Making Every AirBnBer's Name Public is a Terrible Idea
By Max CherneyAfter about two years of what it says is Airbnb violating our city’s hotel laws, an unlikely coalition has banded together to produce a ballot initiative that’s designed to make sweeping...
View ArticleHoly Crap, THE WEATHER TODAY!
Because it's so nice, you need ice.(Really, go outside and get something with ice in it.)Sentiment stolen from Kate Torres' Facebook.
View ArticleDon't Miss Your Chance to See Studio Ghibli Movies on Screen
By Wendy Steiner Starting Thursday May 1, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is hosting a retrospective of some of the best Studio Ghibli films. There's a good chance you've seen Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited...
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Why I Love Richmond, California
By Lexi PandellI’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t spend significant time in Richmond until I was a reporter there during grad school. The city was a bit out of the way, and I didn’t think it had...
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The Hardest Things to Get Into Here (Besides Stanford)
A few weeks ago Stanford officially became the hardest school in the country to get into. A mere 1 out of 17 applicants for the class of 2018 gained admission to the elite institution. And sure, you...
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6 Things San Franciscans Just Can’t Even In This Heat
We don’t know how to comprehend the weather forecast once it gets above 79 in this city. This fact is made all too clear when we look at and make so many Facebook posts about this week's massive San...
View ArticleStop The Ridiculously Expensive Menu Item Trend
By Sarah HanYesterday Michael Bauer asked, "At what point does a restaurant become too expensive?" He pointed out that Michael Mina, one of SF's best restaurants, charges $42-$52 for a la carte main...
View ArticleWant to Sing on Stage With Third Eye Blind? (No Judgment)
By Wendy Steiner Third Eye Blind is performing at a benefit concert Monday, May 5 at the Fillmore. The only way to get in to this private show is to buy raffle tickets that enter you for a chance to...
View ArticleStern Grove's Awesome 2014 Lineup
By Jennifer MaerzRufus Wainwright fans, do you remember spending fifty bucks when he played Davies Symphony Hall last June? How'd you like to see him for free? Stern Grove's annual gift to the city of...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate a Buyout from a Landlord
By Devin HoltNot long ago, the San Francisco Chronicleran a story about a family who were offered $50,000 to move out of their rent-controlled apartment. It sounds like a lot of money, but the family...
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SF Attraction Haikus
Palace of Fine Artsbuilt for the world’s fairpeople take wedding pics herethere’s one or two swans Alcatrazonce Al Capone’s homemake your mom happy and goferry rides are funSutro Towerthree pronged...
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5 Places You'll Never See Again in San Francisco
I know it's trendy to make lists of things that are long gone from cities these days, but if you really want to take a look at something cool and absent from San Francisco now, Western Neighborhoods...
View ArticlePrivacy Basics In the Era of Facebook and Revenge Porn
By Violet BlueGoogle’s Eric Schmidt once said, “If you have something you don’t want anyone to know, then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher and...
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WATCH THIS: San Francisco Snow in 1962
By Wendy Steiner CBS San Francisco reports that a tremendous archive of San Francisco newsreels have been added to Youtube by a British media firm and Mediakraft Networks. The collection of over 85,000...
View ArticleWTF Are Those Yellow Dots on the Street?
By Noah SandersOne would assume that the average street, the actual nitty-gritty asphalt that we trod upon a daily basis, wouldn’t be that interesting. But take a good long gander down at the road...
View ArticleThe Worst Reviews of The Bay Area's Best Restaurants
By Lauren SlossFrom haute cuisine to creative California fare, the Bay Area has delicious spots for every occasion. Of course, with great restaurants come strong opinions. In that regard, Yelp is the...
View ArticleGet Your Free Comic Books on Saturday
By Josh WilsonFree Comic Book Day, that annual event that returns tomorrow, May 3, was founded in 2002 by Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics out in Concord, and the event has pretty much changed the...
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Food+Tech isn't all Drones and Rayguns
On the list of things that San Francisco is known for, food and technology are both solidly near the top. At our “Small Bytes” Tech Panel last Monday (co-hosted with General Assembly), we brought...
View ArticleCounting All the Classic '2001' References (Mad Men Ep. 4)
Mad Men Ep. 4: The MonolithBy Jules SuzdaltsevSpoilers! This week, SC&P got a computer, and Mad Men got a loaded mess of poetic meta-metaphors jammed into a series of allegories. The endless...
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