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Instagram Account For Tesla Factory Parking Lot Shows Tesla Workers Probably Shouldn't Drive

A photo posted by Tesla Parking Lot (@teslaparkinglot) on Nov 8, 2016 at 9:03am PST Tesla workers at the electric car company's Fremont factory clearly know how to make a car, but

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The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

What can I tell you? Life seems to get more terrifying by the hour. Sure, you could sit at home scrolling through Facebook and Twitter and getting more and more upset, or you

State Senator From Berkeley Demands To See Melania Trump's Immigration Documents

California state senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) makes a good point: If we already know that First Lady Melania Trump worked in this country illegally when she first arrived here from Slovenia in 1996,

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SF Bookstore Displays Cookbooks From Countries Affected By The Immigration Ban

My new shop window, courtesy of our president. pic.twitter.com/FoHurAz0Y8— Omnivore Books (@omnivorebooks) January 28, 2017 Food-focused Noe Valley bookshop Omnivore Books is encouraging cooks in the neighborhood to learn about

ACLU Joins Incubator Y Combinator To Help Manage Its New Influx Of Wealth

Y Combinator president Sam Altman's heart grew three sizes today as he announced the American Civil Liberties Union would join his startup incubator in order to manage its massive influx of funding. The

Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Report Argues For Demolition Of 280 In SF

Prolific booze thieves nabbed. [KRON 4] Guess that's it for the Nextbit Robin. [CNet] More than 12 million passengers flew through Oakland International Airport in 2016. [SF Chronicle] Officials at San Francisco State

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CVS On Market Street In Castro To Close After Three Years

In an announcement that is sure to send longtime Castro neighborhood residents into fits of rage, a 10,000-square-foot CVS store occupying some prime retail space on Market Street at Noe has announced

San Francisco Becomes First City To Sue Over Sanctuary City Order As California May Become Sanctuary State

SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Trump's executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from so-called Sanctuary Cities, becoming the first city the nation to do so.

Bay Area Department Heads Pull Down Admirable Pension Pay While Still Collecting Salaries

As far back as the 70s, one expert says, heads of first-responder agencies (think police and fire) have been the recipients of pension pay from a previous position even as they pull down

Bamboo Lanterns Light Up Civic Center For Lunar New Year

Although the sixteen 20-foot bamboo lanterns that now stand outside Civic Center in an art installation called "Peace All Year Round" will last only through March, the spirit of the artist's message, we

Feinstein To Vote No On Sessions For Attorney General

JUST NOW: On Sessions attorney general nomination: “I must vote no.” pic.twitter.com/lfQnX5Khug— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) January 31, 2017 Though it was unclear if Senator Dianne Feinstein was going to

Tuesday Morning Roundup: Mercedes Joins Uber's Self-Driving Fleet

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Why on earth would you fly your drone into

Day Around The Bay: SF Orders Archdiocese To Pay $3 Million For Health Care Law Violation

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here As thousands of Google employees protested Trump's immigration policies

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Video: Rad Local Woodworker Katie Gong Profiled In New People Mag Series

San Francisco-based woodworker and artist Katie Gong, of Katie Gong Design, is the subject of Episode 7 of People Magazine's new American Doers series, hosted by very handsome Brit James Marshall. Gong grew

SF's Homeless Census Is Literally, At Times, A Drive-By Operation

Last Thursday night, January 26, from the passenger seat of a friend's Prius, I examined a paper map of Russian Hill and Fisherman's Wharf, giving sometimes confusing and wrong directions to her while

Thousands Of Google Employees Stage Walkouts Against Trump Immigration Policies

Protest along Embarcadero, with chants of "No Ban, No Wall." #ImWithThem pic.twitter.com/zY09fv6QAB— Jill Witty (@jwitty) January 30, 2017 A company-wide protest organized and attended by Alphabet/Google employees occurred Monday

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SFist Reviews: Mason Bates's Cello Concerto with Berkeley Symphony

Mason Bates made his mark as a composer by breathing a fresh energy with the addition of electronic beats in his orchestral works. A composer for the symphony by day, he moonlights as

Millennium Tower Residents Complain That Building Not Only Sinks, It Stinks

A new report via a resident at the nicknamed Leaning Tower of San Francisco, a.k.a. Millennium Tower adds further fuel to homeowners' rage about the developer's alleged construction shortcuts. Against the

Pacifica Drone Enthusiast Arrested For Interfering With Helicopter Rescue

Pacifica police investigators tell CBS 5 that 55-year-old Gerald Destremps was arrested after allegedly piloting his personal drone near a helicopter, causing an interruption to a rescue attempt on Friday morning. Destremps's drone,

North Oakland's Bushrod Neighborhood Named Hottest Real Estate Market In The Nation

A little-known subsection of Oakland called Bushrod, next to Temescal and on the Berkeley border west of Telegraph Avenue, was named by real estate site Redfin as the number one "hottest neighborhood of

Berkeley Couple's Death Linked To Carbon Monoxide, Possibly From Laser Cutter Or 3D Printer

The mystery of the deaths of two people and their two cats in a Berkeley home last week has been preliminarily solved, and the cause appears to have indeed been carbon monoxide poisoning

Sunday Shooting In SF's Sixth Homicide For 2017

A 27-year-old man was killed Sunday, in a brazen midday shooting on Third Street in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department says the call reporting the slaying at Third Street and Armstrong

Lyft Surpasses Uber In App Store Downloads As #DeleteUber Trend Continues

Uber's loss is Lyft's gain as the long-running battle between the two San Francisco-based ride-hailing companies takes on a political valence. Reports (possibly spurious) that Uber had continued to operate to-and-from New York's

Monday Lunchtime Links: Berkeley Animal Rights Activists Interrupt Screening Of 'A Dog's Purpose'

San Francisco has restricted permits for cannabis cultivators for the next six months. [SF Examiner] Over 20 activists with a global grassroots animal rights network interrupted a Saturday night showing of A Dog’