SF News DA's Office Disqualifies Stanford Rape Case Judge From New Sexual Assault Case Judge Aaron Persky has been criticized widely for what has been seen as his lenient sentence of former Stanford student Brock Turner, a now 20-year-old man convicted in the rape of
SF News Facebook 'Spam King' Sentenced To Two Years In Prison By San Jose Judge A prolific Facebook spammer was sentenced yesterday to two-and-a-half years in prison by a federal judge in San Jose and ordered to pay $310,000 in restitution. The Associated Press
SF News Daylight Shooting In Downtown Oakland Kills Teenage Girl, Injures Six Others #BREAKING 16 year old girl dead following a shooting in downtown Oakland @nbcbayarea 11 pic.twitter.com/DxIWVsaDIC — Cheryl Hurd (@hurd_hurd) June 15, 2016 A 16-year-old girl was killed in
Arts & Entertainment Warrior Andrew Bogut's Knee Injury Is Bad Enough To Take Him Out Of The NBA Finals Following a knee injury sustained during Game Five of the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut will be sitting out the remainder of the series, the team announced Wednesday. According to
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Dropbox's 'Spending Problem' * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here * Join Caleb on one of the 10 best hills
Arts & Entertainment Warm Weather Means It's Time To Get Outside And Click. Play. Social. Summer's nearly here, which means you're probably looking for the best way to stay fit and enjoy the warm weather. Turns out this sunny season is the best time
SF News Day Around The Bay: SF State Astronomer Helps Discovers Planet Orbiting Two Suns * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here * Ten local entertainers and performers talk SF Pride, sharing
SF News Despite Safety Gains, Effort To Remove Mission Transit Lane Continues Despite evidence that the Mission Street transit-only lanes have drastically reduced collisions, and the dearth of evidence that they have negatively impacted merchants, Supervisor David Campos and SFMTA's Director of
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week It's Pride month — a month that San Francisco does right. But for those of you who don't want to wait for the June 26 parade, or who are otherwise
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink As Riptide Prepares To Roar Back To Life, Fans Write 1K Letters In Support Of Entertainment License When the Riptide was the victim of fire last year, its owners were in the middle of seeking an entertainment license. As the bar's team explains on their Facebook page, "
SF News Local Programmer Claims He Didn't Do Any Work For The Last Six Years, Just Got Fired A story that's been making the rounds, first via Reddit, involves a well-paid engineer at "a well-known tech company in the Bay Area" who says he did
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: StarChefs' 2016 Rising Stars Gala Not to be confused with the annual Meals on Wheels benefit that's also called the Star Chefs & Vintners Gala, the restaurant industry trade publication StarChefs.com also swings through San
Arts & Entertainment Behold The Catacomb Of Veils, A Huge, Pyramid-Like Monument Coming To Burning Man 2016 One experienced Burning Man temple construction crew, led by artist Dan Sullivan, is working on a monumental project for the playa this year called Catacomb of Veils. Currently under construction on Pier 70
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best Hills In San Francisco Back in simpler times, there weren't so many hills in San Francisco, or so city archivist emeritus Gladys Hansen recalls. "At the very beginning, San Francisco was a very small
SF News Teen Accused In Santa Cruz Murder Of Maddy Middleton Won't Be Tried Until 2017 The 16-year-old boy accused in the assault and murder last July of 8-year-old Madyson "Maddy" Middleton made a brief appearance in court Tuesday morning to enter a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Street Food Park Arrives In Mission Bay Next Week The team behind the bustling, three-year-old SoMa StrEat Food Park are getting set to open a second food-truck gathering spot: SPARK. News arrives via their press team today that SPARK,
SF News SF's Dwindling Arrests And Criminal Prosecutions, By The Numbers Despite San Francisco's dubious honor as the city with the highest per capita property crime rate in the US, the number of arrests made by the San Francisco Police Department has
Arts & Entertainment Video: Two Planes Landing At SFO In Beautiful Synchronicity While it won't make everything right with the world, this short video of two planes landing simultaneously at SFO is pretty cool. And it might, just for a few seconds, provide
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: LeBron's 'Epic' SF Meal * Allegedly prolific Union Square robber nabbed. [KRON 4] [SF Chronicle] * SF-based Zenefits is laying off 106 workers, ditching its AZ sales office, "and offering a separation agreement to staffers who can&
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Fix Is In, Warriors Head To Game 6 Of the major American sports leagues, it’s the NBA that draws the lion’s share of conspiracy theories. From Michael Jordan’s first retirement to Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference
SF News More Facebook Employees Commuting By Car And Some Blame Tech Shuttle Regulations With the tech shuttle pilot program a permanent fixture on San Francisco streets since February of this year, and with a corresponding decrease in protests, we might expect the number of tech employees
SF News Golden Gate Bridge Lane Changes Start Today, Will Impact Commute In response to seasonal changes in commuter traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge, bridge officials announced that starting today the lane configuration will move to further accommodate Marin-bound travelers in the afternoon.
SF News Juror In Brock Turner Case Pens Letter To Judge, Says 'Shame On You' None of the names of the predominantly male jury in the sexual assault trial of Brock Turner have been revealed, however we are now hearing from the first of those jurors to speak
SF News LA Couple Might Have Murdered Construction Worker Over SoMa Porta-Potty So apparently a construction worker was stabbed on 5th and Folsom. 2 suspects taken down right in front of my work. pic.twitter.com/7fthxZeYxV — Ophylia Wispling (@wispling) June 10, 2016 According to
Arts & Entertainment Lineup Released For Last Ever Treasure Island Music Festival (On Treasure Island Anyway) Treasure Island Music Festival's tenth anniversary performance, taking place on October 15th and 16th you know where, has just released its overall lineup. That's below for your careful consideration.
