Video of SFPD Detaining Black Rappers in Hunters Point Sparks Outrage Online
On March 12, Brian Storm uploaded an 11-minute video to YouTube that shows the SFPD detaining, handcuffing, and searching a group of young, African American men filming a rap video in Hunters Point....
View ArticleVideo of SFPD Detaining Black Rappers in Hunters Point Sparks Outrage Online...
On March 12, Brian Storm uploaded an 11-minute video to YouTube that shows the SFPD detaining, handcuffing, and searching a group of young, African American men filming a rap video in Hunters Point....
View ArticleThe Dietary Dramas You Go Through to Throw a Dinner Party
In other places, life happens in restaurants. Not in LA. Here, people invite you over. It’s one of the things I love about my adopted city; you get to know a lot about someone when you spend time at...
View ArticleWhy it's Legal for a Bernal Heights Landlord to Quadruple This Woman's Rent...
San Francisco resident Deb Follingstad began a recent Facebook post with a phrase commonly heard in San Francisco these days: “I need a place to live.” Common, but not so surprising as rents skyrocket...
View ArticlePark Officials Throw Shade at "Trashy" Mr. Marina Party
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is not happy with the Mr. Marina contest for being a certain kind of trashy. The GGNRA posted several photos and messages to its Twitter and Instagram accounts...
View ArticleThe Best Bar & Book Pairings For SF Bookworms & Barflies
There is nothing better than getting lost in a good book — except maybe getting lost in a good beer while you're reading a good book. If you want to do some quality reading in a quasi social place,...
View ArticleOakland Joins Exclusive List Alongside Detroit and Washington DC
Oakland doesn’t get much love from the national press. Journalists often describe it as either San Francisco’s gritty hipster sibling (“Brooklyn by the Bay,” to quote the New York Times), or as a...
View ArticleHow to Get Last-Minute Dave Chappelle Tickets Today
You might have heard that Dave Chappelle is coming to town, but if you didn't get tickets to see the funnyman, you still have a shot. A Chappelle show (wink) was just added for one night only this...
View ArticleWhy Everyone is Talking about 'The Jinx' Today
Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers. All the spoilers, ok?HBO’s six-part documentary series The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst just ‘out-Serialed’, Serial. In this documentary about a wealthy...
View ArticleThe Best Craft Beers Within Walking Distance of BART
The Bay Area is home to excellent craft beer. But transportation can be a hassle — biking after a few brews isn’t safe and driving is out of the question. Even with a designated driver, parking is...
View ArticleRare Photos of Sutro Baths on its 119th Anniversary
When Sutro Baths opened on March 14th, 1896, it was the definition of opulence in San Francisco. More than 100 years later, beautiful photos of the building are still being uncovered. A private...
View ArticleSan Francisco Is Slowly Shifting Away from Being Our Neverland
My mom always asks me when she’s going to be a grandmother. Most of the time it’s in jest, but sometimes, when it’s just she and I in the car running errands, she gets more serious about it. “You’re...
View ArticleThe Best Spots for an Irish Breakfast in San Francisco
As an Irish woman who has spent the better part of the last decade in San Francisco, there is a lot that I have grown to love about American culture. The Giants are now my team, I can deal with having...
View ArticleAll The Times San Francisco Made You Feel Lucky
This city can get you down. Rents are skyrocketing, neighborhoods are changing, people will soon be puking green beer all over our streets. It's easy to get bogged down in the bad some days. But here's...
View ArticleSnazzy Private Bus Service Launches Today
Step aside Uber, Lyft, and Muni. There’s a new transportation service in town, and it's pretty damn fancy.Leap, a private bus company, launched its first route in San Francisco today. The Express...
View ArticleWe Can't Lose Lost Weekend Video
We can't lose all our weird places, we just can't.Prominent Mission fixture, Lost Weekend Video has been on the chopping block since February because of a rent increase but may have one last chance at...
View ArticleBernal Heights Woman With the Huge Rent Increase Does Airbnb, and the...
Yesterday, Deb Follingstad, an 11-year resident of Bernal Heights, announced to the world via Facebook that her landlord, Nadia Lama, planned to raise her rent by $6,755 (with a new $12,500 security...
View ArticleWhat East Coasters Notice When They First Visit SF
San Francisco is a strange, beautiful place full of fog, burritos, people saying hella, and a ravenous appetite for kale. There's no doubt that some of the city's eccentricities really puzzle East...
View ArticleThe Number of Affordable Housing Units Built in the Mission is Shocking
Amid all the protests and think pieces about how unaffordable the Mission has become, a new map shows exactly how much affordable housing new developments will bring to the neighborhood — only about 25...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Transamerica Pyramid Spinning Perfectly via Photos Shot Around an...
Fans of landmarks, sunsets, and radiuses: watch this video of all your favorite things! Ray Zschau posted a video yesterday in which he compiles photos he took of the Transamerica Pyramid (SF's...
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