SF News Newly Discovered Photo Suggests Amelia Earhart Survived Plane Crash In Marshall Islands A recently discovered photograph, found in the National Archives among previously top-secret documents, may be a major new piece in the 80-year-old mystery of what happened to pioneering airwoman Amelia Earhart. The story
SF News Crooked Lombard Street Thieves Turn Attraction Into Car Burglary Hotbed San Francisco tourists and locals alike have long suffered the slings, arrows, and shattered glass piles that come with car break-ins, with the thieves often smashing windows over items of negligible value. But
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Survey Says Millennials Eat Out Or Go To A Bar At Least Four Times A Week Millennials don't like staying home at night! That's the basic take-away from a new survey from a site called Bankrate and their fairly judgey-sounding Millennial blogger nicknamed The Cashelorette, and picked up by
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Jose's Reigning Champ Sets New Record In Hot Dog Eating Contest How fast can you eat 72 hot dogs and buns? Not as fast as "Jaws" from the South Bay, we'll bet. Hailing from San Jose, 33-year-old Joey "Jaws" Chestnut held onto his title
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Burger Boogaloo Blows Up Oakland's Mosswood Park by Nicole Gluckstern Though the biggest (to date) Burger Boogaloo did not go off without a single hitch (there security fence issues, and inadequate trash receptacles), we had a great time taking in
SF News Half Of The Mexican Museum's Collection Is Potentially Inauthentic Or 'Insignificant' Founded by the late Peter Rodriguez, the Mexican Museum has been a part of San Francisco's cultural community since 1975. But as the museum has grown its collection into a body of Latino
SF News Lunchtime Links: Cable Car Collision Causes Rush-Hour Delays A 48-year-old man who was attempting to intervene in a fight at Sixth and Mission Streets was beaten with a cane for his efforts on Tuesday afternoon, and sent to the hospital with
SF News Self-Driving Car Was The Grand Marshal Of Concord's July 4 Parade The robots are indeed already taking our jobs, at least the job of Independence Day Parade grand marshal in the East Bay community of Concord. ABC 7 reports that an autonomous car was
SF News 10 Arrested For Starting Fights At Alameda County Fair The Alameda County Fair, usually a pretty peaceful holiday weekend event, was almost ruined by a troupe of ne'er-do-wells on the Fourth. 10 people ranging in age from 15 to 20 entered the
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Seriously Though, Aren't San Francisco Summers The Worst? Dear Rain, I'm not a native, but have lived in San Francisco since the early 1990's so I feel that gives me some cred and enough experience with summer in the city to
Arts & Entertainment Once Again, SF Fireworks Were Half Obscured By Fog, But Not In The Mission And Lower Haight! Tourists, East Bay families, and assorted San Franciscans flocked to the Embarcadero Tuesday night to see if this year might be the exception in which the fireworks aren't shot into a fog bank
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: SF Courts Cut Hours Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Joe gives Walls gets high marks. [SFist] Social media
misc 4 Smartphone Cases That Do Double The Work Why just shield your phone when you could do so much more? We spend a lot of money on our smartphones, so it only makes sense we'd want to protect them with a
misc This Portable Grill And Cooler Combo Will Keep The Party Going All Summer Long Backyard, campsite, beach - anywhere you want a burger and a beer, this duo will follow. In honor of America's birthday, we present to you The Backyard Portable Barbecue Grill & Cooler Combo.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Crime Drop In California Linked To Increased Immigration Somebody is putting googly eyes on statues in Golden Gate Park. [BrokeAss Stuart] In addition to nixing the large sculpture at the base of Salesforce Tower and adjacent to the Transbay Terminal, they're
SF News Cows Dying In Droves In Record-Breaking Central Valley Heatwave For San Franciscans, the relative heatwave of this summer simply means “shorts weather” for big holidays like July 4, some interesting heat-related tweets, and perhaps a flex alert or a Spare the Air
SF News CA Couple Moved To Portland, Vandals Respond With "Go Back To CA" Graffiti Jessica Faraday and Preston "I work for Adidas" Page did not receive a warm welcome from some new neighbors. KRON 4 reports (via Portland's KOIN) that the California-based pair moved to Portland, Oregon
Arts & Entertainment Video: Woman Goes Off On Anti-Circumcision Protesters At Ferry Building Happy (almost) Fourth of July, everybody! And celebrating her Constitutional right to free speech is this woman from last week, on Saturday of Pride weekend, letting some men wearing bloodstained pants who were
SF News The 'Affordable' Tesla Model 3 To Start Rolling Off The Lines Friday Just as the Ford Model T completely revolutionized American travel back in the early 1900s, the new, yet-unreleased Tesla Model 3 is also anticipated to revolutionize modern society (at least among people who
SF News Suspect Charged In East Bay Car Crash That Killed Two Kids 35-year-old Lemuel Sirvonn Wilson Jr. was arrested Sunday in connection with a fatal weekend crash in the East Bay that killed two children and left a three-month-old with major injuries. ABC 7 reports
Arts & Entertainment SF Mime Troupe's <i>Walls</i> Builds High Jinks, Cuteness Around Deportation Anxiety And Racism Tuesday’s July 4’s San Francisco Mime Troupe performance of their new play Walls continues the musical theater group’s multiple-decade tradition of free shows in Dolores Park, but SFist caught this
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: SF Houses That Cost Less Than $1M Are News Now A drone from Facebook could one day provide global internet service. [Associated Press] Here are some SF homes that cost less than a million bucks. [SF Gate] [Wired] believes that Steve Jobs' life
SF News Van Ness Bank Robber Trades Note For Cash A Van Ness Avenue bank was robbed Saturday, after a mysterious suspect handed a teller a note demanding his cash. Police say that the heist went down at 5:54 p.m. Saturday,
SF News Trail Opens To Public Making Big Sur Accessible Again, By Foot Anyway A trail that had previously only technically been open to locals has now been made accessible to the public, giving at least Northern Californians and tourists coming from the north a way in
SF News Elderly Victim Of Attempted Bike Theft Sprays Attacker With Fire Extinguisher An elderly man confronted by a fire-extinguisher-wielding bike thief refused to give up the fight, turning the weapon on his attacker and eventually sending the thief to jail. The saga began at 7:
