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Report: San Jose, Not San Francisco, Has Highest Median Home Price In Country

Our neighbor to the south is on its way to becoming just a little more memorable with the news that San Jose now has the highest median home prices of any metro area

Arts & Entertainment

Happy Socks Scream Personality, And Make No Apologies About It

For a limited time, you can pay just $39 for $60 worth of the snazziest socks, boxers, and briefs on the planet. Just because you drag yourself to work in a suit doesn’

Negotiation With Sex Worker Turns Into Knifepoint Robbery

A man seeking to purchase sexual services from a woman got more than he bargained for Thursday afternoon, when a third party interrupted their transaction and robbed the aspiring customer at knifepoint. It

Mercury News Apologizes For Offensive Headline About Simone Manuel's Historic Gold Medal

"Simone Manuel Wins First Individual Olympic Gold In Swimming For African-American Woman." That's one way to cover history, which the 20-year-old Manuel made in Rio when she took joint first place in the

Arts & Entertainment

<i>Florence Foster Jenkins</i> Is More Than Just Hilariously Bad Singing

Remember when Meryl Streep was the queen of drama? When any movie in which she shed a tear was guaranteed to garner her an Oscar nomination, and often the prize itself? (A running

Sacramento-Bound JetBlue Flight Hits Crazy Turbulence, Puts Two Dozen In Hospital

A JetBlue flight bound for Sacramento from Boston encountered severe turbulence Thursday that sent objects, passengers, and flight attendants flying through the cabin, resulting in 24 people needing treatment for injuries. As the

Morning BART Fire Means Delays All Day Friday

BART riders at 24 St. station headed to SFO/peninsula told:take alternative trans. due to track power cable issue. pic.twitter.com/BSDipE0wJB— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) August 12, 2016 Bay Area commuters are

Friday Morning Constitutional: Where SF's Homicides Get Solved

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. BART announces very BART timeline to allow access to

Arts & Entertainment

It's World Elephant Day! Celebrate By Joining The Conservation Effort

In case you haven't noticed, or maybe there were no elephants on hand to remind you, but today is World Elephant Day! How does one celebrate this joyous occasion? Well, you can snack

Day Around The Bay: Judge Orders 100-Year-Old Woman Evicted From Her SF Apartment

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. That huge development at 950 Market that was challenged

SFPD Starts Slow Deployment Of Body Cameras

Following years of delay, we learn today via the Examiner that some SFPD officers are finally (finally!) being equipped with body-worn cameras. The cameras are popular both among advocates who hope they will

Oakland Suspends Two Police Officers In Racist Texting Scandal

A series of racially offensive texts sent by two Oakland police officers, the revelation of which led directly or indirectly to the removal of the third of three police chiefs in quick succession

Disputed Lower Haight Pot Dispensary Approved For Its Remodel

A remodel of the space at 473 Haight Street where an expansion of popular medical cannabis dispensary SPARC had caused some last-minute controversy among some neighbors can proceed, the Planning Commission determined. The

You May Again Be Able To Pee In A Powell BART Station Restroom... In 2018

Moving slower than frozen molasses per usual, a plan BART announced a year ago to possibly reopen some underground restrooms that have been closed over safety concerns since September 11th 2001 is still

Palo Alto Planning Commissioner Publicly Resigns Saying She Can't Afford To Live There Anymore

It's a familiar story these days up and down the Peninsula — person gets priced out of the city in which they've lived for years as housing costs skyrocket, and is forced to uproot

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Lolinda Reopens After Last Weekend's Kitchen Fire

Good news for steak-lovers with reservations at Lolinda: The restaurant has finished cleaning up after that small fire last Friday, and will reopen for dinner service tonight, Thursday. The team made the announcement

Macy's To Shutter Its Union Square Men's Store

Among the 100 Macy's stores that are set to close, as the retail giant announced today, will be the hulking, nearly windowless men's store across the street from their Union Square flagship, at

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Westfield Mall Homicide Victim ID'd As Sons & Daughters Chef

After a body was discovered yesterday in a stairwell at the Westfield Centre mall in a death subsequently ruled a homicide, today officials tell the press that the victim was 28-year-old San Francisco

Happy Ending After Tenderloin Trio Swipes Man's Dogs

An early-morning assault and dog theft ended happily Thursday, when police nabbed at least one of the alleged miscreants and reunited the pets with their guardian. Two suspects, an 18-year-old man and a

Extremely Marin Woman Searches For Lost Dog With Pet Detectives, Psychics, And $10K Reward

Six-year-old French bulldog Sassy Pants (actual name), who was lost in Novato, is alive and well according two animal psychics hired by pet owner Kelly Kinnard of Larkspur. Banking on their intuition, the

Arts & Entertainment

<i>Showgirls! The Musical!</i> Gives Gratuitous Skin, Spunk, And Satire

For the last 18 years in a row, local drag icon Peaches Christ’s annual homage to the delightfully dreadful 1995 box office train wreck Showgirls has been a summer highlight on the

Thursday Lunchtime Links: Why TV Companies Snubbed Facebook

Apple took a patent out on ring-shaped a wearable health device. [CNet] SF startup may outpace Google in the driverless car race. [Wired] [Facebook] claims that sci-fi readers like cats, not dogs. TV

How And Where To Watch Tonight's Perseid Meteor Shower

Hey everyone, it's time for the annual Perseid meteor shower! And, as it's San Francisco in August, that also means it's time for everyone to get disappointed that their view of the Perseid