SF News John Avalos Seeks To Further Protect Sanctuary City Ordinance After his car was stolen, El Salvadoran national Pedro Figueroa-Zarceno went to the San Francisco Police Department to file a report. But when officers learned of a warrant for his arrest — it
SF News Alleged Nordstrom Rack Robber Won't Be Too Hard To Find Behold the visage of one Charles Frederick Justus, the man suspected of robbing a Bay Area Nordstrom Rack at gunpoint before allegedly fleeing from police with three kids in his car. How far
SF News R2D2 Robot Things Want To Deliver You Stuff While human delivery people may someday face competition from flying Amazon and Google drones, those drones themselves may have a worthy competitor in robots, the likes of which the Chronicle now profiles. “It
Arts & Entertainment Nine Things You Need To Know For The Giants Home Opener Productivity will screech to a halt today across San Francisco today, as your San Francisco Giants play their home opener this afternoon at AT&T Park (first pitch at 1:35 p.
SF News Questions Remain After Man Shot Outside Site Of Stanislav Petrov Raid Dies A man who was shot multiple times outside a home later raided by police and federal officials has died, turning an already murky situation even murkier. It was 2 a.m. on Friday,
SF News Dog Owners Get Serious, File Lawsuit Against National Park Service Over New Restrictions In the ongoing drama over new proposed dog rules in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, several local dog-owner groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking data from the National Park Service
SF News [Update] Homeless Man Shot By SFPD Has Died, Witnesses Dispute Police Claims #mymission amidst wealth. Crazy homeless people get shot by cops right on my block A photo posted by Laura (@lsydell) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:28am PDT Scroll to the bottom of
SF News 'Very Big Sword' Used In Random Tenderloin Attack A 56-year-old Tenderloin man is recovering today, after he was randomly stabbed by a man with a "very big sword," police say. According to the San Francisco Police Department,
SF News Report Reveals How Quickly SF Is Gaining (And Losing) Affordable Housing For the last decade — more specifically, January 2006 through December 2015— take the number of affordable homes in San Francisco: Those that already existed, those that were rehabbed or acquired, and those that
SF News Two Dangerous, Mentally Ill Inmates Escape Washington State Hospital Californians are being told to be on the lookout for two potentially dangerous men who escaped custody at a Washington State mental hospital where both were being treated. As KRON 4 reports via
SF News Man On Scooter Falls From 101 To His Death A man riding a scooter on 101 in San Francisco was killed Wednesday night, when he fell from the the highway to the street far below. According to California Highway Patrol spokesperson Officer
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Mistrial For Alleged Playstation Murder * Follow SFist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. * The president's in town tomorrow. [SFist] * This is what
SF News Muni Proposes Tiered Pricing System That Penalizes Cash With 25-Cent Surcharge Yesterday evening the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency adopted a new budget that, if approved by the Board of Supervisors, will penalize commuters who purchase tickets the old fashioned way with good ol&
SF News Cool So, This Downtown Santa Rosa Earthquake Fault Is Larger Than We Thought A new US Geological Survey report from Menlo Park scientists led by Suzanne Hecker breaks new ground on mapping a formerly undocumented fault in the heart of Santa Rosa. The Chronicle reports that
SF News SFPD Text Scandal May Lead To State Or Federal Investigation Public Defender Jeff Adachi has sent out a release Tuesday calling on California Attorney General Kamala Harris to investigate the racist texting scandal in SFPD essentially saying that the department, in this case,
SF News Deplorable Teens Knock Man Unconscious On 15th Street A 54-year-old man was knocked to the ground and is now suffering life-threatening injuries after he was attacked Monday afternoon by a group of ne'er-do-well youths.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 15 Best Beers From Local Bay Area Breweries There seems to be no bubble when it comes to the Bay Area Beer Boom, a movement that's put us in the elite class of a select few American metro areas
Arts & Entertainment Janet Jackson Cancels May 19 Bay Area Tour Stop, Might Be Pregnant? Despite being nearly 50 years old, Janet Jackson apparently wants to have a baby immediately, and this means she will be canceling a scheduled return stop to the Bay Area at Concord Pavilion
Arts & Entertainment Video Palate Cleanser: 'Heatwave' It's the first real one of spring, so excuse me for being excitable. And it's already 92 in the Mission you guys!! (As of 1:40 p.m.) Previously:
SF News CA Lawmaker Proposes Statewide Use Of Roadside Marijuana And Opiate Test Driving while stoned could soon become a much trickier proposition if one California state lawmaker has his way. Republican Sen. Bob Huff of San Dimas (insert Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Arts & Entertainment New App Wants To Be The Airbnb For Hot Tubs, Backyards Have we reached peak app in this our pretty clearly bubbly tech economy of 2016? Some people are still going to tell you no, but I'm here to tell you, and
SF News Photos: First Look Inside That New BART Car, Bike Racks And All It's here. The first of 775 new train cars has arrived in the Bay Area. #BetterBART #FleetOfTheFuture pic.twitter.com/a6AjoqusIT — SFBART (@SFBART) April 6, 2016 After a thankfully uneventful journey
SF News SFPD Chief Touts 'Very Good Lead' In Infamous Hayes Valley Quadruple Homicide It's been almost a year since the San Francisco Police Department said that they knew who was responsible for an infamous Hayes Valley quadruple homicide, but were unable to pull together
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Heap This Nacho Festival Atop Your Weekend Plans In 2013, SFist posed an existential question: "Why Aren't Nachos A Thing?" That inquiry seems more and more prescient as NBC Bay Area draws our attention to a nacho
SF News Mayor Ed Lee Bans City-Funded Travel To Mississippi After Anti-LGBT Bill Signed By Governor The number of US states to which San Francisco will pay for travel shrank again today, after Mayor Ed Lee banned all city-funded travel to the state of Mississippi after their governor
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