SF News Haunting New Drone Footage Reveals Destruction Left In Wake Of Tubbs Fire Though drones have been banned from flying over Santa Rosa's Coffey Park for the past week or so, CBS 5 managed to get some authorized flight time in and captured some haunting footage
SF News #MeToo Campaign Highlights The Widespread Commonality Of Sexual Harassment On Twitter over the weekend, women began sharing stories of sexual harassment and assault using the hashtag #MeToo in an effort to illustrate the magnitude and commonplaceness of the problem across many corners
SF News Huge Security Flaw Means Nearly Every WiFi Device In The World Is Vulnerable To Hijacking, Eavesdropping A security researcher has determined that nearly every WiFi device in the world — your phone, your computer, your router, and on and on — has a flaw in their security protocol that makes them
SF News Fight Against Deadly NorCal Fires 'Turning A Corner' #TubbsFire [update] Calistoga & Santa Rosa (Napa/Sonoma Co) is at 36,390 acres and 70% contained. #CentralLNUComplex https://t.co/5OVEfaseWy pic.twitter.com/YlYfNxHGyD— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) October 16, 2017
SF News Firefighter Dies Helping To Keep Fire Away From Famed Mondavi Winery As the Nuns Fire edges closer to one of Napa's most iconic wineries, a firefighter has lost his life in the process of trying to keep the fire at bay. The fireman's vehicle,
Arts & Entertainment You Can Now Stream Over 30,000 Movies For Free With Your SF Public Library Card The streaming service Kanopy has been steadily teaming up with libraries across the country—including in NYC and Los Angeles—to bring a massive movie selection to cardholders, for no additional charges. Today,
SF News Monday Morning Linkdump: Is Bike Sharing 'The Next Uber'? Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Your weekend ICYMI: Jack Dorsey apologized yet again for
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Arts & Entertainment Jack Dorsey Is Sorry Twitter Is So Terrible This year, says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, harassment and abuse was the company's "top priority" and they've "made a lot of progress." This was part of a mini tweet storm Friday that Dorsey
SF News Fire Death Toll Hits 40 As Containment Levels Rise There are still 17 fires burning across Northern California, but containment is now looking closer to becoming a reality for the largest of the fires in Napa and Sonoma County. Meanwhile the death
SF News Sunday Links: Law Firm With Anti-Trump Sign Faces Backlash All iPhones could have Face ID next year. [CNet] [Wired] argues that "Uber and Lyft Haven't Revolutionized the American City—Yet." Development at 9th Street parcel could rise as high as 55 feet.
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SF News New Evacuations Ordered In Santa Rosa And Sonoma As Senators Feinstein And Harris Arrive For Community Meeting The fires burn on to our north, and as of late Friday the death toll was revised up to 35 with the addition of two elderly men found in a home in Napa,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Guy Fieri Feeds Wildfire Survivors, Foxsister Opens On 24th The impact of the wildfires making their way across Northern California can be felt across multiple industries, not the least of which being food. As we mentioned earlier this week, the Michelin Guide
SF News Body Of Las Vegas Shooter Sent To Stanford For Brain Analysis The body of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock is in the Bay Area after the local coroner has completed his own autopsy. As the Associated Press reports, the remains of the 64-year-old
SF News Saturday Links: Uber Announces Delays For Mission Bay Headquarters Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Jay takes in some Imaginary Comforts. [SFist] [Fast Company]
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SF News Day Around The Bay: Deaths Of Two Napa Men Bring Fire Toll To 35 Fire news: Two elderly men have been identified as the third and fourth victims of the Atlas Fire in Napa County, 89-year-old Dr. George Chaney and a 79-year-old man believed to be Edward
Arts & Entertainment 'Imaginary Comforts' At Berkeley Rep Delights In The Stories We Tell To Comfort (And Scare) Ourselves Writer Daniel Handler, best known for his children's books under the nom de plume Lemony Snicket, was scribbling ideas after the death of his father, ideas and characters that would ultimately coalesce into
SF News The 13 Worst Wildfires In California History The grim comparisons continue to be made to fires of yesteryear, and as the death toll continues to rise in Northern California's staggeringly devastating swarm of October wildfires, it's eye-opening to understand especially
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New 'Diet Avocado' Claims To Have 30% Less Fat Than A Regular Avocado As improbable as it seems, someone has gone and invented a "diet avocado," which contains 30% less fat than your regular, run-of-the-mill, mortgage-payment-consuming avocado. According to Grub Street, the diet-vocados come from a
Arts & Entertainment Russians Apparently Also Used Pokemon Go To Create Division, Promote Black Lives Matter Well, this is insane. In addition to creating fake Facebook and Twitter accounts, creating events, and buying Facebook ads to sow division and influence the 2016 election, Russian agents apparently also created a
SF News Homes Of Former SF Mayor, Peanuts Creator Destroyed In Tubbs Fire Frank Jordan, former #SF mayor, loses his home to Sonoma County fire. https://t.co/exEP2MndpT pic.twitter.com/WDu6trX3el— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) October 13, 2017 Former San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan is one
SF News Senior Citizens Make Up Majority Of Identified Wildfire Victims ABC 7 reports that 70 elderly residents of a senior living community in Santa Rosa were allegedly left behind by nursing staff as the fire continued to burn throughout the city. Those residents
SF News Three Couples, Three Swimming Pools Surrounded By Fire, One Heart-Wrenching Ending Was your house damaged or destroyed in the Northern California fires? Tell us your story https://t.co/0rmg4rLA8x pic.twitter.com/4XIeTWVzvD— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 13, 2017 Among the survival