Today's supposed to be disgustingly hot, so the Bay Area Air Quality Management District called for another Spare the Air day. Which is to say: stay away from your car if you can help it, ride a bike, reduce household energy use,no barbecues, avoid using Aqua-net, and spray paints, and don't light shit on fire. Temperatures should reach a scorching 75 in San Francisco. more ›

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Day today because it's going to be hot. Very hot. Hot for San Francisco, anyway. AP reports, "On Monday the Bay Area is expected to be mostly sunny with Coastal highs in the 70s to lower 80s and inland temperatures in the lower to mid 90s." more ›

Talk about global weirding: How about that heat yesterday, huh? Tuesday was the hottest August day ever in San Francisco, according to the National Weather Service, tying the all-time high for the month of 98 degrees set on August 1, 2003. Private meteorologist Mike Pechner says, "It was a really weird day," and notes that several unofficial readings around town were as high as 106 degrees, 3 degrees above the official all-time S.F. high set on July 17, 1988. more ›

With temperature the Bay Area expected to reach the mid 90s to around 100 near, an excessive heat advisory has been issued. This affects the very young and very old, so head for cooler climates, babies and elderly. [CBS 5] more ›

Even those of us who enjoy the crisp, electric chill that our glacial summer weather provides (hi!), we've had it with fog, scarfs and sweaters in August. Thankfully, according to Weather Underground, we'll see a bit of a heatwave this week. San Francisco will see temperatures hitting the 80s this week, so, if you haven't already, you should perfect your sick voice and play hooky tomorrow. more ›

A major heatwave is supposed to be heading our way this weekend, with triple digits inland and 80s/90s near the coast by next week. The "real heat," according to the KRON 4 weather lady, will begin on Tuesday, the first day of fall. So, if you have any elderly people, infants, and/or redheads lying around, make sure they're kept comfy in climate-controlled areas and their fluids replenished. It's going to be a scorcher next week. more ›

Due to today's arguably miserable weather -- 88 degrees in downtown SF as of 2 p.m.! 92 degrees at Mineta San Jose International Airport! SFist Editor's Caramello liquefied beyond recognition! -- today's Spare the Air Day has been extended until Tuesday. That is to say, you should take public transit in lieu of driving, turn up the air conditioner if you're harboring infants or the elderly in your home or office, "avoid using gas-powered lawn movers and leaf blowers," cook indoors and not on a barbecue (AKA "grilling" to you foodies); and keep the Aqua Net to a minimum. Public transit, we should point out, is no longer free on Spare the Air Day. Alas. more ›

• Lucas (1986), Say Anything (1989), My Bloody Valentine (1981): The first film has socially-retarded Corey Haim falling head over heels in love with a sensitive football player, Charlie Sheen, or something like that; Cameron Crowe's tale of teenage love and angst has John Cusack causing egregious noise pollution when he holds up a ghettoblaster pumping out a Peter Gabriel ballad; and the final film has a murderer in a small coal mining town killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day. They screen at 7:30 p.m., 9:45, and midnight, respectively, at the Castro Theatre; $6-9.
• Editors: Yeah, yeah. We screwed up. Again. The SSRIs are running low this week. Stupid shrink. Anyway, check out this English indie rock band along hipster favorites Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV. Music starts at 8 p.m. at the Warfield; $23.
• The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Love on Wheels: As SFist Jim mentioned before, tonight's Dating Game parody in Hayes Valley should be divine. Starts at 7 p.m. at Rickshaw Stop; free for members of the SFBC ($10 for non-members).

It's that time again. (We can't believe it's already Monday.) As usual, there is great music going on every night of the week so make sure you take the jump to see our daily recommendations. We've been counting down the days to see Sara Bareilles since we heard about this tour back in December. It's here. Finally. Bareilles will be opening for James Blunt in the VH1's "You Oughta Know" tour. There's no way you haven't heard of James Blunt - his single, "You're Beautiful" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006. This was the first time a Brit had been in the #1 spot since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" in 1997. Clearly, everyone knows who James Blunt is. The real question is: Do you know who Sara Bareilles is? We've been spouting praise about this singer/songwriter since we saw her open for Aqualung almost a year ago. We knew she would be big; we just had a feeling. Now with "Love Song" on regular airplay on radio stations nationwide there's a reason she's opening for Blunt in the "You Oughta Know" tour. With high-powered vocals, Bareilles can out-sing most, if not all, of the music industries' pop stars. Not only do we love her rich yet effortless voice, but her clever music is indeed what pop music needs right now. We would never miss her concert and you shouldn't either. more ›

Hank III's Myspace page says it all,

Well i aint the best......I aint the worst...A bit shy and kinda a workaholic,Seems Like im good for bout five years of good lovin and Pornstar sex and then things seem to go to hell.but so far so good...So if your lookin for some trouble come on me and my Gals way!!!

Here are the top 20 Popscene shows of 2007, as voted by the fans of Popscene: more ›

-- The Shining (1980): "Honey, I'm home," "Here's Johnny!" etcetera, etcetera, Kubrick, and so forth. (No one wields a baseball bat like Shelley Duvall. So awkward. Also, what ever happened to her?) Screens at midnight (okay, 11:55 p.m.) at the Clay. more ›

-- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl Bailey. Now, see it again on stage right here in SF. The curtain goes up tonight at the African-American Art & Culture Complex (762 Fulton); $15. more ›

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-- The 2007 Bay Area Rhythm Exchange: Stepology (which we can only hope is very much like "Vibeology") presents tap stars Channing Cook-Holmes (Riverdance, Gangs of New York, Bojangles), John Kloss (Tap Heat), Deborah Mitchell (The Cotton Club, Black and Blue), Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Bamboozled), Sam Weber (Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood). 8 p.m., Herbst Theatre (SF War Memorial and Performing Arts Center), 401 Van Ness; $19-$22. more ›

It's going to be hot, and we hate it. We hate it when it's hot in San Francisco!! We did not move to this city for 75 degree weather!! more ›

Oh wait a minute. By white slave, we are referrring to the UK title of super chef Marco Pierre White's new tome. He's white, did a cookbook called White Heat, and has the last name of White. Get it? The slavery he endured was oftentimes brutal kitchen work starting in the seventies. Apparently Brits don't have a problem with the slave reference. No suprise that the U.S. version is titled The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef. Our review on Jalapeno Girl is here. more ›

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. This week's report is delayed why? Our car broke down on a curvy country road yesterday and we are working weird hours on a movie called Pig Hunt in the Ukiah/Boonville area. Here are our favorite nibbles from Wednesday's offerings. more ›

A good NBA season is like a good acid trip: it's all about peaking at the right time. Just ask last year's champions, the Miami Heat, about that one (the NBA season, not the acid trip). Well lo and behold, the Warriors are playing the last month of this season like a seasoned DeadHead instead of a burned-out meth-breath. After stomping the playoff-bound Utah Jazz Monday night in the O-rena, 126-102, the Warriors' playoff chances are skyrocketing like so many fantastic colors, and their days as league doormat may truly be numbered.

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We apologize for being so late on this-- SFist attended that big Gavin meeting this morning and didn't get a chance to post earlier this morning. We'll review the Gavin meeting later but for now, here's the news... more ›

Chiefs 20 Raiders 9- We didn't watch this game, we didn't listen to this game, we didn't even know this was a game. It wasn't until we went to SFGate did we realize the Rai-duhs lost another game. Your totals: three interceptions, two fumbles, four sacks, and 307 total yards. The Chiefs even went for it on fourth-and-more-than-one-yard a couple of times just because they could. At this rate, the Raiders are one game away from having one of the Top 10 worst offenses since 1978. And which is worse- the O line or the QB? more ›

It's the Heat Miser from, well, you know. Snow Miser can be seen here. more ›

Dujuan Wagner, Adonal Foyle, and Zarko Cabarkapa are riding the pine in suits tonight. For the opposition Lakers, Kobe won't play, and Phil Jackson, Kwame Brown, and Aaron McKie, and Chris Mihm may not even make the trip. JRich is probable, maybe, hopefully.

Another meaningless preseason game? Nope, it's opening night tonight for the Warriors at the Oracle. Here's everything you need to know, from the Warriors perspective, and from ours. more ›

Well, we're not Queens, thanks goodness, but we're getting there -- Northern California calls its first Stage 2 Heat Emergency in four years. more ›

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Every spring we have a major purge and get rid of a lot of the books we've accumulated over the past year. We sell what we can at a local used bookstore, before donating the rest to the Friends of the SFPL. Any recommendations on where we can get the biggest bang for our book sale? Let us know in the comments! more ›

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SFist reviews Al Gore's Speech at Stanford on Global Warming more ›

Our concert picks for the week of 6/9-6/15. more ›