SF News Yet Again, Burners Leave Behind Thousands Of Bikes Remember in 2014 how it was a scandalous headline that upwards of 2,000 people abandoned their bikes on the playa and, in total disregard of the "leave no trace" ethos, went on
SF News Chariot Chastised For Blocking Muni Stops, Could Be Slapped With More Regulations Tech bros nationwide were served with comeuppance Wednesday, with widespread mockery of the glorified vending machine Bodega and Martin Shkreli’s ass getting sent back to jail. But techies were also taken to
SF News Two Detained After Shots Fired On Market Street There were reports of shots fired on Market Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets around 3 p.m. Thursday, and the subsequent police activity caused a traffic jam as the entire block was
Arts & Entertainment Legendary Garage Band The Seeds Set To Plant Pop Punk At DNA Lounge Friday Maybe you became aware of cult-favorite, proto-punk garage rock band the Seeds because of the Ramones 1993 cover of their hit “I Can’t Seem to Make You Mine.” Or maybe it was
SF News Berkeley City Council Tables Vote On Topless Ban, Gypsy Taub Loses It, Gets Naked, Yells True to form, Berkeley's City Council meeting on Tuesday night included some lengthy public debate about an issue that's not exactly vital city governance at the moment, and ultimately devolved into some yelling
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Civic Center Plaza Yarn-Bombed With Giraffes People voted for an animal theme for phase 2 of #knittingthecommons so the first 3 trees got a family of giraffes. These cuties have quickly become one our favorite yarn bombs! A post
SF News Redwood City McDonald's Worker Charged With Trying To Flush Newborn Baby Down Toilet A worker at a Redwood City McDonald's who claims she didn't know she was pregnant was allegedly seen by a coworker trying to flush her newborn infant down the toilet, and she's now
Arts & Entertainment There's No Heart To The Ugly Degradation That Is 'mother!' From the moment that mother!, the latest film by auteur Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) begins, we are told that this is not a movie that strives for realism. The
SF News Berkeley Braces For Ben Shapiro Showdown With 'Extreme Security' This is why we can’t have alt-right things. The city of Berkeley is going into a state of lockdown today in anticipation of tonight’s 7 p.m. Ben Shapiro lecture at
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Gray Whale Cove Beach Trashed Ted Cruz's Twitter "like" exposes porn's happy relationship with the social media company. [Huffington Post] Google is launching their new phone, the Pixel 2, on October 4. [The Verge] Pinterest says they now
Arts & Entertainment 'South Park' Opens 21st Season By Screwing With Everyone's Alexa South Park had its 21st season premiere Wednesday night, and amid jokes skewering white nationalists and home improvement shows, Trey Parker and Matt Stone brilliantly did something no satire show has yet succeeded
SF News Giant Tree Falls In SF, Trapping Driver Inside Porsche Tree falls on Porsche & Audi in SF. #outerrichmond @kron4news One person inside Porsche is okay but had to be rescued... pic.twitter.com/2bDGcCVlZG— J.R. Stone (@jrstone4) September 13, 2017 An
SF News Waterspout Touches Down On Lake Tahoe, Prompts Tornado Warning Funnel cloud over Lake Tahoe 🙀#tahoe A post shared by Cathy E (@flyinshoez) on Sep 13, 2017 at 4:50pm PDT A waterspout, which is a tornado that touches down on water, hit
SF News Did You Feel It?: 3.3M Earthquake Rattles San Jose Area A small earthquake shook part of the South and East Bays this morning at 10:32 a.m., and the USGS is saying it had a magnitude of 3.3 and was centered
SF News Yet Another Gun Is Stolen From A Cop, Yet Another San Franciscan Dies It's the crime reporters' version of Groundhog Day, to write what seems like the same confounding report again and again. But here we are, once more talking about a law enforcement officer who
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Blue Bottle Coffee Sells Majority Stake To Nestle The cycle from homegrown, artisanal coffee bar on an alley to selling out to an international food conglomerate is complete, as it's announced today that Swiss food giant Nestle has purchased a 68-percent
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Uber Prepared For $10 Billion Infusion Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here UC Berkeley's new Chancellor Carol T. Christ talks with
misc 5 Outdoor Accessories You Need Before Your Next Hike The goods you need to prepare for your next big adventure. Who says summer's over? These innovative outdoor accessories will have you enjoying the last of the long, warm days right through to
SF News Day Around The Bay: Apple Mocked For Calling New Stores 'Town Halls' Everyone on social media is mocking Apple for saying their stores will now be called “town halls.” They are still stores. [Chronicle] NTSB agrees that Tesla’s autopilot played significant role in a
Arts & Entertainment Oakland A's Choose A New Stadium Site (Again) This Time Near Lake Merritt The Oakland Athletics no longer rank dead last in Major League Baseball attendance. They now rank second-to-dead last, according to the latest Major League Baseball attendance report. The Oakland A’s are garbage.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Casey's Pizza Opening First Brick-and-Mortar Location In Mission Bay Thursday It's been almost exactly six years since pizza man Casey Crynes launched the city's first mobile pizza operation out of a food truck, Casey's Pizza, having grown out of a sidewalk pizza oven
SF News Chelsea Manning Appears In SF, Speaks Out On Privacy In New York Times "It was always unclear to me whether we were helping or perpetuating violence in a particular part of the country." https://t.co/9zcmP7YLlH— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) September 13, 2017 Just as we
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Supervisor Calls For Excelsior Bar La Oficina To Be Closed After Murder Of Patron Around 12:30 a.m. on the morning of May 28, police officers arrived at La Oficina, a bar at 4234 Mission Street in the Outer Mission/Excelsior, to find bar patron Alvaro
Arts & Entertainment See A Few Branches From The Tree of Ténéré, Off Playa For This Weekend One of the highlights, art-wise, of this year's Burning Man was the three-story, LED-filled, climbable man-made tree called the Tree of Ténéré, which provided shade during the dust-filled days and glowing, colorful light
SF News SF Air Regulators Issue Russian Consulate Citation Over Smoke; Kremlin Calls It A 'Russophobic Stunt' Bay Area Air District cites now-closed #SF #Russian consulate for smoke violation on Spare the Air day https://t.co/GFekKSMqP8 pic.twitter.com/bfjv7LM9AF— KRON4 News (@kron4news) September 12, 2017 Remember how
