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Zume Pizza, A Startup Involving Pizza-Making Robots, Launches In Mountain View

A new company in Mountain View is looking to disrupt the pizza delivery universe dominated by Domino's and Papa John's by (almost) fully automating the pizza-making and cooking

Arts & Entertainment

New Fun Weekend Activity: Watching Herons Hunt, Kill, And Swallow Gophers Whole In Golden Gate Park

@coolbiRdpics yesterday in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco pic.twitter.com/xIUarZzncH — Elliot Loh (@Loh) May 7, 2016 Local Twitterer Elliott Loh was hanging out in Golden Gate Park last month when he

Chevy Driver Busted For North Beach Hit-And-Run

A day after hit-and-run drivers killed two cyclists in San Francisco, yet another driver has hit a pedestrian then attempted to evade the consequences. Details on the collision are scarce, but

Friday Lunchtime Links: Another Wolf Arrives

* What are the chances for S.F.’s second swig at a soda tax? [SF Business Times] * Another wolf spotted near the CA/Oregon border. BUILD A WALL. [SF Chronicle] * Netflix has a

[Update] New PayByPhone App To Let Drivers Reserve Spaces In Advance

Correction: This article incorrectly indicated that PayByPhone would operate its reservations at some metered street spaces. This is not so, the company has informed SFist: "PayByPhone wants to clarify that it plans

European Tech Entrepreneurs In SF For Conference React To Brexit Vote

As stock markets react to the United Kingdom's historic vote to exit the European Union, many European tech entrepreneurs are in the Bay Area for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit the same

BART Seat Hogging? Expect A Criminal Background Check, Fines

Starting this September, BART passengers taking up more than one train seat may be subject to police questioning, criminal background checks, fines, and even arrest. So reports CBS 5 as BART police share

Transit Advocates Trade Barbs As SFPD Seeks Suspect In Cyclist Slaying

As city organizations trade barbs over policies that they say would have prevented the hit-and-run deaths of two cyclists Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Department continues to search for the suspect

Weather Report: Pride Weekend Brings Sunshine, Warm Weather

Put on some sunscreen and grab those short shorts, because mother nature has oh so graciously decided to bless us with warmth and sunshine for the weekend of Pride. The Chronicle lets us

President Obama Lands In SF, Dines In SoMa With Tech Elite

WATCH LIVE: #Obama is arriving at #SanFrancisco's #CrissyField now: https://t.co/VFCHYJDR4b #PresidentObama pic.twitter.com/2j7VdRPu0w — ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 24, 2016 POTUS is back in town. As we

Uber Will Stop (Telling You How Much It Is) Surge Pricing

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Surge pricing, on principle, is going nowhere, but the dreaded lightning bolt indicating exactly by what factor prices will be increased is (soon to

Arts & Entertainment

Pretty, Disgusting: <i>The Neon Demon</i>, Reviewed

You could toss any and all criticisms about Nicolas Winding Refn's new thriller The Neon Demon at me, and I'd probably agree with all of them. A preoccupation with

Friday Morning Constitutional: Winchester Mystery House Mulled

* Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here * For every mood, there is a gay bar. [SFist]

Day Around The Bay: County Jail Can't Figure Out Trans Inmate Issue

* The SF County Jail can’t figure out how to house trans inmates. [SF Weekly] * Meanwhile, as we learned earlier, California's most famous trans prison inmate, now released, now lives in

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Photo Du Jour: Techies Heart Queers

I #love this response to the #antitech graffiti that was trying to spread hate in #SF #MissionDistrict pic.twitter.com/jvSiw7StMV — Eric Zandona (@EricZ_FamilyMan) June 23, 2016 A number of stenciled tags

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The Best Gay Bars In San Francisco For Every Occasion

In honor of Pride Week, SFist brings you this comprehensive guide to San Francisco's gay bar scene, tailored to each of your potential needs on any given night of the week.

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Officials Plan Pride Crackdown On Unpermitted Food Vendors

Much like with the Super Bowl earlier this year, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials announced today via press release that they intend to crackdown on unpermitted food vendors operating during Pride.

In Long Road To HIV Vaccine, Local Clincal Trials Begin With New Approach

A new approach in the enduring search for a vaccine to eradicate HIV is the focus of clinical trials beginning in San Francisco among other cities and serves as the subject for an

Expect Lines This Weekend As SF Gay Bars Beef Up Security Following Orlando Massacre

With Pride upon us, San Francisco offers even more opportunities than usual to celebrate all that is fabulous in the city by the Bay. However, with the massacre at an Orlando gay club

Like Airbnb Before It, City Is Coming After Short-Term Rental Site HomeAway

The city of San Francisco will be going to court to make sure that homeowners renting units on HomeAway, a short-term rental listing company that also owns Airbnb competitor VRBO, are paying

Awesome, Twisty Tower Designed By Jeanne Gang For 160 Folsom Gets Another Approval

It looks like full steam ahead for the rad, unique, 39-story residential tower by acclaimed Chicago architect Jeanne Gang that's been proposed for 160 Folsom Street, one of the final

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Frameline Film Explores Largest Gay Mass Murder In US (Before Orlando)

The most disturbing aspect of tonight’s Frameline documentary about “ the largest gay mass murder in US history” is that it’s no longer about the largest gay mass murder in US history.

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Dum, An Indian Restaurant, Takes Over Former Local Mission Eatery Spot

The space left vacant after the December closure of Local Mission Eatery at 3111 24th Street has come alive again at the hands of "Indian soul food" truck chef-owner Rupam

Google Fiber Heading To SF Faster After Webpass Acquisition

Building fiber internet is an infrastructure headache — expensive, time-consuming — and so San Francisco web devotees continue to pine for the fast stuff with no clear delivery date in sight. But one provider

Thursday Lunchtime Links: Oakland's Old Police Chief 'Ashamed' By Scandal

* [Mission Mission] makes a point of calling out Mathieu Verbeeck and Catherine Crevels, San Francsico's well-reported-on "tech couple and evictors of Mission mother and daughter." * At a