SF News [Update] Midday Knife Chase On 18th Street Near Dolores Ends In Arrest A dramatic situation unfolded around 18th Street and Dolores Thursday afternoon involving a possibly homeless man with a knife, and a neighborhood resident whom he randomly decided to threaten. As victim Liam Passmore
Arts & Entertainment The Legend Of DJ Purple, A Karaoke Phenomenon For Ten Years When Steve Hays was voted "Best DJ" in SF Weekly's 2011 readers poll, it caused a minor uproar among local entertainers. How could Hays, who performs as DJ Purple, beat out the city's
Arts & Entertainment Video: Rat Runs Through Sacramento Classroom Substitute teacher Veronica Luther posted the video above to Facebook Monday showing a rat running through a classroom she was assigned to at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento. Her video has
SF News Police Nab Teen Laptop Thief, Two Others Remain At Large A man working at a SoMa coffee shop had his laptop stolen by a brazen trio of thieves Wednesday, and while police nabbed one, the other two remain on the loose. According to
SF News UC Berkeley Reverses Itself, Coulter To Speak On Campus May 2 It appears that a decision Wednesday to cancel or postpone a planned appearance by Ann Coulter at UC Berkeley has been reversed, though an agreement seems to have been reached to put it
SF News San Francisco Cable Car Conductor Faces Felony Charges After Allegedly Pocketing Fares A conductor on one of San Francisco's historic cable cars is behind bars Thursday, after officials say a two-month-long investigation revealed that the man had been swiping the cash fares paid by riders.
Arts & Entertainment A Brief History Of How 4:20 Became 4/20, Right Here In The Bay Area On this, our unofficial national holiday for weed, a St. Patrick's Day for stoners, if you will, I once again bring you the correct history of the term "420" and how April 20th
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Facebook Struggles To Find Fake News Fighter Facebook might be getting a little more colorful. [Ad Week] FTC cracks down on celebs who tout brands via Instagram. [CNet] Chrome could get a native ad blocker. [Wall Street Journal] The formal
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Brewery, Castro Bar, And Pot Company Brew 'Toke Back Mountain,' A 4/20 IPA With Marijuana Oil In a uniquely San Francisco collaboration, a SoMa brewery, a Castro bar and restaurant, and a local pot company have joined forces to create a 4/20 beer called "Toke Back Mountain." This
SF News Cyclist Seriously Injured After Collision With Muni Bus A cyclist suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening, after police say that he rode into a Muni bus. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 38-year-old male cyclist struck the 6-Haight/Parnassus Muni
SF News SFPD Reminds Everyone That Child Protective Services Will Step In If Kids Are Brought To 4/20 Now that 4/20 is a semi-sanctioned affair in Golden Gate Park, complete with gates, fencing, and a city permit, there are some rules that are going to be enforced rules that existed
SF News Body Of Iris Canada, 100-Year-Old Who Died After Eviction Battle, Lingers In Morgue Finally evicted from her 670 Page Street apartment after a years-long fight, Iris Canada died shortly after the locks on her old door were changed last month at 100 years old. Her story,
Arts & Entertainment SF Gets Nuked In North Korean Propaganda Video Played During 'Day Of Sun' Festivities No, North Korea probably can not reach US shores with a nuclear missile anytime very soon. But, yes, they do dream about it, and will likely achieve that capability at some point, in
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: SF State Gets Kink Club Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here You might need this list of stoner foods today.
Arts & Entertainment Five Things Your Family Can Do Near SFO After They Insisted On A Friday Morning Flight And You're Still At Work Your favorite aunt and uncle are coming to San Francisco for the first time, and they just let you know they’re coming in at 11 a.m. on Friday and have nothing
SF News Day Around The Bay: Temporary 'Pop-Up' Homeless Shelter Planned For South Van Ness Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Craigslist celebrates the destruction of RadPad, which scraped listings
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 8 Best New Stoner Foods In San Francisco It's (almost) 4/20, man. So, if you still require such an excuse to indulge in marijuana amongst friends and strangers, you'll be doing so on Hippie Hill on Thursday the first time
SF News Yes, Most Disabled Placards From The CA DMV Were Probably Issued On Bogus Pretenses The California State Auditor has taken on the cause of those disabled placards issued by the DMV, the validity of which many a TV news magazine and local news broadcast have questioned over
SF News Ann Coulter's Berkeley Speech Cancelled Over Safety Concerns, Pundit Insists She's Coming Anyway A planned appearance at UC Berkeley by far-right pundit and self-described "polemicist" Ann Coulter has been cancelled. Last month, Coulter was invited to speak at the university by campus Republican, with the vast
Arts & Entertainment Mission Bookstore To Host Anti-Trump Aerobics Class Adding to the list of creative ways that Bay Area folk have found to sort out their political emotions express their resistance to the Trump regime, Alley Cat Books on 24th Street will
Arts & Entertainment Old Person Sent Into Fog Of Nostalgia By Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's Free Summer 2017 Concert Lineup Forty- and fifty-somethings nostalgic about the soundtracks to their younger years got a bit of good news this week and, no, I'm not talking about a Hair Club For Men coupon in today's
Arts & Entertainment Barbary Coast, SF's Swanky New 'Speakeasy' Pot Lounge, Offering 4/20 Booth Reservations For a taste of California, a puff of any old Humboldt County grass will do. But for a pot-smoking experience with a uniquely San Francisco feel, sneak over to Barbary Coast, a 2013-opened
Arts & Entertainment Serena Williams Possibly Going To Be Raising A Baby In San Francisco Tennis champion Serena Williams just posted a baby bump photo to Snapchat announcing, essentially, that she is five months pregnant, even though her reps haven't confirmed the news yet according to TMZ. And
SF News Family Sues Berkeley Landlords As Couple's Mysterious Carbon Monoxide Death Remains Unsolved The mysterious deaths of two people and two cats in a Berkeley apartment in January have been determined to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, however the source of that carbon monoxide
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Juicero' Packets Are Easily Squeezed By Hand, Making Silicon Valley's $400 Juicer Arguably Unnecessary An expensive wi-fi-connected juicer called Juicero from a much buzzed-over startup that's backed to the tune of $120 million by GV/Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers apparently needs no wi-fi
