Uber has just rolled out a new feature for its black-car service: Quiet Mode. Without having to say so or be passive-aggressively terse, this new option will let your driver know you'd like to ride in silence, thanks.
Comedian Ali Wong stars in an upcoming Netflix movie that did some of its exterior shooting in San Francisco, all about a jilted, newly single celebrity chef who rekindles a romance with a childhood friend.
In a game that will likely be remembered as being steeped in controversy, the San Jose Sharks prevailed 5-4, in overtime against the St. Louis Blues, to take a 2-1 series lead.
Sen. Scott Wiener's contentious Senate Bill 50, which is aimed at forcing denser zoning in larger California cities in neighborhoods near transit hubs, is now dead for the time being.
Willkommen, the beer hall at Sanchez and Market from Black Hammer Brewing, is finally open and pouring beer, and it's celebrating a grand opening on Friday evening, May 17.
A Sonoma couple learned the hard way that Airbnb's $1 million “Host Guarantee” is not exactly a guarantee, or at least not a quick one.
The case of convicted Chinatown mob boss Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow dominated news headlines during his 2015 federal racketeering trial in San Francisco. And now a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Chow's latest appeal.
The Rolling Stones are restarting their North American tour after Mick Jagger's health forced a postponement announcement in March.
The San Francisco Giants called up one of their top pitching prospects, Shaun Anderson, from Triple-A Sacramento, to start Wednesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, and he helped bring the team a 4-3 win.
The FBI has stepped in after a string of six shootings this week, some likely connected, in Richmond; and SFPD Chief Bill Scott defended the raid on freelance journalist Bryan Carmody's home in front of the Police Commission.
Juul is trying to go the ballot-measure route to keep vape pens legal in SF, the city just bought a former McDonald's site on Bryant, and PG&E has officially been blamed for the Camp Fire by the state.
May 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous street battle between local law enforcement and unarmed UC Berkeley students over People's Park which left one man dead and over 100 people injured.
The White House is signaling to white nationalists that it wants to protect their free speech rights by refusing to sign on with multiple Western governments to a non-binding pledge to stem the tide of extremist content.
The upcoming, three-episode season of Black Mirror, its fifth overall, turns its dystopian lens on augmented reality technology, Alexa-esque home assistant devices, and somehow Miley Cyrus is involved as a Hannah Montana-like pop-singer alter-ego?
For everyone who doesn't get the memo about how slow and annoying it will be to drive to the new Chase Center for events — and how impossible it will be to park close by — a brigade of new parking control officers is being hired to make their lives more difficult.
A new City Hall office will aspire to root out racial bias in hiring and the delivery of city services.
A sculpture of a robot-like female Buddha called Tara Mechani, by artist Dana Albany, will soon take the spot being vacated by that cube tree sculpture in Hayes Valley.
On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors were sensational in their dominant victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Behind another stellar shooting performance from two-time MVP Stephen Curry, the Dubs handled the Blazers 116-94.
City College may have been overpaying faculty, a proposed law to double affordable housing fees paid by office developers, and Facebook changes live-streaming rules.
BART is delaying the full rollout of the new train cars by a full year, the Board of Supes just made SF the first city to ban facial recognition technology, and the new Warriors arena has a lot of jobs to fill.
The day-by-day lineups have dropped for Outside Lands 2019, and 21 Pilots will be the Friday headliner, with Childish Gambino headlining Saturday.
The depressing "shut-in economy" that's fueled a boom in app-based delivery services for everything from your laundry to bottles of booze has put a noticeable squeeze on SF's already squeezed restaurants.
A literal shack on Potrero Hill has joined the annals of ridiculous real estate listings that make for great sensational news headlines. And yes, it's an obvious tear-down.
Concerned citizens of Dolores Park-adjacent neighborhoods consider an extra tax on themselves to maintain the oft-trashed park, but that idea pains some Dolores residents.
In short, the Dubs will have to go at least another game without their playoff stud Durant, due to the strained right calf he sustained in Game 5 of the semifinals against the Houston Rockets.
