Arts & Entertainment Stephen Parr, Archivist Of The Film World's Oddest Artifacts, Dies At 63 Film mavens and filmmakers in San Francisco have long known about the marvelous, lovingly curated series known under the names "Strange Sinema," "Cinema Soiree" and others in which Oddball Films and SF Media
SF News Burning Man Group Lends Shipping Container Dorms To House Fire Victims In Santa Rosa The group Burners Without Borders, along with the Burning Man camp called Camp Epic, are launching something in Santa Rosa called Oasis Village, on land that's being offered by a local businessman. The
SF News Saturday Links: Three More Bay Bridge Piers Implode Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Remember the Exotic Erotic Ball? [SFist] SF's Westfield mall
misc 5 Things That Will Make You Fall Even More In Love With Wine These accessories are seriously awesome—and up to 72% off. These days, you need more than just a bottle of Two Buck Chuck you opened with a fork to impress your friends — but
SF News Day Around The Bay: LED Flower Things Sprout In Jane Warner Plaza The LED art installation above, called The Seeds by the group Aphidoidea, are getting their official first lighting tonight. [Hoodline] The SF DA's office announced they won’t be charging four more SFPD
SF News Security Camera Installation Begins At Dolores Park We heard the news earlier this month — San Francisco would be installing security cameras in Dolores Park, the popular Mission District hangout that's seen a recent wave of violence. And it appears that
Arts & Entertainment The Rise and Fall of the Exotic Erotic Ball (1979-2010) There was once a time when the hottest, most coveted golden ticket to a Halloween party in San Francisco was to something called the Exotic Erotic Ball, a combination of swinger party, fetish
SF News Take A Video Tour Of Muni's Newest Trolley Buses What's got 60 feet and no gas? Muni's new trolley buses, one of which hit the streets of San Francisco this week. This is according to the SFMTA, which on their MovingSF blog
SF News Twitter Apparently Pitched Russian Media Outlet RT On Spending Millions In Ads Last Year Twitter’s multi-million dollar US election pitch to RT revealed in FULL https://t.co/flh9GLg4f0 pic.twitter.com/ZKOntGvTat— RT (@RT_com) October 27, 2017 Pushing back against Twitter, which announced this
SF News Bartender At Popular Oakland Restaurant Allegedly Beats Homeless Man To Death With Bat A bartender an an upscale Oakland restaurant is behind bars today, after witnesses say they watched him beat a homeless man to death outside his place of business. The alleged homicide happened outside
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sorry, Castro, Hamburger Mary's Is Probably Never Opening In the long LOOOOONG saga of the former Patio Cafe property at 531 Castro, another year is winding down, more vague promises have been lobbed by landlord Les Natali, and the place remains
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Oakland Cops Get Back On The Horse "What’s Going On With All These Tesla Firings?" asks [Slate] Density bonus possibility means Valencia development could stand 65 feet. [SocketSite] Looking at the race to repair the Oroville spillway. [SF Mag]
SF News UC Berkeley Paper Apologizes, Retracts Anti-Semitic Cartoon A satirical cartoon of recent UC Berkeley campus speaker, the attorney Alan Dershowitz, that many saw as having anti-Semitic overtones has been retracted by the Daily Californian, and the editor of the student-run
SF News 'I Thought It Would Be Pretty Safe,' Says Federal Ranger Whose Gun Was Stolen And Used In Steinle Killing In testimony on Day Four of the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate for the July 2015 murder of Kate Steinle, Bureau of Land Management Ranger John Woychowski described how he had secured
SF News Masked Man Robs Museum-Goers At Gunpoint Shots rang out in Golden Gate Park Thursday night, when a robber accosted two people as they left an event at an area museum. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the mugging
SF News President Trump Lashes Back At Local Billionaire Tom Steyer's Impeachment Campaign President Trump is lashing back at yet another critic via an early morning tweet today, and this time it's billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who is dropping upwards of $10 million on a national
Arts & Entertainment 'Suburbicon' Is A Mid-Century Modern Misfire I've followed George Clooney's career as director with guarded interest because his choice of material is always intriguing. He has a penchant for period dramas, often based on or inspired by real-life events,
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Teen Pretends To Be Cop, Pulls Over Drivers Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Is Facebook the scapegoat for people who don't bother
misc These 6 Desk Toys And Accessories Will Make Your Workday Better Goodies ranging from magnetic space putty to an under-desk headphones mount. Ever had a workday that feels like it's been ripped straight out of Office Space? If a stapler is the most exciting
SF News Day Around The Bay: Another Week, Another Uber Lawsuit A new lawsuit is accusing Uber of compensating women less than male counterparts. [Ars Technica] Uber launches multi-stop trips in the U.S. and Canada. [VentureBeat] Man has backpack stolen in SF, then
Arts & Entertainment The 13 Spookiest Halloween Windows & Storefronts In SF Good eeeeeveninnnng . With the spectre of Halloween weekend now upon us, storefronts across town are chasing your party and costume dolla with revolting retail window displays of fiendish proportions. As we’ve done
SF News Op-Ed: Facebook Wouldn't Be As Big Of A Problem For The News If People Actually Clicked And Read Stories The ongoing villainizing of Facebook for its role as a disseminator of fake news and Russian-fed propaganda in the 2016 election necessarily leads to a discussion of another very significant villain: the laziness
SF News The Most Dangerous SF Intersection For Pedestrians? Fifth And Market A new study from a potentially self-interested source (a personal injury law firm) has found that SF's most dangerous intersection for pedestrians is Fifth and Market Street, at least when looking at the
SF News Walgreens Announces Plans To Shutter 600 Stores, Likely Including Some In SF Following their deal to acquire a portion of Rite Aid's store inventory, Walgreens announced this week that it plans to shutter 600 stores, most of them under the Rite Aid brand, but including
Arts & Entertainment Behold: The Social Network Tarots Forget the Hermit and the Three of Cups. You can get your tarot cards read with far more contemporary symbols of joy and dread: The Social Network Tarots. This appears, for now, just
