Police have identified the man accused of shooting a man in the neck outside a San Leandro Walmat on Black Friday. Detwone Watson, 29, stands accused of shooting Christopher Murillo, 21, during a robbery attempt. According to The Chronicle, "Watson and a second suspect, Tony Phillips, 20, of Oakland, got out of [a Buick in the Walmat parking lot] and demanded money from the victims, police said. After Phillips tried to take a gold chain from a cousin of Murillo, a fight broke out, and Watson shot Murillo." more ›

During the early morning Black Friday rush in the East Bay suburbs, a family of eager shoppers was held up at gunpoint in the parking lot of a San Leandro Wal-Mart. Reports say the multiple suspects were not fellow shoppers, but they were definitely looking for a deep discount when they approached the victims emerging from the big box retailer with their holiday haul just before 2 a.m. this morning. more ›

Making plans to take advantage of Black Friday shopping deals? We'd rather not, personally, that's why we have the Internet and a stack of Amazon gift cards. But if that's your kind of thing, you might want to start queuing up now because one Lori Davenport has already set up camp in front of the St. Petersburg, Florida Best Buy. As she says, "it's not about being first or any sort of firstness, it's about our own personal firstness...it's about the experience of what this brings to you." more ›

Starting on Thursday, folks lined up outside aggressively non-boutique stores like Old Navy and Wal-Mart across the U.S. in order to get sanity-estranged deals on holiday shopping. Although Black Friday is as American as bad credit and apple pie, many San Franciscans are still amazed every year that folks make mad AM dashes to get bargains of the century. more ›

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After Thursday's turkey and stuffing festivities have subsided and digested, Friday is when your wallet takes a hit on Black Friday, the day retailers hope to move into the black. But this year, due to our tanking economy, retailers are bound to come up short. (Even Oprah is turning her awe-inspiring "favorite things" episode into a DIY show. Pft.) more ›

Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, the day where big retail shoppers traditionally break even for the year! Traditionally considered the biggest shopping day of the year! Is it retail therapy? ....Or is it kowtowing to the gods of capitalism and binding the workers who long to be free? more ›

How the church appeared on November 13. This Friday -- Black Friday -- Michaela Alioto-Pier's little neighborhood that thrives on ridicule will become a little more ridicule-less. At 9 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, on the day of November twenty-third, two thousand and seven, the store at 2125 Chestnut will open its doors. And at that moment? Apple will welcome in its third San Francisco store, completing the trilogy started by its flagship location on... more ›

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SFist is more Kraftwerk than Craftsworker. At our mid-century ranch headquarters, there's a rather large cupboard with various scraps of fabric and yarn, paint and glue and all manner of funky specialty tools. This is the area known as the Island of Dead Crafts. Every so often we remember the pride we had making that macaroni owl at summer camp and decide that our lives would be much more fulfilling if we could make our own soap or Christmas cards or just do something with our hands besides chain smoking and giving the finger to other commuters. As you may have guessed, many of our efforts have been less than impressive. more ›

We watched two movies last week that explored the dynamics of religious strife -- at the Kabuki the next evening, we were struck by their commonalities. more ›