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Tuesday Morning Roundup: Support Grows For Bay Area Dad Detained By ICE

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Drakes Bay cleanup leads to shocking worker safety allegations.

Desk Toys To Make Your Day More Fun And Productive

Focus better with these fun desk accessories. We all need a break from the grind sometimes. These three funky desk toys keep up all professional appearances while offering a healthy breather from the

Day Around The Bay: More SF Strip Club Patrons Say They Were Scammed

Remember the story from a couple months ago involving strip club patrons in North Beach saying they were being scammed and overcharged, sometimes while drunk? Well, even more male victims have come forward,

Oakland Landlords Evict Tenants, Allegedly Destroy Their Stuff, Hang Trump Banner

Jahahara Alkebulan-Ma'at received an eviction notice from his Oakland apartment on Christmas Day 2016. The residence in question is a home near Lake Merritt that was converted into three separate apartments. Alkebulan-Ma'at went

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Former Delfina And Locanda Chef Anthony Strong Launches Delivery-Only Restaurant, Young Fava

One local chef's answer to the growing difficulty and arguable unsustainability of the economics of running a restaurant: a chef-driven, delivery-only restaurant where dishes are made to order, just like in a restaurant.

Drakes Bay Oyster Cleanup Shelled By Charges Of Worker Endangerment

The long and salty saga of the former Drakes Bay Oyster Co. site at Point Reyes National Seashore is shucking up another controversial chapter. The now-defunct oyster farm who once provided nearly 40

Arts & Entertainment

'Not Hotdog' App From HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Now Available For Download

Sunday night's episode of Silicon Valley was another winner for the continuously hilarious series, and one that had some of the series' characteristic comic twists involving the sometimes absurd pivots that tech companies

World's Bravest Kitten Lives In Oakland, Rides CHP Patrol Cars

Brace yourselves, cat people. A kitten was discovered clinging to the underside of a California Highway Patrol car as officers responded to the scene of an accident on I-880 Sunday morning. The officers

Chelsea Manning Will Remain On Active Duty When She's Released From Prison

Private Chelsea Elizabeth Manning will be released from Leavenworth Prison in Kansas on Wednesday, May 17. When she's finally free, the transgender soldier and leaker of national security secrets will remain an active

Venture Capitalist Sam Altman Is Thinking About Running For CA Governor Against Gavin Newsom

Willie Brown offered up some rare, not-rumor-based political intel in his Sunday Chronicle column this week, announcing that 32-year-old Y Combinator president Sam Altman approached him for advice on possibly running for governor

Thief Snatches Cross Pendant From Victim Headed To AT&T Park

You might think that being in the midst of a crowd headed to a midday Giants game is one of the best spots to avoid a mugging. But you would be wrong, as

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Blue Bottle Blocked From Opening In The Lower Haight Amid Neighborhood Revolt

We saw this coming last summer as soon as news broke that Blue Bottle Coffee had set its sights on a corner spot in the Lower Haight that was for two decades the

Monday Lunchtime Links: SF Fire Displaces 16

Motorcycle crash on Bay Bridge snarls Monday commute. [KRON 4] Man with exploding home claims Siri saved his life. [WMUR] Europe's "Right to be Forgotten"rule is three, here's how [Google] has been

Lyft Teams With Google's Waymo In Hopes of Driving Uber Under

In the ongoing war between Uber and Lyft for ride-sharing supremacy in the not-so distant future where human drivers are rendered obsolete, the latest battle has gone in favor of Lyft. The New

Ninth Circuit Hears Travel Ban Arguments Again Today

For the second time in three months, lawyers for the Trump Administration are presenting arguments in support of the president's executive order temporarily banning travel and/or immigration from a half dozen Muslim-majority

Never Enforced, BART's Controversial Seat-Hog Ordinance Is Set To Flop

To bite a phrase coined by Gary Peterson of the San Jose Mercury News, the revelation that a high-profile quality of life public transit law is basically dead in the water is yet

Victim In I-580 Crash With Tesla Bus ID'd As Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy

The victim in Friday's tragic, dramatic collision with a Tesla commuter shuttle on eastbound I-580 has been identified as 50-year-old Sroeuy "Philip" Khin, a deputy in the Alameda County Sheriff's Office who was

Video: Suspects At Large After High-Speed Shootout On Polk Street

Police are seeking the occupants of a grey sedan and a red BMW, after reports that at least a dozen shots were exchanged between the vehicles as they raced down a busy San

Monday Morning Linkdump: Warriors Win First Game Of Western Conference Finals

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Defend Yourself Online Using This Powerful VPN

Stay anonymous from prying government eyes and hackers alike. Between the government's recent decision to allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to sell your browsing data and the increasingly sophisticated techniques of malicious hackers,

Local Nudists To March In Nude Summer Of Love Parade Next Weekend

Led by body freedom fighter Gypsy Taub, a local contingent of nudists is planning their own celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, further testing San Franciscans' tolerance for the

Rappin' 4-Tay Arrested In Alleged Home Invasion

Local hop-hop star Rappin' 4-Tay, a.k.a. Anthony Forté, was arrested Wednesday in an alleged attempted home invasion in the Mission. Mission Local reports that Forté was identified by a witness on

Sunday Links: Dolores Park Wasn't Completely Trashed Saturday

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Refresh Your Living Space With Discounts On Luxe Home Goods

It's the little upgrades that make the biggest difference. The best thing about spring cleaning? Filling your freshly cleaned space with updated home accessories. From silky new sheets to plush towels, we've rounded

Saturday Links: Golden Gate Bridge Closes Lots For Mother's Day

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