Well, well, well. According to Alix Rosenthal (Citizens for Halloween), ahem: Word has arrived from a credible source in city government. The City has rented 120 toilets to be placed in the Castro by 5pm today. It may not prevent all of the public urination, but it is certainly better than no toilets at all. We are thrilled that the City made the right decision, even though they could have done more to decrease... more ›

Before we get into the Jennifer Siebel links of the day, we'd like to put a theory out there. Remember Chron writer C.W. Nevius's theory that men were upset about Newsom's behavior with Ruby Rippey-Tourk because it violated the man code? (which is, in short, don't mess around with a friend's woman.) more ›

--SFMike from SF Civic Center had a keee-razee day pollwatching on Tuesday. Ha! You gotta read this one. more ›

When does the RCV count begin -- in the District 6 election! And as promised earlier, this week's episode is indeed titled: Everybody Hates The Wait. more ›

Well, hello there! Some of you may remember a different post, written by a different SFist writer, at this location. So to refresh your memory, SFist MattyMatt and commenter Jameson were wondering why the door hangers and election mailer cards with the Guardian's logo on them say that Chris Daly, Alix Rosenthal, and Emily Drennan (the BART board) paid for them. Were the Guardian's endorsements for sale? more ›

We're pretty unhappy that a couple of yayhoos managed to ruin what looked like a very nice time yesterday in the Castro. So are a lot of people -- all the local blog servers were whirring away processing everyone's comments on the story. You guys did us proud with your thoughtful conversations about what the Castro and the city's next steps should be (and we appreciate how nice you guys were about that weird spam attack we got in the middle of the day, which not only left us random letter strings signed by people with names like "Abraham McMinnsberg," but duplicated a number of comments as well.) more ›

Update: 11/1. 4:10 p.m. Shooting count back down to 9. Incident was sparked when one group of party attendees threw a bottle at another. One person was questioned by the police but then released -- no arrests have yet been made. Only two people are in the hospital (one grazed on the head by a bullet, another hit in the knee). At least one group is thought to be a gang. Gavin and Bevan met today to discuss options for next year (metal detectors, entrance fee, age restrictions). more ›

It says a lot about the state of San Francisco politics that an openly gay politician has a baby with an openly lesbian friend and the openly gay politician is considered not progressive enough. But there you have it. Dufty has come under criticism for being too conservative for his progressive district and earned the enmity of the progressives for allegedly being anti-tenant and for his vote against Healthy Saturdays initiative. The Progessive Voter Index even breaks it all down by numbers. But despite the criticism, the District 8 race between Bevan and Alix Rosenthal hasn't quite achieved the level of vitriol and craziness that marks the District 6 election. Part of it is that both Alix and Bevan-- to their credit-- appear to be acting like adults. And part of it is that even Bevan's critics seem acknowledge the fact that Bevan is a really nice guy and does a good job of servicing his district. more ›

Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Save Chris Daly! Rob Black's dirty Swift-Boat campaign tactics. PG&E (sigh). Cover articles: What's happening with Halloween this year? TELL US! Also, where'd our fun gay Halloween go?, and (non-SF) themed costumes. What, no Alix Rosenthal costume? Maybe Steven T. Jones edits the costume section. Sonic Reducer's days behind the counter at Tower. Lit section: books about seedy SF, and Michelle Tea's interview with the editor and publisher of Bitch Magazine. The new post-Emmy's spaghetti shack, and New York's Delfina. Tossing the Rasputin Music pullout. A review of that movie with the fake assassination of Bush. And Brittanie Mountz's horoscope: 1) Trust, 2) Hold tight, and 3) Communicate. more ›

When the Party-Party folks started agitating to Dump Dufty, we couldn't wait to see who'd step up to the plate. Who would dare run against a celebrated gay man in the gayest gay district of a city populated entirely by gay homosexual gays? Alix Rosenthal (pictured at right, hovering majestically above the treetops), that's who. Bevan, can hover majestically? We didn't think so. more ›

On Friday, the Warriors announced their biggest signing of the year so far, agreeing to a 10-year, $30 million naming rights agreement with free agent multinational software corporation Oracle. The new name of the erstwhile Oakland Arena? Oracle. No, not The Oracle, just Oracle. (The Oracle would actually be pretty cool, although given the team's draft history, brutally ironic.)

to the success of their Oracle OpenWorld convention that they entirely shut down Howard Street between Third and Fourth to traffic, because they need the space for their caterers. You're going to make caterers make canapes on the street, Larry Ellison? more ›

-Bad weekend in Oakland as there were at least four shootings and illegal car rallies that lead to more shootings. more ›

Guess who got endorsed on the cover by last week's winner, the Bay Guardian? Where's the green beads, Chris? Letters about fixie bikes, and Tim Redmond notes that Renee Saucedo shouldn't have endorsed Prop 90 (the overbroad eminent domain one). Dan Noyes, gadfly. Also endorsed by the Guardian: Phil Angelides, Jerry Brown, Leland Yee, Barbara Lee, and Krissy Keefer. And Steven T. Jones had nothing at all to do with their endorsement of Alix Rosenthal. Did he have anything to do with the Alix flyer inserted in the paper? Sonic Reducer brings sexy back. Marke B had a nice time at the Love Parade. L.E. Leone's friend Carrie is moving to New York. And Gavin Newsom's horoscope: He is classically associated with the arts. more ›

Greg's already put it better than we could, but in case you haven't heard, District-Eight Supe candidate Alix Rosenthal is throwing a party this weekend that may or may not reflect well upon her. The event is entitled "Get in B.E.D. with Alix," (the B.E.D. stands for, um, actually, nothing at all) and it's described as "Burning Man meets Cirque du Soleil," with "art ... tarot readings ... fire dancing." All of which sounds very nice, if that's your scene, but it doesn't really evoke Board-of-Supervisorial imagery. more ›

Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. The theme of the Local News section is "Editor's note: Alix Rosenthal [District 8 candidate] is the domestic partner of Guardian city editor Steven T. Jones. Jones did not participate in the assigning, writing, or editing of this story," as the Guardian weighs in on both the Castro Halloween fight and an update on the Pendulum. Also, Chris Daly can't get any documents under the sunshine laws either. Why didn't they interview Alix Rosenthal on that issue too? Steven Jones could have just taken the week off! A loaded term (starts with a p, is a synonym for cat) is used to describe the local music scene in an article about loud all-female band 16 Bitch Pile-Up. Cover article: horror movie The Descent. And SFist Eve's horoscope: don't end up like those Girls Gone Wild. more ›

We've been closely following this strange attempt by Bevan & Friends to put a stop to Halloween parties in the Castro -- including private house parties. Check out the coverage of Bevan's Wednesday meeting on our Party-Party friends' site; party member Adam reports that the meeting was populated mostly by businesspeople, not residents, and that the primary complains were that revelers relieved themselves in locations other than restrooms, that hate crimes were possible (the evidence presented for this argument was that there were gay bashings at 2006's Pride), that house parties were too unruly and should be discouraged, and that the event wasn't gay enough. Yes that's right, people actually said that. Castro Halloween should be cancelled because there are too many straight people attending. Whereas gays, as we know, are all so terribly well-behaved. Next item on the agenda: cancelling the Fourth of July because someone saw some foreigners standing near an American flag. more ›

Holy crap! Is it even possible? Supervisor Dufty wants to The only possible explanation for this strange description of the Castro is that he's never actually been there. "Supervisor Dufty will present his proposal to publicly 'cancel' the event," the statement says, as jaws collectively drop all along the western seaboard. What's next? A statement that the neighborhood's gotten a little too faggy? A public cancellation of the hours between 9pm and midnight? more ›