Kearny Street (at California) was closed for over an hour this afternoon after a window came off of the former Bank of America building, falling to the ground from the 38th floor. No one, it seems, was injured from any falling glass. According to an SFist tipster: This morning at about 10:30 window fell out of the Bank of America building at 555 California. It landed near the plaza next to the banker's heart......

SFist interviews Chris Cohen of The Curtains (new album out today) and formerly of Deerhoof...

Yo mountain bikers, looking for a little action this winter? If you've got the firepower, check out the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Dirty Harry Bike Tour (not affiliated with the Dirty Harry Tour of San Francisco) on Saturday, January 28. Do ya feel lucky? Well, do yah punks? ...

See The Lineup and Dirty Harry tonight at the second-to-last night of the Balboa's Reel SF film fest! A disgruntled former employee stormed the Conard Community Services Center at 9th and Mission yesterday morning and shot a caseworker dead. It could have been much worse, but for the quick thinking of another employee, a man coming by to pick up a public assistance check, and a third homeless man in the area, who wrestled the shooter to the ground and disarmed him. The shooter was carrying a handgun, a shotgun, and an axe. Y'know, coming back and shooting up your former office just confirms that they were probably right to let you go in the first place. The finger lady's back in town! Anna Ayala was arraigned (check out that smirk!) in Santa Clara Superior Court yesterday, with a cheering crowd of 12 present. (They were asked to cover up their homemade INNOCENT shirts before entering the courtroom.) Ayala waved big and repeatedly mouthed "I love you" to them and the cameras, and let out a big whoop when the judge set bail at $500,000. Meanwhile, the cops are now searching a ranch in Mexico. And the student leader of the gay-straight alliance at Tamalpais High in Mill Valley has confessed to faking incidents of anti-gay vandalism at the school, saying that she just wanted some attention. The school had been investigating anti-gay graffiti on the walls and doors of openly gay teachers, and the vandalism of the gay-straight alliance student leader's car. The school has stripped the student, a wrestler, of her award for Best Student Athlete as a result. ...

SFist contributor and virtual TV pundit Rain Jokinen offers her Bay-area-centric TV picks of the week SFist does not deny that a lot of head-burying has occurred this week. Post-election blues lead to a lot of TV watching, much of it pure escapism. Nothing dulls the pain like a good episode of The Surreal Life. And if Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen can find love with each other, perhaps there is hope for the country!......

SFist contributor and virtual TV pundit Rain Jokinen offers her Bay-area-centric TV picks of the week It looks like Indian summer may be over for good what with the wind and the rain and the whining about the wind and the rain. So SFist recommends that you stay indoors and enjoy some of San Francisco's local landmarks on the small screen. The creative partnership of Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel is probably best remembered......