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Alright, let's go back to the SFPD video story as the big boom was lowered yesterday. Out of the thirty-five officers involved, twenty-eight of them are being disciplined. No word on what disciplined means, although it'll probably be some sort of suspension. As for the remaining seven, including video auteur Andrew Cohen, they will go in front of the San Francisco Police Commission to have them decide their fate. more ›

With a smiling Tom Ammiano in hand, the Gavster announced that he had come up with a health care plan for all the uninsured in the city yesterday. Ah, health care, the Russian Front of public policy. The plan came about as a response to a healthcare plan by the aforementioned Tom Ammiano, one which business leaders did not quite dig. So Gavin decided to throw in his own plans. Or at least put together a Blue Ribbon Panel to figure out a plan. more ›

We like beer, we really do, although we're feeling a bit overwhelmed by it right now. While we can all agree that: Budweiser isn't very good; the hierarchy of quality goes: draft, bottle, can, malt liquor; Canadians don't drink Labatts, Australians don't drink Foster's and if you do drink Pabst Blue Ribbon it's time to take off the trucker hat and walk away--we can all agree on that--but after that, things get a little murky. Tejal feels our pain. It's too bad she didn't have a beer hotline to call, unlike Leigh, who was the first to use Aider's Wine Lifeline. more ›

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. more ›

A battle has been raging behind the scenes at Wikipedia. No, it's not over copyrights or veracity or how well an article explains its premise. It's over whether or not the entry on San Francisco's Marina District should include an explanation of the term Marina Girl (and, by extension, Marina Guy). The main arguments for deletion is that it's a stereotype and that the content of the article is heavily biased against the Juicy Couture clad set at The Matrix. But if you look at the standing article at the SFGate, it describes to a tee the Marina Girl without actually mentioning the term:

Today the apartment buildings, shops and restaurants seem to be bursting at their seams with beautiful, young and fit 20- and 30-somethings. The singles scene is hopping on Friday and Saturday nights, with lots of fresh-faced postgrads with cocktails in one hand and cell phones in the other. Union is arguably the best street in the city to window-shop the hours away on a sunny Saturday afternoon, and, a few blocks down, Chestnut has an incredible variety of high-quality restaurants catering to every palate.

The Mission Hipster is a twenty-something self-proclaimed 'artist,' usually seen drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon at dive bars when not riding up and down Valencia on their track bike. They take pride in their relative poverty (though more than a few have wealthy families), working jobs as baristas or bike messengers. Their signature look includes a fauxhawk (male) or short bowl cut (female), aviator sunglasses, an ironic t-shirt, ripped jeans and Chuck Taylors. They can be found in great number at Slim's or the Bottom of the Hill on any given weekend where they prefer the sounds of acoustic guitars played by troubled singer-songwriters and upbeat post-punk-pop. They often avoid the upper Mission on those same nights, complaining that it's overrun by 'slumming yuppies from the Marina.'

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A weekly review of high class wine tastings with appetizers of cured meats and various cheeses. Just replace the wine with dive bar-Pabst Blue Ribbon and the meats and cheese with one of those 'jerky cheddar' combo packs from the corner store. Brought to you each week by barrespondent Drew. more ›

So of course we're surrounded by Bay Bloggers all week here in Austin, but didn't think to ask "Hey, you wanna do Bay Blogger Thursday?" We know, stupid. Luckily we also hadn't remembered to announce the start of Austinist, which besides having all the inside dope on the haps at SXSW, is helmed by none other than Ben Brown -- who, lucky for us, grew up right here in the Bay Area! And he does yoga, which has to count for something. more ›

A weekly foray into the not-so-fine art of sitting on a barstool and gettin' loaded. By Drew. East Bay Roadtrip edition! more ›