SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: No Hope For The 49ers The expectations for the San Francisco 49ers going into the 2016 NFL season are not only low, they are at the bottom of one preseason ranking. [CBS 5] A former leader of a
SF News Oakland Yet Again Named The Second 'Unfriendliest' City In The Country Oakland has yet another dubious feather to add to its gentrifying cap. According to Condé Nast Traveler, the city across the Bay is still the second "unfriendliest" in the world a title it's
SF News In Second Death At Ocean Beach This Week, SF Woman Dies After Rescue From Surf UPDATE SURF RESCUE FEMALE ADULT GOOD RESPONSE FROM CPR BEING TAKEN TO HOSPITAL CRITICAL CONDITION pic.twitter.com/k3iWycgLfb— San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) August 17, 2016 A 64-year-old San Francisco woman was pronounced
SF News Shifting Into High Gear, Uber Will Begin Driverless Car Service In Pittsburgh Within Weeks “We are going commercial,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced to Bloomberg Businessweek with regard to the company's decision to allow — conscript? — customers into using its driverless cars in Pittsburgh. “This can’t just
SF News Bike-Riding Thief Tries To Steal Motorist's Cell Phone, Crashes Instead A cyclist who allegedly tried to steal a cell phone through the open window of a car was arrested Wednesday night, after he lost his balance and wrecked during the crime. It all
Arts & Entertainment Naked Donald Trump Statue Appears In SF's Castro District, Multiple Other Cities [Semi-NSFW] Naked Donald Trump plop art sculpture in the Castro #SF pic.twitter.com/P3vr7xbVX0— Larry-bob (@larrybobsf) August 18, 2016 A bloated, nude effigy of Donald Trump appeared (where else?) at Jane Warner Plaza
SF News Overnight Oakland Shootings Leave Five Injured Gunshots rang out in Oakland last night, as five people were shot in two separate locations. KRON 4 reports the first shooting left four injured, and the second shooting left a fifth wounded
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Stop Tweeting Your #Firstsevenjobs Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Oh, those techies miners, eating up all of SF's
Arts & Entertainment Put That Instagram Obsession To Work As A Certified Social Media Expert Start earning the big bucks harnessing the power of online marketing. In today’s always-on world, we’re constantly connected—Tweeting, Instagramming, and Facebooking our lives for everyone to see. Companies are taking
SF News Day Around The Bay: UC Berkeley Spent $200K To Improve Departing Chancellor's Image Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. SFMTA gave in to merchants and will roll back
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Never Forget The Farallon Egg War, A Gold Rush-Era Food Fight To Feed Miners During a gold rush, as the saying goes, best to sell pickaxes. But in the case of the San Francisco Gold Rush, pickaxes were in relatively good supply compared to protein. A dozen
SF News Drunk SF Man Builds Website For Finding Free Pianos Are you an erstwhile pianist who only gave up your musical love because you have no idea where to score a cheap, used baby grand? Enter Piano Pound. The work of a drunk
Arts & Entertainment Nine Awesome Pieces Of Burning Man Art To Look For On The Playa Burning Man 2016 is shaping up to be a fun one, art-wise, so long as the dust storms stay at bay. Below we bring you a collection of things Burners can look out
Arts & Entertainment Video: New Metallica Documentary Being Released By Spotify Thursday It's been a long road since Metallica sued Sean Parker's Napster service in 2000. Tomorrow, August 18, Parker-affiliated Spotify is releasing a new four-part documentary series about the formative years of Metallica, titled
SF News Man Dies In Oakland Liquor Store After Allegedly Setting It On Fire A deceased man was pulled from the wreckage of an Oakland liquor store last night following reports that he had barricaded himself inside and set it ablaze. CBS 5 reports that the Oakland
SF News You, Too, Can Live On A Houseboat In Sausalito For $3M Houseboat culture in Marin: It seems so romantic! Now you could own one of your very own if you happen to be willing to spend as much as you would for a luxury
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photos: Tartine's Massive Second Location, Tartine Manufactory, Open And Packed The typical lines for Tartine have migrated deeper down 18th Street, from Guerrero to, now, Alabama Street. There, inside the Heath Ceramics building, Tartine Manufactory is now open, and the much-anticipated all-day spinoff
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nomica To Open Shortly In The Castro; Chef Ryan Scott's Finn Town Opening Late October The Castro is about to get two new restaurant options in spaces that have lain dormant for the last year along Market Street: Nomica, a new, modern Japanese spot from the team behind
SF News Ford Promises Self-Driving Taxis With No Steering Wheels By 2021 Another major player just joined the race to bring self-driving cars to the masses. The Chronicle reports that the CEO of Ford announced yesterday plans to put fully autonomous taxis on the roads
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now Soylent Makes A Food Bar They Can Go Shove Up Their A** Food, that daily unpleasantry, was finally solved in 2013 with the advent of Soylent. A meal-replacement substance meeting all the necessary FDA requirements to be sold as "food," Soylent was created by former
Arts & Entertainment Several People In San Leandro Still Upset About Three-Story Nude Woman Sculpture Truth is beauty at Burning Man By Marco Cochrane Pic courtesy of @scottlondonpics edited by me #burningman #art #... pic.twitter.com/Df8SrPvwEl— Luis Cochez (@L_uisCochez) November 18, 2014 While the Chronicle has
SF News Deplorable Teens Snatch Razor Scooter From 31-Year-Old Rider A Fillmore Street Razor scooter rider was cruelly stripped of his mode of transport Tuesday, after two teens ripped it from his grasp. The 31-year-old male victim was piloting his scooter down Fillmore
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fried Chicken Sandwich Shop From Super Duper Team Headed For Downtown The ever-growing empire of Adriano Paganini, a.k.a. Back of the House restaurant group, will be adding to its empire a fast-casual fried chicken sandwich operation at 115 New Montgomery Street (formerly
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: 'Unbelievably Callous' Landlord Judged [UCSF] study says that the new wave of cholesterol drugs are financially unsustainable without a major price chop. SF investment firm buys up Portland real estate, Portland is unstoked. [Portland Mercury] Judge rules
SF News Alligator Shows Up In The Wild In East Bay Creek, Gets Shot And Killed By Officials 4' alligator sighted Monday in Ala. Co Creek @ACSOSheriffs lead agency with jurisdiction of waterway. Pls avoid area pic.twitter.com/3kN0q5cVGW— Fremont Police Dept (@FremontPD) August 16, 2016 The life of an
