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HA! That Big Verizon Wrap Ad At Embarcadero Center Is Illegal, City Demands Its Removal

You know how Verizon and Super Bowl 50 were doing that huge wrap of Four Embarcadero Center over the last two weeks the one that ran into a humorous snafu last week? Some

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Good Luck Figuring Out What These Department Of Homeland Security Devices On SF Streets Are!

When SFist reader Matt Scully spotted this Department of Homeland Security device at New Montgomery and Mission, he had some questions. Is this thing — whatever it is — Super Bowl related? Is it a

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Photo Du Jour: If You Lose Your Clipper Card, You'll Be Stuck With One Of These

I'm going to keep asking: Are you sick of the Super Bowl news yet? Well you'll have so many more chances to be sick of the Super Bowl over the next few months

Supervisors Pen Op-Ed Slamming SF Super Bowl Deal

Meanwhile, in San Francisco... pic.twitter.com/55b5XptnUB— Uel Aramchek (@ThePatanoiac) January 26, 2016 Following on last Tuesday's press conference lambasting San Francisco's Super Bowl City arrangement with the Host Committee and the

Day Around The Bay: Get Even More Paranoid About Super Bowl Terrorism!

[BuzzFeed] is still trying to make 'Frisco' happen. [Earlier] As discussed last week, the FBI is gearing up for various kinds of potential terrorist threats during Super Bowl Week. And while there will

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Ballers Encouraged To Rent Lamborghinis, Maseratis For The Purpose Of Super Bowl Frontin'

If you're tired of Super Bowl 50 news, too bad! Today we got a notice from Enterprise and their Exotic Car Collection informing us that we should let baller travelers to SF or

SF's Super Bowl Bill Just Went Up Another $500K

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Due to unaccounted expenses that weren't properly budgeted, the estimated bill to San Francisco taxpayers for the upcoming Super Bowl 50 celebrations just went up.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Doing A Concert You Can't Go To The Night Before The Super Bowl

A late edition to the Super Bowl Week concert lineup just arrived and it's 90's alterna-rock gods The Red Hot Chili Peppers. But unlike the previously announced Dave Matthews and Pharrell Williams shows,

Official: Entrance To Super Bowl City Will Require Airport-Like Screening

Security for Super Bowl 50 is sure to be tight, and the FBI has already warned us about all the potential ways that terrorists could ruin Santa Clara's big game, but what about

Uber Strikes Deal Blocking Lyft From Levi's Stadium

Uber has inked a deal with Super Bowl officials allowing the company exclusive ride-hail access to the area surrounding Levi's Stadium on the day of Super Bowl 50. That means competitor Lyft (and

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Photo Du Jour: How Much Would You Pay For This 'Designer' Super Bowl 50 Football?

A photo posted by Rachel Zoe (@rachelzoe) on Jan 20, 2016 at 10:09am PST Oh, christ, what now, Super Bowl? What is this? OK, sorry, I think I was having a vulgarity-induced

How SF's Massive Super Bowl Ads Ducked Permit Fees, Billboard Regulations

Astute commenters on yesterday's post on Embarcadero Center's Super Bowl wrap fail wondered if such displays violated San Francisco's advertising regulations, and/or if the building owners could be fined for the vast

Nevius: Protesters Need To Stay On Message And Stop Blocking Traffic

Black.Seed demonstrators have been arrested on the Bay Bridge. #96Hours #Oakland #ReclaimMLK #shutitdown pic.twitter.com/uIwCACqJBl— shanelle (@TheShanelleM) January 19, 2016 The inevitable reaction to the MLK weekend protests from Chronicle

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Photo Du Jour: Embarcadero Center Super Bowl Wrap Fail

Embarcadero Center 4 is getting wrapped with an ad that has been taking shape over the last few days, and SFist reader Michael Guo wrote in to show off the "entertainingly bad" job

Supervisors Now Demanding City Hall Renegotiate Super Bowl 50 Deal

Three San Francisco Supervisors held a press conference yesterday reiterating their anger with the deal city officials struck with the Super Bowl Host Committee that is expected to leave SF taxpayers a bill

Get Paranoid: FBI Releases List Of Possible Ways Terrorists Could Terrorize The Super Bowl

With tens of thousands of people coming into SF and Santa Clara to watch and/or gawk at the Super Bowl Week festivities starting at the end of next week, there comes the

Super Bowl 50 Will Hurt Justin Herman Plaza Vendors, Impact Downtown Mail Delivery

We all know that San Francisco city officials massively fumbled negotiations with the NFL and the Super Bowl Host Committee, leaving San Francisco taxpayers with an estimated bill of $4,881,625 for

Santa Clara Getting $4 Million To Cover Super Bowl Costs, SF Gets Zero

Supervisor Jane Kim is not stoked about Super Bowl 50. In a press release sent out late this afternoon by her office, the Supervisor breaks down her displeasure with the fact that San

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Conan O'Brien Coming To SF To Host 'NFL Honors' On Super Bowl Weekend

In further Super Bowl-related celebrity news, it was announced late Thursday that comedian Conan O'Brien would be the host of the 2016 NFL Honors broadcast an annual song-and-dance the Saturday before the big

Day Around The Bay: Super Bowl Is Coming For Your Parks With Huge, Light-Up Statues

Ten Super Bowl 50 statues are being placed around San Francisco. The 1,600-pound signs are self powered, and light up. One of them was installed in Alamo Square Park, and was vandalized

New Downtown Surveillance Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns

Why is @sfmta_muni putting up "traffic" cameras in locations where there will be no cars? #SuperBowlSurveillance pic.twitter.com/lGY4F1wzDM— Oakland Privacy (@OaklandPrivacy) January 10, 2016 New cameras that have begun popping

Does The Super Bowl Actually Bring With It Legions Of Prostitutes?

A popular notion that's been sensationalized in the media each Super Bowl season over the last half decade is that every Game Week brings with it a huge influx of sex workers and

Concerned Citizen Predicts Likely Super Bowl 50 Traffic Impact

We've heard a lot about the upcoming Super Bowl 50 downtown street closures and resulting disruptions to Muni service, and SFMTA last Friday helpfully released a map detailing their predictions for how downtown

Lightsaber Battle Causes Thousands Of Dollars In Damages, Brings Out Organizers' Dark Side

Last month's Star Wars opening brought with it plenty of opportunities to celebrate all things Jedi, most notably that large-scale lightsaber battle on December 18 in Sue Bierman Park. The event, organized by

SFMTA Forgets They Need To Direct Traffic, Ups SF Taxpayers' Super Bowl Bill

Remember how we told you that San Francisco was expected to spend about $4 million of taxpayer money on the Super Bowl? Well, scratch that figure! As it turns out, the good old