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Vile NorCal Criminals Reportedly Hold Dead Child's Remains For Ransom

Humboldt County authorities are are the hunt for an unknown number of safecrackers this week, after they allegedly stole the ashes of a dead child then demanded $5000 for their return. Lost Coast

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South San Francisco Dunkin' Donuts To Open February 1, Will Be Closest One To SF Yet

Does Dunkin’ Donuts serve the best doughnuts you'll ever consume? Of course not — for that, I'll refer you to our "Where To Get A Good Doughnut In SF" list and, for those headed

Death Of SF Woman Found On Bus Was Not Caused By Meningitis

An update in the strange case of the 53-year-old woman who was found dead sitting upright in the back of a Muni bus at the end of its line last week. KRON 4

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Janet Napolitano Fighting Cancer

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here What about this Demand Protest hooey, huh? [SFist] Days

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Neighborhood Spotlight: Noe Valley

Noe Valley is a picturesque neighborhood that is located almost directly in the center of San Francisco. Thanks to adjacent Twin Peaks, it is sheltered from the coastal fog and winds that tend

Day Around The Bay: New East Bay Area Code To Be Added By December

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

A big week, this one, with Sketchfest in full swing — a guide to that here — and lots of action centered around Trump taking office. Everyone is going to want to approach recreation/demonstration

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Thomas Keller Plots A French Laundry Hotel

Chef-restaurateur Thomas Keller opens up to the Wall Street Journal Magazine today about the ongoing, four-year-long renovation project at the French Laundry in Yountville, something that he says began just with a rebuild

Uncle Of Orlando Shooter's Widow: 'I Know She's Innocent, I Raised Her'

Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse nightclub mass-murderer Omar Mateen, appeared briefly in federal court in Oakland Tuesday morning facing charges that could potentially send her to prison for life. As the Chronicle

Infamous Bernal Heights Landlord Who Quadrupled Tenant's Rent Now Must Pay Her $400,000

In March of 2015, Debra Follingstad's Facebook post went viral, a story that served as a "sign of the times" anecdote about the state of San Francisco eviction scares and housing horrors. In

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New Korean Street Food Spot Called Saucy Asian Coming Soon To The Castro

The space formerly occupied by H Café at the corner of Sanchez and 17th will soon be reborn as Saucy Asian, a Korean street food spot with fusion-y offerings like tacos, burritos, and

Barack Obama Commutes Most Of Chelsea Manning's Sentence

The former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, jailed for seven years already and serving a 35-year sentence set to end in 2045, will be free in just five months on May 17. The

Two Years On, Hayes Valley Quadruple Homicide Case Drags On Very Slowly

Six months after the single suspect in the January 2015 Page Street quadruple homicide was arrested, he remains "languishing in jail" according to his public defender, who has reached out to the Examiner

Taser-Wielding Gang Robs Woman Waiting At Powell BART Platform

A group of seven people robbed a woman of her cell phone Sunday night as she waited inside the supposed safety of a San Francisco BART station. The crime occurred at 10:55

Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Public Warned To Watch CCSF

A historic church on Capp Street is slated for conversion into residential units. [Mission Local] The accreditation crisis may have come to an end for City College of San Francisco on Friday, but

Far-Right Flips Out Over Obviously Fake Company Claiming To Pay Trump Protesters

A website that claims to represent a San Francisco-based company called Demand Protest supposedly paying "operatives" as much as $2,500 a month "on top of standard per-event pay of $50/hr" for

Closing Date For San Francisco American Apparel Stores Unknown

When news broke that long-struggling clothing manufacturer American Apparel had been sold, it was a safe assumption that their business would face big changes — changes that will shutter the LA-based company's 110 retail

Kink.com Moves Production Out Of Armory Because They Want Potential Tenants To Be Less Scared

For several years there has been a succession of stories suggesting that the imposing Armory building in the Mission was slowly being relinquished by its owner, BDSM porn concern Kink.com. Three years

Uber Eats Driver Blocks Market Street And Flees From Cops, Gets Off With A Warning

There's no doubt in my mind that driving for a food delivery service is a challenging profession — finding parking near popular dining venues, successfully retrieving the ordered meals, crossing the city in a

Tuesday Morning Roundup: Warriors Decimate Cavs

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here The battle over Lefty's continues. [SFist] An equipment problem

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[Update] Lefty O'Doul's Battle Continues As Proprietor And Landlord Hold Dueling Press Conferences

The tug of war over Lefty O'Doul's in Union Square continued Monday with dueling press conferences held by landlord Jon Handlery and the Handlery family via their public relations man Sam Singer and

Day Around The Bay: Zebra Found Dead Near Hearst Castle

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. During his press conference today, Warriors' head coach Steve

Brace For Another Couple Small Storms Wednesday To Friday

We're enjoying some sunny and cool January weather right now, which will continue through Tuesday. However you'll be pulling out the rain slickers and umbrellas again Wednesday morning as a fresh storm passes

Comedian Rob Schneider Lectures Civil Rights Leader John Lewis On MLK

Comedian Rob Schneider — for whom the Bay Area bears partial responsibility as he's a Pacifica native — had maybe better stick to the bad movies (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Hot Chick) or even

BART Says, Actually, Standing On The Right And Passing On The Left Causes Escalators To Break

While it's part of Bay Area gospel and a piece of established etiquette that longtime residents try to drill into the minds of all newcomers to stick to the right side of a