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Taxpayers On The Hook For Undisclosed Settlement After SFPD Officers Allegedly Try To Shake Man From Wheelchair

It was a video that shocked a city still reeling from a police shooting of a seemingly out-of-it man just weeks before: A San Francisco Police Department officer appearing to attempt to dump

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Eat24 Is Now Delivering Via Robot In The Mission And Potrero

Another service has officially entered the fray to make us put up with their delivery bots on our sidewalks, and that's Yelp's Eat24, which just launched robot deliveries in the Mission and Potrero

Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Yet Another Storm Approaches

Oakland A's remove tarp from upper level, offer $15 seats. [KRON 4] Supes approve task force to study safe injection site idea for SF. [SF Examiner] Brace for yet another storm tonight. [SF

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Time's Up At Current Doc's Clock Location Next Month

The clock is ticking for drinks at the current Doc's Clock: According to a Facebook post from the bar's ownership, it closes "around the end of May." Last year, it was originally reported

SF Supervisor Proposes Law To Prevent SFPD From Forcibly Removing Airline Passengers From Planes

Jumping on the opportunity to legislate around a viral story pertaining to air travel, newly seated District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy has asked the San Francisco City Attorney's office to draft legislation that

Dianne Feinstein To Hold First SF Town Hall Of Trump Presidency Monday

Congressional leaders across the country are taking a quick break from all the fun of our nation's capital, returning to face their constituents during a recess through April 23. Here, that means a

BART Issues Weird PSA That Implies It's Women's Responsibility To Avoid Creeps On Trains

Thom Yorke didn't give us his input, but we're still pretty sure these are some great tips for #AvoidingCreeps while riding. What're yours? pic.twitter.com/CI7GxCoPKl— SFBART (@SFBART) April 11, 2017 BART

Woman Confronts Japantown-Area Car Robbers, Gets Punched

A woman who returned to her vehicle as it was being robbed was beaten by the thieves, police say, and lost a laptop in the process. According to the San Francisco Police Department,

Wednesday Morning Link Dump: SF School's Graduation Rates Skyrocket

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 up for The Encounter? [SFist] Kara Swisher

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Bigger Isn't Always Better: How To Hack Your Bike Routine With A Brompton

Of all the "sports" out there, biking often seems like the activity with the most crossover between fitness and everyday life. Sure, you can be that guy in the head-to-toe Spandex zipping around

Day Around The Bay: Uber's Top PR Person Is Very Understandably Leaving

It takes making $110,357 a year to live comfortably in San Francisco, according to this report, but of course tolerating a degree of discomfort is probably good for the soul. [Curbed] That

Bill Would Move California's 2020 Presidential Primary From June To March

A committee hearing a week from now, on April 18, will begin the process of deciding whether to radically move up the date of the California Presidential Primary vote in 2020, finally maybe

Bay Area Couple Returns From Hawaiian Honeymoon With Horrific Parasite

A Bay Area newlywed couple got a lot more than they bargained for out of their trip to Hawaii in January, i.e. a terrible parasite, and thankfully they are both home and

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The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week

Readings, concerts, a cherry blossom parade, and a Guy Fieri musical. An eclectic mix of activities this week for you to add to your calendar, or to reinforce your FOMO. TUESDAY, APRIL 11

Ride-Hail Driver With Gang Affiliation Gets Carjacked In SoMa By Rival Gang Member

A male ride-hail driver he could drive for Uber, Lyft, or neither got into a fight with another man early Sunday morning apparently because of their respective gang affiliations. The 37-year-old driver was

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Video: Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered In Sonoma Den

Wildlife researchers in Sonoma County who have been tracking "clusters" of activity among mountain lions came upon a rare sighting of ten-day-old mountain lion kittens in a den last Friday. They managed to

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Locol Launches Yes Plz, A $1 Premium Cup Of Coffee; Daniel Patterson Talks The Democratization Of Food

It's been a little over three months since New York Times food critic Pete Wells surprised everyone with a highly negative review of Locol in Oakland, the healthy fast-food venture from celebrity chefs

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'The Encounter' To Bring Experimental Audio-Centric Theater To The Curran

English actor and director Simon McBurney will be recognizable to many for his supporting roles in action movies of recent years like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, but he

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Photos: Scenes From Last Weekend's Lowrider Cruise Tribute To Selena

Some Muni bus shelters on Saturday weren't displaying arrival times for buses: Instead, they read "Lowrider Cruise, 4/8 6pm to 9 pm." And cruise they did: The San Francisco Lowrider Council gathered

Teen Driver Plunges Car Into Santa Clara Pool

Sometimes it's best to jump in at the deep end of the pool... especially when you're driving a car that would bottom out in the shallow end. That was one shred of luck

Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Chrome's Irritating Page Jump Bug

Driver pulled over for alleged cell phone violation leads cops to 320 lbs of pot and a million bucks. [KRON 4] [Wired] argues against some companies' practice to pay for female staffers' ovum

Band Of Deplorable Teens Pepper-Spray Cyclist, Steal His Bike

A group of 7-10 teen assailants attacked a Market Street cyclist Monday evening, pepper-spraying him then stealing his property. Police say that the crime occurred at 9:49 p.m. Monday evening near

Sunken Barge In Bay Is Resting Atop Transbay Tube

We learned on Friday that in the midst of that windy storm, just after midnight Thursday night, a barge with a crane on top of it that was under contract to BART capsized

Mission District Carjacker's Joyride Is Short-Lived

A man who hopped into a woman's car and demanded a ride is in police custody this morning, after the vehicle's rightful owner bailed and the miscreant took off. Two women — a 40-year-old

Sacramento Police Officer Tackles, Beats Black Man 'For Jaywalking'

Posted by Naomi Montaie on Monday, April 10, 2017 Disturbing bystander video circulating on Facebook shows a Sacramento Police Officer tackling and hitting a man, Nandi Cain Jr., who was reportedly stopped for