SF News Fun Fact: The Muni Metro Runs Through The Hull Of A Sunken Ship Directly underneath the bocce ball courts on the southern end of Justin Herman Plaza, at the foot of Market Street, there lay the remains of a large, three-masted ship called the Rome that
SF News Police Groups Pay $15K For Full Page Chronicle Ad Basically Opposing Mario Woods Day The name Mario Woods has become a rallying cry for local Black Lives Matter activists. A Bayview resident suspected in a stabbing who was shot and killed by police in December, Woods' death
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Mid-Market Restaurant, Bon Marché, May Be Giving Up After Just A Year Another one of several splashy 2015 restaurant openings in the Mid-Market vicinity, Bon Marché, looks like it's not long for this world as we predicted just a few weeks ago. The high profile,
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Local Scientists Turn Evel Knievel Dennis Green, a former coach for Stanford University and the San Francisco 49ers, has died Friday morning at the age of 67. [ESPN] Two Bay Area scientists and a stuntman want to recreate
SF News Former SF High School Teacher Facing Child Porn Allegations A 15-year veteran of San Francisco's public school system is facing federal felony charges, after he was allegedly found in possession of at least one image of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Arts & Entertainment Johnny Depp Visits Alcatraz And Meanwhile His Ex Amber Heard Hangs With Elon Musk Inside the lighthouse on #Alcatraz, the city of #SanFrancisco in the background. It was so windy up here that you could feel the lighthouse shifting and swaying. Yikes!! But what a view! _______________________________________________________ #tourism
SF News Gay Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Belittles Trans Rights In Republican Convention Speech LGBT rights in america have come so far that gay people can now be Republicans who bash other LGBT people. "I am proud to be gay," Peter Thiel told last night's Republican National
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink You Can Have Your Own Sommelier For Just $26 The folks at Winc will select great wines for you, allowing you to focus on more important things. Like drinking your wine. When you find a wine you're in love with, it's difficult
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gilroy Garlic Fries Roll Out At McDonald's Throughout The Bay Area Next Week Yes. They're here.Gilroy. Garlic. Fries.#garlicfries #mcdonalds #garlic #createyourtastesf pic.twitter.com/aKaYcmoJGh— McDonald's (@McD_SF) July 21, 2016 Previously available only at a couple locations down in the South Bay, those
SF News SF To Pay $3.25 Million To Family Of Elderly Cyclist Crushed By Muni Bus It was 8:40 a.m. on Friday October 18, 2013, when 78-year-old cyclist Cheng Jin Lai was crushed by a 27-Bryant Muni bus as it turned from 11th Street onto Bryant Street.
SF News SFPD Seeking Town Car Driver In Haight Street Hit-And-Run A Haight Street pedestrian was critically injured by a driver this morning, in a collision police say was a hit-and-run. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 30-year-old male pedestrian was crossing
Arts & Entertainment Pleasantly Cliché-Laden: <em>Star Trek Beyond</em>, Reviewed Early on in Star Trek Beyond, after a failed and ultimately comedic attempt at interstellar diplomacy, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) wearily confesses in his captain's log that his life has "started to feel.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Pacifica Sharks Draw Gasps 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 SF woman whose Airbnb host allegedly freaked out
Arts & Entertainment The Shark Tank Backed IllumiBowl Will Light Your Way To Nighttime Relief Never miss the toilet in the dark again. Sometimes, nature calls at the most inconvenient times—like at night after you’re already settled into bed. The last thing you want to do
SF News Day Around The Bay: Moon Cycles May Affect Earthquakes Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. The New York Times just published a good piece
Arts & Entertainment Documentary Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot 50 years ago next month, a group of pissed off trans women and hustlers who frequented Gene Compton's Cafeteria at the corner of Turk and Taylor Streets in the Tenderloin revolted against police
SF News Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Will Tell Republican Convention He Is Proud To Be Gay The common wisdom has been that Silicon Valley billionaire, Facebook board member, Paypal cofounder, and noted Libertarian person Peter Thiel hated Gawker media because they'd outed him to the public as gay. That
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Orbit Room Gets A New Drink List, And New Drinking Snacks The Orbit Room, the charming and beloved Upper Market bar which reopened under new owners Courtney Ross and Nic DeLillo last fall after a brief closure, now has a revamped cocktail menu and
Arts & Entertainment The 12 Best Independent Bookstores In SF Bookstores may be becoming things of the past in many parts of the world, but San Francisco is still home to a bevy of wonderful, stalwart neighborhood bookshops that are quietly thriving and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Behold The New Menu At Central Kitchen, Version 2.0 Following a renovation and revamp effort announced earlier this month, Central Kitchen reopens tonight with a more accessible, expanded menu, more pasta options, and a couple of new large-format meat dishes for sharing.
SF News What Do You Do When Your Airbnb Host Freaks Out On You (In Another Country)? By Chris Roberts It had been quite the grand European tour for Candace Low. In late June, with a six-week jaunt across the continent wrapping up in Portugal, the biologist from San Francisco
SF News Former Mayors Jordan, Feinstein, Brown, And Newsom Warn Against Creation Of Public Advocate Position Former mayors of San Francisco Dianne Feinstien, Frank Jordan, Willie Brown, and Gavin Newsom have joined forces in opposition to the creation of a new position that might sap the powers of the
Arts & Entertainment Pokémon Go Crawl Achieves Peak Pikachu It will either renew or destroy your faith in modern-day San Francisco to know that several thousand full-grown adults took to San Francisco’s streets Wednesday night for a massive Pokémon Go Crawl,
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: SFPD Threat Phoned In San Francisco's chief toxicologist has somewhat mysteriously resigned. [Bay Area Reporter] Bat Rays keep wandering into local salt ponds, where they then expire. [SF Chronicle] Should SF charge $167 for block parties? An
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands 2016 Day Schedules Released You saw the day lineups, and now you can begin planning your days at Outside Lands and/or stressing about the fact that two of your favorite artists are playing conflicting sets. The
