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Don't Try Driving Through SoMa: Oracle OpenWorld Is Here

We're just making sure you're aware that the annual SoMa traffic clusterf**k known as Oracle OpenWorld in which Oracle gets to shut down a whole block of Howard Street for the city's

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Go Do This Thing: Castro Theatre Sneak Preview Of 'Transparent' Season 3, With Cast Q&A

“I would be happy if I were the last cisgender male to play a transgender female,” Jeffrey Tambor declared Sunday evening in accepting his second Emmy for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman, the

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Fire Hits Sausalito's Poggio And Casa Madrona

Breaking: Sausalito’s Poggio Trattoria is on fire https://t.co/lFQqXJKU7g pic.twitter.com/4w1goJpq1F— Eater SF (@eatersf) September 19, 2016 Popular Sausalito Italian spot Poggio Trattoria, as well as possibly the

Monday Lunchtime Links: More Crash Reports From Google's Self-Driving Cars

A San Francisco real estate company that creates dormitory-style apartments to attract young professionals has set its sights on Oakland, where it is transforming three buildings that once provided housing to low-income tenants.

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Daisy Does the Niners: Panthers Dominate in Their Home Opener; Beat the 49ers 46-27

by Daisy Barringer I think the hardest thing about football is that no matter how much you intellectually understand something — like the fact that the 49ers didn’t stand a chance to win

Identity Of 'Coffin Girl' Remains A Mystery

I was just thinking the other day about the investigation into the long lost identity of the deceased three-year-old girl found mostly preserved, 140 years later, underneath a house on Lone Mountain in

Meet The Satirical 'Pro-Soda' Mascot Promising Lies And Diabetes For All

Mayors @LibbySchaaf @mayoredlee announce Oakland and SF #sodatax campaigns #measurehh #propv pic.twitter.com/in8Oy3yCg7— Daniel Montes (@dc_montes) September 2, 2016 With sugary beverage taxes (back) on the ballot in San Francisco

Suspects In North Beach Axe Attack Remain On The Loose

A hang-out time between acquaintances turned horrific Saturday afternoon, when an argument escalated into an attack with an axe. According to the San Francisco Police Department, at 3:19 p.m. Saturday, five

Some New iPhone 7 Pluses Said To Make 'Hissing' Sound

The new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been out for just three days now, and already some early adopters have begun to report that all is not right with their shiny

Van Ness BRT Threatened By Preservationists Who Want To Keep Historic Streetlamps, Poles

The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is facing what appears to be an end run opposition by preservationists and Supervisor Aaron Peskin, just ahead what should be the project's groundbreaking this

Today's The Last Day To Decline SF's Printed, 300-Page Voter Info Pamphlet

The alphabet-busting roster of San Francisco ballot propositions voters will decide on November 8 have made for a massive information pamphlet, the booklet every registered voter will receive by mail in advance of

Daring Cliffside Rescuers Save Adorable Corgi (And Some Guy) Near Ocean Beach

Warm temperatures and clear skies sent droves of people to Ocean Beach Sunday — and when there are crowds at the ocean's edge, folks in jeopardy are almost sure to follow. In Sunday's case,

Monday Morning Linkdump: Oakland's Pot Breathalyzer Startup

.@SFCity_Hall lit up in white to honor Civic Leader Rose Pak. In Chinese culture white symbolizes death, mourning. pic.twitter.com/AIWZzxTDLG— Lilian Kim (@liliankim7) September 19, 2016 Follow SFist on Twitter

Chinatown Power Broker Rose Pak Dead At 68

Breaking news Sunday afternoon is that longtime Chinatown community leader and City Hall power player Rose Pak has died. The Examiner has word via Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who was at Pak's home this

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Flying Lotus Makes Misogynistic Joke About Hillary Clinton At Oakland Show, Outrage Ensues

So @flyinglotus starts talking about he don't like @realDonaldTrump then says this about @HillaryClinton 😳 pic.twitter.com/aeOoRIPiVo— Mariecar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) September 17, 2016 Flying Lotus, a.k.a. LA-based producer/musician Steven

Sunday Links: Lyft Hoping To Replace Drivers With Robots Sooner Rather Than Later

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Berkeley store owner beaten and robbed, it's all caught

NYT Writer Living Abroad For Decades Describes How Crazy San Francisco In 2016 Seems To Him

New York Times foreign correspondent Thomas Fuller, who's spent the last 27 years living abroad primarily in Asia, has moved back to States, to the San Francisco of 2016 that we inhabit, and

Attorneys File $66 Million Civil Suit In Oakland Police Scandal; DA Formally Charges Two

Attorneys for Jasmine Abuslin a.k.a. Celeste Guap filed the first of what may be several lawsuits Friday in Oakland, a $66 million civil damages claim. As KQED reports, this is likely

Saturday Links: Scratching The iPhone

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Ever wonder why so many SF buses run on

Day Around The Bay: Woman Who Led Police On Chase In 'Scooby Doo' Van Sentenced To 2 Years Prison

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Remembering the 2005 Capp Street fire, which was among

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This Week In SF Food: Ninebark Shutters Permanently, Texas Tacos Coming To Oakland

As always around these parts, this week was a busy one in the world of food. Importantly, we put together a list of some of the best pizza in the Bay Area. In

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Apartment Sadness: A $1000/Mo Backyard Toolshed In Oakland

Hey everybody, Apartment Sadness returns today after a brief hiatus to show you this gem of a property in someone's backyard in North Oakland. It's a trick we've seen before, sadly a presumably

Homeless Volunteers Are Cleaning Downtown Streets For Stipends, Services, And Self-Confidence

Downtown Streets Team, a program in which homeless volunteers clean streets, receiving services and vouchers at stores like Safeway and Target, was created in Palo Alto by Eileen Richardson, a venture capitalist who

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New Hotel Zeppelin To Get Restaurant From Brixton Team Called Rambler

The recently opened, Viceroy-operated Hotel Zeppelin (545 Post Street) near Union Square will soon be home to a new restaurant from the team that brought you The Brixton in the Marina, and Tenderloin