Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Has A Sheriff’s Deputy Who’s Also A Drag Queen, WooWoo Monroe Here’s a new twist on the “cops at Pride” debate — the San Francisco Sheriff's Department has a deputy who moonlights as one of San Jose’s most prominent drag queens, WooWoo Monroe.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Quince Team Opens Salon and Private Event Space In Former Cookhouse In North Beach As Michelin three-star Quince prepares to reopen this summer and celebrate its 20th birthday, owners Lindsay and Michael Tusk have announced the opening of their new private event space and test kitchen upstairs from Vesuvio in North Beach.
SF Politics Saying the High Court 'Misinterpreted the Constitution,' Biden Pledges to Use Other Means to Provide Student Debt Relief California leaders were among those on Friday decrying the Supreme Court's ruling that does away with the Biden administration's intent to forgive portions of borrowers' student loan debts across the nation. But now, Biden says they will use the Higher Education Act to do something similar.
SF Politics DA Jenkins’s Drug Treatment Effort Not Really Working, Because No One’s Showing Up For Court It’s hardly encouraging that DA Brooke Jenkins's ten-month-old push to get low-level drug arrestees into treatment has only yielded three attempts to get people into treatment. It’s even less encouraging that none of them have shown up for their court dates.
SF News City Hall Hits the Brakes On New Pot Dispensary In What Used to Be a Lutheran Church A cannabis dispensary chain wants to start selling weed in what used to be Saint Paulus Lutheran Church at Polk and Sacramento Streets. But the SF Planning Commission refused to grant them a permit Thursday, over concerns they are “Big Canna” formula retail.
SF News One Arrest Made, Group of Deplorable Teens Still Being Sought In 11 Violent Robberies In Noe Valley and NoPa San Francisco police say a group of juveniles has been implicated in nearly a dozen robberies, often targeting women on the street, in Noe Valley and NoPa.
SF News UC Berkeley Field Biologist Found Murdered In Mexico An ecologist and field biologist who was in graduate school at UC Berkeley was found dead last week in the Mexican state of Sonora, killed in his car in what sounds like a cartel-style hit while he was out collecting plants.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Supreme Court Nixes Biden's Student Debt Relief, Sides With Anti-Gay Web Designer The Supreme Court's conservative majority issued two more crappy decisions that pleased Republicans; United's fiasco continues causing cancellations and stranded passengers at SFO; and Apple just bought an office building on the cheap in Cupertino.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pier 39 Sea Lions Are Getting An Educational Center To Teach Us More About Them Your Golden Gate Bridge toll is going up July 1, the Petaluma “Influencer Mom” was sentenced to three months jail time for her kidnapping hoax, and the Marine Mammal Center is putting an educational pop-up about the sea lions at Pier 39.
Arts & Entertainment New Indoor Pickleball Courts Set to Open at the Palace of Fine Arts In Two Weeks Some new pickleball courts have been fashioned out of a space at the Palace of Fine Arts that appears to be the former Exploratorium museum, and they'll be available for reservations soon to quench the city's high demand among pickleball enthusiasts.
SF News Affordable Housing Complex at Blighted Former Haight Street McDonald’s Site Finally Breaks Ground It’s a new beginning for what was once, arguably, the sketchiest McDonald’s in San Francisco, as they just broke ground on what will be a gorgeous 160-unit affordable housing complex on that long-vacant site.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Locanda Chef Anthony Strong Launches Dinner Service at Pasta Supply Co. In the Richmond With a concise menu of fresh pastas, salads, and a few other items, Pasta Supply Co. is now doing dinner service, with a somewhat unique service model that is neither traditional sit-down nor fast-casual.
SF Politics Retired Chronicle Columnist Says Feinstein Is a Democratic Hero For Sticking Around There's been talk since Feinstein's health-related absence from the Senate that even if she were to retire, Republicans would likely block Democrats' ability to replace her on the Judiciary Committee. And retired Chronicle columnist Andrew Ross agrees, and says she should be hailed as a hero.
Sponsored Escape Reality With RuPaul's Drag Race Werq The World Tour in SF RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the World Tour continues to dazzle and delight fans as it makes its way through North America, and now it's San Francisco's turn to experience the magic and mayhem of the world's largest drag production on July 19th at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
SF News Affirmative Action Decision at Supreme Court Will Likely Mean Less Diversity at California's Private Universities After the conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled today that race-conscious admissions policies are unconstitutional, the repercussions in higher education are likely to be felt most acutely at the most in-demand and prestigious universities.
SF Politics Giant Christian Cross Removed From Albany Hill Park, Lawsuit Will Decide Whether It Returns A 52-year-old, 28-foot cross that was lit up for Easter and Christmas at Albany Hill Park has been removed by the City of Albany because it promotes one religion over others, and to boot, its electrical writing may pose a fire risk.
SF News Governor Newsom Doubling the Number of State Officers Deployed in SF Fentanyl Crackdown Governor Gavin Newsom is doubling the number of Highway Patrol and California National Guard officers in his ballyhooed fentanyl crackdown in SF, and saying that this isn't "the old, failed war on drugs."
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Women Targeted For Robberies In Noe Valley Women walking with cellphones and kids are reportedly being targeted for robberies in Noe Valley; a former Google exec is running for Feinstein's Senate seat; and the Supreme Court has, predictably, struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ Isn't Having Google's Excuses About Pride Party Snub SF drag star Peaches Christ is calling out Google for appearing to kowtow to conservatives and tone down their presence at an employee Pride event this year and pretend that the employees had gone rogue.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF DA Not Filing Charges In Shooting By Powell BART There was a small house fire this afternoon in the Lower Haight; SF DA Brooke Jenkins says there is not enough evidence for a murder charge in the shooting near Powell BART; and the Oakland Police Commission remains a bit of a mess.
SF News The Stud’s Former Home Hit With Pride Weekend Graffiti Again, But Vandals Also Trashed Four Cars What’s become a Pride Weekend tradition returned with the annual tagging of the former Stud, but this weekend’s taggery spready to a half-dozen adjacent buildings, and four cars were thoroughly vandalized.
SF News More City Hall Housing Drama As Supes Approve 19-Unit Castro Conversion, But Shoot Down 10-Unit Nob Hill Project Two controversial housing projects that have taken many incarnations over the years had appeals before the supervisors Tuesday, and the SF Board of Supervisors approved a 19-unit Castro conversion, but denied a 10-unit Nob Hill conversion.
Arts & Entertainment Madonna Tour On Hold As Singer Recovers From Serious Health Scare Madonna's much-hyped Celebration Tour, which was set to kick off in two weeks in Vancouver, is on indefinite pause after she reportedly suffered a serious bacterial infection and was found unresponsive in her New York City home over the weekend.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dalida, a New Eastern Mediterranean Restaurant From Noosh Chefs, Debuts Friday In the Presidio Coming this weekend to the Presidio is a brand new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant from the talented opening chefs behind Noosh and the Mission District pop-up Istanbul Modern, and it's called Dalida.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Downtown Business Goes Down: Farewell, HRD Coffee Shop A longtime SFist favorite and a stalwart on Third Street that's been there since the 1950s, HRD Coffee Shop, is closing up shop, and the owner says it's because he didn't get enough help from his landlord or the city.
