SF News Apple Exec and ACLU Are Suing Homeland Security Over An SFO Search Prominent privacy advocate and Apple executive Andreas Gal has teamed up with the ACLU on a lawsuit against the federal government concerning invasive practices by Customs and Border Patrol.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Rooftop Bar Everdene Opens Tonight At Virgin's New SoMa Hotel The new Virgin Hotels San Francisco opened in February, and tonight, April 3, is the debut of its swanky new rooftop bar — chilly weather be damned.
SF News Another Week, Another Castro Retail Closure: IXIA 'Tis the season, I guess, for retail turnover in the Castro, and now Hoodline brings word that the next to go is beloved, stick-obsessed floral designer IXIA.
Bay Area Sports Amid Mounting Techs, Fines, and Ejections, Warriors' Quest For a Three-Peat Uncertain After fines were handed out to Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Draymond Green, one would have thought that the Warriors would lay off the referees for a while. Well, that was definitely not the case on Tuesday night.
SF News Elizabeth Holmes Spotted Looking 'Happy' In The Marina, Recognized By Her Voice Disgraced local biotech whiz kid and accused fraudster Elizabeth Holmes came throatily back into the news with that HBO doc, and now Inside Edition is chasing her around SF.
SF News Judge In Ghost Ship Trial Says Defense Can't Say 'Scapegoat' During Opening Arguments The judge in the Ghost Ship trial has ruled that photos of victims' remains will not be used by prosecutors, and she is considering whether Mayor Libby Schaaf can be called to the stand.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Dixon Families Mourn Teen Boys Who Died Saving Dog Muni drivers who sleep in their cars between shifts are fighting for higher pay, BART's police chief is stepping down after less than two years, and Outside Lands has had its 10-year permit approved.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Atmospheric River Will Dampen Giants' Home Opener A 14-year-old girl struck by a car near Lake Merced last month has succumbed to her injuries, the Full House house is going back on the market, and there was another fatal domestic incident in Pittsburg.
Arts & Entertainment New LEGO Take On SF's Skyline Makes Salesforce Tower Look Especially Sex Toy-Esque LEGO's sort-of-for-adults architecture series has released an updated San Francisco skyline building kit, and not only does the TransAmerica Pyramid not look quite like itself, but Salesforce Tower is looking even more dildo-ish than in real life.
Arts & Entertainment Museum of 3D Illusions Provides Wharf-Adjacent Instagram Pitstop The newest in SF's array of ticketed Instagram traps is the Museum of 3D Illusions, which is not a museum so much as a series of painted backdrops, but you should be used to these things by now.
Bay Area Sports Here Are the Possible First-Round Playoff Matchups for the Dubs All eight of the Western Conference playoff spots are locked in, as the NBA's 2018-'19 regular season nears its finale, and it's time to predict what the Dubs will be up against.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin-Starred Aster Closes On Guerrero; Guamanian Spot Prubechu Set To Open The Daniel Patterson-owned, Brett Cooper-helmed, Michelin-starred Mission spot Aster served its last dinner on Saturday after Cooper's previously announced departure for Southern California.
SF News Flintstone's House Is Not Florence Fang's Primary Residence, But It Is Her 'Happy Place,' Says Attorney While her client fights for her right to be kooky in her lawn decoration choices on property that she owns, Florence Fang's attorney Angela Alioto gives us a closer look the Flintstone's House in Hillsborough.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trump’s Border Closure Could Leave Us Out of Avocados Within Three Weeks Hold on to your avocados — and all produce, plus any semblance of a stable U.S. manufacturing sector — because Trump’s proposed closure of the Mexican border threatens economic chaos.
SF News Ghost Ship Fire Trial Kicks Off, May Last Up To 18 Weeks The two defendants in the manslaughter case stemming from the December 2016 Ghost Ship fire in Oakland are finally facing trial over two years later, and families of the 36 victims are expected to attend.
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Breed Willing To Compromise On Navigation Center Two teens died in Dixon in an accidental electrocution in a field, Breed says she'd consider fewer beds at the proposed Embarcadero shelter, and a downtown developer is backing out of a grocery store promise.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Berkeley Engineer Charged In Poisoning Case The person who died in the early Sunday crash on Cesar Chavez was a 31-year-old woman, CVS is closing two more SF stores, and a Southwest flight out of Oakland had to make an emergency landing.
Arts & Entertainment Playwright Mfoniso Udofia Explores A Unique Immigrant Family Saga In Her 9-Play 'Ufot Cycle' Acclaimed playwright Mfoniso Udofia did not set out to write plays, let alone to write an ambitious nine-play cycle that spans decades and chronicles multiple generations of a single family.
SF News Highways 50 and 89 Shut Down Due To Avalanches Near Lake Tahoe The massive amounts of snow in the Sierra have once again shut down two main routes in and out of the Tahoe Basin. And the road closures mean traffic headaches for spring breakers who might be trying to reach the area Monday.
SF News Homeless Advocates, NIMBY Neighbors Launch Dueling GoFundMe Campaigns Over Embarcadero Shelter Neighbors in the Rincon Hill / East Cut environs are going toe-to-toe with the Mayor and Coalition on Homelessness over a proposed new Homeless Navigation Center near the intersection of Embarcadero and Bryant, underneath the Bay Bridge.
SF News Victim In Roller Disco Sword Attack In Critical Condition After Hand Was Partially Severed A few more details have emerged in the Friday night sword attack outside the Church of 8 Wheels roller disco at Fillmore and Oak, and the victim was or is apparently in life-threatening condition.
Bay Area Sports Meet The Giants' Official Opening Day 25-Man Roster Now that the regular season has officially begun, and Bruce Bochy has set his initial 25-man roster, let's take a look at the players donning the orange and black.
SF News Three-Alarm Fire Guts Warehouse In East Oakland A fire that began on the street in East Oakland around 8:15 a.m. Monday grew to three alarms and spread to the American Emperor construction supply warehouse, sending up a huge plume of smoke over the city.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Tinkers With Ticketing to Crack Down on Luxury “Turnkey” Camps Ticket registration begins this week, and luxury campers like Paris Hilton and Leo DiCaprio will have to wait in the online queue like everybody else.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg Is Now Welcoming Congress To Regulate Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest masterstroke is to shift blame for all the election meddling and harmful content on the internet onto the government, rather than on Facebook.
