SF News San Francisco Ranked Top City For College Students Despite Cost Of Living Pass the beer bong, bro. Despite the high cost of living, San Francisco just got named the top "major metro" for college students by the American Institute for Economic Research. According to the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dada Bar Triumphs, Reopens In New Larger Post Street Spot Back in the summer there was a NIMBY kerfuffle downtown in which some three dozen residents of the Ritz-Carlton Residences were trying to block the liquor license transfer of Dada Bar, the 10-year-old
Arts & Entertainment Renowned Sculptor Sarah Sze Withdraws Chinatown Public Art Project Where Space Was Promised To Different Entities The renowned Chinese-American artist Sarah Sze has withdrawn her proposal for a public artwork in Chinatown, a clear favorite among a hundred that were considered. The problem: two groups were at odds over
Arts & Entertainment Hospitalized John Waters Missed His Own Holiday Party Friends and fans of John Waters had a scare last week when the star was hospitalized and ended up missing his own annual holiday party. The Baltimore Sun reports that the man behind
SF News Uber Driver Strands Passenger At Desert Gas Station 75 Miles From Home On Christmas Day The holiday season had been tough for Holly Tennant, who was driven approximately 150 miles via ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital after suffering complications from surgery. However, things started to look up
SF News Fire At Tahoe Ski Resort Destroys Lodge, Closes Mountain Just after 3 a.m. this morning, North Tahoe Fire engines and a Battalion Chief responded to a structure fire at the south lodge of the Homewood Mountain Resort, which in the light
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Show's Over For Show Dogs, Foreign Cinema Sibling Business The curtain's come down at Show Dogs and next-door sibling business Machine Coffee: A call to the restaurant confirms that their last day of operation was the 23rd and that a remodel is
SF News Sales Of Semi-Automatic Rifles More Than Doubled Ahead Of New California Gun Laws If you've been maintaining the fantasy of the Left Coast being immune from the gun-toting scariness of the more Trump-friendly regions of the country, you may be surprised to learn that gun sales
SF News Facebook-Owned Oculus Engineer Busted In Child-Prostitution Sting A top engineer at Facebook-owned virtual reality company Oculus was arrested last week after allegedly offering an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl $360 to have sex without a condom. King
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Stranded Cat Rescued By ACC Uber driver discovers underage prostitution in Elk Grove. [CNN] East Coast man donating menorah to replace the one stolen from Washington Square Park. [ABC 7] ACC officer rescues stranded kitty. [CBS 5] The
SF News San Francisco Beset By Mystery Stench Apparently unaware of the truism "the smeller's the feller," at least 50 San Franciscans contacted officials Wednesday morning complaining about a (new) stinky smell in our city. According to Pacific Gas and Electric
SF News *Cough Cough* Sick Muni Drivers Absenteeism Costs City $42 Million Per Year A recent report on San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency conducted by the Controller's Office points to the $42 million cost of absenteeism at the agency and cites a culture of leave-taking and lack
SF News Tacolicious, Southern Pacific Brewing Top 2016 Lyft Destinations December is almost over, which means it's that time of year when everyone's favorite brands drop some variation of the 2016 "top ten" list. Not wanting to be left out of the fun,
SF News Outer Sunset Altercation Escalates Into Samurai Sword Attack An early-morning argument between two groups of people turned violent Monday, when a man slashed a woman with a samurai sword. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the two factions were squabbling
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Humphry Slocombe Giving Out Free Ice Cream Today (For Their Anniversary) This awful year is almost (almost!) over, and one thing you can do to alleviate the pain is head over to Humphry Slocombe's original Mission location and get yourself a free scoop of
SF News Northern California, Nevada Rocked By Series Of Earthquakes Wednesday Residents of both California and Nevada were awakened early Wednesday by a series of 5.5-5.7 magnitude earthquakes that struck in a remote area near Lake Tahoe. The US Geological Survey reports
SF News Fox News Gloats That San Francisco Is Going Down The Toilet With Higher Crime, Etc. As they enjoy doing about once every six months, Fox News has done a piece about how San Francisco's "liberal policies" are going to be the city's undoing, and how they're directly to
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Why 2016 Was So Terrible Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here If you're looking for things to do this week,
Arts & Entertainment Carrie Fisher Tributes Pop Up Around San Francisco Castro street memorial to Carrie #princessleia #generalleiaorgana #castrostreet #sanfrancisco #youremyonlyhope A photo posted by rachaelschafer (@rachaelschaferdesigns) on Dec 27, 2016 at 3:15pm PST The late, great Carrie Fisher whom some of us
SF News Day Around The Bay: San Franciscans Really Love To Party 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 SFPD tweeted an odd tribute to the late
Arts & Entertainment 'The Fashion of Islam' Coming To The De Young As the year draws to a close, de Young Director Max Hollein is providing a sneak peek at what lies ahead for the San Francisco art museum. The New York Times reports that
SF News BART Bolts Swinging Doors Shut To Stump Fare Evaders, Unimpressed Fire Inspector Says Stop A quick fix to the problem of fare evaders on BART has been shut down just as fast as it was implemented. That was a decision by the transit agency to bolt closed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Peak San Francisco: Michelin Starred Quince Is Now Serving Food On An iPad pic.twitter.com/Q5vrsoZB44— Richie Nakano✨🚀🛰🌙 (@linecook) December 27, 2016 San Francisco's Quince made news this October when it was awarded a third Michelin star, but in a sign that even the most
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 6 Cool Things To Check Out This Week If you have a spare moment or two as we careen toward 2017, you may want to relax with one of these events this week, although perhaps you're a bit preoccupied or maybe
SF News Ousted Tenants Employing Private Investigators To Bust Illegal Airbnbs San Francisco Airbnb hosts not playing by the rules now face a new challenge: private investigators out to catch them in the short-term rental act. However, as Bloomberg reports, the latest salvo in
