This week is all about tributes and salutes to musical geniuses of years past. Celebrate the likes of Elvis Presley, Brian McKnight, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, and Whitney Houston among other worthy activities. TUESDAY,
Tech giants Google and Facebook, as well as Twitter, web hosting company and domain registry GoDaddy, and Google subsidiary YouTube, have all taken stands against the white supremacist site The Daily Stormer, effectively
Former millionaire marketing exec Ralph Melvin Flynn pleaded no contest to sexually abusing his adopted sons for years and years. He and his wife Carolyn were each recently sentenced to long prison terms
Prospective San Francisco home buyers are generally more attracted to phrases like “Wonderful Victorian home in amazing Dolores Heights location” than, say “Notorious Castro Drug Den” or “persistent neighborhood nuisance.” But both turns
As San Francisco braces for an invasion of unknown size of alt-right and white nationalist factions a week from Saturday, one vital thing still does not seem to have gotten through to
* Report claims there are still places in SF to get a house for less than a million bucks. [SF Gate] * Another scientific takedown of James Damore's memo, but let's
A man walking on a quiet Sunset District street was robbed Monday morning, by a man apparently aided by a getaway driver. Police say that the crime went down at 9:18 a.
Many a Gen Xer and Tribe Called Quest fan likely bought tickets to Outside Lands 2017 expecting that Tribe was going to be a major highlight of the weekend. The group, having just
Passengers on a rush hour Muni ride got more than they bargained for Monday, when a fight between two riders ended in a bloody mess. Police say that the incident happened on a
Berkeley-based hot dog chain Top Dog issued statements Monday denying the story that former cook Cole White was fired, saying that he took "responsibility" for his actions in attending a
A man gunned down on a San Francisco street Tuesday morning is the city's 41st homicide for the year, suggesting that we're on track for as many, if not
* Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here * Are you as bad a tipper as this study
Put your creative chops to good use in a new career. Graphic design is a dream job for anyone with a creative heart and and eye for developing products that are as functional
* Here’s a GIF showing what the solar eclipse will look like in the Bay Area on August 21. [Mercury News] * There are now more details about Dave Deporis, the musician killed in
A large crowd has come together this evening in Oakland for a candlelight vigil for Charolettesville. #wpxi pic.twitter.com/AV9phFW9J3 — Ryan (@WPXIPhotogRyan) August 13, 2017 Following a spontaneous and mostly peaceful march
This weekend’s awful and disheartening events at the white nationalist/alt-right rally in Charlottesville were met with the requisite Bay Area condemnation, with a protest shutting down I-580 Saturday night,
In a second attempt to thwart the Trump Administration's efforts to punish so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and force them to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts, the City of San Francisco
It was one of the worst days of Outside Lands weather in most peoples' memories it doesn't often rain in August, and at about 5:30 p.m. the fog
Benevolent and wealthy musical sensation Lady Gaga apparently handed out money to homeless people after performing to a sold-out crowd at AT&T Park on Sunday night. According to Twitter user
Can math determine who'll commit a crime while out on bail and who won't? In an experiment that's been underway since May 2016, San Francisco has adopted
We were determined to loathe and ignore the Oakland Raiders this season, as the team has one foot out the door now that their obnoxious move to Las Vegas is a done deal.
A street artist known for sensational, sometimes racist, and politically incorrect poster campaigns ridiculing everything from Black Lives Matter to Lena Dunham is blaming Mark Zuckerberg for being "thin-skinned" after
* Cow Hollow's fallow Nike store closes next week. [Rockyt] * Kevin Systrom, the CEO of Instagram, says he's going to clean up the internet. [Wired] * Here are some "available&
Top Dog, a Berkeley-based hot dog chain whose owner has always promoted Libertarian views, has fired an employee who was identified on social media as one of the attendees of a white
On an episode of KQED's Forum earlier this month that focused on the practice of tipping, participants posited that the more affluent a customer is, the more generously he or she
