If you've made it this far into the summer without spending a night in jail, then bully for you. But the summer isn't over yet, and with the start of classes right around the corner, many of you might find yourself slamming one too many beers at the ...
Amid the all the trash you see and smell on BART (food wrappers, urine, gross people having sex ), there is one thing we do love about riding BART: the really cheap and fun entertainment. Last night, on our way home, we came across these BART cont...
we reported that a whopping 58 San Francisco cops turned in their walking papers in June alone. That's a lot of cops, and they're retiring with a lot of money. This is because the officers were taking advantage of the city's Deferred Retirement Op...
So what can you -- and the city -- do to help keep your precious ride safe? Tweet At SFPD This is a community affair. If people can standby and watch as a bike thief flagrantly saws through a u-lock with a battery-powered angle grinder, then ther...
Chris Bucchere Chris Bucchere, the cyclist who plowed into a 71-year-old grandfather last year, was sentenced to three years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service, according to the District Attorney's Office. Last month, the 37-year-...
We decided to bring some of those faces back into the news; here are six people went missing in San Francisco in the last six months -- and who have yet to be found. If you have any information on these disappearances, or believe you have seen them...
The great news is that the new Bay Bridge will open on time. The bad news is that the Bay Bridge will be closed for five days over Labor Day weekend while crews do the finishing touches to the new span, including paving and striping. Aren't you r...
Buoyed by the success of San Leandro fighter Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire , Hayward-born super middleweight champion Andre Ward , and the Fillmore's own junior welterweight title-holder, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield , we've long predicted a Bay...
Nothing screams "We are America" more than one-stop shop strip malls, all-you-can-eat buffets, and that annual trip to Cancun. But as you might have expected, there is more to the land of the free gift with every purchase . In effort to prove A...
See you later Can a gentrification story be squeezed out of ersatz celebrities made out of wax? Possibly, as San Francisco's lone locally owned wax museum is going corporate. Today is the Wax Museum's last day of its 50-year-run at Fisherman's...
In lieu of ringing, the cell phone service plays " Werewolves of London " while the wireless customer is located. This takes a while; it's as if said customer is weighing whether or not he wishes to be located at all. Finally, on the third or fourth ...
Amelie Update 12:07 p.m.: The victim's employer makes a statement. Read at the bottom of the story. Medical authorities this morning identified the cyclist who was killed yesterday as 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac , a San Francisco resident....
Updated : Paragraph 2: Lyft says its excess policy kicks in even if a driver's insurance doesn't support for-profit ride-sharing. Updated : Paragraph 4: Clarification on Uber charter carriers versus rideshare services. Manuel M. Ramos ...
San Francisco police need your help trying to track down this guy pictured to your right who allegedly attacked another man with a knife. According to police, on Aug. 4 at about 1 a.m., the victim was on the corner of Union and Buchanan streets whe...
The bags on the right probably go over great for dog owners in Dublin Watching a dung beetle at work brings so much to mind. Yet here are some things you probably weren't thinking: That looks like great exercise. I'd love to train a ci...
Entitled prick! The BMW comes with just about everything one needs for a comfortable, luxurious ride around town. Except of course, well-mannered drivers. The hypothesis -- largely based on callous sideswipes and general lack of pedestrian-frien...
Today could be a big catch for shark fin soup eaters who've been trying to reverse California's newly enacted law that put the kibosh on the Chinese delicacy. As the Ex reminded us this morning, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will take up the i...
A woman in her 30s died this morning after colliding with a big rig at about 7 a.m. today. According to Sgt. Dennis Toomer, the woman, who has not been identified, was cycling at Sixth and Folsom streets when the accident happened. She was taken to...
Update: Delays are now systemwide. We're getting word from BART that there's a stalled train along the tracks, creating a mega backup this morning in the Transbay Tube. We don't have many details at this time, however, we can tell you that if yo...
Adam Blomquist killed Authorities say it was 38-year-old Adam Blomquist , a San Francisco resident, who was killed Sunday night in a party bus crash in the South Bay. According to the California Highway Patrol, Blomquist was the only passenger...
Photograph and direction by Mike Koozmin. Design by Audrey Fukuman. Billy Sell was not, by any means, a sympathetic character. He'd earned a double life sentence for attempted first-degree… More >>
When six frustrated pot entrepreneurs got together to launch TheNug.com, an Oakland-based site dedicated to "weed, women, and other important stuff," they thought they'd stumbled on an Internet gold mine.… More >>
Not quite a year ago, a crippled 60-foot Muni articulated bus was hauled to Smith & Tobey 24-hour Towing. Muni buses break down all the time — but this was… More >>
A Muni operator's job entails driving the vehicle from Point A to Point B — but it's still a decent thing to thank him or her when you disembark. The Muni… More >>
Evidently, rideshare start-ups — or "Transportation Network Companies" per the new patois — aren't the only businesses to benefit from an impending BART strike. A Santa Monica parking directory service… More >>
The Bridge is Out, Then In The great news is that the new Bay Bridge will open on time. The bad news is that the Bay Bridge will be closed for… More >>
Picking Fruit Online Reading way into what the grocery store has come to represent: The grocery store is now only for the rich or those with food stamps, everyone else has… More >>
Illustration by Audrey Fukuman. Only a few hours ago, the strawberry was sitting on a vine at a family-owned farm in Watsonville, about 90 miles south of San Francisco. But,… More >>
At the corner of Townsend and The Embarcadero, outside AT&T; Park, an unusual sort of panhandler has appeared. They don't seek handouts; they seek autographs. Dylan Courier, 18, is on the… More >>
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a simple enough concept. And yet, applying it to on-the-ground situations often leads to profoundly unintended consequences — there's a reason… More >>