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Egads. A man fell to his death yesterday at Monster Park after falling 20 feet from the upper concourse area of the stadium to the concrete mezzanine below. Scary. And sad. According to the Chronicle, the 31-year-old sports fan "went to the concession area between sections 5 and 7 to hang out during halftime about 2:20 p.m. and fell over a wall to the floor below." After two other accidents that happened in the... more ›

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SFist interviews Bobby of Monster Bobby who is opening for the Pipettes tonight' at Bimbo's more ›

We're starting to run out of ways to introduce these stories about the murder count in SF, so we're going with a clip of "Miss Murder" by AFI, above. more ›

We were flipping through the channels over the weekend and caught a few minutes of a National Geographic show on Sea Monsters and so we stopped. We're big fans of Nessie. Towards the end of the show, a segment came up about something we hadn't heard before, that San Francisco has its very own Sea Monster right here in the Bay. more ›

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murders taking place this weekend. Two parents were shot in front of their children on Friday night in Mission Terrace (the five-year-old knocked on doors in the neighborhood until someone came out to help), a man killed his wife and then himself in the Excelsior, and then two men were killed in the Lower Haight Saturday night. We think that count doesn't include the two burned bodies they found this week too -- one woman's body was found Friday afternoon on a pier near Monster Park, and another body was found in a burning building in the Bayview on Wednesday night. (Readers, let us know in the comments if the count includes those two now as well.) more ›

Hey, the new MUNI T Third line is finally open! That's the new light rail route that goes (.gif) from Castro Station down Third Street, through Dogpatch, down the Bayview, past Monster Park, and all the way to Sunnydale Avenue. We decided to spend our day off today checking it out. more ›

-A SFPD police officer was shot in killed trying to serve a felony warrant on somebody who was under suspicion for a variety of burglaries in the Taraval district. It's the third cop to die in the line of fire this year. The suspect was also killed in the shooting -A tiger mauled a trainer at the San Francisco zoo during feeding time yesterday afternoon. This happened in plain sight of everyone who was watching. more ›

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. We feel especially in touch with our inner Cookie Monster after all that reading, and you'll see why. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: more ›

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From the people who brought you AT&T Park and Monster Park and the Doritos’s Fiesta Bowl comes word that the Golden Gate Bridge-- THE Golden Gate Bridge-- might get corporate sponsorship too. more ›

We would like any polar bear who plays the accordion, or bunny who glows in the dark. But what won us over for the Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster, a children's book released earlier this month by San Francisco publisher Immedium, is that, out of the eight animals who compose the Octonaut team, there are both a sea-ottery scientist and an octopussy professor. That’s at least 25% of the crew with a doctorate degree. A much better ratio than the A-Team. more ›

Barrespondent Nico loves an unsubstantiated claim. Truly. Given that the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster and Area 51 remain a major part of his raison d'être one would think he runs out for the new edition of the Weekly World News at first light. Which is not entirely untrue. We feel the world would be much a less interesting place without the simple pleasure of freaks and cryptozoology. more ›

--How come Gavin Newsom'll stop a ski jump for Laurie Beijen but they won't do anything about the Bay Bridge closure for the couple that's been planning their Treasure Island wedding for over two years? more ›

When this SFist attended a recent press sceening of the animated feature ). It was an exchange that left this SFist glowing like we do after an especially good massage. There's nothing that brings people together like self-righteous mockery, what? more ›

Hey you kids: get off Wednesday's lawn! Tonight: Nothing says fun like a documentary about a bipolar girl trying to deal with life after her failed suicide attempt! The Film Arts Foundation is screening as part of their True Stories: Sneak Previews of New Documentaries series. 7:30 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center Screening Room, $8. more ›

This week's comics, courtesy of Isotope, involve a boy motivated by his love for God, a man motivated by a threat to his wife, and a group of kids motivated by sex. Yep, God, violence, and sex -- honestly, what other reasons are there for doing anything? Let's start with Steven T. Seagle and Becky Cloonan's "American Virgin," because that was our favorite. Adam's a charismatic college kid on a mission from God: to convince America to stop slutting around so much. He's got an earnest doe-eyed emo sort of vibe that totally suckers in the young hipsters -- he's even able to halt a rape just by making some sensitive noises about commitment and specialness. So, he's like a superhero whose power is stopping you from getting laid -- just what the world was waiting for, right? more ›

While the rest of us will most likely weeping into our Jell-O shots at the Mint while wailing "Fighter" into the Karaoke machine this weekend in preparation for another Valentine's Day spent lining the catbox with our exes' silk boxers, there's no reason you shouldn't be having more fun than we are. more ›

Tiiiiimber! Commuters blamelessly trying to get to the Golden Gate Bridge got stuck in a whole lotta mess this morning, as a lumber truck misjudged how fast it was going and spilled its load on that sharp turn up the northbound 101 9th Street and Mission/Van Ness exit. No one was hurt, but the entire highway was blocked, and cars parked below were damaged from the falling logs. Traffic on 101 backed up all the way to Monster Park, and the highway was reopened about four hours later. In other traffic news, this time in the East Bay, last night, the connecting ramp between 580 and 80 was closed for about two hours to deal with a fatal crash, where an SUV crashed into the center divider and caught on fire. And finally -- wanna buy a parking place? They're going for around $85,000-$125,000, which could buy you a two-bedroom house in Birmingham, Alabama. Invest now -- if Daly's 2-spaces for 3-units legislation survives a veto threat, they're going to only go up in value. (But make sure they're not located underneath the northbound 101 Mission/Van Ness Street exit -- tiiiiimber!) Picture by Karl Mondon, off sfgate from the Contra Costa Times more ›

Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval's in a Monster Park of his own making, after his proposal before the Board of Supes to support the Seahawks was greeted with a cry of "Offsides!" from the red-and-gold faithful. "Sandoval sounds like a traitor," announces the head of the Santa Clara Niners booster club. A Niners spokesman said the resolution "represents an appalling lack of loyalty to San Francisco." That guy's just probably happy no one's asking him questions about videos for a change! Sandoval says, "Come on, give me a break, it's just a way to have fun and help a few bar owners," noting that sports bars have seen a precipitous decline in attendance since the Niners limped to a 4-12 season this last year and that Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren is a San Francisco native. But as of this morning, Niners fans vowed to show up at today's Board of Supes meeting at 2 p.m. to protest against the proposal. Well, given how bad the Niners defense is, we're sure the proposition will pass 41-3. Picture of a Niners-Seahawks game in 2003 from the NFL website more ›

In our ongoing efforts to Stick It To The Man, we threw off the shackles of local cable giants and went with Alameda Power & Telecom for all of our cable service needs. One of the pleasant side effects has been getting public access channel 31, which produces the TV show "Monster Island Theatre." more ›

Winona "Winnie" Tong comes to the Bay Area from the cool climes of beautiful Canada. Her profile reads like the history of personal computing which, frankly, it is (and, at least in the early years, mirrors our own experience -- except she started on an Apple and moved to WinTel, and we went vice-versa). Now, of course, it's Web 2.0, and instead of BBS systems and ICQ chat, she's got a blog, Creative Constipation. more ›

So yes, both the Niners and the Rai-duhs lost yesterday in typically awful fashion. But we don't think this is such a bad thing. Not a bad thing in all. In fact, we think it's a good thing: it’s just a matter of how you look at it. Take the Niners for instance; they’re now 2-10 and owner of the second worst record in the NFL. On the other hand, they're still a game out of the chase for human highlight reel Reggie Bush. And as for the Rai-duhs, well, frankly, they’re always way more entertaining when they lose anyways. There’s nothing in sports quite like the implosion of the Raiders. Plus, we got ourselves a full blown QB controversy and a coach now officially designated as "Dead Man Walking." Who doesn't love QB controversy and coaching death watches? more ›

Oh man, this is cool on so many levels. First, you've got your crafter chic, and by a local blogger, no less. That's an awesome piece of handmade American merchandise. Conversation starter? Got it. Good cause? In spades. But the best part is that it's for sale!

This Flying Spaghetti Monster plush toy will be on sale on ebay tonight. All proceeds up to $1000 will be matched and donated to the National Center for Science Education. (2x the selling price will be donated.) Watch this space for further details.