SF News Uber Cars Attacked By Striking Taxi Drivers In Paris One place in the world where the tension between traditional cab drivers and on-demand car services like Uber is getting most heated is France, and a taxi strike at Paris airports Monday turned
SF News Wherein We Address The 'Walk For Life' Banners On Market Street Let's address this since SFist has received plenty of emails regarding the above banners on Market Street... The annual Walk for Life escapade goes down in San Francisco on January 25. Whether pro
SF News Fake Google Employee Was An Actor, Union Organizer, And Occupy Mainstay [Updated] The man seen on an already-viral video posted by the San Francisco Bay Guardian has been identified as Max Bell Alper, a self-proclaimed "organizer and artist" with the Making Change Media Collective and
SF News Black Friday: Protest Planned For San Leandro Walmart In honor of Black Friday, and the horrifically-named Gray Thursday, workers will protest at Walmart stores around the country today. Rev. Ed Middelton, a pastor at First Community Church in Dallas, Texas, who
SF News Second Video Surfaces Of Friday's Valencia Gardens Chaos Another video has come to light that shows the original subject of the alleged police brutality we were learning about that took place Friday at the Valencia Gardens complex. The video begins earlier
SF News Photos: Protesters March In Support Of Andy Lopez, Boy Killed By Sheriff's Deputy At least a thousand protesters gathered in Santa Rosa today to march in support of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old boy who died at the hands of a sheriff's deputy for carrying around a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo: Russian Vodka Spilled At SF City Hall As we mentioned yesterday, there was a protest today at noon in front of City Hall in which some LGBT activists were calling on the mayor to support the boycott of Russian vodka
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gays To Dump Russian Vodka Down The Sewer At City Hall Tuesday The controversial boycott of Russian vodka, in response to recent civil rights violations by the Putin regime and reports of violent treatment of LGBT Russians, comes to San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday
SF News Local Nudists Will Taint And/Or Titillate Your Saturday With Naked Parade Although a judge has already told San Francisco's nudists that being naked is not protected free speech, a group of the usual suspects plans to strip down for freedom again tomorrow. After hanging
SF News Protests Block Muni Service At Church & Duboce, Market & Van Ness [Updates] Around 4 p.m. Tuesday protest groups took to the streets in the Lower Haight as part of a demonstration against police brutality and racial injustice in San Francisco. As of 4:20
SF News 9 Arrested in Oakland Zimmerman Protests It was the third consecutive night of unrest, vandalism, and protest in Oakland over the verdict in the Zimmerman trial, and this time nine people were arrested for various offenses including assault with
SF News City College S.F. Students And Faculty To Protest Accreditation Loss A group of City College SF students, faculty, and supporters are gathering today to rally outside the Department of Education's offices at 50 Beale Street in protest of the school's loss of accreditation,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hayes Valley Farm Occupiers Get Eviction Notice, Announce That They Will Move a Block Away We reported last week on the entrance of some Occupy-esque folks on the land formerly known as Hayes Valley Farm, which is set to become a residential development. Many of you had opinions
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Old Man Shakes Fist "Native Son" columnist Carl Nolte marches outside the Chronicle Building at Fifth and Mission to protest the Hearst Corporation's proposed contract terms for guild workers. Your SFist editors, meanwhile, are still shaking our
SF News Nudists To Finally Receive Those Citations They've Always Wanted [Update: Three Arrested] Today, for the first time in San Francisco history,* a local nudist or nudists will receive a citation for being indecently exposed. Or, that's the plan anyway. Supervisor Scott Wiener's much-publicized ban on
SF News Gun Control Advocates to Stage 'Lie In' at Justin Herman Plaza Saturday In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, a local chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence plans to host a silent protest on Saturday at Justin Herman Plaza to call attention
SF News Oakland Braces for Occupy Anniversary Protest Occupy Oakland, the loosely organized off-shoot of Occupy Wall Street that gained national media attention last year because of the lengthy war they waged with Oakland police over the occupation of Frank Ogawa
Arts & Entertainment Everything's Happening This Weekend: Anti-Colonialism, Columbus Day Parade Can you hear them? Shhhh. Hear that? They're coming. No, they're coming. Damn tourists. And there's nowhere to hide. Quick review SFist's "How To Walk On The Sidewalk Like A Reasonable Human Being,
SF News Occupy Anniversary Just Might Ruin Your Monday Commute Monday marks the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and yesterday Occupy SF announced a Financial District protest beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday, which is sure to disrupt something, but how
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Slut Walk Returns To Dolores Park Tomorrow San Francisco will host its second annual Slut Walk and Rally at Dolores Park. Like last year, the event aims to protest those who attempt to explain or excuse rape by blaming
SF News Activists Protest Gay Rodeo Fundraiser At Powerhouse Bar Here's something you didn't know you'd be reading about today: the rights of grown gay men to put panties on a goat. Some animal-rights activists gathered outside the Powerhouse Bar yesterday to protest
SF News OccupySF Takes Over Vacant Building At Turk And Gough As part of the nationwide "We Won't Get Fooled Again" Day of Action, OccupySF has taken over a vacant building at 888 Turk (at Gough). The group says the building is owned by
SF News Six Reporters Arrested During Occupy Oakland Mass Arrest Mother Jones' Gavin Aronsen wrote a first-hand account of being apprehended at the Occupy Oakland mass arrest on Saturday, along with at least five other credentialed journalists and 400 protesters. Aronsen says this
SF News Thousands of Pro-Lifers March on Market Street A major pro-life march, the likes of which we haven't seen in recent years on a San Francisco promenade, is happening as we type. The cascade of Christians extends from Civic Center to
SF News Occupy SF And Oakland To Occupy Individual Homes Facing Foreclosure Today We want to be supportive of the Occupy movement. We do. But as with all things (and like most Americans), we bore easily. But we're trying to stay alert and remain positive as
