A military history blogger in Japan has, with very little effort, debunked a widely publicized theory that was at the center of a documentary that aired Sunday on the History channel, claiming that
An early morning mugging on San Francisco's Division Street had an unpleasant capper Tuesday, when the victim both lost his stuff and was bitten by a dog. According to the San
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* Mountain View flasher menaces jogger. [KRON 4] * Unable to silence harassers Twitter launches new tools to let you ignore them. [CNet] * Longtime Tenderloin Housing Clinic staffer Tony Medina has died. [BeyondChron] * UC Berkeley&
by Jessica Lachenal The Transbay Transit Center may have just found a way out of its current money woes. Salesforce has agreed to sponsor the transit center for 25 years, offering $110 million
Can't wait for #totfest this Friday, July 14 at @barebottle! We've got some awesome new flavors to share. Details at Bit.ly/totfest! A post shared by Jackrabbit Kitchen
A terrifying near miss Friday involving an Air Canada pilot apparently unfamiliar with the runways at SFO could have led to the "greatest aviation disaster in history" according to one aviation
This story has been updated throughout. Police in pursuit of an Outer Sunset vandal arrested a man Tuesday morning for the crime, and reported that he was also in possession of a switchblade
#Whileyouslept #yoursffd RB1 FB3 rescued an adult male off the cliffs of Treasure Island He was evaluated w/No injuries pic.twitter.com/wrwYkAlDCz — San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) July 11, 2017 While the
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Chat it up like a native wherever you wander. Got travel plans this summer? Learn to chat with the locals with uTalk Language Education. uTalk's language programs are designed to help
#WallFire near Oroville is 35% contained after destroying 17 structures. https://t.co/WqQ0JKFAuw pic.twitter.com/CvtI5Df2Nj — SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) July 10, 2017 * A wildfire near Oroville, dubbed the Wall Fire, is 35
Former Facebook executive Mary Lou Jepsen, who previously had headed up the company's Oculus VR division, has founded a "wearable MRI" startup called Openwater where she hopes to create
It is generally not considered newsworthy here at SFist when some Pacific Heights socialites throw an exceedingly fancy-ass cocktail party attended by Willie Brown and his sometimes "lady friend" Sonya
Ever-popular beer garden Zeitgeist has recently applied for a liquor license for the space next door to it, a former sheet metal shop that backs up to the beer garden's
"My parents’ generation thought it was the ugliest stuff in the world,” said photographer John Margolies in a 2015 interview with the Washington Post. “I liked places where everything was screaming for
Tractor trailer fire SB 680 south of Automall. Fire is out/no injuries/no spread. Tow onscene Trailer carried frozen cheese. pic.twitter.com/U7AzQUkdHF — Fremont Fire Dept. (@FremontFire) July 10, 2017 A
BART riders’ season of teen mob anxiety has many commuters concerned not only about their own immediate safety on the trains, but is also renewing a sense of suspicion that BART is hiding
Don't even pretend that you don't remember Jeremy Meeks. The 33-year-old was arrested on a gun charge in Stockton in 2014 and shot to fame because his
Without yet concluding that the massive Oakland construction fire on Friday morning was the result of arson, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is now offering a reward of $110,
All of San Francisco has been anxiously awaiting the completion of the $1.6 billion Central Subway, and the agonizing construction required to build it. But we're going to have to
Retired Muni worker Zigfried 'Ziggy' Stuhl will admit to being a daredevil, and at age 85 he's not done with his stunts. ABC 7 was on hand to capture
* Oakland teen killed in Russian River. [KRON 4] * SF's homes for sale inventory has hit a plateau. [SocketSite] * A possible solution to the digital divide languishes. [Wired] * A judge has ordered
You may remember how earlier this year, piling on top of the many troubles facing the sinking and tilting Millennium Tower, several residents were complaining of odors drifting into their units from elsewhere
Based on his salary from last year, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee is the best paid mayor in California, beating out Los Angeles, Oakland, and every other town in our state. But it
After the House of Representatives passed a pair of bills related to immigration two weeks ago, one of them dubbed Kate's Law for the woman, Kathryn Steinle, allegedly shot in San
