Eliana Lopez and Ross Mirkarimi are the parents of a baby boy today -- the SF Supervisor's first bundle of fun. A reader (presumably Mirkarimi himself) tips us off, saying, "Eliana Lopez and Ross Mirkarimi are the proud parents of a baby boy. The baby weighed in at 8lbs, 14oz. Our son was born at home, natural childbirth. Eliana was in labor all night/day. She is a goddess! She and baby are resting, while Pappa tries to clean and cook." more ›

A lonelyheart would very much like to reconnect with an extra that he met on the set of . (It's not us, by the way. If you recall, we were deemed too grotesque to star in the film about former SF Supervisor Harvey Milk, and haven't left our apartment since.) We're posting it because how they met would make a great story for the two to tell their grandchildren one day. Sigh. more ›

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Recreating Harvey Milk's campaign poster for SF Supervisor, Penn is downright adorable. And surprisingly endearing. more ›

Undergoing a procedure to erase 30 years from its face, the Castro neighborhood is going retro, circa 1978, for the filming of Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic, Milk, which starts shooting this week. Already the Castro Theatre, right, and boutique shop Given, formerly Milk's camera store / campaign headquarters, are being renovated to get that '70s vibe. Rumor has it that Castro Street between 18th and 19th streets (i.e., the staphicenter) will be closed on Thursday. We'll update with more info as it comes in. more ›

Former District 4 SF Supervisor, rumored florist with a flair, __________ resident, charming fibber, and triple-threat criminal fatal optimist Edmund "Ed" Jew takes this year's title for Loosest Screw of 2007. Congrats, Ed! more ›

The votes from Ohio are in! The hanging chads have been dimpled! The electoral college has matriculated! We're calling the SFist Hottest SF Supervisor race -- and the Marina's own Michela Alioto-Pier takes the crown and beauty pageant sash! Fweeeee! Go Balloons! Where are our fricken balloons? Michela, after a slow start, rallied as the voting continued, and ultimately won with 25% of the vote, a full 6% ahead of our next closest two (Chris Daly and Fiona Ma tied with 19% each). Ross M. trailed behind in fourth place, with 16%. Trends to watch? Well, interestingly, your political hotttness vote seems equally split between progressive men and moderate women, San Francisco. Would things have come out differently with ranked choice voting? Would Mirkarimi have forged an alliance with Ma? And what if Matt or Gavin had gone with an endorsement? All things to think about. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, SF! Enjoy the pictures of MAP! more ›

Oooooh, your Junkie loves to vote. We vote for everything: national elections, state elections, local elections, CNN QuickPolls, the SFGate Question, BizRate surveys about our Priceline experiences, those "How'd We Do?" cards where you rank things on a scale of 1 to 5 -- we are all about letting your voice be heard! So of course we're totally psyched about the mock election the San Francisco Department of Elections is throwing! Get your franchised self down to the basement of City Hall on or before August 12 and help them test out their disability access polling machines! There's two types of touch screens, with breath-voting capability ("sip-puff" machines, they're called. Heh heh. Sip puff.), foot pedals, and audio aids. So what are you voting for? Well, keeping it nonpartisan, the Dept. of Elections has selected the categories of: best flower, best animal, and best San Francisco attraction. Aw, come on!! If you're voting in the Dept. of Elections mock election, you want to vote for something sexier than that! So.... in honor of the Dept. of Elections, SFist and your Political Junkie are rolling out our own mock election: Hottest SF Supervisor!!!!! Vote after the jump! more ›

What did we tell you, Chris? Switch to blogger.com! The Chron, fresh from learning that "blog" is short for "web-log," (gosh! You can read them any old time and they can be refreshed as often as you like? You don't say!), finally heard that Chris Daly's keeping a blog. Gasp! Unable to find any kind of way to use this as an excuse to call Daly juvenile, the Chron settles for implying that he's wasting taxpayer dollars by doing this on the sfgov.org website, and ominously implies that he might be breaking the law. Is blogging illegal now? And is it just us, or does the Chron seem a little sulky about Daly's slam on their coverage? Oh, the Chron can dish it out but can't take it, huh? (It's okay, The Chron -- we're all about dishing without taking here too!) We keep telling you, Chris -- blogger.com! Or Movable Type! They're totally free, no use of city funds, you can say whatever you want instead of being forced to restrict yourself to "civic" commentary and putting up those "You are now leaving the website of sfgov.org" splash pages before your links to beauteous sites like, say, Jerry and East Bay Assembly rep Loni Hancock and use the free blog software! We're dying to know what it's really like in the Board of Supes antechamber! Pic off the DalyBlog. We hope it's okay to use the picture, it is just so freakin' awesome. more ›