SF News Tech Companies Are Trying To Rebrand San Francisco As 'Cloud Corridor' With San Francisco trying hard to redirect the tech sector's focus away from Silicon Valley, a new branding effort coming out of the SoMa's techie hivemind is pushing to re-brand the neighborhood as
Arts & Entertainment Kanye Proposes To Kim Kardashian At AT&T Park Noted crooner Kanye West proposed to prominent reality star (and unfortunate Dodgers fan) Kim Kardashian tonight at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Why? Why not. The signer proposed to his fair
SF News Cyclist Killed By Muni Bus Near Bryant And Division [Updated] Another cyclist met with a fatal collision this morning, and this time the other vehicle involved was a Muni bus in the chaotic vicinity of Bryant and Division Streets. The incident happened around
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At SFMOMA... Major butt lift for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Here's a jarring view of the museum's backside taken today from inside the construction site.If you recall, SFMOMA closed in June
SF News Dedicated Bike Lane Coming To Folsom By Year's End In the wake of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac's death at the corner of Folsom and Sixth, the city announced plans for a bike lane between Fourth and Eleventh streets. "By the end of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Deviled Mushrooms & Poached Hen Egg At Cavalier If you haven't yet heard of The Cavalier, we pity you. Luckily, SFist is here to help. And to reignite our own Go Eat This feature, we ask you to head over to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe Group Expanding To 888 Brannan In SoMa The noted restauranteurs from Absinthe group will bring their next offering to an attention-starved corner of SoMa sometime in the next year, Inside Scoop reports. The group, which currently owns Absinthe, Arlequin Cafe
Arts & Entertainment NSFW: Scenes From Folsom Street Fair 2013 Fetish fans arrived en masse to the 30th Folsom Street Fair in SoMa for day full of fun, sun, whips, chains, and brazen nudity. The event, which raised $325,000 for local and
SF News Giants Release Statement Regarding Slain Dodgers Fan As we reported today, Jonathan Denver, 24, was fatally stabbed near Third and Harrison in SoMa just after Wednesday's game. The Giants released the following statement in the wake of his death. We
Arts & Entertainment SoMa's South Park Sign Up For Auction In an effort to help fund the renovation of SoMa's jarringly adorable South Park, the actual South Park sign will be available for auction. Bidding starts at $1,000! Also, for those of
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Jonathan Borofsky's 'Human Structures' "Human Structures" by Jonathan Borofsky at 555 Mission, shot by Darwin Bell.
SF News Young Man Shot In SoMa Near Convention Center Over at Bonifacio and Mabini on Sunday, a couple of blocks away from the Oracle OpenWorld convention now in progress, a young man was shot during a violent robbery. "The 26-year-old victim was
SF News San Francisco's Smallest Apartment For Rent Is 264 Square Feet, $1200 A Month Although it may not be the absolute smallest in the city, the tiniest apartment currently available for you to move into is a diminutive 264 square feet of mostly kitchen and bathroom. If
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Cool, Calming Yerba Buena Center For The Arts This refreshing moment brought to you by Demetrios Lyras.
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Metreon: Metallica Metallica made a red carpet appearance at the Metreon on Monday night for the US premiere of Metallica Through The Never. What's it about, you ask? Described by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Blueprint Taproom, A New Beer Spot, Now Open In SoMa Check it out, SoMa workers and Design District denizens: You've got a new after-work beer bar to check out. Blueprint Taproom just debuted in the space at 680 8th Street (near Brannan) that
Arts & Entertainment Video: Fly Over San Francisco In The Not-So-Distant Future As San Francisco hurtles towards a new, high-altitude future, creative agency Steelblue has created this futuristic flyover video showing the roughly 25 projects that will soon be changing the skyline and street level
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bergerac To Look Like French Mansion Where The Rolling Stones Recorded 'Exile On Main St.' Acclaimed Bar Director Russell Davis and Chef Randy Lewis (the former being the co-star of Spike TV’s Bar Rescue; the latter name Food & Wine “Best New Chef” in 2001) will come
SF News Witnesses Sought In Cyclist Amélie Le Moullac's Death This memorial ghost bike at Sixth and Folsom marks the spot where cyclist Amélie Le Moullac was killed by a truck on August 14th. Authorities are seeking witnesses. Anyone who did see the
SF News Police Chief Apologizes, Cites Driver In SoMa Cyclist Death After initially letting the big-rig driver whose right turned killed a 24-year-old cyclist earlier this month, Police Chief Greg Suhr announced that an investigation has found the driver at fault in the accident.
SF News I-80 Overpass Jarringly Quiet Following Bay Bridge Closure Good morning, Bay Area. We snapped the following footage of the I-80 overpass this morning from high atop SFist headquarters in SoMa. Exciting? For those of us who live/work in SoMa and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Saison To Host Super Star Guest Chef Dinners Joshua Skenes, the mind behind universally acclaimed SoMa joint Saison, will open his kitchen to a gaggle of noted chefs for a series of dinners this fall. Several of the chefs are currently
SF News Victims, Suspects Flee After Shooting On Party Bus In SF's SoMa District There was, very clearly, a shooting aboard a party bus in SF's SoMa District late Saturday night/early Sunday, but the SFPD was unable to locate any victims or identify a shooter. Police
SF News SOMA Cyclist Death Leads To Safety Rally And 'People Behaving Badly' Segment A week after 24-year-old cyclist Amelie Le Moullac was struck and killed by a semi truck near Sixth and Folsom Streets, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition held a rally this morning to call
Arts & Entertainment Your Friday: Trannyshack's Depeche Mode v. Siouxsie Sioux That's right, we're keeping it in SoMa again. You can go to Hi Tops on Saturday. Way back before Bjork b-sides and Detroit trance disco acid tribal house whatever, the odiferous altera queers
