Arts & Entertainment Good Luck Figuring Out What These Department Of Homeland Security Devices On SF Streets Are! When SFist reader Matt Scully spotted this Department of Homeland Security device at New Montgomery and Mission, he had some questions. Is this thing — whatever it is — Super Bowl related? Is it a
SF News Graphic Video Shows Handcuffed Oakland Man Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Prior To His Death In 2013 In a disturbing police body-cam video obtained by the Contra Costa Times this week, we witness the final moments of the life of 51-year-old Hernan Jaramillo play out in what
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Of SF's Best Burgers Under Threat As Bourbon Steak Prepares To Close Indefinitely Listen up, burger fans: If you haven't plunked down the $24 for the Bourbon Steak burger, available only on the bar menu, you may want to get over there in the
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Were The Zebra Killings Really That Terrifying? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers
SF News Burner Dream Job? Work For The Man At Burning Man Burning Man's stated goal: Create a temporary city ungoverned by the hierarchies, mores, and laws that elsewhere repress us. But with its nearly 66,000 attendees last year, the event does
SF News The Fences Come Down! Dolores Park Finally Opens Fully For First Time In Two Years It's finally, finally done. After nearly two years of almost constant construction, the entire Dolores Park is now open to the public. At around 8 a.m. today, workers could be
SF News Eviction Reportedly Behind Tuesday Night Bernal Heights Arson More photos of #sffd & #sfpd at fire in #BernalHeights https://t.co/p8ufZQVzRd pic.twitter.com/qQk4A9eMuU — Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) January 27, 2016 A Bernal Heights man is in custody today, after
SF News Cops Bust Huge Civic Center Drug Ring, Arrest 48 The open-air drug market that is UN Plaza just got a bit less druggy after a joint task force consisting of the SFPD, Alameda County Narcotics Task Force, and the DEA made
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: July 22 Will Be Mario Woods Day * At the Board of Supes Tuesday: July 22 will be Mario Woods Day [KRON4] [ABC7] [48 Hills] [Mission Local] [SF Chronicle], Yee wants hearing on tour bus regulations following a recent fatal pedestrian
Arts & Entertainment How to Find Tickets for Super Bowl 50 The showdown has been set, and on February 7th the Broncos and Panthers will descend on Santa Clara for Super Bowl 50. For SF residents, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance
SF News Day Around The Bay: 3,000 Limo Drivers Sought To Ferry Around Super Bowl VIP's * A company is trying to hire 3,000 limo drivers for the express purpose of driving around Super Bowl 50 VIP's. The firm doing the hiring has been contracted out by
SF News Twitter Stopped Showing Ads To 'VIP' Users Say goodbye to the "verified" check-mark and say hello to the new way to tell if Twitter thinks your account is worth a damn. The social media giant, it seems,
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week As Beer Week continues, keep in mind the plentiful other activities going on — from art and theater to the reopening of Dolores Park. You know, some of this stuff would actually go pretty
SF News Pretty Much Everyone Is Suing Uber At This Point Uber has a reputation as a company disinclined to shy away from conflict — a reputation that may be well deserved. The technology giant is currently facing approximately 50 different suits in federal court,
SF News Days Numbered For Hayes Valley Days Inn? Hayes Valley's Days Inn and adjacent burger joint Double Decker on Grove Street could make way for a way bigger hotel building. The Business Times reports that the existing 47-room
Arts & Entertainment Who Was This Man With A Pet Raccoon On Telegraph Hill In The 1950's? Among the trove of historic photos SFist has been sharing from the Charles W. Cushman Collection at the Indiana University Archives, there are several that Cushman took on an afternoon stroll up Telegraph
SF News BASE Jumpers Drown After Leaping From Big Sur Bridge Tragic news out of Big Sur today as two BASE jumpers have gone missing after leaping off the iconic Bixby Creek Bridge. Both are presumed dead. In a sad twist of fate, it
SF News How Uber Knows If Your Driver Is Speeding Or Playing With Their Phone "How's my driving?" Oh please, Uber already knows. The company doesn't need for you to call a number listed on an old-fashioned bumper sticker to tell
SF News Anti-Deportation Activists Arrested After Blocking Downtown Streets #Relief4Refugees action in SF, shutting down the intersection! #StopTheRaids #Not1More pic.twitter.com/ax4uaY0oSc — Imagine 2050 (@Imagine2050) January 26, 2016 A simultaneous protest in San Francisco and Los Angeles was happening today to
SF News Man Crashes Drone Into Farmers' Market, Then Gets Mad About Being Photographed Only in SF? Here's an alternate headline: Man Surreptitiously Photographing People At Farmers' Market Suddenly Has Privacy Concerns About Being Photographed. You've got tech, farmers' markets, inconsiderate
SF News Coyotes, Possibly High On Magic Mushrooms, Attacking Cars Near Stinson Beach The sleepy beach town of Bolinas has something lively to talk about this week, as reports emerge that a coyote (or coyotes) has been attacking cars along Highway 1 in a manner so
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: If You Lose Your Clipper Card, You'll Be Stuck With One Of These I'm going to keep asking: Are you sick of the Super Bowl news yet? Well you'll have so many more chances to be sick of the Super Bowl over
SF News Uproar Begins As Supervisor Wiener Tries To Enforce Tent Ban On Homeless Postcards from SF: Our homeless camp stretching 0.8 mile, both sides of the street from 13th/Otis to 13th/San Bruno. pic.twitter.com/JIMGn7L7Fi — Violet Blue ® (@violetblue) January 22, 2016 Three
SF News [Updated] Police Nab Hit-And-Run Driver Who Allegedly Mowed Down Woman, Child In Crosswalk The San Francisco Police Department say that they have successfully apprehended the man who allegedly drove off after slamming into a woman and child as they walked in a crosswalk Monday night. According
SF News Supervisors Pen Op-Ed Slamming SF Super Bowl Deal Meanwhile, in San Francisco... pic.twitter.com/55b5XptnUB — Uel Aramchek (@ThePatanoiac) January 26, 2016 Following on last Tuesday's press conference lambasting San Francisco's Super Bowl City arrangement with the