SF News Local Artist 'Flattered' By Brazen Theft Of $750 Painting BOLO: Stolen Art Work This was stolen from the San Mateo County Fair last week. Contact @SanMateoPD pic.twitter.com/C8VAvK9PVx — Stanley Roberts (@SRobertsKRON4) June 21, 2016 A local artist is definitely taking
SF News Measure To Allow Forced Clearing Of Homeless Encampments Proposed By Farrell If you can't solve a complicated problem, why not just legislate away its symptoms? That appears to be the thinking of Supervisor Mark Farrell, who the Chronicle reports yesterday introduced an
SF News Activists Now Want To Oust Newly Elected Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Over Police Scandals The drama continues across the Bay as anti-police-violence activists raise a call for the ousters of Mayor Libby Schaaf, saying that the cycle of three fired police chiefs in the last
SF News Kim, Critical Of Wiener's PAC Support, Took State Senate Lead After PG&E-Backed PAC Ad In what was by early June already the most expensive District 11 State Senate Race ever of all time, political action committee money apparently flowed freely on both sides. Until now, Scott Wiener
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Bay's First Dunkin' Donuts (In A Long Time) Opens In Walnut Creek We learned last winter that the first Dunkin' Donuts to debut in the Bay Area would be out in Walnut Creek, and now that has come to pass. East Coast transplants who
SF News Mission Street Transit-Only Lane Meeting Devolves Into Shouting Match Originally 50 chairs set out, now doubled.Standing room only, 150+ @sfmta_muni meeting at Mission Cultural Ctr. pic.twitter.com/JEKj5uhdOZ — LolaLolaLola (@Lola_Casanova) June 21, 2016 As is becoming the norm
Arts & Entertainment Want To March In The Pride Parade? You Still Can With One Of These Groups. Maybe you’ve always wanted to march in the Pride Parade, maybe you’re motivated by the tragedy in Orlando, or maybe you have designs to someday run for elected office. Whatever your
SF News Cole Hardware Building, Not SRO, Named As Source For Last Weekend's Fire On Monday we heard rumors that the major, five-alarm fire last Saturday on the 3300 block of Mission Street at the edge of Bernal Heights may have begun in Graywood hotel, the
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Anti-Persky Billboard Goes Up * [Huffington Post] contrib pens an "An Open Letter To The Tech Industry" * An Oakland city councilwoman allegedly broke state and city ethics rules by interfering with the approval process for a
SF News SF SPCA Bans Controversial 'Prong' Dog Collars From Campuses You've likely seen prong collars (like the one pictured above) on dogs in San Francisco — perhaps you've even used one yourself! (On a dog, jeez, what you do in
SF News When Realtors Say 'Eureka Valley' Instead Of 'Castro,' Is That Just Homophobic? Remember when the Nema building on Market published that neighborhood map that didn't include the Castro but in its place was "Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights." Well, it's
SF News SEC: Giants Pitcher Jake Peavy Lost More Than $15M In Ponzi Scheme Jake Peavy, the 35-year-old pitcher for the Giants, has had a difficult spring on — and relatedly — off the mound. He's 2 and 6, for the record, and usually much
SF News Not So Smart: SF Loses $50M 'Smart City' Grant To Ohio It appears that the streets of San Francisco will remain dumb, at least for a while longer. The Examiner reports that SFMTA officials were unsuccessful in their bid to obtain a $50 million
SF News Warriors Fan Critically Injured In Oracle Arena Brawl Was Pushed Over Ledge By Rival Fan The man who fell from a second deck railing in Oracle Arena following Game 7 of the NBA finals Sunday remains in intensive care, the victim of rival fans who shoved him over
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Is It OK To Use 'Frisco'? Lobby card from the 1934 film Fog Over Frisco Dear Rain, While I don't expect you to be the "final" answer on the use of the term "Frisco,
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Dunkin' Donuts Arrives * 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 former UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor who was forced
Arts & Entertainment Enter The Exclusive Realm Of The Imperial Chinese Court And Eat Some Pork Belly Too Watch out, San Francisco, the Asian Art Museum has a sumptuous summer ahead. Travel through 800 years of Chinese history and enter the elegant and exclusive realm of the imperial court in Emperors&
SF News Day Around The Bay: Kim Actually Beat Wiener In Primary By 370 Votes * Despite Apple’s decision to boycott the GOP convention, the company’s CEO Tim Cook plans to host a fundraiser for Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. And it's common
SF News East Bay Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Sex Trafficking After Luring Women To Fake Fitness/Modeling Agency One glance at the website for Mad Girls Fitness, still online at the time of this publication, and you might be able to tell that something is wrong. Amidst general nonsense and images
Arts & Entertainment New Public Space At LinkedIn Building Is Now Open To All But Known To Few A photo posted by Jessica Nguyen (@jtnguyen06) on Apr 29, 2016 at 4:41pm PDT If you don't know, now you know: POPOS are plazas, atriums, and small parks that are
SF News Dyke March Returns To Old Route Following Last Year's Protest The 24th Annual Dyke March is this Saturday, and, following a contentious run-in with police last year, Capp Street Crap reports that it will return to its historical route of traveling down
SF News UC Berkeley Professor Who Stepped Down For Sexual Harassment Kept $343K Salary A former UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor who was forced out of that position after he sexually harassed an Assistant Vice Chancellor appears to have received a record number of golden parachutes. I say
Arts & Entertainment Video: Dozens Of Broadway And TV Celebrities Join To Sing 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' For Orlando On June 15, 2016, three days after the deadly hate-motivated massacre in Orlando and three days after the Tony Awards, dozens of recording artists, Broadway stars, and other celebrities gathered in a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tony's Pizza Offers Up Two Giants-Themed Pies At Ballpark-Adjacent Slice House Local star pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani, who's won like a hundred world pizza championships at this point, is partnering with the San Francisco Giants this season to create two signature pizzas inspired
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Pride Week is absolutely packed with activities, and while we'll also give you a list of pride/queer specific celebrations and parties to hit up, here's the usual, general
