SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hugh Laurie Spotted At Foreign Cinema; Hillary Swank Sups At Liholiho Short as we mostly are on celebrity sightings here in NorCal, I thought I'd alert you to a couple that happened this week in local restaurants. First off, as we learned
SF News Legion Of Honor, de Young Museums Hike Adult Ticket Prices By 50% While a move approved yesterday to increase ticket prices by 50 percent at two premiere San Francisco museums might be seen as something of an art heist, the de Young Museum and Legion
SF News 'Education,' Lifeguards Proposed For Ocean Beach As Yet Another Distressed Swimmer Is Rescued Just a few days after two teens were killed while wading in waist-deep waters at Ocean Beach, rescue crews were called there again Tuesday when a surfer got caught in a rip
SF News Video: Berkeley Man Unloads Pistol At Homeless Man Surveillance video released yesterday by the Berkeley Police Department depicts a terrifying scene: A man casually standing around a well-lit gas station before pulling a gun out of his pants and firing
SF News Facebook May Let You Add A Tip Jar To Your Posts In a move that looks like it's both an effort to compete with user-revenue-generating platforms like YouTube and to boost sharing on the platform overall, Facebook appears to be
SF News SFMTA Approves Controversial Twin Peaks Car Ban Almost two years after it was proposed, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has made a decision to ban cars from one side of Twin Peaks, following a contentious meeting Tuesday. As previously
SF News Report: Over 80% Of Millennials Have Given Up On Ever Owning A Home Here We've heard a lot about how tough the housing situation is in San Francisco, with multiple reports suggesting that one group — the frequently maligned Millennial generation — has it particularly rough. Well,
SF News Bay Area Dog Rescue Org Needs Help After Stolen Van Crashes Into Shelter Oakland-based Rocket Dog Rescue has saved over 7,500 pets over its 13 years in operation, but now they need your help, after the driver of a stolen van crashed into their
Arts & Entertainment 4/20 Fail: Snapchat's Bob Marley Filter Puts Everyone In Blackface UPDATE: Snapchat says Bob Marley blackface filter was approved by his estate to use on 420 https://t.co/6dEoisUIAQ pic.twitter.com/B3CJ2VfeDU — The Next Web (@TheNextWeb) April 20, 2016 Interesting choice,
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Intel Cutting 12,000 * Follow SFist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. * Here's everything you need to know about celebrating 4/
SF News Day Around The Bay: Is The Dolores Park Trash Problem Improving? * Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you — sign up here. * Tech mogul Gurbaksh “G” Chahal, who was charged with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Beach Cafe Spinoff In Former Luna Park To Be Called Mission Beach Valencia There's still no opening date for the Mission Beach Cafe takeover of the space formerly known as Luna Park (694 Valencia Street at 17th). But, as Tablehopper now reports, via a
Arts & Entertainment Kanye West, Tidal Could Face Class Action Lawsuit For Marketing Of 'Exclusive' New Album Nothing about the rollout of Kanye West's latest musical opus, a gospel god dream called The Life Of Pablo, was easy to follow. West changed release dates, track listings, even the
SF News Property Owners No Longer Responsible For Street Trees Under Proposed Measure Under San Francisco's current street tree policy, having a tree in front of your building can be costly. With some exceptions, the property owner is responsible for care and maintenance of
Arts & Entertainment Lech Wierzynski Of Bay Area Band The California Honeydrops, On Tour With Bonnie Raitt, Misses Playing In BART Stations The California Honeydrops are a good-time band with an unmistakably Californian style, despite drawing on influences like Delta blues, gospel, and Motown. While frontman and trumpet player Lech Wierzynski sings and plays
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week If your Netflix queue is beginning to bore you, head out and see some of the many films showing about town this week. Or dance, or drink beer, or head to a reading.
Arts & Entertainment Whoops! This Giants Fan Possibly Made Team Lose After He Grabbed Fair Ball Your browser does not support iframes. This guy, who was sitting near the left-field line at AT&T Park last night, is sad and ashamed. You see, in the seventh inning,
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Doing Three Sold Out, Cellphone-Free Shows At The Chapel This Week Just like most of you, probably, we're just now getting word that Dave Chappelle announced a couple of surprise shows as he often does these days Tuesday night at The Chapel
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mel's Drive-In Will Not Be Razed For Housing After All Mel's Drive-In, the 50's style diner on Geary at Beaumont Avenue, will not be demolished for condo development after all, following an effort by the chain's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Check Out The Menu At Fénix, Rising From The Ashes Of TBD In May As we first learned in January, short-lived AQ spinoff TBD, two doors down in SoMa, is going to be reborn as something else entirely, under the same management: a Mexican spot called
Arts & Entertainment Video: Mark Zuckerbro Explains 'The Facebook' In 2005 In 2005, Facebook was in its infancy and Mark Zuckerberg was in his early '20s — a period of young nerdbro-dom he signifies with a traditional red solo cup. Of course, the
SF News SF Might Ban Styrofoam Coolers, Packing Materials, And Beach Toys It's been nearly nine years since San Francisco banned Styrofoam coffee cups, to-go containers, after then Board of Supervisors President Aaron "I'm back" Peskin pushed forward
SF News Two Teens Presumed Drowned At Ocean Beach Identified The two teenagers presumed dead after being swept to sea by a rip current on Saturday afternoon have been identified as Wayne Ausa and Grisham Duran of Vallejo. Friends and family are mourning
SF News Rumored New iPhone To Be All Glass (Ensuring Top Breakability) After last month's roundly mocked unveiling of the next line of iPhones disappointed the Cupertino faithful, Apple-watchers this week jumped on early reports that the next phone model to come
SF News SFPD's 4/20 Plan Includes Road Closures, Extra Bathrooms, Seller Busts Around 15,000 people are expected to flood Golden Gate Park Wednesday to observe the marijuana-focused "holiday" of April 20th. But while the event is neither permitted nor sanctioned by
