SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Here's The New Menu For Smokestack In Dogpatch, From New Chef Brandon Korf Smokestack, the fast-casual barbecue operation within Magnolia Brewing's Dogpatch taproom and bar that opened two years ago, recently had a chef shuffle following the departure of Namu Gaji guy Dennis Lee. Now the
SF News Now A UC Berkeley Chancellor Has Been Accused Of Misusing Public Funds A high-ranking UC Berkeley employee has been accused of misconduct, but for once it doesn't involve sexual harassment. The Los Angeles Times reports that UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has been accused of
SF News Lyft Loses As Much As $50 Million/Month, President Calls It 'Investing' When asked about reports that transportation network Lyft has been losing as much as $50 million a month, company President John Zimmer could have denied that amount, or offered another figure. But at
SF News Sen. Al Franken Comes After SF-Based Creators Of Pokemon Go Over Privacy Issues You know that bug we mentioned the other day with Pokémon Go on the iPhone that causes it to get full access to all your Google data and Gmail without asking permission? That,
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: All The Fast Food We Don't Have [Business Insider] "13 popular fast food chains you can't find in San Francisco." Sure, but I think we'll be OK. 28-year-old SF resident Adam Jeter was found guilty of attacking a woman and
SF News Kim Proposes Yet Another Measure To Deal With Homeless Encampments Supervisor Jane Kim yesterday introduced a measure that would set terms by which the city engages with tent encampments and the homeless residents who call them home. This, reports the Chronicle, is the
SF News Exquisite Art Deco Building On Valencia Now On The Market Built for the Independent Order of Foresters, a fraternal society a la the Odd Fellows or Free Masons, 170 Valencia Street was designed by architect Harold Stoner and completed in 1930. Just look
SF News City Revises 'Airbnb Law' Additions To Avoid Airbnb Suing Them The Board of Supervisors Tuesday moved to revise the language of some new additions to the so-called 'Airbnb Law' that would fine the company $1,000 per day per illegal unit listed on
SF News Officer Named In Fatal Shooting Of Luis Gongora Assigned To Bureau Handling Police Reforms Within 30 seconds of their arrival at Shotwell Street near 19th Street on April 7, SFPD officers had shot 45-year-old Luis Gongora multiple times. He later died at SF General Hospital. As many
SF News Pokemon Go Claims First San Francisco Mugging Victims A photo posted by Jessica Scorpio (@jessicascorpio) on Jul 11, 2016 at 1:40pm PDT Despite the best efforts of the San Francisco Police Department to encourage safety for Pokemon Go players, the
SF News Someone Is Distributing KKK Recruitment Flyers Around The Haight San Francisco Woman Gets KKK Recruitment Letter on Her Doorstep!https://t.co/xU1Owy9AiF pic.twitter.com/sw4fr5nRpy— (((BrokeAssStuart))) (@BrokeAssStuart) July 12, 2016 Flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan and criticizing the Black
SF News Supes Vote To Make City College Free A proposal floated by Supervisor and state senatorial candidate Jane Kim back in April to make tuition at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) which it was up until the early 1980's passed
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Google And LinkedIn Make Trade Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Can The Stud rise a third time? Sure, if
SF News Day Around The Bay: Charles Barkley Backs Draymond Green's Alleged Slapping Of Smack-Talking Fan Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you — sign up here. An illegal nightclub was raided by police in Santa
SF News Allegedly Drunk SFFD Firefighter Who Crashed Firetruck Into Motorcyclist Could Cost City $5M A crash involving an allegedly drunk SFFD firefighter and a motorcyclist could end up costing the city almost $5,000,000, reports the Examiner. While the settlement is not final, the paper reports
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week While there isn't a giant festival or citywide event this week, there's still plenty to check out. TUESDAY, JULY 12 BLUEGRASS NIGHT: Driftwood is once again the place for blue grass and cocktails
SF News PokeGone Browser Extension Promises To Make Your Life PokéFree lombard street SF #clefairy #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/FSlL3MNbnH— Laura Hyunjhee Kim (@lauraonsale) July 8, 2016 OK, we get it. Pokémon Go, the augmented reality mobile game that dropped last week, is well
Arts & Entertainment Multiple Big Events Planned In SF To Celebrate Tony Bennett's 90th Birthday "Tony Bennett and San Francisco are inseparable," writes Willie Brown. "A statue of a great American performing artist usually happens in the birthplace of the artist. Throughout the world, people associate San Francisco
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Stud Has Almost Died Before, And It Can Be Saved Again, If People Show Up The death of queer spaces has been written about plenty in the last few years, not just in San Francisco but in cities across the country. Portland's gay scene has been hobbled by
SF News BART Responds To Claims That It Misrepresented True Cost Of November Bond Measure With BART officials claiming that much of the transit system's infrastructure has reached the end of its lifespan, a $3.5 billion bond on this November's ballot, if passed by voters, would provide
Arts & Entertainment SF Startup Looks To Revive The Polaroid Brand With A New Kind Of Dynamic Photo App Polaroid is not dead. Many lovers of the iconic instant-photo brand have been wishing and hoping this were true for years now, as the cameras have become collectors' items and the film for
SF News Yet Another Tesla Crashes In Autopilot Mode, Company Blames Driver A Montana state trooper reported a troubling Tesla car crash over the weekend, telling the Detroit Free Press that a Model X driver had turned on his car's autopilot system before the vehicle
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Money Laundering Alleged In Oakland Political Campaigns This Marin couple dedicates their lives to cataloguing and displaying bad art. [SF Chronicle] The Tahoe spread at which the opener of old-timey TV series Bonanza was shot can be yours for only
SF News Security Robot Knocks Toddler To The Ground Then Runs Him Over At Stanford Shopping Center A Palo Alto toddler was injured last Thursday after his parents claim a security robot at the Stanford Shopping Center knocked him over and then proceeded to run him over. And what's more,
SF News Union Street Bank Vault Raided By Robber A bank robbery on San Francisco's Union Street went beyond the typical "hand note to teller" scenario Monday, when the solo thief stormed the financial institution's vault. According to the San Francisco Police
