shot and killed last night at around 8:30 p.m. in the 10th Street parking garage at San Jose State University, including the alleged shooter. A weapon was recovered
SF News Hit-and-Run Kills 55-Year-Old Man at Masonic and Turk A hit-and-run incident claimed the life of a 55-year-old man at Masonic and Turk last night. The Chronicle reports: "The series of crashes began at about 2:30 a.m. when the suspect,
