There was a huge turn-out at today's Rally for California's Future at Civic Center. The plaza was already half-full when we arrived around 4:30, and dozens of schools from elementary to college-level were well represented. Crowds of protesters were still heading toward the rally when we left at 5:30. The whole plaza was full to the brim at that point (as you can see from the photo we took from the fifth floor of the main library), and the crowd had spilled onto the library lawn. more ›

What do you get when you couple a torrentially rainy day with the now annual SantaCon in which people gather in SF (and around the globe) to lead citywide bar crawls and/or flash mobs all dressed as Santa? You get a lot of wet, drunk people in who smell a little like wet dogs -- but nevertheless, the party went on yesterday, and there was an all-day dance party at Triple Crown for those who wanted to huddle indoors with their PBR rather than traipse around the city with others dressed in red. A little bit of rain wasn't going to stop these determined drinkers from having a festive good time! See a few pics here (more possibly coming), or check out this extensive slideshow by Gretchen Robinette over at the Weekly. more ›

--Ferrets are coming back on the ballot!! more ›

When we were putting together that photo montage of fun pictures of Mayor Gav yesterday, we came across this picture in the Mayor's Photo Gallery section. (Can we earmark more of our city tax dollars to the upkeep and uploading of more excellent photos to this page?) What's going on here? So we decided then and there that we were starting a new column -- the SFist Caption Contest! Post a caption to this photo in the comments: funniest entry wins SFist swag! more ›

You know, they have some pretty awesome pictures of Hizzoner Mayor Newsom in the "Mayor's Photo Gallery" page on sfgov.org. We've been dying for an excuse to use this picture for weeks now -- weeks! more ›