SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: LinkedIn CEO Declares College Overrated Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here White nationalists get kicked out of Twitter's nest. [SFist]
Arts & Entertainment Neighborhood Spotlight: West Portal The West Portal neighborhood has set the bar for a suburban experience within a bustling big city. While some people move to San Francisco for the hyper-speed of living, trendy nightclubs, and internationally-famed
SF News Twitter Reportedly Bans Several Major 'Alt-Right' Trolls Twitter may have adjusted its hearing and could even be listening to the longstanding demands of its users. After releasing new muting tools today intended to curb online abuse, the company has reportedly
SF News Day Around The Bay: Infamous SF Landlady Faces Trial Over Evictions, Alleged Harassment Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Notorious SF landlady Anne Kihagi, who owns 13 rent-controlled
SF News SFPD Investigating Fire In Back Seat Of Cop Car On Market Street Someone just causally lit the back seat of an #SFPD car on fire outside our office pic.twitter.com/nip21WMm4y— Jessica Christian (@jachristian) November 16, 2016 SFPD is investigating an incident on Market
Arts & Entertainment Consulting With Trans Activists, Tinder Opens Up Nearly 40 Gender Options For Users Well what do you know! Tinder's CEO Sean Rad, who famously did not know what the word sodomy referred to, isn't a total idiot! In fact, he and his company have made a
Arts & Entertainment Janis Joplin Biopic In The Works With Michelle Williams To Star A Janis Joplin biopic that's been several years in the making now has a new celebrity signed on to star, Michelle Williams. As E! News reports, the film, based on the book Love,
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week This week, go do something, go do anything, to reaffirm your place in the world and help others do the same. Here are a scattering of options. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 "EARLY TRANNYSHACK" OUTLOUD:
Arts & Entertainment Apple Reportedly Looking To Kill It Where Google Couldn't With iPhone-Connected Glasses Can Apple succeed where Google couldn't in bringing a wearable face computer to market? Bloomberg reported Monday that while this is "still in an exploration phase," sources within or close to Apple say
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Pescatarian-Friendly Ramen Spot Hinodeya Coming Straight From Japan to SF's Japantown Another ramen import from Japan, Hinodeya Ramen, is opening an American outpost here in San Francisco, and that is good news for ramen connoisseurs. As Hoodline tells us, the man behind the restaurant,
Arts & Entertainment 25th Annual Noisepop Festival Lineup Includes Ty Segall, Vince Staples, Radio Dept., And More Noisepop, SF's premiere indie music and arts fest, rings in 25 years this year, and in February will once again bring us eleven days of both established and up and coming music acts,
SF News Sex Workers Bring Petition To Governor Brown To Decriminalize Prostitution Erotic Service Providers Union delivers petition to gov with 24K signatures in support of decriminalizing prostitution. #prostitutenation pic.twitter.com/5xr1HFWzX6— Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa) November 15, 2016 Citing the fact that Governor Jerry
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Documentary Plumbs The History Of Pisco And San Francisco's Beloved Pisco Punch Pisco, a type of brandy made from grapes in both Peru and Chile, was readily available — and healthily consumed — in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush of 1849. One hub for drinking
SF News Latina Woman Victim Of Alleged Hate Attack While Watching Children Near Fort Mason A Latina woman working as a nanny in SF's Marina district was physically and verbally attacked Monday in a hate crime at Fort Mason’s Great Meadow. As CBS 5 reports, the incident
SF News Lyft Trading Mustache For Glowing LED Beacon That Can Display Your Name Rolling out in the new year wherever Lyft operates and in several cities — Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — in time for the New Year's Eve rush, drivers for Uber's chief rival
SF News California Senator Barbara Boxer Takes Ceremonial Stab At Abolishing The Electoral College Though it's purely a gesture at this point in a Republican-led, lame duck Congress, retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer today filed legislation to abolish the Electoral College system. It's something that has been discussed
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Farewell, Modern Times Bookstore Legislation that would impose stricter time limits on short-term rentals is headed to the Board of Supervisors for a vote this afternoon. [Bay City News] Fremont police are investigating a shooting and home
Arts & Entertainment Couple's Pregnancy Photoshoot Crashed By Nudist On Baker Beach Nude sunbather crashes pregnancy photoshoot on San Francisco beach 😂 https://t.co/utNabxhyCs pic.twitter.com/FGI1ZGITo0— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) November 15, 2016 A couple looking to commemorate being happily pregnant or
SF News Bystander Injured During Mission District Gun Battle Shots fired on Harrison Street, two injured. https://t.co/sVap6pnoKn pic.twitter.com/uBSeRapyxU— Mission Local (@MLNow) November 15, 2016 An innocent bystander was injured in the Mission Monday afternoon, caught in
SF News Twitter Unveils New Ways To Mute The Racist Trolls Who Ruined Twitter Though they admit they can't keep up with the flood of hatefulness and abuse that flows from a large swath of their user base especially the anonymous ones! Twitter announced Tuesday that they
SF News Muggers Beat Man With Skateboard Near SF Playground A man walking in the Tenderloin was rushed to the hospital Monday, when a duo of muggers repeatedly struck him with a skateboard. Police say that the attack occurred at 1:45 a.
SF News Early Morning Dakota Pipeline Protest Blocks Traffic In Civic Center, Mid-Market Marking a nationwide day of action to keep attention on the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline project, hundreds of protesters gathered outside City Hall early Tuesday and marched down Market Street calling
SF News Video: Do You Recognize This Trio Of Mission Bay Burglars? Nearly a month after a trio of burglars raided a Mission Bay home, stealing thousands, the San Francisco Police Department has released video footage of the crime in an effort to identify the
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Colin Kaepernick's Nonexistent Voting Record Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Are fixed-price menus great, or a pain? [SFist] Police
SF News Day Around The Bay: Chelsea Manning Appeals to Barack Obama For Pardon Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Nancy Pelosi called out Trump’s selection of Breitbart’
