The cellphone video above that we showed you on Monday via reporter Chaédria LaBouvier has now prompted a wave of media coverage and an incident review by the SFPD and SFFD. Both departments
Look at that grin! That's the terrifying mouth of a pacu, an omnivorous South American freshwater fish that's a cousin to the infamous piranha. And like their relative, they&
"Big fu**in News!" writes Elbo Room bar co-owner Matt Shapiro in a rosy Facebook post flagged by Capp Street Crapp."Elbo Room's lease is extended til
When software engineer Rob Rhinehart wrote a blog post on the lengths he'd go to live "less wastefully", many corners of the internet reacted with anger, dismay, and concern
After 24 years at what was once an under-populated, pre-Web 1.0, media-saturated corner of the Mission/Potrero border, The Slow Club is calling it quits this fall to make
* [Google]'s made a wifi router [Associated Press] [Wired], but they won't be making a do-it-yourself smartphone [SF Chronicle]. * Former SF Chronicle president Joanne Bradford has had a
For the “coolest experience” in Las Vegas, make an expedition to Minus 5° Ice Bar. Located within the Shoppes at Mandalay Place, everything except for the floor and the ceiling is made out
See and be seen at these select San Francisco shows, parties, and events. You know, because you can't read the Internet all the time. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 BOOK LAUNCH: "Adam
* Is California having an earthquake "swarm"? (Probably not.) [Wired] * Yesterday’s quake damaged water mains across the East Bay. [SF Appeal] * San Jose police have issued a message to the third
For those about to gorge themselves at one or all of the three Grand Tastings from Eat Drink SF this weekend, we salute you. In its second year at Fort Mason and under
You'll recall how last year BART canceled that contract they had with a wi-fi service provider after five spotty years of service that drew thousands of complaints. Well, commuters and
With a dramatic website launch and video flourish featuring chefs from Craftsman and Wolves and Uno Dos Tacos (not pictured: fat checks), Uber announced its entry into SF' s crowded food space,
Two people were killed and one injured in a January 27 drive-by shooting, and seven months later that double-homicide has yet to be solved. One of the victims in the shooting,
![[Updated] Fire In Outer Sunset Closes Riptide Bar, Disrupts Muni Service](https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/08/riptide-thumb-640xauto-908087.jpeg)
Photo via SF Firefighters 798/Twitter A fire that broke out on Taraval between 46th and 47th Avenues this morning at 10:15 a.m. has grown to two alarms, and firefighters are
"We've seen an absolute explosion of auto break-ins," said San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, adding that "[t]here are areas in my
Folsom Street Events enlisted the talents of Aron Kantor the same filmmaker who made this awesome, Almodovar-inspired promo film for the Hard French Winter Ball a couple years back to make a
Sea creatures have been abundant — and their behavior strange — along the shores of Northern California, leading some experts to speculate that a particularly strong El Niño could be the impetus. KRON4 reports in
No sooner had I sang the praises of Aaron London's first solo restaurant AL's Place in the Mission, Bon Appétit's Andrew Knowlton has just bestowed the big
The national news has, per usual, been making it sound to most of the country like all of California is on fire, and between the 4,000 convicted felons now fighting the fires
* [Uptown Almanac] tracked a Dolores Park ranger to see what it is they're fighting for. * Citing the case of a landlord who went the extra mile to kick out a martial
* The IRS is inching closer to possibly taxing workers for free meals provided, on-site, by their companies, just as they’ve been threatening to do for a while. [Business Times] * More on
In the realm of laziness that brought us on-demand dinner businesses like Munchery and Sprig, SF-based Kitchit has occupied a more expensive realm that allowed people to bring private chefs to
In what SFGate calls an "unusual odyssey out of homelessness," a couple from Los Angeles has, in the words of that blog, "hacked" housing and travel with an RV
Another week, another horror story about the sharing economy making a victim out of someone somewhere in the world. This time it's the story of 19-year-old Jacob Lopez who
While Gotham gets Batman and Metropolis has Superman, at long last San Francisco has a hunky crusader to call its own. That's Mr. Sunblock, whose archenemy is harmful ultraviolet radiation. Okay,
