SF News [Update] SFPD Set To Get New Chief Thursday As Feds Release Damning Review Of Department The newly hired chief of the SFPD may be announced as early as tomorrow (Thursday), and the announcement looks to be coming just in time for the release of a 400-page report on
SF News Elderly Pedestrian Critically Injured By Driver In Nob Hill A woman walking in Nob Hill was left with critical injuries Sunday, after a driver struck her as she crossed the street. The collision, police say, occurred at 5:51 p.m. Sunday,
SF News Wednesday Morning Linkdump: Port Of San Francisco Gets New Executive Director A photo posted by Abhilasha Sinha (@abhi__abhi) on Oct 11, 2016 at 10:55pm PDT Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top
Arts & Entertainment Love, War And Monkey Business The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe at the Asian Art Museum October 21—January 15, 2017 Bloody battles, daring rescues, passionate romance and a shape-shifting monkey warrior. One of the world’s
SF News Day Around The Bay: SFMTrA Safety Vigilantes Eye Their Next Target Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Snap, as the company is now called, just added
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week This week there are events galore thanks to literary nerd festival throwers Litquake, and this weekend is dominated by Treasure Island. But in between/instead, there's plenty else, so have a look. TUESDAY,
SF News Colin Kaepernick Will Start As Quarterback In Sunday's 49ers Game The San Francisco 49ers, as they are still officially called, are badly in need of a shakeup. Just ask longtime fan Daisy Barringer, who week after week this season has chronicled the team's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Grill Like A Billionaire With Mark Zuckerberg's Backyard BBQ Tips Have you ever wondered how the other half, or, in this case, the other .000001 percent live? What with their private-island hideouts, meetings with heads of state, and quirky hobbies, it's not far
SF News ACLU: Facebook, Instagram, And Twitter Provided Data Access To Surveillance Company Used By Police To Track Protesters Chicago-based Geofeedia, a "location-based intelligence platform" that analyzes social media posts to deliver them as surveillance information to 500 law enforcement agencies, is often used to target protesters such as Black Lives Matter
SF News Growing Number Of RV-Dwellers In Mountain View Have Homeowners Turning Up Their Noses As residents of San Francisco battle it out over various proposals to address homelessness and a dearth of affordable housing in the city, our neighbors to the south are engaged in a debate
SF News Developer Of Big Mid-Market Hotel And Condo Complex To Buy And Donate Nearby Parking Lot For Affordable Housing The developer of a 12-story condo and hotel project at 950-975 Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets (next to the Warfield theater) is in contract to pay $4 million for a surface
SF News Man Brutally Stabbed While Dining At Valencia Street Burger King Guests at a San Francisco fast food joint were stunned Sunday, when a man entered the restaurant and started stabbing a patron. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 36-year-old victim was
SF News Venture Capitalists Funding Anti-Homeless Encampment Measure With so many local propositions on this November's ballot, it's perhaps understandably hard for any single one to stand out. That, of course, is where money comes in. Mission Local reports that a
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: From Teardown To Trendy A death row inmate at San Quentin attacked a guard while being secured in a shower stall. [Bay City News] The organization behind the annual Davos global economic summit has announced that it
SF News Washington Square Parkgoer Mugged At Gunpoint A man enjoying an early-morning visit to North Beach's storied Washington Square Park had his reverie brutally interrupted Sunday, when an armed man robbed him as he sat. According to the San Francsico
SF News Theranos Deathwatch: First Major Investor Sues Company For 'Series Of Lies' The walls continue to close in around Theranos and it's founder Elizbaeth Holmes as the first — and probably not the last — of a group of major investors who pumped a cumulative $800 million
SF News SF's Violent Autumn Continues With Monday Evening Homicide A holiday weekend of fatal shootings was capped off Monday night with a final death: The slaying of a man just blocks from a San Francisco elementary school. It was a violent weekend
SF News Modern Times Bookstore To Close Next Month, Ending 45 Years In Business Modern Times Bookstore Collective, the bookstore that called Valencia Street home for 20 years before moving to 24th Street in 2011, will close its doors mid-November. In an unsigned press release sent out
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Yahoo Reportedly Traps Users Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Is Hedwig a relic? [SFist] Heavy hitters in Nevada’
SF News Day Around The Bay: More Bay Bridge Pier Implosions To Come Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Hey, remember the potentially awesome Bay Bridge implosion that
SF News Profanity Protip: An Easy Way To Stop Your iPhone From Autocorrecting The F-Word Last night's presidential debate being what it was, many of us took to our cellphones to vent and commiserate with friends and family. While you may simply have asked someone to pinch you
SF News Ruth Bader Ginsberg Calls Colin Kaepernick's Anthem Protest 'Stupid' And 'Arrogant' Interviewing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on a variety of contemporary topics for Yahoo! News, Katie Couric learned that the 83-year-old justice, notoriously compassionate and cool, is rather dispassionate and even dismissive when it
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The Blue Angels Take To The Skies As you and every dog on your block no doubt noticed, the Blue Angels flew over San Francisco and the Bay this past weekend — wowing tourists and locals alike with their unmatched ability
Arts & Entertainment Winchester Mystery House Pries Into Creepy Attic Room Boarded Up Since 1922 The story goes that the mansion of Sarah Winchester, heir to the rifle family's fortune, was constantly under construction in order to create more space for her to quite literally outrun her demons.
Arts & Entertainment Behold: The Gargantuan Gourds Of The Half Moon Bay World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off It's decorative gourd season, motherf****rs, and this year — as any other — the place to be is Half Moon Bay. The self-proclaimed World Pumpkin Capital hosts its 46th annual Pumpkin Festival this weekend,
