METABLOKS / SAN FRANCISCO

Mission Local

Krua Thai: Here to exceed your expectations

So many Thai places are – let face it: somewhat run-of-the-mill. Sure, they can make your standards passably well, but they don’t excite, they don’t take you to the next [...] Krua Thai: Here to exceed your expectations

2 hours ago

Mission Local

Krua Thai: Here to exceed your expectations

SFiST

Expect to See More Traffic Cops At Major SF Intersections As SFPD Cracks Down on Speeding

After a drop in traffic tickets in San Francisco in the last decade, SFPD is amping up traffic enforcement at intersections notorious for speeders.

3 hours ago

SFiST

Expect to See More Traffic Cops At Major SF Intersections As SFPD Cracks Down on Speeding

SF Standard

Pelosi throws support behind San Francisco Democrats' sexual misconduct probe

The speaker emeritus expressed support for a new DCCC committee looking into sexual assault allegations against local political leaders.

4 hours ago

SF Standard

Pelosi throws support behind San Francisco Democrats' sexual misconduct probe

Mission Local

Meet the District 7 Candidates: 'What do you think of the road safety proposal in West Portal?'

Welcome to “Meet the Candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 — which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and [...] Meet the District 7 Candidates: 'What do you think of the road safety proposal in West Portal?' ...

5 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the District 7 Candidates: 'What do you think of the road safety proposal in West Portal?'

SFiST

Saturday Links: Ex-SF Giants Player Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes In Indiana

Former MLB player Dustan Mohr was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes with a 13-year-old girl; a refrigerant leak at a Concord Costco forced 1,000 people there to evacuate; and pro-Palestinian protests continue at Bay Area college campuses.

5 hours ago

SFiST

Saturday Links: Ex-SF Giants Player Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes In Indiana

SF Standard

Why owning a home in San Francisco has never cost more

Buying a home in the area today is hard enough, but now non-mortgage costs are spiraling out of control.

10 hours ago

SF Standard

Why owning a home in San Francisco has never cost more

SF Standard

San Francisco artists maintain a creative haven for 40 years—at a radioactive site

They fought radiation, eviction and deterioration to maintain a shoreline community of hundreds of artists.

11 hours ago

SF Standard

San Francisco artists maintain a creative haven for 40 years—at a radioactive site

Mission Local

Ray Patlán, the mayor of Balmy Alley, dies at 77

Raymond Michael Patlán, an internationally esteemed Chicano muralist once dubbed mayor of San Francisco’s Balmy Alley, died on April 15 in Oakland. He was 77. Friends remember Patlán as a [...] Ray Patlán, the mayor of Balmy Alley, dies at 77

11 hours ago

Mission Local

Ray Patlán, the mayor of Balmy Alley, dies at 77

Mission Local

See how they run: Uber and Lyft confessions on the San Francisco mayor’s race

Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating between candidates every week until November. Read the rest of the [...] See how they run: Uber and Lyft confessions on the San Francisco mayor’s race

20 hours ago

Mission Local

See how they run: Uber and Lyft confessions on the San Francisco mayor’s race

Mission Local

Vea cómo se comportan: La alcaldesa Breed recorre Portola con el viento en su pelo

Read in English Mission Local está publicando un artículo diario sobre la campaña electoral de cada uno de los principales contendientes por la alcaldía, alternando cada semana a los candidatos [...] Vea cómo se comportan: La alcaldesa Breed recorre Portola con el viento en su pelo

20 hours ago

Mission Local

Vea cómo se comportan: La alcaldesa Breed recorre Portola con el viento en su pelo

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Rent Prices Rose Again in March, But Still Far From Pre-Pandemic Rates

The average asking rent in San Francisco rose by 1%, the first increase in 8 months; London Breed's plan to bring giant pandas to SF still has some roadblocks ahead; and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz is selling her 65-acre ranch in Bolinas for $9 million.

22 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Rent Prices Rose Again in March, But Still Far From Pre-Pandemic Rates

SFiST

Area Man Buys Satire Site The Onion, Also Happens to Be Twilio Co-Founder Jeff Lawson

Beloved humor site and “America’s Finest News Source” The Onion has been sold to San Francisco resident and Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, who says “The Onion is an institution, a national treasure, and we need it.”

23 hours ago

SFiST

Area Man Buys Satire Site The Onion, Also Happens to Be Twilio Co-Founder Jeff Lawson

SFiST

San Francisco Is Putting In a Bid to Become the New Home of the Sundance Film Festival

Earlier this week, the Sundance Film Festival announced that it was exploring its options to move to a new locale in 2027, after throwing the revered festival in Park City, Utah for the last 43 of its 46 years. And SF will be throwing its hat in the ring.

24 hours ago

SFiST

San Francisco Is Putting In a Bid to Become the New Home of the Sundance Film Festival

Mission Local

Women allege series of groping incidents near Holly Park

On Monday, a Bernal Heights resident went out for a run after work. It was close to 6 p.m. and the sun was still shining. She took her usual route, [...] Women allege series of groping incidents near Holly Park

24 hours ago

Mission Local

Women allege series of groping incidents near Holly Park

SF Standard

Nonprofit director placed on leave after allegations emerge

San Francisco Democrats cited an allegation against a local party leader in launching a committee to review accusations of sexual assault and harassment.

24 hours ago

SF Standard

Nonprofit director placed on leave after allegations emerge

SFiST

This Week In Food: A Thai Tasting Menu Experience Lands In Japantown

A new high-end Thai spot arrives in Japantown, a new but familiar French bistro is taking over the Catch space in the Castro, and Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan admits she likes it when servers are mean.

1 day ago

SFiST

This Week In Food: A Thai Tasting Menu Experience Lands In Japantown

SF Standard

Few leads in search for tech billionaire’s missing teen

Five days into the search for Mint Butterfield, cops say they're chasing the only real lead in the case—that the 16-year-old runaway may be in the Tenderloin.

1 day ago

SF Standard

Few leads in search for tech billionaire’s missing teen

SF Standard

London Breed was a star in China. Back in Chinatown, she’s fighting for her job

Over egg tarts and tea, the San Francisco mayor refuted the narrative that Asian American voters are abandoning her.

1 day ago

SF Standard

London Breed was a star in China. Back in Chinatown, she’s fighting for her job