Journeyman castoff backup quarterback Mac Jones proved he had just enough in him to beat a terrible team, as he led the 49ers to a 26-21 win over the New Orleans Saints that was still more of a nailbiter than it should have been.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A new upscale billiards lounge with a cocktail bar has just opened on Mission Street, in the space that was formerly home to ECHO nightclub.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A site that had been one of several to spark controversy and protest in the last decade as market-rate developers were ravenous to build in the Mission District is now going to become the largest 100%-affordable development in the neighborhood in 20 years.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A 100% affordable housing project broke ground at 16th and DeHaro streets Monday morning, and this is newsworthy, because it's being built by a market-rate developer, and it was not originally going to be affordable housing.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A federal court case with major implications for Donald Trump's agenda — namely his stated intent to send federal troops into US cities run by Democrats that he perceives to be crime-ridden — had its three-day hearing this week.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee doesn't take kindly to her city being lumped in to Trump's fear-mongering campaign relating to urban crime, which he is using to justify deploying the National Guard in DC.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Whether he's legally permitted to or not, Herr Trump is doubling down on his earlier threat to send National Guard troops to combat "crime" in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Yes, there were once cows in Cow Hollow.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
An ice cream bear jamboree was broken up by El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies in South Lake Tahoe early Sunday morning, but not before that bear put a serious dent in the strawberry ice cream supply.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A federal court has denied an attempt by San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to block a voter-approved initiative allowing the county board of supervisors to remove her from office, claiming it violated her federal rights.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
The saga continues in San Mateo County as Sheriff Christina Corpus seems dead set on leaving her job kicking and screaming, as opposed to bowing out quietly as the cards keep getting stacked against her.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus gave her first testimony before a hearing with the county's board of supervisors on Monday, and she remained defiant in denying the allegations against her.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) announced Friday that he’s investigating Meta after it was discovered that the company’s policies allowed its AI chatbots to interact with children in a “romantic or sensual” manner.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
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A big-city newspaper critic has to deal with the big-name, Michelin-starred places eventually, and it seems that Soleil Ho's tour of the Bay Area's more acclaimed, pricey spots is finally complete.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
I actually called it wrong yesterday when I said the chances of a take-down review of Chez Panisse from the Chronicle's new food critic were "slim to none." Oh, she went there.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Also, Rich Table finally gets a star!| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Some controversial cuts were going to be inevitable when the Chronicle's two main food critics set about reviving the Top 100 restaurants list this year. But, call me crazy, just-OK taco shops do not belong in the top 20 when over a dozen Michelin-starred spots are getting snubbed completely.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Three years in, Soleil Ho drops a review of The French Laundry, and now the details emerge about why the Chronicle's restaurant critic left Thomas Keller's famed restaurant off a recent list of best splurge restaurants.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
In a very-low-turnout election Tuesday, SF voters handed Mayor London Breed a couple of victories on police powers and drug screening for welfare recipients, while an affordable housing bond she abandoned is still too close to call.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Mayor London Breed’s priorities are all over your March 5 primary ballot, including one measure that proposes to give San Francisco police expanded use of drones and surveillance cameras.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
The Chico man suspected of sparking the Park Fire last week, which has burned over 380,000 acres of Northern California, has now been charged with felony arson and arson with aggravating factors.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
The death of local drag icon Heklina won’t stop the Golden Girls from being a friend for your upcoming holiday season, as Miss Coco Peru has signed on to take Heklina’s traditional role of the garishly outfitted Dorothy Zbornak in this year’s production.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
As news ripples out through the local and national drag community about the loss of San Francisco legend Heklina, many are processing the shocking news and mourning on social media.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
It was way back in 2007 that the idea to reenact old Golden Girls episodes with SF drag queens took shape, with Heklina and some friends doing the first performances in someone's Victorian in the Western Addition.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
Heklina and D'Arcy Drollinger tell SFist how they keep their annual Christmas show from getting blanched.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports
A beloved drag queen has died, and all too soon. Cookie Dough, a.k.a. Eddie Bell, succumbed to complications from meningitis at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco Thursday night. She was 52.| SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports