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Condoms In Porn Measure Ahead In Polls, But Support Slipping

Depending on who you ask, the Prop. 60 ballot measure mandating the use of condoms in adult films either has strong majority backing, or its support “has fallen dramatically”. One interpretation of last

Arts & Entertainment

'Fuller House' Season 2 Premieres Dec. 9 On Netflix

Renewed for a second season just a week after premiering on Netflix in its entirety this February, Fuller House could be giving its predecessor, the long-running San Francisco-set sitcom Full House, some competition

Dodgers Mock Giants' Pitcher After He Repeatedly Yells 'Don't Look At Me'

#PuigYourFriend #DontLookAtMe 👀 #Puignotlookingatyou 🙈 @JDL_87 @Adrian_ElTitan pic.twitter.com/2r1JULNyMK— Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) September 20, 2016 Monday night's Giants game against the Dodgers was embarrassing for a host of reasons: the team's

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Bon Marché Gets Its First Pop-Up, Minnie Bell's Soul Movement

As SFist reported last week, this week marks the transformation perhaps temporary of the former Bon Marché space on mid-Market into a multi-vendor food hall, banking on the daytime success of next-door neighbor

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Video: Regarding The Phenomenon Of Mercury Retrograde, Like The Actual Astronomical Thing

This being the Bay Area, you likely have many friends who believe whole-heartedly that all technology and certain types of communication go to sh*t every time the planet Mercury goest into retrograde

Autonomous Delivery Bot Hits San Francisco Sidewalks

Starship just completed its first official and completely autonomous delivery to a wonderful lady in Richmond district of San Francisco A photo posted by Starship Technologies (@starshiprobots) on Sep 20, 2016 at 2:

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Go Do This Thing: Preview 'Mascots' With Christopher Guest Live On Stage!

Lovers of the oeuvre of writer-director Christopher Guest and his brilliant mockumentary/comedy ensemble (like myself) are getting Busy Bee-level excited about the upcoming Netflix release of Guest's latest work, Mascots, coming on

Have You Seen This Artist's Converted Metermaid Vehicle, Stolen Yesterday?

Amos Goldbaum, the popular local line-drawer and muralist whose designs grace walls and T-shirts all the town over, can usually be seen out and about in his converted city vehicle. "It's a funny

Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Jasmine Abuslin's Dad Speaks Out

Google just launched a new messaging app called Allo, to mixed reviews. [Google] [Wired] [CNet] [Verge] Jasmine Abuslin’s dad spoke out last night for the first time publicly saying, "If those officers

Vallejo Residents Hospitalized Following Mysterious Odor And 'Sheen' On San Pablo Bay

Residents of Vallejo were ordered to shelter in place overnight Tuesday as a mysterious odor sickened and hospitalized an unknown number of people. This was shortly before a "sheen" was spotted on the

Millennium Tower Developer Now Blames 'Reckless Behavior' Of Transit Center Developers On Sinking Tower

The blame game continues in the saga of Millennium Tower, which we learned last month had sunk 16 inches into the ground since it was completed seven years ago, and is also tilting

Caltrain's Twitter Account Is Sassy As Hell

@mlroach @isaach We were doing sassy Twitter before it was a thing.— Caltrain (@Caltrain) March 19, 2016 It being 2016, every #brand has come to the conclusion it needs to have a personality.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Push For In-N-Out Veggie Burger Elicits Backlash

For the almost 25,000 people who have signed a Change.org petition asking that fast food joint In-N-Out add a veggie burger to its menu, the request is a no-brainer. However, as

Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan Resigns, The Third Bay Area Police Chief To So In Four Months

We're getting breaking news via KTVU that Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan has resigned, and Captain Andrew Greenwood is now going to be serving as Acting Chief. Meehan, who came to Berkeley after

More Upsetting Details Emerge In Double Murder As Drifters Appear For Hearing In Marin

Painful details released in preliminary hearing of 2 drifters accused in #SF, #MarinCounty murders. https://t.co/bS8ATevBtj— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) September 21, 2016 We are now getting some better detail about what

Apple Reportedly In Talks To Buy Schmancy Car Maker McLaren

With a $610 billion market capitalization, Apple is rather wealthy, so wouldn't you say it's high time the company bought an expensive car for itself? The Financial Times reports that Apple may seek

Toddler Struck And Killed In Oakland After Reportedly Running In Front Of AC Transit Bus

Still a very active scene in Oakland. 2 yr old Jeremiah Esera dies after getting hit by AC Transit 54 bus @kron4news pic.twitter.com/UZzE7Sv3Ri— Alecia Reid (@aleciareid) September 21, 2016 A

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Ask A San Francisco Native: If You Could, Where In SF Would You Buy A House?

In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Another Rape At UC Berkeley

Windows has computer. cc @BART_ebooks pic.twitter.com/0FWvRUQK0c— kiran (@kiranb) September 21, 2016 Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories

Day Around The Bay: City Attorney Subpoenas Millennium Tower Developers

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. A state appeals court on has rejected the city's

Forbes Sure Is Excited About All The 'Ultra High-End Condos' Coming To SF

Smack dab in the middle of a terrible affordability crisis, San Francisco is getting a jolt of what it really needs: ultra high-end condos. Or so argues Forbes, which on Friday published a

BART Hopes To Use Clay To Seal Leaky Tunnels Known As 'The Rainforest'

The section of tunnel is so consistently damp that BART maintenance crews call it “the rainforest.” As opposed to "the pricey real estate above," as BART writes, "BART’s tunnels in downtown San

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The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

Praise the lord, the sun came out. And if you haven't simply lined up a series of deck-cocktail or park-beer-and-wine gatherings every evening this week, below we bring you a few more culturally

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Far From 'The Worst Song Of All Time,' Starship's 'We Built This City' Is Actually Kind Of Good

“I don't think anybody can take all the credit... or all the blame ” GQ quoted Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico in their recent oral history of the Starship song "We Built This City," which

Video: Family Of Bears, Possibly Fleeing Wildfires, Spotted In Sonoma County Park

California state park officials yesterday released footage of a family of bears, a mother and two cubs, walking at night through Sonoma County's Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. As the Chronicle reports, the familial