SF News Shooting in the Richmond Tonight Are shootings even news anymore? Lately it seems like a day can't go by in this city without gun violence. We're getting unconfirmed reports that there was a shooting at Kragen Auto Parts
SF News Treasure Hunt: Hot Tongue Action Nothing gets our treasure hunting heart pounding as fast as a crowded taco truck tucked away on a parking lot. Unfortunately the delicious meal we wolf down sometimes makes our stomach heave just
SF News Fair Warning Apparently, whenever something is going down at the Chevron refinery, residents near the refinery are supposed to receive a phone call letting them know what's up and what to do. The action residents
SF News And It Burns, Burns, Burns, the Ring of Fire, the Ring of Fire The fire rings would be designated places where bonfires could happen. There would be signs letting everyone know what the deal is with the hope that people would only build bon fires in
SF News Stars Almost Die In Fire!!!!!! Apparently, they were among the dozen or so people who were staying at the lodge when it caught on fire. And, believe it or not, stars evacuate buildings when they're on fire too
SF News Did You Feel That? At around 10:50 p.m. tonight, there was a second earthquake almost in the exact same spot on the Hayward Fault (3 miles ESE of Berkeley) and at almost the same intensity
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews Kasper Hauser's <em>SkyMaul</em> So what kinds of items have the Hauser gang come up with? Well, how's about Medical Test Results Fortunes Cookies. Or a Transforkshire Terrier ("this incredible kids' toy transforms from a dog to
SF News American Football Spectacular: It's Likely You Won't See This But It Will Happen Plenty of tickets still available for the game. Well, there must be, since the NFL is blacking the game out on TV. * St. Louis vs. Oakland Sunday, December 17, 2006. 1:00 PM,
SF News The Warriors: Storm Warning Ho' boy. Somebody better call FEMA. Fire up the buses and make sure that the Oracle has plenty of cots and bottled water, because there could be a CAT5 disaster looming in the
SF News Eritrean Community Crime Shocker Murder victims-- who died after being shot via open fire in a third floor apartment-- include a widowed mother named Winta T. Mehari, 28, of Berkeley, her brother Yonas Mehari, 17, who lived
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Chestnuts Peeling techniques and dish suggestions after the jump. Photos by Melissa Schneider
SF News What a Delightful and Potentially Fatal Aroma What's that smell? Some building in the neighborhood of 19th and Mission seems to have caught very fragrantly on fire. We're not sure what's over there (a pawn shop, residential hotel, and curio
Arts & Entertainment The Oakland Hills Fire, 15 Years Later We weren't living in California at the time, but we remember the Cal student in our dorm the next semester telling us her harrowing stories of escaping with nothing more than her cat
SF News We Got an Earthquake Plan The 100 page plus plan includes details on staging areas using big, wide open spaces such as AT&T Park, Candlestick Park, Pier 48 and Crissy Field. Also listed are possible shelter
Arts & Entertainment Dick Valentine of Electric Six Best venue in the world? Glasgow Barrowlands. Best fans in the world? The Scottish. You’ve said that the greatest fans are in Scotland, yet you named your album SWITZERLAND. Please explain. Doesn’
SF News Fire At Fifth And Harrison Tough few days in SoMa -- the mysterious power outage yesterday and today, a four-alarm fire above the Olympic restaurant at Fifth and Clara that's required the CHP to close down the Fifth
Arts & Entertainment Up With Peoples' There'll be speakers, lunch, live jazz, and breakout discussion groups on anti-gentrification, violence prevention, and elections/campaigns. Look how much fun they had last year! $7 if you buy tickets in advance, and
SF News North Beach is Italian For Even Less Fun After cracking down on the North Beach Street Festival and the Jazz Fest, it looks like the Powers that Be are all set to crack down on North Beach itself. At issue is
Arts & Entertainment The Philistine Asks for More Ball Movement. The one good thing about missing the opening night Gala --and we'd have looked absolutely stunning in a tux-- is that we got to read the underwhelmed reports of the premiere of Verdi's
SF News East Bay Crime A Hayward teenager was beaten up and left bloody on a stranger's porch. In the pleasant upscale suburb of Lafayette, on Happy Valley Road, no less, a human body was found burned to
Arts & Entertainment John Ringhofer of Half-handed Cloud John recently underwent the grueling SFist interview process and has produced the gem below. In it you’ll find instructions on how to be a good fan to your favorite up and coming
SF News East Bay News First, the quick and dirty: the Oakland Tribune reports: one dead, two injured, 3 alarm fire at a 6 story residential hotel in downtown Oakland early Friday morning . In the Berkeley Daily Planet,
SF News Cycling: Horsing Around with the Barnabe Trail More than 70 percent of this planet is currently covered by water. Between global warming and privatization, the remaining 30 percent is quickly disappearing from public view. So, it's only natural to expect
Arts & Entertainment Caila Thompson-Hannant of Shapes and Sizes World events got you down? Sometimes wonder if American citizenship is worth all the grief? If you’re considering marrying a Canadian to escape it all, we’ve got one more reason to
