METABLOKS / SAN FRANCISCO

SF Standard

Smoke fills BART trains, shutting down Transbay Tube during evening rush hour

Videos show riders coughing and covering their faces. Service resumed later Friday night.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

Smoke fills BART trains, shutting down Transbay Tube during evening rush hour

SF Standard

The year of the handshake deal in Bay Area sports

If it wasn't for good, old-fashioned trust, the Warriors and 49ers would be in much trickier situations.

13 hours ago

SF Standard

The year of the handshake deal in Bay Area sports

SF Standard

SF’s real summer is just starting. Here’s your new favorite rooftop hang

Cubita, the even-more-tropical successor to El Techo, elevates the Mission’s Caribbean vibes — in every sense.

18 hours ago

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SF’s real summer is just starting. Here’s your new favorite rooftop hang

SF Standard

AI riches, interest-rate dreams fuel early start to home-buying season

Lower interest rates and pent-up demand could lead to the most robust fall market in three years.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

AI riches, interest-rate dreams fuel early start to home-buying season

SF Standard

Gap is so back, it built a pop-up soundstage in honor of its viral new ad

The hydraulically-enhanced immersive experience is on display for the next five weeks.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

Gap is so back, it built a pop-up soundstage in honor of its viral new ad

SF Standard

How Giants coach Damon Minor carries his twin brother's legacy: 'You miss him every day'

For the hitting coach, a matchup against the Orioles is a reminder of his childhood, major league dreams, and his brother's fight with cancer.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

How Giants coach Damon Minor carries his twin brother's legacy: 'You miss him every day'

Mission Local

The Mechanix at ZBelow is a rollercoaster

Sara Toby Moore’s “The Mechanix,” a self-described "science fiction-magical realism-human cartoon" show, takes place on “a normal day at a seaside amusement pier.” The show includes interdimensional travel, anthropomorphic animals, [...] The Mechanix at ZBelow is a rollercoaster

5 hours ago

Mission Local

The Mechanix at ZBelow is a rollercoaster

Mission Local

Artist Rose B. Simpson parks a 1964 Buick inside the de Young Museum

Artist's sculptures have a post-apocalyptic 'Road Warrior' vibe. Artist Rose B. Simpson parks a 1964 Buick inside the de Young Museum

9 hours ago

Mission Local

Artist Rose B. Simpson parks a 1964 Buick inside the de Young Museum

Mission Local

Sunflowers

On Valencia Street. Photo by Lydia Chavez. Sunflowers

18 hours ago

Mission Local

Sunflowers

Mission Local

Excelsior’s Royal Baking Co., nearly shuttered by tragedy, planning comeback

Royal Bakery Co., a 90 year-old Excelsior legacy business, looks closed to passers-by. But it's reopening to the world soon. Excelsior’s Royal Baking Co., nearly shuttered by tragedy, planning comeback

20 hours ago

Mission Local

Excelsior’s Royal Baking Co., nearly shuttered by tragedy, planning comeback

Mission Local

S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.

ICE arrested six people at San Francisco immigration court on Thursday morning, and another seven people at an apartment complex in SoMa. S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.

1 day ago

Mission Local

S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.

Mission Local

Sheryl Davis calls herself S.F.’s ‘failed bureaucrat.’ Now she’s facing a criminal investigation.

On Sept. 12 of last year, Sheryl Davis received a call from a reporter. Since then, her life forever changed. Sheryl Davis calls herself S.F.’s ‘failed bureaucrat.’ Now she’s facing a criminal investigation.

1 day ago

Mission Local

Sheryl Davis calls herself S.F.’s ‘failed bureaucrat.’ Now she’s facing a criminal investigation.

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Tesla Driver Appears to Nap on MacArthur Maze, Sparks Outrage

The former Delta pilot who was arrested for child sexual abuse at SFO in July appeared in court Friday; it's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast; and a Tesla driver appeared to be snoozing behind the wheel last week.

5 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Tesla Driver Appears to Nap on MacArthur Maze, Sparks Outrage

SFiST

The Giants are Doing a ‘Pokémon Go Drone Show’ After Tonight’s Game

Pokémon catchers report for training after Friday night’s Giants-Orioles game at Oracle Park, as the team has lined up a massive “Pokémon Go Drone Show” so you can peek at giant Pikachus flying through the sky.

7 hours ago

SFiST

The Giants are Doing a ‘Pokémon Go Drone Show’ After Tonight’s Game

SFiST

This Week In Food: Souley Vegan Reopens, Shuggie's Reopens Sans Pizza

Bosco sets an opening date, Shuggie's reopens with its new more ambitious menu (and low-ABV cocktails), and Souley Vegan has made a triumphant return in Oakland, all in This Week in Food.

8 hours ago

SFiST

This Week In Food: Souley Vegan Reopens, Shuggie's Reopens Sans Pizza

SFiST

Amado’s on Valencia Street Has Quietly Reopened, Though Just on Weekends for Now

The bar and live music venue Amado’s closed permanently two years ago, but is now somehow open again, with a soft opening schedule of just weekend nights, and food only on Fridays and Saturdays (for now).

9 hours ago

SFiST

Amado’s on Valencia Street Has Quietly Reopened, Though Just on Weekends for Now

SFiST

California Uber and Lyft Drivers are Unionizing, and Uber and Lyft are Actually Going to Let Them

In a surprising deal that was somewhat brokered by Gavin Newsom, Uber and Lyft are going to let their 800,000 California rideshare drivers unionize and get collective bargaining rights, though drivers can still refuse to join the union.

10 hours ago

SFiST

California Uber and Lyft Drivers are Unionizing, and Uber and Lyft are Actually Going to Let Them

SFiST

Disgraced San Jose City Councilmember Faces Emotional Sentencing Hearing For Child Molestation

Former San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres, who was convicted in April of molesting a younger male relative, faced a fraught sentencing hearing Friday in which his victim yelled at him and called him a "monster."

11 hours ago

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Disgraced San Jose City Councilmember Faces Emotional Sentencing Hearing For Child Molestation

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