SF News Post-Ghost Ship, Dwellers At Three SF Warehouses Ordered By City To Vacate The fallout, both legal and logistical, from the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland in early December is going to continue for years to come. But in the initial wave of complaints and inspections
Arts & Entertainment Bill Irwin's 'On Beckett' Is A Sweet If Rambling Tribute To An Actor's Favorite Playwright Most actors pay lip service to the all-important role of playwrights and screenwriters, saying something cliché to the effect of "I'm nothing without his/her words." But most actors are also great egotists
Arts & Entertainment 19 Best Sketchfest Shows That Are Not Sold Out As The Comedy Festival Kicks Off It is a telling sign of the times that this year’s SF Sketchfest lineup has more star power than the upcoming inauguration of the President of the United States. This year’s
SF News Two Employees At 9th And Market Walgreens Stabbed Two employees at the Walgreens store at 9th and Market Streets were stabbed by an alleged thief on Wednesday morning, police told Bay City News. The crime took place at around 7 a.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Sarah Bonomo, Co-Founder Of One Found Sound One Found Sound, a democratically run orchestra that performs in unusual venues, puts together three concerts a year. On February 3rd, at 8pm, at Heron Arts, they conclude their short season with a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bristol Farms Calls It Quits After 10 Years At Westfield Mall High-end, SoCal-based grocer Bristol Farms, which was around for the opening of the Westfield Centre back in 2006 and has served downtown lunchers and casual dry-goods shoppers leaving Bloomingdales ever since, is closing
SF News SF Homeowners Could See Bills In Wake Of Storm Because Of Tree Maintenance Rules Heavy winds and rain that reportedly brought down more than 350 trees in San Francisco arrived months too early for some homeowners, who will likely have to foot the bill for tree removals.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 12 Best Mac & Cheese Dishes In SF and Oakland Cold weather calls for warm comforts, including but not limited to ramen, tater tots, and cioppino. The most classic and satisfying of American comfort foods, though, is obviously macaroni and cheese a dish
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Greg Suhr Takes Warriors Gig An Oakland City Councilmember is receiving some backlash for a joke made while a shooting took place. [KRON 4] Apple's AirPods have been on sale for less than a month, but they're already
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lefty O'Doul's May Be Closing And Relocating In Union Square After 59 Years Union Square dive bar and hofbrau Lefty O'Doul's beloved by many service industry workers, cops, Tenderloin denizens, and San Francisco Chronicle reporters, not to mention a steady stream of tourists seeking a bargain
SF News SoMa Dog Thief On The Loose A dog thief remains on the loose Thursday, the day after he stole a pup from its guardian in a South of Market alley. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 46-year-old
SF News In Bizzaro Interview With Maureen Dowd, Peter Thiel Says Fake Wrestling Is Real And No One Cares About The Supreme Court Over "a four-hour dinner of duck and chocolate dessert" New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd interviewed Trump transition team player Peter Thiel, the Paypal co-founder and early Facebook investor who still serves on
SF News SFPD Holding Community Meeting To Provide Update On Man They Shot Though the San Francisco Police Department has thus far declined to name the man they shot Friday morning when responding to an alleged dispute between neighbors, they will perhaps divulge that information — as
SF News Storm Took Down 350+ Trees In SF; Tahoe Travelers Told To Wait Until Friday STORM WATCH: #SF Rain & gusty winds continue. Please call in downed trees & clogged storm drains to @SF311.Our crews are ready to respond. pic.twitter.com/1MVJdI5yK8— SF Public Works (@sfpublicworks)
SF News SFPD Targets Errant Pedestrians And Cyclists In 'Safety Enforcement Operation' The San Francisco Police Department has finally figured out what's causing an increase in cyclist and pedestrian fatalities in SF and beyond: The increase in bike-riding and walking. No, seriously, that's what they
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Silicon Valley Heads Right Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Don't be a Beard With Internet, kids. [SFist] Truck
Arts & Entertainment Here's 5 Gadgets That Will Make 2017 Your Most Productive Year Yet Everything from a portable mini-computer to a dual phone charger/car locator. You’ve already set your New Year’s resolution: 2017 will definitely be the year. You’ll be more productive, more
SF News Fatality At Church Street Station Causes Major Muni Snarl At Rush Hour Lots of unhappy #sfmuni riders at WP. Inbound trains backed up to St Francis Cir. Outbound platform packed. @sfmta_muni #MuniMetro #munifail pic.twitter.com/WG1XuCEJm5— Paul Lanzi (@planzi) January 12, 2017 Around
SF News Day Around The Bay: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Issues Order About Illegal Warehouse Dwellings Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. More rain arrives late tonight, along with cold temperatures.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Russian River Brewing Reveals Expansion Designs, Readies Pliny The Younger For Beer Week Last year, timing issues kept the belle of the Beer Week ball from attending the festivites: An earlier Beer Week schedule pegged to the Super Bowl meant that Pliny the Younger, the highly
Arts & Entertainment Rooky Ricardo's Stays Put In New Digs Across Haight, And Owner Rants About Know-It-All Hipsters Beloved vintage record shop Rooky Ricardo's in the Lower Haight had to shut down and temporarily relocate last year, moving from its home of 28 years at 448 Haight Street to a smaller
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Halal Guys Finally Opening Brick-and-Mortar Storefront Near Union Square It's been nine months since the Halal Guys arrived in SF and started doing lunch delivery via Caviar. My personal experience with that lunch delivery wasn't that awesome, but it was OK, and
SF News Hydrofoil Water Taxi Startup Aims To Ferry Bay Area Commuters Ooh la la! French startup founders Alain Thebault and Anders Bringdal, a duo who broke the record for speed on a sailboat they designed back in 2009, were speeding through San Francisco and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Sushi Ran Chef Brings $120 Omakase Menu To Polk Street The expensive Japanese trend continues with another early-in-the-year opener, Kinjo (2206 Polk Stret), which will be officially open on January 24 serving a $120 omakase menu designed nightly by former Sushi Ran head
Arts & Entertainment Booksmith Boycotts Book By Milo Yiannopoulos, Who Arrives In The Bay Area This Week In a move his acolytes are sure to leverage as evidence of the politically-correct-to-the-point-of-intolerance, easily "triggered" left, the independent San Francisco bookstore The Booksmith announced on its website this week that it won't
