SF News Counter-Terrorist Sea Lion Nabs Fake Terrorist You can't make this shit up, folks! Two specially trained sea lions and a dolphin succeeded in "identifying" a suspicious device attached to a concrete pier piling as part of a counter-terrorism exercise
SF News Father to Newsom, "Don't Do It" Mayor Gavin Newsom sent out his latest exploratory missive about running for Governor for the state of California. Yay. Newsom starts out declaring, "When I first started talking to friends and family about
SF News Mayor Newsom Condemns Holocaust Memorial Re-imagining Since, naturally, Jews control the media (oh, we kid.) and the Gav loves the media, Mayor Gavin Newsom sent out the following statement yesterday, condemning the defacing of the SF Holocaust Memorial. MAYOR
SF News Yelp Day Never Happened: Prop 8 Related? You remember how the Mayor's office told Yelp that they were going to declare December 4 Yelp Day? But then, when the day arrived, team Newsom blabbed to the media that that wasn't
SF News Hank Plante Nails Newsom on Colma-Bought SUV Oh, Hank. When you deliver, you do it in spades. Earlier this week, when Newsom held a press conference in Noe Valley to push the actually impressive Shop SF, an incentive plan begging
SF News Mayor Gavin Newsom Gets Himself a YouTube Page Following on the heels of other YouTube stars such as Chris Crocker and the Chocolate Rain guy, Mayor Gavin Newsom continues to harness the awesome power of the world wide web via a
SF News Photo du Jour 170 Things got a wee bit heated at last night's Presidio Trust Public Board of Directors Meeting. The hot topic about was that art museum thingy we most likely never plan on visiting, but
SF News Newsom and Siebel's Wedding Plans Revealed...Sort of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is taking another crack at marriage, this time with a blond: SFist's biggest fan, Jen Siebel. (Here's to hoping this one sticks, guys!) Few details have been released
SF News Gavin's Tongue Clinton and the gays, two things that gets Gavin's tongue wagging. Man, even in not the most flattering shots, he still looks... flattering. Or at the very least, endearing. Really, the man just
SF News Make-Me-Governor Tour: More Green Nonsense When he's not gracing photo exhibits at Valencia Street art gallery parties with Todd Oldam and John Waters (the latter, we hear, now lives in Nob Hill now. Who knew?) with his stellar
SF News Make-Me-Governor Tour: Another Cigarette Ban Little ol' San Francisco made ink in USA Today as part of Mayor Gavin Newsom's clever plan to rule to the state of California. What pressing issue is he tackling this time? Tobacco
SF News Let's Hear It For Newsom's Make-Me-Governor Tour It's been an incredible success, yes? He's gone to Israel in order to (allegedly) build a bridge between the Bay Area and Israeli business leaders. (See what you've wrought, Rainbow Groceries?) And according
SF News Quote of the Day: Newsom's Green Ego Mayor Gavin Newsom, who seems to be getting a decent amount of ink in the Gray Old Lady these days, says the following about recycling: It's purposefulness that could otherwise be construed as
SF News Gavin Newsom Answers the Big Question--Sort Of Mayor Gavin Newsom puffed up his chest yesterday after leading the lawsuit that will "challenge a cut in the reimbursement rates paid to doctors that treat Medi-Cal patients." (That is to say, he's
SF News Newsom's Attendance No Longer Required at Board of Supervisor Meetings? You know how Mayor Gavin Newsom is supposed to make a special guest appearance at the Board of Supervisors meeting? At least once a month? To listen to their complaints, demonstrate that he's
misc Breaking Muni News is Mostly a Bunch of Blah Blah Blah Gavin: Nat is as frustrated as everybody else. We want change on the margins. Eliminating bus stops. The line I take down polk never has more than 10 people; It takes 10 minutes.
SF News Mayor Newsom Endorses Mark Leno After Carole Migden won the endorsement of the Harvey Milk Club, things were looking grim for Assemblyman Mark Leno. But today Gavin Newsom shined his megawatt charm over in Leno's direction today, endorsing
misc Giant Hulking Muni Takes a Terrifying Interest in Small, Innocent Transportation Authority The TA, if you're unfamiliar, was created a couple of years ago by a voter mandate. Muni was in awful shape at that time (unimaginable, we know), and an voters needed an alternative
misc Breaking News: Gavin Newsom's Town Car Scratched! Yeah, we could hardly believe the headline ourselves. Do people have no shame? We missed this one, but yesterday Mayor Gavin Newsom's town car was vandalized by a parolee. Outside Newsom's Russian Hill
SF News Chicken John Debates Gavin Newsom In a final tip of the hat that sums up this year's (disappointing) election, Gavin Watch has celebrity candidate Chicken John's surprise Saturday night debate with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Not the
