SF News Couple Attacked By Aggressive Hayes Valley Stranger A couple standing on a busy Hayes Valley corner was attacked Monday night, by an assailant police have yet to track down. The San Francisco Police Department says the attack occurred at 8:
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Netflix Heads Toward Global Domination Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here Oh, Nixon. [SFist] SFPD officer injured in confrontation with
Arts & Entertainment Your Adventure Awaits At SFMOMA's Birthday Bash Hey San Francisco: you're invited to the absolute best birthday party in town. (Actually, maybe it's the second best after counting your own lucky day, because gifts and free drinks, right?) On April
SF News Day Around The Bay: One VC Guy Bought Those Billboards, TV Ads Asking Elon Musk To Leave Trump Council Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Former UC Berkeley Law School dean Sujit Choudhry settled
SF News El Sobrante Murder Loses Hate-Crime Enhancement As It Heads To Trial Here's a quick update in the case of the November 12 murder of 28-year-old William Sims outside a pool hall in El Sobrante: To the surprise of prosecutors and the defense, a criminal
SF News CalExit Campaign Leader Withdrawing Ballot Prop, Seeks Russian Citizenship Louis Marinelli, the president of Yes California and a figurehead of the California separatist campaign sometimes called "CalExit," is exiting his own separatist movement. On Yes California's website, Marinelli, who has lived in
Arts & Entertainment The Academy To Bring A New 'Gentlemen's Lifestyle Experience' To Castro Retail Scene By early June, the Castro is set to get a new retail establishment unlike anything else in the neighborhood, from the minds of two gay entrepreneurs who are also both Bay Area natives.
SF News Jane Kim Calls For Needle Disposal Boxes In Public Parks Progressive Supervisor Jane Kim has been somewhat pointed in her criticism of the Recreation and Park Department for its reticence to install needle disposal boxes in public parks, the Examiner reports. Rec and
Arts & Entertainment [NSFW] Short Film Explores The Awkward Workplace Of Indian Content Moderators For Dating Sites Who exactly is performing the thankless task of poring over the photos that eager American singles upload to dating sites, and that people all over the world upload to Facebook? The Moderators, a
SF News 90-Year-Old Widow Whose Husband Was Shot In Front Of Her By South Bay Cops Is Suing The fatal shooting of an elderly man shocked the quiet community of Saratoga last September, and now his widow, who was cowering behind her husband when sheriff's deputies shot him inside their home,
SF News Deplorable Teen Muggers Menace Sunset District Pedestrian A group of three teenagers beat and robbed a Sunset District pedestrian last week, but as of Monday the knife-wielding miscreants remain at large. The San Francisco Police Department alerted media to the
SF News New Nixon Biography Recalls President's Scathing, Bigoted Remarks On San Francisco There are plenty of adoring quotes about San Francisco from beloved writers, entertainers, and politicos, but a few negative remarks about our fair city made by a loathed historical figure, Richard Nixon, are
Arts & Entertainment Video: Bollywood Film Star Shah Rukh Khan Honored At SFFILM Fest, Teaches Brett Ratner Lungi Dance With #KingKhan @iamsrk doing the #LungiDance during the @sffilm Inspiring, humble, a great dancer, and smells great too!! A post shared by Brett Ratner (@brettrat) on Apr 14, 2017 at 11:17pm PDT
SF News Valencia Street Worker Uses 'Wet Floor' Sign As Weapon An altercation at a Valencia Street business turned violent Sunday night, when a worker at the venue used a nearby sign to smack the man with whom she was arguing. According to the
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From The Fast, Furious 2017 Big Wheel Race Down Vermont Street Even if you were the appropriate age to ride a Big Wheel tricycle when the first San Francisco Big Wheel race took place on Lombard Street 16 years ago, at the 17th Annual
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Hall On Mid-Market Will Close In September One of several food halls that sprang up around the city in the last several years, The Hall on Market Street between 6th and 7th, has announced that its official closing will happen
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Libby Schaaf Seeks Second Term Fans of live music, take heed: The lineup for the Monterey Pop 50th Anniversary concert has been announced [SF Chronicle] [CBS 5]. Meanwhile a new music fest is planned aboard Alameda's USS Hornet,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Poke Place Just Opened, This One On Russian Hill The poke trend shows no signs of slowing, and yet another raw-fish emporium has just debuted called Ahipoki, on Polk Street between Broadway and Vallejo. As Hoodline reports via a tipster, Ahipoki takes
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus 2017 Title Goes to 'Wet T-Shirt Jesus' Amid Scattered Showers The heavens opened up over Sunday’s annual Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Easter parade of whimsical sacrilege that culminates in the Hunky Jesus Contest. Rainstorms of biblical proportions crucified the turnout yesterday in
SF News [Update] Facebook May Have To Change Its Video Review Process In Wake Of Ohio Murder Authorities are still on the hunt for 37-year-old Steve Stephens, the suspect in the Sunday murder in Cleveland, Ohio that was recorded on video and posted to Facebook. The video depicted Stephens seemingly
SF News 22nd Street Fire Site Now 'Mission Memorial Frog Sanctuary'? The lot at 22nd and Mission Streets is a disaster area. It's the site of a fatal 2015 fire that displaced over 40 residents and several businesses. Three smaller, subsequent fires rendered the
SF News City's Homelessness Department And Public Works Are Officially At Odds Over Encampments A quiet war seems to be brewing within City Hall over the handling of homeless encampments, marking yet another chapter in a multi-year saga involving police, sanitation workers, homeless advocates, outreach workers, politicians,
SF News Mysteriously Empty Car Fished From Waters Near SF Stretch Of 101 California Highway Patrol officers called to a stretch of freeway in SF on reports of an erratic driver made a damp discovery Sunday, when they found the car in question had plunged into
SF News Monday Morning Linkdump: Hit-And-Run Kills Mini Horses Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Your weekend ICYMI: BART's mystery electrical problem returned, here
SF News At Friday Hearing, Trump Admin Lawyer Suggests SF Won't Be Penalized For Sanctuary City Status After All Though the battle is far from over regarding the country's sanctuary cities, President Trump's strong rhetoric regarding how he planned to punish cities that stuck by their guns to shelter illegal immigrants maybe
