The Mission's an interesting place to screen a movie about gentrification, filmed from the eyes of the gentrifier -- so there was certainly no shortage of things to think about at last night's showing of New Urban Cowboy for DocFest at the Roxie. New Urban Cowboy is a documentary about Michael Arth, a kind of hippie-dippie former resident of Santa Barbara who moves to the small town of Deland, Florida, near Orlando, and more......

Ah, the Aliotos -- they run this town! Patriarch Joseph Alioto was the mayor of San Francisco from 1968-1976, in office not only during the building of the Transamerica Pyramid but also through the Zodiac murders -- while daughter Angela Alioto is a former Board of Supervisors president (and chicken-suit renter), while granddaughter Michela Alioto-Pier is a current Board of Supes member (and Hottest Supervisor emerita -- hm, maybe it's time for us to do......

Kamala Harris addresses the Immigrant Resources Fair...

Hey kids! Are you looking for a quick and easy entry into San Francisco District 6 civic participation? Do you long to get an email response from Chris Daly, but don't know what to say? Well, look no further! Political Junkie presents: a Mad Libs Letter to Everyone's Favorite Mission District Supervisor! Tenant? Landlord? Advocate for the homeless? An honorable-mention mayor for a major West Coast city? C'mon -- everyone can play! Okay, write down: 1) an honorific or sobriquet 2) an emotion 3) an adjective 4) a verb ending in -ed 5) an action verb 6) another Supervisor 7) an issue facing San Francisco today 8) pick either the word "do" or "don't" 9) a celebrity and read your letter, after the jump! ...

The next time you complain about how busy you are, take a look at Jane Kim's packed schedule. Between her job as youth program director at the Chinatown Community Development Center, her position as co-director and co-founder of Locus Arts, and her many volunteer and philanthropic activities, she has somehow found the time to run for the San Francisco District School Board. And before you even think about behaving dismissively toward her due to......