AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar2 hours agoViral LA lobster rolls have arrived in SF with new Ghirardelli Square restaurantSFGate - Madeline WellsSan Francisco is a city known for its seafood, from Dungeness crab to oysters. But lobster? Not so much. Being more of a New England specialty, it makes sense that lobster rolls here can be hit or miss. Luckily for us, one of Southern California’s most sought-after lobster roll specialists, Broad …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar2 hours agoThis Calif. oddity dedicated to bunnies is the hoppiest place on EarthSFGate - Karen PalmerDust bunnies. Rabbit foot keychains. The Energizer Bunny. Peter Rabbit. When you hop right to it, there are an awful lot of references to bunnies in our vernacular, literature and pop culture. And nowhere is that more apparent than at The Bunny Museum, one of the weirdest, wildest places you can …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar13 hours ago22-year-old SF State student identified as man who died in 280 crashSFGate - Madilynne MedinaThe San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified a San Francisco State University student who died earlier this month after his car went down an embankment on Interstate 280. Alex Kauffman, a 22-year-old Alameda resident, died on March 9, the office confirmed to SFGATE. The …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar15 hours agoPranksters fill Kennedy campaign calendar with hilarious erotic eventsSFGate - Alec RegimbalRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign website lists several “community events” created by supporters of the independent presidential candidate. A meet-and-greet dinner is scheduled for March 28 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as is another event for volunteers in Seattle. But for a short time Wednesday …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar19 hours agoNearly five-year saga of SF Hayes Valley Trader Joe's to end this summerSFGate - Susana GuerreroAfter nearly five years, San Franciscans will finally see their promised Trader Joe’s store in Hayes Valley. On Wednesday night, Melanie Chesley, a regional manager for Trader Joe’s, told community members who attended a Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association meeting that the forthcoming Trader Joe’s …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar19 hours agoNew downtown San Francisco bar will tell you if you are a 'quality' person or notSFGate - Nico Madrigal-YankowskiDo you think you are a quality person? A private, members-only cocktail lounge in San Francisco’s Financial District might tell you that you are not. The Bank at Amador is a new bar set to debut this summer on the ground floor of Amador Club at 550 Montgomery St. inside the old Bank of Italy …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar21 hours agoBaseball's first Wrigley Field wasn't in Chicago. It was in California.SFGate - Farley ElliottThe 1925 baseball season went along like many others of the era. Everyday men crowded into shady second-story bleachers, eager to see stars like aging local hero Wally Hood, while the wealthier folks took up key real estate down below along the base paths. Hood notched nearly 250 hits that season, …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar23 hours agoDriver fatally strikes pedestrian on Highway 101, CHP saysSFGate - Amy GraffA driver fatally struck a pedestrian on northbound Highway 101 in San Jose early Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol told SFGATE. CHP received a call about the crash at 3:40 a.m., rushed to the scene on the highway near Oakland Avenue and found an unresponsive man who appeared to have …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe oldest, weirdest corner of Hollywood is now a strip mallSFGate - Paula MejíaConstellations of strip malls dot the Los Angeles landscape, each bearing familiar hallmarks of grayscale adobe walls and diminutive parking lots. Some are more creative — or more famous — than others, but taken all together, there is a kind of sameness to most strip malls around Southern …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar1 day agoA tech shuttle bus reportedly blocked traffic for 2 hours in San FranciscoSFGate - Stephen CouncilOn Tuesday evening, a shuttle bus for tech workers blocked a busy street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley for a full two hours, SFist reported. The Van Hool-branded bus stalled on its way up 24th Street just before the intersection with Dolores Street, per the report. Though the drivers of smaller cars …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar1 day agoWoman dies in Pacifica after allegedly shooting adult sonSFGate - Madilynne MedinaA woman was fatally shot Wednesday morning after allegedly shooting her adult son at an apartment complex in Pacifica, officials said. The shooting happened on the 2500 block of Francisco Boulevard, the Pacifica Police Department said in a social media statement. Police responded to the scene around …
AvatarSFGateAvatarAvatar3 days agoCalif. fast food chains continue layoffs, cut hours ahead of $20 minimum wage increaseSFGate - Susana GuerreroAfter Pizza Hut franchisees laid off more than 1,200 delivery drivers at California locations last month, it appears that more restaurants are following suit ahead of the state’s $20 minimum wage increase, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Bay Area-based Vitality Bowls franchise …