VIDEO: They're not just burning paper. Bitter, acrid smoke coming from #Russia Consulate in SF. And hey, it's a #SpareTheAir Day. 97° here! pic.twitter.com/YNVRswKzc2 — Doug Sovern
Starting today, if you have some spare time, and the Star Wars app on your phone, you can hold it up to take a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge and see a
Juicero, the company that introduced the world to a wi-fi-connected $700 juicer, later marked down to $400, which essentially did the same job as a pair of human hands, is finally
* Why Apple made its 11th-hour stand for net neutrality. [Wired] * Instagram users will soon be able to post Stories via the mobile web.[Ad Week] * Berkeley is the most expensive college town
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A woman was arrested Thursday night, after police say she shoved an elderly woman off an elevated Muni Metro platform in what appears to be an unprovoked attack. Police say that the incident
More pics showing smokey skies over #EastBay hills that separate Clayton from Antioch/Pittsburg. Its windy & smells like 🔥 pic.twitter.com/U59wrZ8Eh1 — Julianne Herrera (@JulestheFirst26) August 31, 2017 Adding to what'
Police say they're looking for a hit-and-run driver Friday, following what they say was an intentional collision in the Castro. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 45-
A big-rig truck slammed into an overpass on 80 in San Pablo early Friday morning, overturning its trailer and scattering debris all over the roadway. Two of the four westbound lanes were
Lake Bell wrote, directed, and starred in 2013's In a World... a charming comedy about the life of a struggling voiceover actress, a world she's very familiar with, as
* 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 SF ready for a slaughterhouse? [SFist] * Apple has
Don't let publishing houses hold you back — publish your brilliance directly to Kindle. It can be notoriously tough to try to publish a book the old fashioned way — countless submissions, rejection
* Wells Fargo admits that there were actually 3.5 million fake accounts opened in customers' names, up 70 percent from the previously reported 2.1 million. [Bloomberg] * On Thursday, the US State
After the surprise shuttering of Mamacita in March, we heard that because of an ownership split, partners Stryker Scales and chef Sam Josi were planning a new concept in the space as partner
It's been a while since we were debating Scott Wiener's nudity ban, which took effect in 2012 and has resulted in several older nudist gentlemen who frequent Jane Warner
A chicken slaughterhouse that sells fresh chickens directly to consumers, and that already has an outpost in East Oakland, wants to move into a warehouse space in the Bayview marking what might be
44 years ago this month, photographer Jeff Cohen decided to invite random passersby into his Union Street studio in San Francisco, and he took their portraits, promising to mail them each a copy.
Cannabis sold at Bay Area dispensaries is regularly referred to as "medicine," however a lack of regulation and testing around the product has led to significant supply of marijuana on dispensary
Gay sex worker and sometimes porn performer Jessie Colter opened up on social media over the weekend about an assault he was the victim of in a San Francisco hotel room by two
There's a parking miscalculation every San Franciscan with a vehicle eventually makes: leaving your car in a street cleaning zone during the day and hours street sweepers approach. But every thorn
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Much like she did a week ago Tuesday in downtown Berkeley, Amber Gwen Cummings gave a rambling press conference in Antioch Wednesday, the main point of which seemed to be to call out
If you feel like more and more cars are being broken into on SF streets, you're not wrong: According to data from the San Francisco Police Department, there's been
Following Sunday's news that embattled mayor of Piedmont, Jeff Wieler, was voluntarily stepping down from the largely ceremonial position of mayor but would remain on the city council for the remainder
A stolen vehicle investigation at a Sacramento hotel ended in tragedy for a veteran Sacramento County sheriff's deputy, when a suspect opened fire from inside the room of a Ramada Inn.
It remains to be seen how hot it may get in parts of San Francisco as temperatures rise all over the Bay Area in the coming days. But Livermore is looking at possibly
