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Yellow Cab Offers $35 Flat Fare To SFO
This is decently big news in the taxi/rideshare wars: SF's Yellow Cab is doing what New York City taxis have been doing for a couple decades and finally offering a
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Mapping The Projected 8 Foot Sea Level Rise In San Francisco
A big new package of stories about sea-level rise from SF Public Press might just scare developers straight, as it comes with this spooky map of future San Francisco and points out
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The First Blue Moon In Three Years Arrives Tonight
Point of information: The phrase "once in a blue moon" should convey something that happens not that often, but also often enough that it's not ultra-rare, like a
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Chinatown Gets Sick When Highbrow/Gross Medical Drama 'The Knick' Comes To SF
Hey, did you guys watch The Knick? The first season of the Clive-Owen-starring, Steven-Soderbergh-directed Cinemax series about how much it sucked to be in a 1900-era New York
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The Zuckerbergs Are Pregnant
Brace yourselves for the Zuckerbaby! Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook this morning to announce that his wife Priscilla is pregnant with a baby girl. Also, did you know they had one of those
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Step Inside Oakland's Illegal Dystopian Shipping Container Community, Containertopia
"It's pretty much my dream post-apocalyptic cyberpunk setup," says Luke Iseman near his 160-square-foot box home. With a camp stove and a fridge "that'
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Man Who Died At SF County Jail Was Picked Up After Suicide Threats, But Wasn't Under Suicide Watch
When the family of a man who was threatening to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge called the California Highway Patrol, they were doubtlessly trying to protect him from himself. Instead, it appears
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Beloved Teacher Missing For Two Weeks In El Dorado National Forest
44-year-old Ed Cavanaugh, a teacher in SF's Downtown High School, went missing on July 17 near a cabin where he often retreated in the deep woods of El Dorado
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SFist At The Movies: Mission Impossible, Vacation, Wet Hot American Summer
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - Everywhere These days, attempting to separate the image of Tom Cruise, loony Scientologist elder, from the image of Tom Cruise, Big Movie Star is a nearly impossible mission. But
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Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Could Pay More For Less Garbage
* Federal appeals court rejects San Francisco's lawsuit alleging that a federal agency failed to ensure enforcement of safety standards for gas pipelines, contributing to unsafe conditions and the deadly 2010 San
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Day Around The Bay: Richmond Rent Control Ordinance Stalls
* Richmond’s rent control ordinance has stalled. [Chron] * Bay Area income inequality exceeds national levels. [CBS SF] * Alameda County doesn’t want to play landlord to the Raiders and A’s anymore. [Chron]
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24-Year-Old Man Suing SFPD Over Excessive Force During Post-Dyke March Protest
There were various reports about some chaos, and police intervention, outside the old Lexington Club on Pink Saturday, after an offshoot of the planned Dyke March went rogue and decided to follow the
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The First Clip From Lifetime's 'Unauthorized Full House Story' Is Not As Awful As We Thought!
When I first saw the off-brand stunt-double looking cast of the forthcoming Lifetime movie The Unauthorized Full House Story, I was worried, but maybe a little amused by the looks of
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Acclaimed Chef Daniel Patterson Hires New Exec Chef At Coi, Will Be Stepping Back Next Year
Highly decorated local chef Daniel Patterson, who's one of only two Bay Area chefs (the other is David Kinch) to be cited for his innovations in the Modernist Cuisine tome, is
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Gay Porn Studio Adds Trans And Bio-Female Porn Stars, Controversy Erupts
A notorious local gay porn studio is set to release a gangbang porn flick with a woman and a trans woman in starring roles, but the gang’s not all on board. Treasure
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[Update] Wells Fargo At 2nd And Folsom Receives Visit From The Bomb Squad, Then The All Clear
Office workers in the SoMa area around Wells Fargo at 2nd and Folsom are Tweeting frantically as the Bomb Squad visits the area, suiting up and entering the building. Some say they'
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Classmates Of Suspected Murderer Adrian Gonzalez Speak Out, Say He Seemed 'Sweet'
The case of the assault and murder of 8-year-old Madyson Middleton is frustrating for a new reason as more friends and classmates speak out about the only suspect in the case,
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Apple Leasing Its First Major Office Space In SF
For Apple's Chief Design Officer and San Francisco resident Sir Jonathan "Jony" Ive, the bothersome chore of being chauffeured to the company's Cupertino headquarters in a Bentley
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Inmate Found Dead Tuesday Is SF County Jail's Third Fatality Of 2015
A inmate of San Francisco's County Jail was found dead Tuesday night, in what the Sheriff's Department is describing as an "apparent suicide." 50-year-old Alberto
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Video: SF Drivers Shamelessly Fail To Follow Pedestrian Right Of Way Laws
According to the website for Vision Zero SF, San Francisco's road safety policy intended to end all traffic fatalities by 2024, 41% of collisions between vehicles and pedestrians take place in
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Want To Blog For SFist? We're Hiring!
SFist is seeking a full-time blogger with solid editing skills, news instincts, and a touch of wit who can cover a range of topics, from hard news to arts and food. This
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Wiggle Cyclists Halt Traffic In (Effective?) Act Of Civil Obedience
In a widely publicized protest, the cyclist activists of "The Wigg Party" snarled traffic yesterday on their eponymous route, The Wiggle. Emphasizing their objection to the letter of the law, hundreds
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Fire Updates: Rocky Fire Grows To 8,000 Acres; Big Creek Fire Grows Near Yosemite
A wildfire to our north in Lake County that broke out Wednesday afternoon quickly spread to burn 8,000 acres of trees and brush. It's called the Rocky Fire, and the
Arts & Entertainment
Morrissey Says Security Officer At SFO Groped His Junk
Britain's greatest dour crooner Morrissey was in the Bay Area last weekend performing a Saturday show at the Event Center at San Jose State, and once again he departed here with
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Handcuffed Man Dies On Lombard Street Sidewalk Following Confrontation With SFPD
@kron4news pic.twitter.com/9vq5O9Fk7t — MAVolousONE (@MAVolousONE) July 30, 2015 A handcuffed man is dead and two San Francisco Police officers have been injured after a vehicle collision on Lombard Street took a