http://sfist.com/ SFist is a website about San Francisco.Editor: Brock Keeling Publisher: Gothamist en Copyright 2012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:20 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/washington_state_signs_gay_marriage.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/washington_state_signs_gay_marriage.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/washington_state_signs_gay_marriage.php#comments went before Washington governor Chris Gregoire today for her signature. Signing the bill in the presence of multiple gay-rights activists, Gregoire said, "I'm proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal." Opponents are vowing to fight the law before it's set to take effect June 7, but this was nonetheless a big victory for the cause of gay marriage, which frequently finds itself being fought in courts and via ballot measures, rather than arising wholly out of a state legislature. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T15:00:20-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/oakland_mayor_jean_quan_tells_local.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/oakland_mayor_jean_quan_tells_local.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/oakland_mayor_jean_quan_tells_local.php#comments separate efforts are underway to recall Mayor Jean Quan, the city's top elected official isn't exactly helping herself out in the PR department. Or the deli department either, apparently. KTVU brings us the story of one local mother of two and her awkward run-in with Quan at a local supermarket: [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T13:25:14-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/burning_man_lottery_clusterfk_makes.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/burning_man_lottery_clusterfk_makes.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/burning_man_lottery_clusterfk_makes.php#comments that whole lottery kerfuffle. Despite all the good intentions and earnest admonitions of organizers, the intractable fact of American greed has messed everything up, and lots of people are already out there scalping. Now, the New York Times is covering the story (not even the Bay Citizen), perhaps smelling the unmistakable odor of a jumping shark, mid-flight. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T13:05:02-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/political_ruler_rose_pak_goes_batty.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/political_ruler_rose_pak_goes_batty.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/political_ruler_rose_pak_goes_batty.php#comments Ed Lee into the mayor's office, cursing like a truck driver on crank, and lording over a good chunk of San Francisco, she's doesn't give a shit who she offends at City Hall — and she does it publicly to boot. Take, for example, her sassy performance of a lifetime on Saturday while emceeing the Chinese New Year parade, which turned into a roast of many noted San Francisco leaders. As Supervisor Eric Mar, John Avalos, and George Gascon looked on nervously, here were a few golden nuggets Pak unleashed. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T12:45:00-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/speed-freak_killers_tips_lead_to_di.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/speed-freak_killers_tips_lead_to_di.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/speed-freak_killers_tips_lead_to_di.php#comments now dug up about 300 bones, representing the remains of at least ten different victims. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T12:00:51-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/19-year-old_shot_in_bayview_sunday.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/19-year-old_shot_in_bayview_sunday.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/19-year-old_shot_in_bayview_sunday.php#comments an SFPD spokesman, when the victim took off running, the shooter hit him in the back and escaped. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T09:50:02-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/san_francisco_still_exporting_chihu.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/san_francisco_still_exporting_chihu.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/san_francisco_still_exporting_chihu.php#comments previous rescue efforts by Virgin America and S.F. Animal Care & Control, it seems San Francisco still has a surplus of the pocket-sized pooches thanks to the sort of people who obsess over Paris Hilton's accessories or a fast food spokespup from 15 years ago. Tomorrow, to fill New York's demand for Chihuahuas as Valentine gifts, Virgin America will send off another shipment of dogs rescued from Animal Care & Control in a special red carpet flight from SFO to JFK. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T09:25:44-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/monday_morning_roundup_36.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/monday_morning_roundup_36.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/13/monday_morning_roundup_36.php#comments more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T09:00:00-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/12/banana_sam_returns_to_entertaining.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/12/banana_sam_returns_to_entertaining.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/12/banana_sam_returns_to_entertaining.php#comments returned to his cage Saturday after a month of quarantine, and most of his cage-mates left him alone and did not give him too tough a time about getting kidnapped. Zookeepers at the S.F. Zoo report much "vocalizing" among the seventeen other squirrel monkeys upon his return, but Sam "laid low so that nobody would pick on him, and now he's fully re-acclimated." [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-12T09:48:00-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/massive_amount_of_japanese_tsunami.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/massive_amount_of_japanese_tsunami.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/massive_amount_of_japanese_tsunami.php#comments a major earthquake and tsunami shook and doused Japan, some 25 million tons of debris that washed out to sea when the tsunami receded is headed toward the California coast. We're talking cars, boats, pieces of houses, you name it. Whatever didn't sink has been slowly making its way across the Pacific Ocean, and experts believe we'll start seeing large objects start washing up on beaches as soon as next month. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-11T16:40:00-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/puppies_stolen_in_bayview_burglary.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/puppies_stolen_in_bayview_burglary.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/11/puppies_stolen_in_bayview_burglary.php#comments more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-11T16:20:39-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/this_week_in_willie_brown_53.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/this_week_in_willie_brown_53.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/this_week_in_willie_brown_53.php#comments more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-10T17:30:34-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/day_around_the_bay_858.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/day_around_the_bay_858.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/day_around_the_bay_858.php#comments more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-10T17:03:51-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/marinas_historic_metro_cinema_to_be.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/marinas_historic_metro_cinema_to_be.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/marinas_historic_metro_cinema_to_be.php#comments more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-10T16:40:22-08:00 http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/sfpd_releases_it_gets_better_film.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/sfpd_releases_it_gets_better_film.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/10/sfpd_releases_it_gets_better_film.php#comments SF Appeal's Eve Batey, who first reported on the video. And she's right. The video, just released today by the San Francisco Police Department, showcases several queer officers telling their stories of growing up as gay youths. It's quite touching. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-10T15:45:30-08:00