SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Virgin Hotels SF and Commons Club Restaurant Debut In SoMa The long-awaited Virgin Hotels San Francisco has just opened its doors at 250 Fourth Street, and in a couple of weeks it will have a rooftop bar.Tuesday marked the official opening of
SF News Gas Leak at 7th and Bryant Shuts Down Off-Ramp, Intersection A ruptured gas main near the intersection of 7th and Bryant streets, apparently caused by a construction project, prompted an emergency alert at 10 a.m. Thursday.
SF News Coast Guard Officer Found With Kill List That Included Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi A lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard who was arrested on gun and drug charges last week was found to have an arsenal in his home.
SF News Thursday Morning Links: TV Series to Feature SF Serial Killer 'The Doodler' The unidentified 1970s serial killer known as The Doodler is the subject of a TV series going into production called 'We Are Your Children.'
SF News Day Around The Bay: Oakland Teachers Are For-Sure On Strike Here's the rest of what made headlines around SF today.– The Oakland teachers strike is definitely on tomorrow. Negotiators left the bargaining table without an agreement Wednesday, and will return to try again
SF News What's Up With The Transbay Terminal Closure? An investigation and a repair process are underway at the formerly long-delayed — then surprisingly shuttered because of a steel snafu — bus terminal and rooftop park. Here's what we know for now, besides the
SF News Oakland Schools and Parents Brace for Likely Teachers Strike Thursday Contract negotiations between teachers’ union the Oakland Education Association (OEA) and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) collapsed on Monday, and it is now highly likely that city’s 3,000 teachers will
Arts & Entertainment 'Firefall' Ablaze at Yosemite This Week The not-always-annual natural phenomenon known as the "firefall" at Yosemite National Park's Horsetail Fall is happening through this weekend.
SF News UC Santa Cruz Freshman Indicted for Selling Molly and Cocaine via iOS App An app called Banana Plug has landed a UC Santa Cruz student under federal indictment for selling molly, meth, and cocaine.
SF News Some Facts About SF's Homeless Population Ahead of the 2019 Point-in-Time Census Locals and tourists alike are quick to complain about San Francisco's very visible homeless problem. But apart from pat phrases like "it's gotten so much worse," very few people can quote any hard
SF News Skinny 25-Story 'Micro Guestroom' Hotel Planned For SoMa Site San Diego-based J Street Hospitality is looking to build a 185-room, 25-story hotel on a small parcel at 36 Tehama Street.
SF News Wednesday Morning Links: Highway 37 Reopens After Flooding – Highway 37 in Novato reopened to commuter traffic in both directions this morning following a week of flooding in the roadway. Caltrans has been working to stem the tide, literally, after storm waters
SF News Day Around the Bay: Richmond Bridge Fixes Begin Here's the rest of what's happened this fine Tuesday:– Starting tonight, Caltrans is going to be replacing the expansion joint on the Richmond Bridge that was causing those chunks of concrete to fall
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 24 Best Sushi Places In San Francisco, a Definitive List While for decades it was a cliché to hear recent émigrés from the East Coast bemoaning San Francisco’s lack of decent pizza or bagels — both of which have arrived in recent years,
SF News Is the Bay Area Becoming a 21-County 'Megaregion'? The pursuit of affordable living has turned the Bay Area into a “vast, 21-county megaregion” where commuters are driving longer and longer hours.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Barack Obama, John Legend, and Steph Curry Ate Dinner At Michael Mina and Ayesha Curry's International Smoke Monday Night Former President Barack Obama was in San Francisco last night, and where did he choose to dine in a city full of world-class dining options? Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina's downtown barbecue restaurant
SF News What’d We Miss?: A Brief Recap of the Year SFist Slept Through It seems weird just to pick up where we left off without acknowledging what went down in San Francisco during SFist's 15-and-a-half-month coma.
Arts & Entertainment Pixar Drops Adorable Short 'Kitbull' Set In The Mission Disney-Pixar and animator/director Rosana Sullivan just released a new 2D animated short, and it's all about a kitten and a dog who become friends.The heart-warming, tear-jerking tale, part of Disney-Pixar's SparkShorts
SF News The SF-to-LA High-Speed Rail May Not Actually Happen In Our Lifetimes A 23-year-old plan to build a high-speed rail connecting Northern and Southern California appears to maybe, possibly, finally be dead. After years of lawsuits over its route and partisan bickering over how to
Bay Area Sports Giants Manager Bruce Bochy to Retire at End of Season Shocking news from San Francisco Giants spring training in Scottsdale, Arizona, as manager Bruce Bochy announced Monday morning that he will retire at the end of the 2019 MLB season according to the
SF News Tahoe Commute Became a Nightmare After Sierra Gets Record February Snow Those who braved the President's Day weekend trek up to Lake Tahoe faced 14-hour drives and worse after major snowfall, but there was some epic skiing in store for those who finally made
SF News Tuesday Morning Links: Snow Moon, Bernie's Running, Panhandle Fire Good morning, San Francisco. Here are some headlines to start the day.– February's "supermoon" was extra bright over the Bay Monday night, and peaked early this morning. It's called a "snow moon" because
SF News SFist Awakens: A Note From the Editor Jay here.It’s not every day that we get to bring back the dead, but today that’s happening for SFist. And it’s not every day that I get to help
Arts & Entertainment Panic Ensues During 'Hamilton' Performance After Medical Emergency Is Mistaken for Active Shooter A Friday night performance of the musical Hamilton at SHN's Orpheum Theater descended into chaos during the second act when a medical emergency in the audience created a mass panic. As CBS San
SF news San Francisco Reaches Deal to Stop Evictions at Mid-Market Street Building A tentative settlement agreement has been reached between the owners of a building at 1049 Market Street and the city in a dispute that has been in the news for over five years,
