SF News Cajun Restaurant 'Bayou' Heads To Former Young's BBQ Space In The Mission Last fall locals had an inkling that the former home of Korean restaurant Young's BBQ on 17th Street would play host to someone from nearby Garcon. That's indeed the case, with Garcon's former
SF News New 11-Story Condo Slated For Polk Gulch More housing is on the way, with SocketSite reporting that a 47-unit Polk Gulch development is poised to be approved this week by the Planning Commission. Designed by JS Sullivan Development, the building
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Soberanes Fire Smoke May Destroy Monterey County Wine Vintage Another unfortunate impact of the still growing, 10-day-old Soberanes Fire is that it could end up destroying the 2016 vintage for some Monterey County wines. Smoke from wildfires has been known to do
Arts & Entertainment Cool Interactive Map Shows 'Where The Streetcars Used To Go' Designer and coder Chris Arvin put in some major hours in the SFMTA archive to create a fun new interactive map about the many, many streetcar lines that used to fan out all
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pop-Up Dinner Parties In Dumpsters Fight Food Waste For Charity In hindsight, it was only a matter of time. Now, strong-stomached diners in search of the next hip food trend need look no further than the pages of Edible San Francisco and their
SF News Billionaire Trump Supporter Peter Thiel Wants The Blood Of Young People Billionaire Facebook board member Peter Thiel wants a lot of things — to see Donald Trump elected president, to build techno-utopian floating city states, and to see the Gawker media empire crushed. He also,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jack In The Box Jumps On Garlic Fry Bandwagon, Takes Them Nationwide In a bid to compete with McDonald's and head off any possibility that they may be taking their Gilroy Garlic Fries national sometime soon, Jack in the Box has just introduced their own
SF News Algorithm Could Set New Standard For SF Bail System To reform a bail system that critics say disproportionately punishes poor people, District Attorney George Gascón is touting a new approach: An algorithm that recommends how to set bail by factoring in a
SF News Someone Put A Spike Strip On A Marin Mountain Biking Trail Marin mountain bikers are on edge this week after two cyclists discovered a spiked strip laid across a popular trail. The Marin Independent Journal reports that the apparent booby trap consisted of over
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Santa Cruz Sentinel Faces Voicemail Fire Santa Cruz Sentinel staff reporter allegedly leaves bizarre voicemail for friend of the mother of slain child Maddy Middleton. [Facebook] [IndyBay] SFPD officer arrested for possession of banned gun was accused of performing
Arts & Entertainment Jane Kim Beats Scott Wiener In Pokémon Go Contest A couple weeks back, Jane Kim challenged Scott Wiener to a Pokémon Go race, and Wiener accepted. The two rivals for one of SF's state senate seats held their contest Saturday, and with
SF News Chinese Uber Rival Buys Uber China, Ending Expensive Fight Not one to readily admit defeat, bullish Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has come closer than ever in a blog post to the Uber Newsroom titled "Uber China Merges with Didi Chuxing." It's less
SF News Video: Excessive Force Allegations After BART Police Punch Handcuffed Man In Face An arrest by BART police has sparked claims of excessive force after video depicting an officer punching a handcuffed and prone African American man in the face went viral. CBS 5 reports that
Arts & Entertainment Draymond Green Flips, Flops Over Snapchat Penis Pic It's been a year of ups and downs for Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green. Up: He's one of the starring players for the Warriors, one of the winningest teams in NBA
SF News Millennium Tower, Next To Transbay Center, Is Sinking And Tilting San Francisco's Millennium Tower, completed in 2009 and famed for being the home to some high-profile locals like Joe Montana and Hunter Pence, has apparently sunk well over a foot sixteen inches into
SF News Allegedly Speeding Driver Of Stolen SUV Critically Injures Motorcyclist The driver of a stolen sport utility vehicle slammed into a motorcyclist in SoMa Sunday, leaving her critically injured as he sped away from the scene of the crime. It was 9:56
SF News Men Arrested After Using Bike Path To Scale Bay Bridge Tower Two men ended up in San Francisco County Jail Sunday, after they climbed a 525-foot tower on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge. According to a spokesperson with the California Highway Patrol,
SF News Monday Morning Linkdump: Bay Area Dominates At SF Marathon Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Your weekend ICYMI: Kanye West tried to arrange a
SF News Soberanes Fire Grows To 52 Square Miles, Tassajara Zen Retreat Now Threatened #SoberanesFire [update] near Big Sur (Monterey County) is now 35,540 acres & 15% contained. https://t.co/FJ5RyubWl6 pic.twitter.com/wkZ8xCLpSO— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 31, 2016 The Soberanes Fire
SF News Man Falls From Cliff At Sutro Baths, Dies A man hiking off-trail with a female companion Saturday fell to his death in the area of Sutro Baths and Point Lobos. As the Chronicle reports, the man fell around 4:35 p.
SF News Sunday Morning Coming Down: Chinatown's Pedestrian Problem Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Because we all gotta eat. [SFist] SF man killed
Arts & Entertainment Kanye West Tries To Solve Apple-Tidal Negotiations With Tweets Believing, as his wife does, that all the problems of the world can be solved with social media, Kanye West weighed in on Twitter on what are said to be some "choppy" negotiations,
SF News Celeste Guap's Grandmother Says Officers Who 'Used' Granddaughter Should Be In Jail Celeste Guap, the 18-year-old woman at the center of a sex scandal that has rocked the Oakland Police Department but extends to multiple law enforcement agencies including the SFPD, continues to make headlines
SF News Anyone Recognize This Road Rage Cyclist Who Slashed A Woman's Tire In The Mission? Police are seeking a male cyclist suspected of threatening a female driver and slashing her car's front tire with a knife. The incident happened Monday night at 20th and Mission Streets, and the
SF News Saturday Morning Special: Garlic Fest In Full Swing Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Don't forget: BART isn't running between Glen Park and
