Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: 'Big City Living On Outer City Dime' Now Means $2,700 Studios In The Bayview SFist's Caleb Pershan is pinch-hitting on the Apartment Sadness column this week. "Big Style, Little Benjamins" is one of several highly suspect claims made on the swanky website
SF News Uber Settles Another Driver Suit To The Tune Of $7.5M Uber has settled yet another lawsuit, with the issue of driver background checks at the heart of the latest legal dispute. According to Reuters, in response to a case brought in San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment Virgin America To Remain Its Own Separate Brand For Now, Maybe Forever In a talk in front of an aviation professionals' group in New York, Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden said "the thing I’m losing the most sleep over with our merger&
SF News Woman Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Brick At Steve Jobs's House A bizarre scene reportedly went down at the former home of the deceased Steve Jobs, and a woman stands accused of felony assault and misdemeanor vandalism involving the Palo Alto residence. According to
SF News Tight District 11 State Senate Race Gets Tighter, As Kim Surpasses Wiener In SF A race that's already known as the most expensive District 11 Senate matchup ever might soon gain another remarkable element, as one of the tightest in recent memory. The day after
SF News Why Was The Interim Oakland Police Chief Canned So Quickly? There is a lot of instability right now in our community which is bringing us together on the issue of gun... https://t.co/T9EzHvpiOW — D Mendoza Consulting (@Champ4Justice) June 16, 2016 Yesterday&
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Brock Turner Judge Takes Early Vacation * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here * Are you ready for Frameline? Here are our picks.
SF News SFPD Seeking Couple Responsible For Early Morning Double Shooting In Mission District Two men were critically injured Thursday morning, after they were shot while sitting in a car parked in the Mission District. According to a spokesperson with the San Francisco Police department, the shots
Arts & Entertainment Casper Is A Mattress That's Shipped For Free, To Your Door, In A Box With summer in full swing and cat naps very much in vogue, what better gift than a new mattress? It's something we all need, and the sleep experts at Casper are
SF News Day Around The Bay: Girl Killed In Oakland Drive-By Had Just Performed At Friend's Funeral * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you — sign up here * Mayor Ed Lee wants to create a 25-member
Arts & Entertainment Report: It's Not (Just) You, Your Favorite Dating App Is Full Of Dudes When it comes to online dating, your average 20- or 30-something has a lot of options. Think Tinder, OKCupid, or Grindr to only name a few. The prevalence and variety of dating
Arts & Entertainment Video: Pod of Humpback Whales Hanging Out By Surf Spot In Pacifica Another close encounter with whales this week as we get video of what appears to be a trio of humpbacks feeding very near the shoreline at Linda Mar Beach. Skyler Thomas shared video
SF News Inspired By Spate Of Palo Alto Deaths, Facebook Makes Suicide Prevention Tools Available To All Users Some cries for help are clearer than others, and sometimes there are no cries to be heard at all, but even when a so-called "red flag" is (metaphorically) held aloft
SF News OMG: Winter-Like Storm To Arrive In Mid-June, On Thursday I'm sorry, everyone. El Niño may be technically over, but the rain isn't yet giving up for the summer. As SFGate reports, via the National Weather Service, there is
SF News San Francisco Gets 'F' Grade For Small Business 'Friendliness' Running a small business in the gilded city of San Francisco is a drag, or so says contractor-for-hire site Thumbtack, which just released a study asserting that because of roadblocks like
SF News Supervisors Approve Six New Homeless Navigation Centers (Without Booze Or Drugs) Supervisor David Campos's previously announced legislation that mandates the creation of six new homeless navigation centers like the one already in the Mission, all within two years, received unanimous support from
Arts & Entertainment Video: Bob Dylan Obliges Heckling Fan And Plays 'Free Bird' At Berkeley Greek At his show at the Berkeley Greek Theater last week, the great Bob Dylan, just as he and his band were about to close out his set, decided to give in to a
SF News Tech Titans Voice Support For Gov. Jerry Brown's Controversial Plan To Speed Housing Development A gaggle of powerful members of the tech sector have banded together to support an effort, spearheaded by Governor Jerry Brown, to override local planning reviews and affordable housing requirements for new developments,
SF News Shills From Private Shuttle Service Chariot Are Now Proselytizing At Muni Stops Have you heard the good word? Chariot, the San Francisco network of shuttle buses that falls somewhere between the jitneys of yesteryear and the tech commuter buses of today, wants to make certain
SF News Oakland Police Sex Scandal Deepens With More East Bay Officers Implicated, Interim Oakland Chief Fired News of a sex scandal that already cost Oakland's chief of police his job broke over the weekend though hints of it were first reported last month by KRON 4 when
Arts & Entertainment The Eight Most Awesome LGBT Films Playing At Frameline 40 You guys. The world’s longest-running LGBTQ film festival Frameline kicks off Thursday night at the Castro Theatre and runs through the end of Pride Weekend, and boy could we use some
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Old Mint, Disrespected * Some upstanding citizen just defaced the Old Mint for the umpteenth time. [SF Gate] * Sacramento law enforcement officials are offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a serial killer they
SF News CA Senate Committee Strikes Blow Against The Scourge Of Daylight Saving Time California got one small step closer to getting rid of the outdated nuisance that is Daylight Saving Time this week, after a proposal to abolish the tiresome hassle of springing forward/falling back
SF News Orlando Shooter's Wife Grew Up In The East Bay, May Face Charges The wife of 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the man police say is responsible for killing 49 people and wounding another 53 inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, allegedly knew of her husband&
SF News Big Gay Kiss-In Planned In Castro Tonight Following Orlando Mass Hate Crime While there is no appropriate or satisfying response to what happened in Orlando on Sunday, LGBT communities around the world have responded with huge vigils and outpourings of love, horror, and support. A
