This year, the Street Fair in trouble is the Haight Street Fair. The reason why it's in trouble is for the usual reasons-- too much drunkeness with a debate on booths thrown in for good measure. Not mentioned, however, were those magic medicinal brownies SFist once bought that made little leprechauns dance around our heads while singing Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax." The Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation recently put a permit that was requested by fair organizers on hold for two weeks so they can figure out what to do. more ›

You know that juicy rumor that in place of the late, not-so-lamented Cala Foods, Whole Foods would open up there until a new store with condos on top could be built? And you know how people were going "yay!" as among other things, it would mean having something at the end of Haight besides what is now pretty much an empty lot? Well, ain't happening. more ›