Top Stories

Fires Leave Hazardous Waste Ready for EPA

Flammable liquids, asbestos, and batteries pose a threat to residents returning home.

 

Beloved Tenderloin Cop ID’d as Victim of Hit-And-Run

Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel's commitment to community-based policing has made him a well-liked figure in the neighborhood.

 

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Slideshows

Iron & Wine at The Warfield, Oct. 21, 2017

 

Steven Van Zandt at The Fillmore, Oct. 13, 2017

 

Zola Jesus & John Wiese at The Independent, Oct. 17th, 2017

 

dälek, Street Sects and Gestures at Bottom of the Hill, Oct 15, 2017

 


News

Warriors Debut Jerseys with Awful Advertising

What in the heck is a Rakuten? Who knows, but the new NBA jerseys with ads on them are literally being ripped to pieces.

 

Lower Haight Construction Woes

A small business owner received a citation from the city — for a square of sidewalk that they'd already dug up.

 

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Music

Arcade Fire Wants Only to Impress the Faithful

The Canadian powerhouse revealed their priorities with a performance at Oracle Arena.

 

The Blow Make Peaceful Easy Feelings Something Other Than Peaceful

Back after a 4-year hiatus, the electro-pop duo continues to defy conventions.

 

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Culture

This Was the Wait to See a $100 Million Painting

Twice lost to history, and valued at only $100 as recently as the 1950s, Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" goes to auction next month.

 

Bloviating Conspirary Theorist Really Hates Drag Queen Story Hour

Alex Jones loses it completely over a Southern California "Drag Queen Story Hour," and his meltdown depicts several S.F. queens.

 

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Dining

Canela Revives Halloween in the Castro

The 6-year-old tapas restaurant does the ‘Time Warp’ again.

 

Is Eric Schramm Northern California’s Ultimate Forager?

Mendocino's mushroom hunter gives us a toadstool tell-all.

 

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Film

Tom of Finland

How the patron saint of leather achieved his sweaty apotheosis.

 

Dina

If two people on the autism spectrum can find love together, maybe there’s hope for us all.

 

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