Supervisor Jane Kim today announced two future ballot measures that aim to increase both the hotel tax and taxes on certain real estate transfers. The hotel tax measure, which would be voted on
A Berkeley wine store is being sued by a group of customers for running some sort of wine pyramid scheme. The store, Premier Cru, apparently accepted wine orders totaling $5 million from overseas
Apartment Sadness arrives early this week! Sort of... This is less an apartment than it is a decrepit shack that may be a plywood-walled, converted garage. As part of a stunt of
The Last Dragon is the last of a lot of things. In 1985, Michael Shultz' film starring martial artist Taimak and Prince protégé Vanity was a late-entry into both the kung
Fans of popular Hayes Valley Greek-inspired wrap spot Souvla should be glad to know that it's getting a second location, this time on Divisadero, in just the latest of a
Because you should probably get off the internet and off Candy Crush at some point, and you will need to do something besides holiday parties this week. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 TIKI BIRTHDAY: Venerable
After a long day struggling to make rent at a (less than fulfilling) job, there's nothing quite like a little R&R to help overworked Bay Area denizens relax. While
Reports of the death of the Elbo Room were greatly exaggerated! We ourselves spoke too soon — we just didn't want to drag it out, to get hurt more. But there'
Salesforce CEO and billionaire philanthropist Marc Benioff isn't showing a lot of charity to privately funded startups valued at $1 billion or more before being taken public, a group colloquially named
Five days after the fatal shooting of a stabbing suspect by five San Francisco Police Department officers was caught on video, SF Mayor Ed Lee has released a statement on the death that
Private shuttle service Chariot is a transportation alternative for everyone (they promise!), and they're launching new routes this week (well, maybe) to prove it. In what is perhaps best read as
Valencia Street wants for little in terms of tasty treats, but who can say no to Smitten's flash-frozen ice cream? It's actually churned with liquid nitrogen before your
Full of joy with little Max. Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Mark Zuckerberg, currently on paternity leave after the birth of his firstborn daughter last week, Max, posted the
Don't date yourselves, but for those who went to high school or college in mid- to late 1990s in the US, you likely endured a lot of Dave Matthews either blaring
A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday, after he allegedly stabbed a 58-year-old woman in the neck as she sat in her wheelchair. According to the San Francisco Police Department,
Twitter time is out of joint. A number of users have been selected to test a new feature, which some already consider a bug, finding their precious tweets presented according to an algorithmic
Passengers on a plane traveling from San Francisco to to Paris took an unexpected side trip to Canada Monday, after an unspecified anonymous threat caused the flight to be diverted. Air France flight
The latest effort to make Muni suck just a little less has, surprise surprise, run into delays. A software bug has prevented Muni from safely implementing its planned program of double berthing at
Echoing some of the back-and-forth that happened leading up to the 2013 America's Cup, several of SF's Board of Supervisors are continuing to voice concerns about how
* Not your usual type of vandal, this tagger wants to warn passers-by of the alleged crimes within. [SFist] * Google's search results appear to favor Democrats, here's why. [Slate]
With the holiday season knocking at your door, what better gift than a new mattress? It's something we all need, and newcomer Casper is here to provide an entirely new mattress
* A $99 million budget deficit is projected for next year as city employee pension costs surpass predictions. [Chronicle] * How Stephen Curry disrupted basketball as we know it. [SB Nation] * In other Curry news,
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr once called equipping his officers with Tasers a "moral obligation." That was in 2012, and at the hands of the Supervisors Public Safety Committee he
Safeway was hit with a huge fine today, as a federal judge ordered the company to pay customers $42 million after overcharging them for years. From 2006 to 2011 the Pleasanton-based company
Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California, which is part of the SF-based, mostly Catholic Dignity Health network, has come under fire from the ACLU of Northern California after refusing to perform tubal
