SF News Well-Known Comic Book Author Arrested In San Francisco Child Porn Bust A San Francisco author known for his work in comic books and non-fiction cultural criticism was arrested, police announced late Friday, after he allegedly uploaded "graphic child pornography to YouTube." In a news
SF News Video: Upper Yosemite Fall Raging During Weekend Storm While a major weekend rainstorm brought minor to significant flooding to parts of the Bay Area, Reno, and in Yosemite National Park, it was not as severe or destructive as was feared in
Arts & Entertainment This Carry-On Duffel Bag Packs Your Whole Wardrobe For Easy Jet-Setting No more baggage fees or arguing with airline attendants. Whether you’re still in the thick of your holiday travels, or just need a vacation now that it’s all winding down — the
SF News Man Trapped Between BART Train And Platform Dies, Donor Pays To Ship Remains To Philippines Following the death of a man who was trapped between a BART train and the platform at San Francisco's 24th Street Station last week, an anonymous donor has stepped forward to transport the
SF News Calaveras Tunnel Tree, A California Icon, Falls In Storm A popular California sightseeing destination in Calaveras Big Trees State Park has been destroyed. The Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia whose trunk was hollowed out in the 1880s for the novelty of
SF News Storm Topples Trees, Scaffolding, Leaves Part Of Mission In The Dark (But Otherwise Wasn't So Bad) Tree blocking 280 at Millbrae, southbound... pic.twitter.com/HcaO7lp2wq— Jeffrey Greenberg (@jeffgreenberg) January 8, 2017 The weekend's big winter storm was not, as many of your friends scoffed on social media, the
SF News As Police Union Attacks New Use Of Force Policy, Condition Of Man Shot By SFPD Worsens The condition of a man shot by officers with the San Francisco Police Department Friday has worsened over the weekend, as the union that represents officers and the commission that oversees them fight
SF News Monday Morning Linkdump: Get Ready For More Facebook Video Ads Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Your weekend ICYMI: Suspect who slashed man near Civic
Arts & Entertainment Quiz: Where Should You Jetset In 2017? It's a big world out there, with plenty of options for your ultimate travel bucket list. Let us help your narrow down your options for the New Year: take our quiz and find
SF News Guerneville Residents Evacuated As Russian River Crests; Videos Shows Napa, Truckee Rivers Rising People living in low-lying areas of the Russian River area in Guerneville and Monte Rio were ordered to evacuate Sunday as the river is expected to crest above flood stage Monday morning at
SF News Winter Storm Brings Flood Warnings, Power Outages, SFO Cancellations, One Death While many on social media Saturday balked at some of the sensational headlines about this weekend's rain, given the relatively tame downpours that arrived early Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday morning have brought
SF News Sunday Links: Alleged Diaper Thief Nabbed Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Where to eat today, next week, next month. [SFist]
SF News Sick Yet? Bay Area Hit With Severe Flu Outbreak I hope you got your flu shot, because the San Francisco Bay Area is dealing with a "widespread" influenza outbreak before flu season has likely even peaked. As local public health officials are
SF News Man Slashed With Machete At Civic Center BART Entrance On Friday evening a 29-year-old man had his neck allegedly slashed with a machete near the UN Plaza entrance to Civic Center BART station closest to Seventh Street, and the suspect remains on
SF News Saturday Links: Storm Shutters Yosemite Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Joe looks back on the life and legacy of
SF News Day Around The Bay: Layoffs Hit Theranos Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. SF emergency dispatchers are falling behind as lengthy delays
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Uma Casa Opens For Portuguese Food, Vancouver's Bao Down Comes To SF, And More This week at the SF Food desk there was word of two SoMa restaurant closures, the first in the well-loved, five-year old AQ, which will be seeing the shutter soon and the second
SF News First State-Funded Inmate Sex Reassignment Surgery Takes Place In San Francisco Thursday marked the first court-mandated sex reassignment surgery for an incarcerated person in the United States, and the procedure took place in San Francisco. As KRON 4 reports, 57-year-old convicted murderer Shiloh Heavenly
Arts & Entertainment Apocalypse Now, Please: Two Google Home Devices Have An Endless Conversation About Everything And Nothing Two Google Home devices have been programmed (tricked? hacked?) into talking back and forth to each other, and it's been going on all day and live-streamed via Twitch TV, under the header SeeBotsChat.
Arts & Entertainment Why The Most Stoked Boosted Board Rider In The Bay Wears A Baby-Carrier Backpack Maybe you've seen him. Michael Dunn, 27, of San Lorenzo, just finished riding 1,000 miles on his Boosted Board, the popular Mountain View-created electric longboard that stops and starts via a handheld
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reopening Tonight: Hecho Cantina, AKA The New Hecho We're excited to report that we will reopen tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm! Come by and see what we've done to the place; stay for our delicious cocktails and a more laid-back take on
Arts & Entertainment The Story Of Emperor Norton, SF's First Icon and Greatest Eccentric, On The 137th Anniversary Of His Death You’ve perhaps heard during your Bay Area residency the occasional passing reference to an “Emperor Norton”, some foppish, overdressed, Victorian-era kook whose legacy we are apparently supposed to respect. Why? Why is
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Dan Savage's HUMP! Film Festival Returns Next Week Once again, Dan Savage's carefully curated film festival for homegrown porn (and somewhat porn-y indie shorts) HUMP! is returning to San Francisco, marking the first stop on its national tour at the Victoria
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Was Pete Wells Doing A Service, Or Just Being An Elitist Dick, In Panning Oakland's Locol? The biggest food-world story of the week has turned out to be New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells's unexpected and unexpectedly terrible review of Locol in Oakland, the ostensibly revolutionary new model
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Duck Sausage Sandwich At Almanac Taproom Save for their signature barrel-aged beers, everything is brand new at Almanac Taproom, which opened just in time for New Year's Eve. The beer label, well known locally and beyond for its "farm
