Noted local weirdo Frank Chu was spotted at an Occupy Wall Street West protest over the weekend. A Frank Chu appearance at an event where there is at least one camera present is hardly newsworthy, but the headline spot on his ever-changing sign (photographed here by SFist pal Justin Beck) this weekend did happen to catch our eye. Is the Bay Area's favorite intergalactic conspiracy theorist endorsing the likely GOP candidate for president in 2012? more ›

Frank Chu imposter by Jim Herd of SFCitizen. more ›

Well, why the hell not at the Palace? Troy Holden, Chu's unofficial spokesperson, just sent out the following Twitter message of grave importance: "Frank Chu just called me and said he will be at Maxfield's in the Palace Hotel [2 New Montgomery] around 530 pm. He asked that everyone come there to celebrate." If the mood should strike, do stop by to buy him a drink in honor of his 50th birthday. more ›

Noted sign-carrying bon vivant Frank Chu turns 50 today. We should all pause for a moment of unbridled glee for we are most fortunate to have the man in our lives. more ›

"Frosty Chu" by Flickr user moppet65535. more ›

Bacon, Valencia Street, "art," San Francisco values, coalition, cupcakes, burlesque troupes, zzz.... more ›

Candid shot from yesterday's St. Stupid's Day Parade. more ›

According to Tablehopper, 12 Galaxies will go from affectedly creative Mission nightspot to affectedly chic Mission restaurant. She reports, "Moving into the 12 Galaxies space in the Mission will be the ~BLUE MACAW~, a restaurant, bar, and club with a focus on international music. I will have more details in a few weeks, but the opening is slated for April or May." more ›

Lawrence Ferlinghetti isn't the only San Francisco luminary celebrating today. It's also Frank Chu's birthday!

The Bay Area's favorite protester, for years Frank has been walking the streets of SF with his sign demanding proper compensation regarding Soviet and American ex-presidents (and other galaxies) having filmed him and his family for something called "The Richest Family."
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A lot of you have sent SFist photos of this "Adios Douche Bag(s)" poster with former President George W. Bush. A lot. And we relent. So here's the most interesting one we've received thus far. It features colorful town crier Frank Chu. (Chu, we should point out, will not be adding Barack to his lawsuit from outer space.) more ›

It's been some timer since we've posted anything after SFist lifted the Frank Chu ban, yes? So, John Murphy sent us the above image of Chu standing in front of some Chuian art at yesterday's Winterfest. Enjoy. more ›

It is done. 12 Galaxies, the Mission club named after mentally unfit local color Frank Chu and that sign he carries, came to end this past weekend. Local indie rock outfits StitchCraft and Big Light were the last bands to stomp the floorboards there. And even Mr. Chu himself beamed in for the final show. Read more about it here. (Mission Mission) more ›

Yesterday's Up Your Alley Fair is what the Folsom Street Fair used to be before all the tourists pushing baby strollers started showing up. More than 8,000 leather daddies -- and as many as perhaps a dozen biological women -- braved the cold fog wearing little more than a gimp mask and a smile to benefit PAWS, the AIDS Emergency Fund, and others. We tried to limit the amount of naked penis visible in these shots, but in that kind of environment there's only so much a photographer can do. The fully-lubed, unexpurgated photoset can be can be found at DJTennessee's flickr page, as well as a few over at Nature abhors a vacuum. more ›

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Unless he's dying--God forbid--starting today, we declare a three-month moratorium on any Frank Chu-related news items, gossip, and/or images. SFist management sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience, but really, you have no one to blame but yourselves. more ›

Frank Chu, 48, the Bay Ara;s favoritest pathological resident, has a Wikipedia page, naturally. It goes into much detail about his media whoring, numerous protest signs, and "performance art." It also mentions the following (and, of course, alleged) Chu-helmed hostage crisis: more ›

Ta-da. Now it's really on, folks. more ›

Students at Encinal High School walked out of their classrooms today in response to proposed budget cuts. Last night the school board held a tense meeting that went well into the wee hours of the morning, voting to increase class sizes by cutting advanced placement classes, most high school sports, music in the elementary schools, and counselors in the middle schools, reports NBC 11. Students walked out today, marching straight over to the school district's headquarters. They carried signs reading "No Us No Future," "No Sports No School" and "You're Tearing Down Our Future." According to the high school principal: more ›

As mother used to tell us, "the smaller the font, the crazier the loon." And how. Frank Chu seems downright lucid compared to this gentleman, who over the years has called us every ungodly name in the book as we passed by him on Market Street. How about you? more ›

You have, well, two entire days to fill out and return your application to become a torchbearer for the San Francisco leg of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. The San Francisco relay -- which is entitled, dear Christ, "A Sustainable Journey" -- is the only North American stop on the Olympic Torch Relay, which will make the sporty flame's U.S. visit that more special to us in the Bay Area. Or not. more ›

No, not Frank Chu -- although a Gav versus a crazy would be most fascinating, indeed -- Carmen Chu. more ›

-- Today is Yelp Day. How did you celebrate? Yeah, same here. (With all due respect to Yelp, Newsom will declare anything _____ Day these days, won't he?) [Eater SF] more ›

Sure. We'd love to see Hilary Clinton win just for the darling Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton pattern that's coming along nicely, but we're also curious about this Barack Obama fella. He seems to be some guy running for President of the U S of A, and you can see him this Wednesday night. He's here to talk, make the rounds, look deep into your eyes, and probably make nice with a few unreasonably sensitive gays. more ›

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Speaking of ILM, their Halloween party boasted one of the best costume ideas we've seen in eons. Behold, Ikeabots! more ›

It seems the guy behind a photo blog called "whatimseeing.com" left us a tip in the contribute section that he treated Frank Chu to an extra baseball ticket he had yesterday. (Please click thru to see all the great photos; we're assuming the writer is blogging anonymously because he censors out his face in the pics). more ›

Looking over everyone's favorite site to get all Cathy over, Zombietime, in order to find shots of last week's not-so savage anti-Savage protest, we came across something disturbing: adolescent protesters. more ›

Look what we found in the SFist Flickr stream! Reader IMPEACH sends along this picture, confirming the reports we've gotten from a couple of other readers -- there's now 85 Galaxies on Frank Chu's sign, not just 12. more ›