var ever_com_entries = [{"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/03/12/not_a_girls_kind_of_girl.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Mar 12, 2007","excerpt":"Oh, so Jennifer Siebel is that kind of girl: the kind that doesn't like other girls. People are abuzz about the comments that Gavin Newsom's current companion made in what was otherwise a kind of fluffy throwaway interview in the Sunday Style section of the Chronicle -- where she lashed out at people criticizing her man's behavior with the wife of his campaign aide by saying, \"the woman is the culprit..\" Oh, nice. Here's the...","date":"March 12, 2007  09:27 AM","author":"rita","comments":607,"title":"Not A Girl's Kind Of Girl","id":97999,"votes":75}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/05/how_did_prop_8_pass.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 05, 2008","excerpt":" While it's technically still too close to call, it looks like the same-sex marriage ban, Prop. 8, will prove victorious. Why? Well, one reason, according to BeyondChron's Paul Hogarth, might be that \"[p]rogressives were lulled into complacency by early poll numbers, and distracted by the Barack Obama campaign.\" Hogarth goes on to say that \"discrimination has been enshrined in our Constitution\" as of this morning. (Read his thorough take on how it won, right...","date":"November 05, 2008  08:34 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":146,"title":"How Did Prop. 8 Pass?","id":191171,"votes":11}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/16/review_comedy_deathray_at_sketchfest_.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_emily","displaydate":"Jan 16, 2007","excerpt":"SFist reviews Comedy Death-Ray at SF's Sketchfest ","date":"January 16, 2007  4:02 PM","author":"emily","comments":140,"title":"Review: Comedy Death-Ray at SketchFest ","id":90261,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/08/the_falun_gong_show_sfist_goes_to_the_ntdtv_chinese_new_year.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Jan 08, 2007","excerpt":"Guest review by M.C- of The Standing Room, with pictures by Civic Center's SFMike. N.B.: No one reviewing this concert, and no one posting the review of this concert has any affiliation with either Falun Gong or the People's Republic of China. When we heard about the NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular at the Opera House this past weekend, we were absolutely certain we knew what to expect. In our tender youth, our parents dragged...","date":"January 08, 2007  10:05 PM","author":"rita","comments":135,"title":"The Falun Gong Show: SFist Goes To The NTDTV Chinese New Year","id":89169,"votes":10}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/06/20/day_around_the_38.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Jun 20, 2007","excerpt":"--Gavin Newsom angrily denies Chris Daly's cocaine allegations, calls them \"sleazy,\" and calls for everyone in the Board of Supes to condemn them. Tom Ammiano says he thought it was one of Daly's better speeches. [The Chron (and audio clip), CBS 5 (with video of Daly at the meeting and Newsom's denial), ABC 7 (also with video), Fog City, Beyond Chron, Examiner, SF Sentinel. Watch the video from SFGov here, around item 36.] --Your Two...","date":"June 20, 2007  7:09 PM","author":"rita","comments":132,"title":"Day Around The Bay","id":112361,"votes":5}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/04/04/death_race_2007.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Apr 04, 2007","excerpt":"Hey kids, remember <a href=\"http://www.critical-mass.org/\">Critical Mass</a>?  Did you know it still happens?  Why, we haven't heard that much of them since the <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/july-dec97/bike_8-29.html\">Great Bicycle Uprising in 1997</a> when they (or the police) staged a mini-riot after His Willieness tried to crack down on them.\n\nToday, they're back in the news as a new story of wild behavior is making the rounds.  The story comes from <a href=\"http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/04/BAGF7P12RN23.DTL\">today's Matier & Ross</a> and to make a long story short, a nice, typical mini-van owning, suburban family was out in the city celebrating a birthday and got caught right smack-dab in the middle of Critical Mass. According to the story, it quickly devolved into Bikers Gone Wild.  \n","date":"April 04, 2007  11:09 AM","author":"Jon","comments":119,"title":"Death Race 2007","id":101216,"votes":8}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/07/09/sfist_photo_mis.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#Jim Herd","displaydate":"Jul 09, 2007","excerpt":"A rally against gentrification in the Mission","date":"July 09, 2007  3:39 PM","author":"Jim","comments":115,"title":"SFist Photo: Mission District Monkeywrenching? ","id":114779,"votes":8}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/10/no_on_8_folks_this_isnt_necessary.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 10, 2008","excerpt":"No-on-8 folks, this isn't necessary, is It?","date":"November 10, 2008  6:02 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":114,"title":"SF Home Displays Large \"F*ck Mormons\" Banner","id":192126,"votes":14}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/13/sf_momathomas_hawk_drama_inexplicia.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 13, 2008","excerpt":" God, this story needs to die. If you recall, local blogger Thomas Hawk threw a temper tantrum after being tossed out of SF MOMA for taking shots of some girl's tit, or a daring piece of wire hangers, or whatever. Now Hawk is doing everything to get Simon Blint, the SF MOMA employee who had Hawk remove, fired because of a bruised ego. Incorrectly using \"OMG, CENSORSHIP!\" as his battle cry, many on the...","date":"August 13, 2008  12:33 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":97,"title":"SF MOMA/Thomas Hawk Drama Continues for No Good Reason","id":176608,"votes":5}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/06/15/oh_no_ed_jew_ra.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Jun 15, 2007","excerpt":" You guys are THE BEST. Thanks for all the great pictures of today's Ed Jew rally outside City Hall! We can't find any coverage of it online yet, but your reports to us say that it was a media circus, and moderately-well-attended by pro Ed Jew folks. Joe O'Donoghue seems to have gotten over his whole \"pregnancy brain\" thing with Amy Lee enough to give a stemwinder of a speech, accusing various other elected...","date":"June 15, 2007  2:26 PM","author":"rita","comments":96,"title":"Oh No, Ed Jew!: Rally","id":111677,"votes":6}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/06/27/parking_garage.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Jun 27, 2007","excerpt":" Say hello to your new next door neighbor: a parking garage. Petitioners are currently collecting signatures for a \"build more parking\" petition, but the terms are insane: it wouldn't just allow developers to install big garages, it would require that all new homes build on extra parking, at the expense of living space. Require! As in, the government says that you don't have a choice! More room for cars means less room to house...","date":"June 27, 2007  11:39 AM","author":"mattymatt","comments":85,"title":"Surprise: Parking Garage Company Wants to Build LA-Style Garages in SF","id":113156,"votes":14}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/12/10/wish_you_were_dead_pool.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Dec 10, 2008","excerpt":" Many of our friends have been laid off by ailing companies, so we worry that places we love might go under. What's more, it's frustrating to see companies we adore fall to bits while ones that befuddle and bewilder remain safe and sound. So: This is a great time for the herd to thin, if you will. Nominate places you'd love to see (local or otherwise) go under and why -- writing \"SFist\" will...","date":"December 10, 2008  11:04 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":83,"title":"Wish You Were Dead Pool","id":197281,"votes":0}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/31/holy_crap.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Jan 31, 2007","excerpt":"So earlier today, we heard that Alex Tourk resigned as Gavin's campaign manager.  It was a bit curious, a bit odd, but these things happen, although whenever somebody mentions that they are leaving for \"personal reasons\" the mind does tend to go to certain places.  But no matter where your mind wandered, we have a feeling it didn't wander as far as what really happened because the Chron is reporting <a href=\"http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/31/BAGM3NSFGQ7.DTL\">that Tourk quit mainly because Gavin had an affair</a> with Tourk's wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk.  Rippey-Tourk (and woah, what a name) was Gavin's appointments secretary at the time.","date":"January 31, 2007  8:44 PM","author":"Jon","comments":81,"title":"Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!","id":92482,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/02/01/live_blogging_the_gavin_press_conference.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Feb 01, 2007","excerpt":"We got KCBS on the radio and <a href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news&id=4290505\">ABC 7</a> on the internet and we're all ready to go in probably the craziest press conference we've seen in this city in a long time.  We're not defending Gavin here and we're not saying he's got anyone else to blame but himself, but we can't imagine things like this are easy to do.  \n\nAnyways, here we go:","date":"February 01, 2007  12:48 AM","author":"Jon","comments":79,"title":"Live Blogging the Gavin Press Conference","id":92587,"votes":12}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/09/new_years_bash.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Jan 09, 2007","excerpt":" How did you ring in the new year? Here's an expansion on a blotter item that SFist Rita wrote about this morning: According to eyewitnesses, the 19-year-old son of the staggeringly wealthy local physician Eileen Aicardi spent it by gathering a mob of friends and then gaybashing an all-male singing group from Yale. When the assault was over, there were bruises, cuts, sprains, and facial reconstruction surgery requiring the wiring shut of the victim's...","date":"January 09, 2007  2:02 PM","author":"mattymatt","comments":77,"title":"New Year's Bash","id":89310,"votes":15}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/10/30/whew_that_was_f.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Oct 30, 2007","excerpt":" 9:30 Update: Things seem to be settling down. We're going to move the bulk of this post behind a jump. The only really big news at the moment is that there's a 30% chance of a strong aftershock in the next week, and a 5 to 10% chance of another strong earthquake. If you were lucky enough to feel The Great San Francisco San Jose Alum Rock 5.6 Back-and-Forthing of 2007, please continue to...","date":"October 30, 2007  8:05 PM","author":"mattymatt","comments":77,"title":"Whew, That Was Fun","id":131124,"votes":12}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/03/13/muni_hot_or_not.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Mar 13, 2008","excerpt":" We've been fans for awhile, and now NBC 11's Traci Grant -- who seems like a lot of fun, and someone should throw a local Emmy at her -- has also picked up on the awesome public art piece Muni Hot or Not of the Now over at Nature abhors a vacuum. At the very end, anchorwoman Lisa Kim totally throws shade James' way, to which we say: Lisa Kim, hot or not?...","date":"March 13, 2008  12:01 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":77,"title":"Muni Hot or Not of the Now Discovered By NBC 11","id":151732,"votes":9}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/28/chris_dalys_threatening_email_to_sf.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 28, 2008","excerpt":" You know how Board of Supes Prez Aaron Peskin was elected to the head of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee? Beating out former chair Scott Wiener? All because Chris Daly spammed voters with a threatening email? Well, here it is, complete with a menacing tone and a plan to take over the DCCC. Oh, and it gets really good after the jump, which is where the threats begin to bloom most beautifully....","date":"July 28, 2008  2:02 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":76,"title":"Chris Daly's Threatening Email to SFDCCC Members Revealed!","id":173802,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/20/bay_to_breakers_4.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 20, 2008","excerpt":" SFist intercepted this email sent out today by SFPD Park Station Captain Teri Barrett. Teri, it seems, has an estranged relationship with the merriment for which San Francisco is/used to be famous. Leisure World we are not. Check it: Teresa Barrett/SFPD/SFGO To: Park Station SFPD/SFPD/SFGOV@SFGOV [Date:] 05/20/08 [Time:] 11:21 Subject: Bay to Breakers 2008 I am trying to document how out of control the Bay to Breakers was this year. Drunks everywhere, people urinating...","date":"May 20, 2008  12:31 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":73,"title":"Bay To Breakers To Go the Way Of Halloween in the Castro?","id":162638,"votes":6}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/05/03/sfist_goes_to_the_roller_derby.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"May 03, 2007","excerpt":" Over the weekend, photographer Matt Cohen went to the Roller Derby to see the SF Bay Bombers vs Brooklyn Red Devils last weekend. These are the totally cool photos of the event. There are more of our favorite photos (including of the guys getting down and dirty) after the jump. You can see these photos and many more of the derby at Matt's Flickr page...","date":"May 03, 2007  2:30 PM","author":"Jon","comments":72,"title":"SFist Goes to the Roller Derby","id":105264,"votes":9}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/23/muni_disruption_of_the_now.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 23, 2008","excerpt":" Photo by Matt Bellinger SFist James sends us this photo, care of Matt Bellinger, of some packed albeit controversial Muni action that happened this afternoon during rush hour. Wheelchair man, it seems, demanded to get on per federal law and holds up train at Civic Center; Muni operator and passengers refuse to let him on. Operator was literally screaming at the guy to get out of the doorway of the packed train. Should he...","date":"July 23, 2008  6:47 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":71,"title":"Muni Disability Disruption Delay","id":173026,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/16/cough_cough_says_daly_new_cigarette.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 16, 2008","excerpt":" The entertaining/controversial Chris Daly, who seems a bit quiet as of late, has a new target now: wafts of cigarette smoke. We're told that his latest push of legislation \"calls for a smoking ban outside of restaurants, in waiting areas, within 20 feet of nonresidential buildings,\" and in common areas of apartment buildings. That is to say, you might have to look elsewhere to spark up that Capri or Virgina Slim while eating out....","date":"July 16, 2008  12:35 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":68,"title":"Cough, Cough, Says Daly: New Cigarette Ban Introduced","id":171837,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/08/27/dont_let_them_i.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jeremy","displaydate":"Aug 27, 2007","excerpt":"But for those of you that this applies to (or those of you thinking about owning property in the future), consider this a bit of a PSA. Prop 13 will only let the government increase its valuation of your property for tax purposes by 2% -- but should you let them take even that much in a down market (understatement? perhaps; we'll leave that to the experts)? Point is, you might want to think about contesting your revaluation. ","date":"August 27, 2007  10:20 AM","author":"SFist Jer","comments":67,"title":"Don't Let Them Increase Your Property Tax Payments","id":121537,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/09/sfmomas_director_of_visitor_relatio.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 09, 2008","excerpt":" \"Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SFMOMA is a first rate asshole.\" And so begins Bay Area photographer and blogger Thomas Hawk's most recent entry about being physically thrown out of SF MOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) for having the unmitigated gall to snap this image within the touristy downtown museum. It seems SF MOMA has, or had, a strict no-photography policy. Hawk goes on to say that said ban...","date":"August 09, 2008  5:51 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":66,"title":"SF MOMA's Director of Visitor Relations Has Vistor/Blogger Physically Ejected","id":175928,"votes":12}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/11/fck_mormons_sign_removed.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 11, 2008","excerpt":"CBS 5's <a href=\"http://cbs5.com/local/sf.mormon.sign.2.862095.html\">Joe Vazquez</a> reports that the big, pink <a href=\"http://sfist.com/2008/11/10/no_on_8_folks_this_isnt_necessary.php\">\"Fuck Mormons\" banner</a> has been removed. While rumors of photoshopping swirled, CBS 5 managed to figure out that, yes, the sign was, in fact, real. ","date":"November 11, 2008  7:23 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":66,"title":"\"F*ck Mormons\" Sign Removed","id":192354,"votes":7}, ];
var ever_fav_entries=[{"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/03/31/presidential_me_1.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Mar 31, 2008","excerpt":"Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the facility to the \"George W Bush Sewage Plant.\" ","date":"March 31, 2008  09:26 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":42,"title":"Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco Formed to Honor George W. Bush","id":154568,"votes":82}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/03/12/not_a_girls_kind_of_girl.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Mar 12, 2007","excerpt":"Oh, so Jennifer Siebel is that kind of girl: the kind that doesn't like other girls. People are abuzz about the comments that Gavin Newsom's current companion made in what was otherwise a kind of fluffy throwaway interview in the Sunday Style section of the Chronicle -- where she lashed out at people criticizing her man's behavior with the wife of his campaign aide by saying, \"the woman is the culprit..\" Oh, nice. Here's the...","date":"March 12, 2007  09:27 AM","author":"rita","comments":607,"title":"Not A Girl's Kind Of Girl","id":97999,"votes":75}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/17/alice_radios_no_name_booted_off_mor.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 17, 2008","excerpt":" Revealed by its competitor Live105 this morning, word is that Alice 97.3's Morning Radio Show just pruned part of its morning team, on-air personality No Name (AKA Mike Nelson). Alas. Together for six years on the radio, and a few weeks on television with an ill-advised spin-off of the show, Sarah and No Name have entertained the Bay Area masses every morning with, ahem, shocking banter and bon mots. (Or so we assume. We...","date":"July 17, 2008  4:27 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":47,"title":"Alice Radio's \"No Name\" Booted Off Morning Show","id":172063,"votes":66}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/18/update_dolores_aguilar_obit_is_dead.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 18, 2008","excerpt":" After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar's obit in the Vallejo Times-Herald, which if you recall was shockingly brutal, we got to the bottom of it all. Turns out Aguilar's obit is real - mighty real, according to an anonymous editorial spokesperson at VHT. In order to publish the damning obit, the editor staff did something unprecedented. \"We demanded to see Aguilar's death certificate brought in by a blood relative\" before going...","date":"August 18, 2008  1:34 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":11,"title":"Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real","id":177474,"votes":55}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/17/rip_bitch_dolores_aguilar.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 17, 2008","excerpt":" Warms the heart, doesn't it? Above obit found in the Times-Herald Napa/Sonoma. Oh, and be sure to read the guestbook here. (Thanks Jameth!) UPDATE I: Cruel obit page pulled late Sunday afternoon. Huh. Fake obit at Vallejo Times-Herald? Change of heart? Trickery? Stay tuned. UPDATE II: It's real, folks. Read more about it here....","date":"August 17, 2008  1:23 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":23,"title":"R.I.P., <del>Bitch</del> Dolores Aguilar","id":177271,"votes":53}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2006/08/18/dear_mr_ford_we_go_first_person_on_your_ass.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_eve","displaydate":"Aug 18, 2006","excerpt":"OK, I tried to put this in SFist's collective voice, but it just doesn't work. Forgive me! So, I'm on the N Judah this morning, around 8:45. I'm seated when I feel someone leaning on me. Lord help me, I look up, all annoyed, when I realize that the guy standing next to me has lost consciousness, and is falling. The people around me reacted quickly, one guy grabbing him from the front, as the...","date":"August 18, 2006  3:17 PM","author":"eve","comments":8,"title":"Dear Mr Ford: We Go First Person On Your Ass","id":63090,"votes":44}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2006/08/11/wanted_people_who_dig_fun_movies_with_rad_action.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_eve","displaydate":"Aug 11, 2006","excerpt":" The Stunt People are to movies what The Primitive Screwheads are to theatre. (As you might have noticed, we love the Screwheads, so we consider the comparision high praise indeed.) We first heard about this SF based group of action filmmakers when they completed their most recent feature, Contour, which has already had several sold-out screenings at the 4 Star Theatre. Contour, which was nominated for Best Fight Choreography and Best Action Sequence at...","date":"August 11, 2006  11:36 AM","author":"eve","comments":1,"title":"Wanted: \"People who dig fun movies with rad action\"","id":61862,"votes":37}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2006/08/03/sfist_helps_gavin_get_a_date.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Aug 03, 2006","excerpt":"We were driving to work the other day and heard an oh-so-familiar voice on Live 105's Morning Show.  Sure enough, it was Gavin, making his way to yet another morning radio show.  That dude sure does get around.  After talking about all the boring stuff like issues and homelessness and his new Project Connect, the conversation finally got around to the juicy stuff and he was asked about life as a single guy.  Apparently, from what he said, it's hard to out there to be a Mayor in the dating world.  He even jokingly said he should put up a profile on Match.com.  Of course, it sounds like he might have been <a href=\"http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/08/03/new_gavin_squeeze.php\">fronting</a>, but you know how it is when Gavin gets all earnest and puppy-dog'ish-- how can you not take what he's saying at face value?\n","date":"August 03, 2006  4:42 PM","author":"Jon","comments":7,"title":"SFist Helps Gavin Get a Date","id":61075,"votes":35}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/25/gavins_sock_puppet.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Jan 25, 2007","excerpt":"Some of you might have noticed a new commenter to the site, Peter Ragone.  As in Gavin Newsom's communications director Peter Ragone.  Now the first question some of you might have is \"is it really him?\"  And the second question you might have is \"doesn't he have better things to do with his time?\"  Well, we're pretty sure that most, if not all, of the comments in his name were made by him, since we've received second-hand confirmation that he's commenting on SFist.  We don't, however, know if he has better things to do with his time.\n","date":"January 25, 2007  2:34 PM","author":"Jon","comments":59,"title":"Gavin's Sock Puppet","id":91319,"votes":32}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/07/25/poor_beached_li.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 25, 2007","excerpt":" Potrero Hill, Connecticut and 18th Street/Image credit: Tien Chiu While not nearly as worrisome as this type of beached creature, we came across this image that helps prove why limousines and the hills of SF don't always mix. For this and more instances of such sad occurrences, go here....","date":"July 25, 2007  1:14 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":7,"title":"Locals Help Rescue Beached Limo","id":117159,"votes":30}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_engages_in_perverse_jou.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Sep 30, 2008","excerpt":" When asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Sarah Palin replied, \"all of them.\" All of them! And so, a meme is born. All of them! All! All! All! Of! Them! The Modesto Bee, The Hartford Courant, The Louisville Courier-Journal, The Vassar Pioneer Times, Teen People, Tiger Beat, Paris Match, High Times, Destination Qatar -- ALL OF THEM! All of them. We just can't stop repeating that line to ourselves. All of them! It's...","date":"September 30, 2008  6:59 PM","author":"mattymatt","comments":28,"title":"Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess","id":184835,"votes":30}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/25/call_arnold_to.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 25, 2008","excerpt":" It seems every queer we've ever come across in our lifetime has clogged your Editor's inbox this weekend with the following urgent request to call Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It seems we need to vocalize our support (again) for same-sex marriage. Why? Because the National Back of the Bus Organization have been calling the Gov in droves to voice their hysterical Elizabeth Hasselbeckness over the ruling. And we need you to tell him otherwise (and...","date":"May 25, 2008  1:20 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":0,"title":"Call Arnold To Tell Him You Totally Support Gay Marriage, Or Else","id":163407,"votes":29}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/30/shootings_in_lower_haight.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Jan 30, 2007","excerpt":"We've gotten several e-mails about a shooting in Lower Haight, around 9:30 or so this morning on Webster Street between Page and Haight.  We don't know much of the details but we do know there was a lot of police in the area and a bus was pulled over, probably to see if there were any eyewitnesses.\n","date":"January 30, 2007  12:38 AM","author":"Jon","comments":0,"title":"Shootings in Lower Haight","id":92269,"votes":26}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/21/ryan_jones_rest_in_peace.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Dan","displaydate":"Jul 21, 2008","excerpt":" The article in yesterday's Chronicle is a snippet, a notice, a little bit of writing that doesn't do justice to the life of the late Ryan Jones. Ryan was an under-the-radar local hero. You may or may not have known him, but if you live here in San Francisco, Ryan probably made your life here more beautiful, more enjoyable, more memorable. Ryan worked for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Site Stewardship program. He'd...","date":"July 21, 2008  3:05 PM","author":"SFist_Dan","comments":8,"title":"Ryan Jones, Rest in Peace","id":172616,"votes":26}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/31/the_m_in_mcar_is_for_mao.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#Christopher Rogers","displaydate":"Oct 31, 2008","excerpt":"And the current lead for Most Awesomest Costume tonight goes to <i>this guy</i>.\n<br><br>\nHoly crap, McCain was right about socialists / commies / \"<i><u>they</u></i>\" taking over the country!!!\n<br><br>\nNo, not really.\n<br><br>\nThis guy was simply Awesome.","date":"October 31, 2008  6:36 PM","author":"SFist Christopher Rogers","comments":13,"title":"The M In M-Car Is For Mao","id":190437,"votes":26}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/03/12/caption_action.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#Sfist_Elaine","displaydate":"Mar 12, 2007","excerpt":"Jennifer Siebel curiously covering her <em>left hand</em> with a non-engagement ring. Hmmm....","date":"March 12, 2007  1:55 PM","author":"Elaine","comments":18,"title":"Caption Action","id":97888,"votes":25}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/31/kid_hilariously.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 31, 2008","excerpt":" (By Joe Kukura) From the “We’ve watched this twenty times over today” department, footage from last night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee where little Sameer Mishra above thinks he’s been asked to spell a dirty schoolyard taunt, then repeats this dirty schoolyard in front of his mom, a national tv audience, and to the perky fake blond sideline reporter backstage. Best of all, he spells his way of this jam and goes on to win...","date":"May 31, 2008  12:23 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":0,"title":"Kid Hilariously Utters Filthy Word on TV at National Spelling Bee ","id":164379,"votes":25}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/16/review_comedy_deathray_at_sketchfest_.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_emily","displaydate":"Jan 16, 2007","excerpt":"SFist reviews Comedy Death-Ray at SF's Sketchfest ","date":"January 16, 2007  4:02 PM","author":"emily","comments":140,"title":"Review: Comedy Death-Ray at SketchFest ","id":90261,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/25/ha_ha_ha_thousands_of_gays_killed_i.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Oct 25, 2008","excerpt":" The people pushing Prop 8 have their heads so far up their asses they've turned into mobius strips. This is what you're fighting when you fight Prop 8: a video that connects gay marriage with Hitler. Wait, WHAT? Oh, it's a joke! You know! Funny! HA! HA! But as commenters observe, you can't mention Hitler and homos in the same breath without remembering what ACTUALLY happened in World War Two: fifty thousand gays imprisoned,...","date":"October 25, 2008  09:24 AM","author":"mattymatt","comments":19,"title":"HA HA HA Thousands of Gays Killed in the Holocaust HO HO HO HA HA HA HA","id":189159,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/29/whats_going_on_here_perturbed_sign.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Oct 29, 2008","excerpt":" Let's see what happens....","date":"October 29, 2008  09:50 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":30,"title":"What's Going On Here, Perturbed Sign Off of 101 North?","id":189878,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2006/08/24/from_the_editors_inbox.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_eve","displaydate":"Aug 24, 2006","excerpt":"SFist Reader Marivi sent this letter to District 5 Supervisor (and SFist partygoer) Ross Mirkarimi, and ccd us. As of yesterday, she has not recieved a response from Mirkarimi's office.* This SFist has never had the pleasure of riding Muni with children, and this letter really made us think about how difficult it must be. Have you had issues similar to Marivi's? What do you think of her suggestions? Let us know in the comments!...","date":"August 24, 2006  12:07 AM","author":"eve","comments":9,"title":"From The Editors' Inbox","id":63579,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2006/12/22/a_bay_area_daiso.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_rita","displaydate":"Dec 22, 2006","excerpt":"So we were going to the Serramonte Mall in Daly City last night. If you must know, it's because we've put off shopping for our relatives, and we thought we might be able to find a toy store there. We didn't find a toy store -- but we did find what looks to be the very first Daiso store in California celebrating its grand opening!!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED!!! Daiso (or \"The Daiso,\" as its website...","date":"December 22, 2006  09:22 AM","author":"rita","comments":4,"title":"A Bay Area Daiso!","id":87501,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/29/sfist_on_tv_on_youtube.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Jan 29, 2007","excerpt":"So thanks to <a href=\"http://gavinwatch.blogspot.com/index.html\">GavinWatch</a>, today's big I-Team story on SFistgate has now officially been YouTubed and is that officially a verb yet?  What part of the story did we love the most?  Was it Dan Noyes having to follow Gavin into the elevator to ask him a question?  The on-screen listings of all the various times Peter posted comments on SFist?  Or was it the fact that Noyes spent all day Monday calling every John Nelson in the phone book to see if they knew Peter \"Byorn\" Ragone.  Either way, the story was great fun in all of it's I-Team awesomeness.\n","date":"January 29, 2007  8:31 PM","author":"Jon","comments":15,"title":"SFist On TV on YouTube","id":92130,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2007/01/31/holy_crap.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_jon","displaydate":"Jan 31, 2007","excerpt":"So earlier today, we heard that Alex Tourk resigned as Gavin's campaign manager.  It was a bit curious, a bit odd, but these things happen, although whenever somebody mentions that they are leaving for \"personal reasons\" the mind does tend to go to certain places.  But no matter where your mind wandered, we have a feeling it didn't wander as far as what really happened because the Chron is reporting <a href=\"http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/31/BAGM3NSFGQ7.DTL\">that Tourk quit mainly because Gavin had an affair</a> with Tourk's wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk.  Rippey-Tourk (and woah, what a name) was Gavin's appointments secretary at the time.","date":"January 31, 2007  8:44 PM","author":"Jon","comments":81,"title":"Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!","id":92482,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/07/prop_8_protest_117_san_francisco.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 07, 2008","excerpt":"With four helicopters flying overhead, we had no idea what to expect at Market and Seventh Street in terms of turnout.\n\nIt was huge. Massive.","date":"November 07, 2008  7:38 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":45,"title":"Thousands Gather for Prop 8. Protest March, 11/7, San Francisco","id":191743,"votes":23}, ];
var year_com_entries = [{"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/05/how_did_prop_8_pass.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 05, 2008","excerpt":" While it's technically still too close to call, it looks like the same-sex marriage ban, Prop. 8, will prove victorious. Why? Well, one reason, according to BeyondChron's Paul Hogarth, might be that \"[p]rogressives were lulled into complacency by early poll numbers, and distracted by the Barack Obama campaign.\" Hogarth goes on to say that \"discrimination has been enshrined in our Constitution\" as of this morning. (Read his thorough take on how it won, right...","date":"November 05, 2008  08:34 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":146,"title":"How Did Prop. 8 Pass?","id":191171,"votes":11}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/10/no_on_8_folks_this_isnt_necessary.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 10, 2008","excerpt":"No-on-8 folks, this isn't necessary, is It?","date":"November 10, 2008  6:02 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":114,"title":"SF Home Displays Large \"F*ck Mormons\" Banner","id":192126,"votes":14}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/13/sf_momathomas_hawk_drama_inexplicia.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 13, 2008","excerpt":" God, this story needs to die. If you recall, local blogger Thomas Hawk threw a temper tantrum after being tossed out of SF MOMA for taking shots of some girl's tit, or a daring piece of wire hangers, or whatever. Now Hawk is doing everything to get Simon Blint, the SF MOMA employee who had Hawk remove, fired because of a bruised ego. Incorrectly using \"OMG, CENSORSHIP!\" as his battle cry, many on the...","date":"August 13, 2008  12:33 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":97,"title":"SF MOMA/Thomas Hawk Drama Continues for No Good Reason","id":176608,"votes":5}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/12/10/wish_you_were_dead_pool.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Dec 10, 2008","excerpt":" Many of our friends have been laid off by ailing companies, so we worry that places we love might go under. What's more, it's frustrating to see companies we adore fall to bits while ones that befuddle and bewilder remain safe and sound. So: This is a great time for the herd to thin, if you will. Nominate places you'd love to see (local or otherwise) go under and why -- writing \"SFist\" will...","date":"December 10, 2008  11:04 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":83,"title":"Wish You Were Dead Pool","id":197281,"votes":0}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/03/13/muni_hot_or_not.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Mar 13, 2008","excerpt":" We've been fans for awhile, and now NBC 11's Traci Grant -- who seems like a lot of fun, and someone should throw a local Emmy at her -- has also picked up on the awesome public art piece Muni Hot or Not of the Now over at Nature abhors a vacuum. At the very end, anchorwoman Lisa Kim totally throws shade James' way, to which we say: Lisa Kim, hot or not?...","date":"March 13, 2008  12:01 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":77,"title":"Muni Hot or Not of the Now Discovered By NBC 11","id":151732,"votes":9}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/28/chris_dalys_threatening_email_to_sf.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 28, 2008","excerpt":" You know how Board of Supes Prez Aaron Peskin was elected to the head of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee? Beating out former chair Scott Wiener? All because Chris Daly spammed voters with a threatening email? Well, here it is, complete with a menacing tone and a plan to take over the DCCC. Oh, and it gets really good after the jump, which is where the threats begin to bloom most beautifully....","date":"July 28, 2008  2:02 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":76,"title":"Chris Daly's Threatening Email to SFDCCC Members Revealed!","id":173802,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/20/bay_to_breakers_4.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 20, 2008","excerpt":" SFist intercepted this email sent out today by SFPD Park Station Captain Teri Barrett. Teri, it seems, has an estranged relationship with the merriment for which San Francisco is/used to be famous. Leisure World we are not. Check it: Teresa Barrett/SFPD/SFGO To: Park Station SFPD/SFPD/SFGOV@SFGOV [Date:] 05/20/08 [Time:] 11:21 Subject: Bay to Breakers 2008 I am trying to document how out of control the Bay to Breakers was this year. Drunks everywhere, people urinating...","date":"May 20, 2008  12:31 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":73,"title":"Bay To Breakers To Go the Way Of Halloween in the Castro?","id":162638,"votes":6}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/23/muni_disruption_of_the_now.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 23, 2008","excerpt":" Photo by Matt Bellinger SFist James sends us this photo, care of Matt Bellinger, of some packed albeit controversial Muni action that happened this afternoon during rush hour. Wheelchair man, it seems, demanded to get on per federal law and holds up train at Civic Center; Muni operator and passengers refuse to let him on. Operator was literally screaming at the guy to get out of the doorway of the packed train. Should he...","date":"July 23, 2008  6:47 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":71,"title":"Muni Disability Disruption Delay","id":173026,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/16/cough_cough_says_daly_new_cigarette.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 16, 2008","excerpt":" The entertaining/controversial Chris Daly, who seems a bit quiet as of late, has a new target now: wafts of cigarette smoke. We're told that his latest push of legislation \"calls for a smoking ban outside of restaurants, in waiting areas, within 20 feet of nonresidential buildings,\" and in common areas of apartment buildings. That is to say, you might have to look elsewhere to spark up that Capri or Virgina Slim while eating out....","date":"July 16, 2008  12:35 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":68,"title":"Cough, Cough, Says Daly: New Cigarette Ban Introduced","id":171837,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/09/sfmomas_director_of_visitor_relatio.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 09, 2008","excerpt":" \"Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SFMOMA is a first rate asshole.\" And so begins Bay Area photographer and blogger Thomas Hawk's most recent entry about being physically thrown out of SF MOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) for having the unmitigated gall to snap this image within the touristy downtown museum. It seems SF MOMA has, or had, a strict no-photography policy. Hawk goes on to say that said ban...","date":"August 09, 2008  5:51 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":66,"title":"SF MOMA's Director of Visitor Relations Has Vistor/Blogger Physically Ejected","id":175928,"votes":12}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/11/fck_mormons_sign_removed.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 11, 2008","excerpt":"CBS 5's <a href=\"http://cbs5.com/local/sf.mormon.sign.2.862095.html\">Joe Vazquez</a> reports that the big, pink <a href=\"http://sfist.com/2008/11/10/no_on_8_folks_this_isnt_necessary.php\">\"Fuck Mormons\" banner</a> has been removed. While rumors of photoshopping swirled, CBS 5 managed to figure out that, yes, the sign was, in fact, real. ","date":"November 11, 2008  7:23 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":66,"title":"\"F*ck Mormons\" Sign Removed","id":192354,"votes":7}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/06/19/cyclists_to_legally_run_red_lights.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jun 19, 2008","excerpt":" In an effort to get more people to ride bikes, instead of pumping more smog into the air, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is kicking around the idea of legally allowing cyclists to run red lights. Something most of them already so. CBS 5 reporter Simon Perez -- who we should point out is kind of hot, so if he ever wondered whether or not he should report on-air shirtless, he can wonder no more...","date":"June 19, 2008  10:25 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":65,"title":"Cyclists to Legally Run Red Lights?","id":167366,"votes":1}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/29/mccain_vp_pick_alaska_gov_sarah_pal.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 29, 2008","excerpt":" 44-year-old former beauty queen and current Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wins the honor of being Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate. (It will not be, as was guessed yesterday, Tim Pawlenty.) A bit of background: Palin is the youngest and first female governor of Alaska -- a state that has a rape rate that is double the national average. Palin is also under investigation for allegedly firing Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner because he refused...","date":"August 29, 2008  07:39 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":65,"title":"McCain VP Pick: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin","id":179480,"votes":6}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/10/when_privileged_white_people_attack.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 10, 2008","excerpt":" Footage by meligrosa/Current Shot near the Ferry Building during a non-critical mass afternoon, we're not sure who we hate more: the cyclist, the (alleged) motorist, the onlookers egging the whole thing on? Let's just call it a draw....","date":"July 10, 2008  11:23 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":63,"title":"When Privileged White People Attack","id":170818,"votes":5}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/03/you_do_have_our_contact_info_brit.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Oct 03, 2008","excerpt":" Dear Brittney Gilbert, We know you have our contact information, because you've used it to ask us for interviews (which seem to have been canceled altogether, it seems.) And that's fine. But when we see a post on the CBS5 blog speculating on the health of our organization, we have to wonder why you didn't do the responsible thing and, um, ask us? We know that you're \"just a blogger\" and yes, there was...","date":"October 03, 2008  1:01 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":62,"title":"You Do Have Our Contact Info, Brit","id":185419,"votes":10}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/03/20/sfist_fashion_f.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Mar 20, 2008","excerpt":"<a href=\"http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kaffiyehs\">Kaffiyehs</a>: yes or no? Highly obsessed with dark prints these days, we say <em>yes</em>--more so to the black-and-white ones. ","date":"March 20, 2008  2:41 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":62,"title":"SFist Fashion Focus: Kaffiyehs","id":153016,"votes":0}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/07/who_can_we_blame_for_prop_8s_passin.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 07, 2008","excerpt":"Who can we blame for prop. 8's passing? Take our poll to find out.","date":"November 07, 2008  10:03 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":62,"title":"Who Can We Blame for Prop. 8's Passing?","id":191667,"votes":2}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/06/30/dogs_in_cafe_yn.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jun 30, 2008","excerpt":" With her pet pooch resting on her shoulder, Kaili Oteri over at SF Metblogs had an unfortunate encounter at a local cafe over the weekend while waiting in line. It seems some \"foul man-pile\" verbally assaulted her because her dog was in her arms at coffee joint. Having your best friend at a cafe, it seems, it against the law. \"It’s the law',' screamed the cranky man. '\"Are you above the law? I’ll call...","date":"June 30, 2008  2:33 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":61,"title":"Dogs at Cafes, Y/N?","id":169189,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/22/do_not_ride_muni_this_weekend.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Aug 22, 2008","excerpt":" Update: The SFMTA informs us that they've beefed up service with nearly forty buses -- NEARLY FORTY, people. Plus, the Bike Coalition is coordinating a bunch of bike parking, which is awfully kind of them. If you are bold enough to take public transit this weekend, we urge you to document the experience. For example, take screengrabs of NextMuni predictions; as of 5:53 this evening, it was reporting wait times of about an hour...","date":"August 22, 2008  4:38 PM","author":"mattymatt","comments":61,"title":"update: DO NOT RIDE MUNI THIS WEEKEND (or do)","id":178343,"votes":2}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/12/16/msn_scribe_recommends_sf.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Dec 16, 2008","excerpt":" MSN writer Diane Vadino suggests in her article \"A Great Place to Visit, but …\" that San Francisco is, as the title of her post suggests, a fantastic vacation excursion (\"[s]hop Hayes Valley and Valencia Street; get brunch at Tartine, lunch at the Dolores Park Café, snacks at Bi-Rite, and dinner at Delfina.\"), but blows when it comes to setting up camp. Other neighborhoods, though, reveal images more police-blotter than tourism-brochure: a staggering homeless...","date":"December 16, 2008  2:16 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":61,"title":"San Francisco, a Great Place to Visit, but....","id":198355,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/07/photo_du_jour_163.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 07, 2008","excerpt":" SFist James caught a crack smoking couple over on Stevenson Street (near Market) this morning. Aw....","date":"July 07, 2008  10:51 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":59,"title":"Photo du Jour 163","id":170188,"votes":3}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/28/homeless_encamp.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 28, 2008","excerpt":" Photo by Katydid...didyou?/Flickr This cozy one-bedroom encampment was found at a dog park in (Cole Valley?) San Francisco. People need to sleep, and since not everyone has a home in SF, why not just allow a park for dog into a place for folks to sleep at night? Is it just...an inevitable thing? Can parking meters save these people from you having to look at them? But what say you, dear readers: homeless encampments,...","date":"May 28, 2008  09:39 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":58,"title":"Homeless Encampments: Yes/No?","id":163815,"votes":0}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/12/18/geoff_kors_backs_out_of_obama_inagu.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Dec 18, 2008","excerpt":" Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California, has decided not to an invitation to attend Obama's inauguration. Why? Because of the Obama administration's decision to have evangelical pastor Rick Warren deliver the invocation. Warren, you see, worked to get prop 8 passed, which allowed discrimination into the California state constitution. An odd choice, indeed. Kors defends his decision not to attend, saying, \"I have decided to decline the invitation to attend the inauguration as...","date":"December 18, 2008  8:42 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":56,"title":"Equality California Director Backs Out of Obama Inauguration Over Warren Pick","id":198816,"votes":7}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/26/congestion_pricing.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 26, 2008","excerpt":" This is important -- anything that speeds up mass transit is vital -- but the whole discussion of congestion pricing is just so painfully wonky and tedious. Basically, congestion pricing means drivers \"could pay $3 to enter, leave or pass through parts of San Francisco during morning and evening commutes under a proposal designed to push motorists out of their cars.\" The Board of Supervisors, who brought it up on Tuesday, seem keen on...","date":"November 26, 2008  08:32 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":55,"title":"Congestion Pricing","id":195003,"votes":2}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/01/23/that_trader_joe.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#Jim Herd","displaydate":"Jan 23, 2008","excerpt":"A slow-moving daily parade of idling vehicles stretching up Masonic Avenue","date":"January 23, 2008  12:26 AM","author":"Jim","comments":54,"title":"That Trader Joe's on Masonic is Just Too Darn Popular","id":143800,"votes":0}, ];
var year_fav_entries=[{"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/03/31/presidential_me_1.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Mar 31, 2008","excerpt":"Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the facility to the \"George W Bush Sewage Plant.\" ","date":"March 31, 2008  09:26 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":42,"title":"Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco Formed to Honor George W. Bush","id":154568,"votes":82}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/17/alice_radios_no_name_booted_off_mor.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 17, 2008","excerpt":" Revealed by its competitor Live105 this morning, word is that Alice 97.3's Morning Radio Show just pruned part of its morning team, on-air personality No Name (AKA Mike Nelson). Alas. Together for six years on the radio, and a few weeks on television with an ill-advised spin-off of the show, Sarah and No Name have entertained the Bay Area masses every morning with, ahem, shocking banter and bon mots. (Or so we assume. We...","date":"July 17, 2008  4:27 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":47,"title":"Alice Radio's \"No Name\" Booted Off Morning Show","id":172063,"votes":66}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/18/update_dolores_aguilar_obit_is_dead.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 18, 2008","excerpt":" After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar's obit in the Vallejo Times-Herald, which if you recall was shockingly brutal, we got to the bottom of it all. Turns out Aguilar's obit is real - mighty real, according to an anonymous editorial spokesperson at VHT. In order to publish the damning obit, the editor staff did something unprecedented. \"We demanded to see Aguilar's death certificate brought in by a blood relative\" before going...","date":"August 18, 2008  1:34 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":11,"title":"Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real","id":177474,"votes":55}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/17/rip_bitch_dolores_aguilar.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 17, 2008","excerpt":" Warms the heart, doesn't it? Above obit found in the Times-Herald Napa/Sonoma. Oh, and be sure to read the guestbook here. (Thanks Jameth!) UPDATE I: Cruel obit page pulled late Sunday afternoon. Huh. Fake obit at Vallejo Times-Herald? Change of heart? Trickery? Stay tuned. UPDATE II: It's real, folks. Read more about it here....","date":"August 17, 2008  1:23 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":23,"title":"R.I.P., <del>Bitch</del> Dolores Aguilar","id":177271,"votes":53}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_engages_in_perverse_jou.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Sep 30, 2008","excerpt":" When asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Sarah Palin replied, \"all of them.\" All of them! And so, a meme is born. All of them! All! All! All! Of! Them! The Modesto Bee, The Hartford Courant, The Louisville Courier-Journal, The Vassar Pioneer Times, Teen People, Tiger Beat, Paris Match, High Times, Destination Qatar -- ALL OF THEM! All of them. We just can't stop repeating that line to ourselves. All of them! It's...","date":"September 30, 2008  6:59 PM","author":"mattymatt","comments":28,"title":"Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess","id":184835,"votes":30}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/25/call_arnold_to.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 25, 2008","excerpt":" It seems every queer we've ever come across in our lifetime has clogged your Editor's inbox this weekend with the following urgent request to call Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It seems we need to vocalize our support (again) for same-sex marriage. Why? Because the National Back of the Bus Organization have been calling the Gov in droves to voice their hysterical Elizabeth Hasselbeckness over the ruling. And we need you to tell him otherwise (and...","date":"May 25, 2008  1:20 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":0,"title":"Call Arnold To Tell Him You Totally Support Gay Marriage, Or Else","id":163407,"votes":29}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/21/ryan_jones_rest_in_peace.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Dan","displaydate":"Jul 21, 2008","excerpt":" The article in yesterday's Chronicle is a snippet, a notice, a little bit of writing that doesn't do justice to the life of the late Ryan Jones. Ryan was an under-the-radar local hero. You may or may not have known him, but if you live here in San Francisco, Ryan probably made your life here more beautiful, more enjoyable, more memorable. Ryan worked for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Site Stewardship program. He'd...","date":"July 21, 2008  3:05 PM","author":"SFist_Dan","comments":8,"title":"Ryan Jones, Rest in Peace","id":172616,"votes":26}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/31/the_m_in_mcar_is_for_mao.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#Christopher Rogers","displaydate":"Oct 31, 2008","excerpt":"And the current lead for Most Awesomest Costume tonight goes to <i>this guy</i>.\n<br><br>\nHoly crap, McCain was right about socialists / commies / \"<i><u>they</u></i>\" taking over the country!!!\n<br><br>\nNo, not really.\n<br><br>\nThis guy was simply Awesome.","date":"October 31, 2008  6:36 PM","author":"SFist Christopher Rogers","comments":13,"title":"The M In M-Car Is For Mao","id":190437,"votes":26}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/31/kid_hilariously.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 31, 2008","excerpt":" (By Joe Kukura) From the “We’ve watched this twenty times over today” department, footage from last night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee where little Sameer Mishra above thinks he’s been asked to spell a dirty schoolyard taunt, then repeats this dirty schoolyard in front of his mom, a national tv audience, and to the perky fake blond sideline reporter backstage. Best of all, he spells his way of this jam and goes on to win...","date":"May 31, 2008  12:23 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":0,"title":"Kid Hilariously Utters Filthy Word on TV at National Spelling Bee ","id":164379,"votes":25}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/25/ha_ha_ha_thousands_of_gays_killed_i.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Oct 25, 2008","excerpt":" The people pushing Prop 8 have their heads so far up their asses they've turned into mobius strips. This is what you're fighting when you fight Prop 8: a video that connects gay marriage with Hitler. Wait, WHAT? Oh, it's a joke! You know! Funny! HA! HA! But as commenters observe, you can't mention Hitler and homos in the same breath without remembering what ACTUALLY happened in World War Two: fifty thousand gays imprisoned,...","date":"October 25, 2008  09:24 AM","author":"mattymatt","comments":19,"title":"HA HA HA Thousands of Gays Killed in the Holocaust HO HO HO HA HA HA HA","id":189159,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/10/29/whats_going_on_here_perturbed_sign.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Oct 29, 2008","excerpt":" Let's see what happens....","date":"October 29, 2008  09:50 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":30,"title":"What's Going On Here, Perturbed Sign Off of 101 North?","id":189878,"votes":24}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/07/prop_8_protest_117_san_francisco.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 07, 2008","excerpt":"With four helicopters flying overhead, we had no idea what to expect at Market and Seventh Street in terms of turnout.\n\nIt was huge. Massive.","date":"November 07, 2008  7:38 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":45,"title":"Thousands Gather for Prop 8. Protest March, 11/7, San Francisco","id":191743,"votes":23}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/13/a_small_christmas_list.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 13, 2008","excerpt":"When some of us were still young boys but already chronic insomniacs, we began to demonstrate a talent for obsessive list making. While some precocious and intelligent children stayed up past their bedtimes reading <em>The Red Badge of Courage</em> under the covers with a flashlight, we spent those wee hours making never-ending lists of things that we desired with an all-consuming passion: rooms filled with trampolines, shopping sprees at K.B. Toys (we were obsessed with the idea of having a shopping spree <em>anywhere</em>, really; it could have been at Sears for all we cared), comprehensive psychoanalysis--- the list literally went on and on.","date":"November 13, 2008  2:55 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":3,"title":"A Small Christmas List","id":192768,"votes":21}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/11/19/iphone_ads_yes_we_have_no_dilemmas.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Nov 19, 2008","excerpt":" by Evan James Apparently it is no longer possible to watch even two hours of vitally important teen television dramas on the CW without being bombarded by iPhone commercials, all of which are set to cutting edge music that signals in an increasingly smug way just how thoroughly Apple knows what you think is cool, sometimes even before you do. If you haven’t seen the newest batch of these commercials yet, all of which...","date":"November 19, 2008  12:58 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":9,"title":"iPhone Ads: Yes, We Have No Dilemmas","id":193823,"votes":20}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/08/a_breakup_letter_to_sf_cabbies_cab.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 08, 2008","excerpt":" Dear SF Cabs: We hate you. But, like, we hate-hate you. We hate you to death. For reals. Why? Because in addition to never having change for a $20, charging too much for a ride from Van Ness and Market to Third and Market, childishly going on strike whenever the city dares to bring in more, much-needed cabs, and for this, you now want to \"charge a $1 per passenger fee to offset rising...","date":"July 08, 2008  1:20 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":45,"title":"A Breakup Letter to SF Cabbies & Cab Companies","id":170413,"votes":19}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/08/15/manta_ray_flaps_to_its_death_on_mar.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Aug 15, 2008","excerpt":" Oh man. This is sad. Yesterday someone from something called the Experience Project (i.e., \"millions of life experiences shared anonymously through first person stories\") posted on something rather bizarre: So, I'm walking back to work from lunch, and on the sidewalk of a very busy street in San Francisco (right at 4th and Market in the South of Market district) I see a huge Manta Ray on the sidewalk! I was one of the...","date":"August 15, 2008  12:00 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":51,"title":"Manta Ray Flaps to Its Death On Market Street","id":177053,"votes":19}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/09/18/sf_and_marin_were_supposed_to_look.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Sep 18, 2008","excerpt":" Retro futurism found at fabiofeminofantascience.org Oh man, what happened?...","date":"September 18, 2008  10:40 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":41,"title":"SF and Marin were Supposed to Look Like this by Now","id":182735,"votes":18}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/09/24/ask_sfist_prez_debate_at_bars.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Sep 24, 2008","excerpt":" Reader Chris writes SFist to ask the following: Do you guys know if any bars/lounges plan on broadcasting the presidential debate on Friday? Hmm. Well, we know about this one happening at the Roxie. But that has those-who-laugh-self-consciously-loud-at-Shakespearian-comedies-in-the-Embarcadero-Cinemas attendees written all over it. Does anybody (or any bar managers/employees) have word on whether or not their favorite watering hole will show Friday's Presidential debate? Let us know in the comment. Please. Then, on Friday...","date":"September 24, 2008  11:30 AM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":24,"title":"Ask SFist: Prez Debate at Bars?","id":183718,"votes":18}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/09/25/biker_arrested_at_caltrain.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Sep 25, 2008","excerpt":" Shot by Dave Cadwallader, who can be reached at cops.on.a.train (at) gmail.com. Oh how exciting! Caught on tape: A biker arrested by surly cops! See, a cyclist got on train, allegedly found an available spot in the train's bike rack, which the conductor wasn't having. Then the conductor, we're told, demanded that said biker get off the train since \"it was full\". Cyclist dude refuses. And then? The fuzz arrests the guy at the...","date":"September 25, 2008  4:52 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":39,"title":"Biker Arrested at Caltrain","id":184011,"votes":18}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/02/01/walrgreens_cele.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Feb 01, 2008","excerpt":" Yesterday, the drug chain maneuvered through the choppy waters of bipartisan politics via Republican and Democrat Pez dispensers. Now they honor Black History Month, which starts today, by the way, with a barely squelched cotton-pickin' joke. You slay us, Walgreens. Credit: Nature abhors a vacuum...","date":"February 01, 2008  1:13 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":17,"title":"Walgreens Sort of Celebrates Black History Month","id":145293,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/05/08/suicide_in_unio.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"May 08, 2008","excerpt":"We just received the following, rather tragic alert from a reader:","date":"May 08, 2008  3:49 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":47,"title":"Suicide In Union Square","id":160817,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/06/07/photo_du_jour_1_48.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jun 07, 2008","excerpt":" Brilliance in SOMA....","date":"June 07, 2008  1:25 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":15,"title":"Photo du Jour 144","id":165487,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/21/none_shall_pass.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#sfist_matt","displaydate":"Jul 21, 2008","excerpt":" Hey, lady. What are you thinking? Okay, fine, we'll play your little game and climb over your legs like you're some kind of sourpuss jungle gym. But still. We're just curious. What are you thinking? It's just that you've been there for the last eight stops, and the bus is so very crowded right now, and everyone around you is standing, and you've kept this extra spot reserved for -- what, exactly? Don't you...","date":"July 21, 2008  09:52 AM","author":"mattymatt","comments":51,"title":"None Shall Pass","id":172268,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/23/muni_disruption_of_the_now.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 23, 2008","excerpt":" Photo by Matt Bellinger SFist James sends us this photo, care of Matt Bellinger, of some packed albeit controversial Muni action that happened this afternoon during rush hour. Wheelchair man, it seems, demanded to get on per federal law and holds up train at Civic Center; Muni operator and passengers refuse to let him on. Operator was literally screaming at the guy to get out of the doorway of the packed train. Should he...","date":"July 23, 2008  6:47 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":71,"title":"Muni Disability Disruption Delay","id":173026,"votes":17}, {"link":"http://sfist.com/2008/07/28/chris_dalys_threatening_email_to_sf.php","authorlink":"/staff.php#SFist_Brock","displaydate":"Jul 28, 2008","excerpt":" You know how Board of Supes Prez Aaron Peskin was elected to the head of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee? Beating out former chair Scott Wiener? All because Chris Daly spammed voters with a threatening email? Well, here it is, complete with a menacing tone and a plan to take over the DCCC. Oh, and it gets really good after the jump, which is where the threats begin to bloom most beautifully....","date":"July 28, 2008  2:02 PM","author":"Brock Keeling","comments":76,"title":"Chris Daly's Threatening Email to SFDCCC Members Revealed!","id":173802,"votes":17}, ];