Tough few days in SoMa -- the mysterious power outage yesterday and today, a four-alarm fire above the Olympic restaurant at Fifth and Clara that's required the CHP to close down the Fifth Street 101 onramp and close down traffic on Fifth and on Harrison. (What a dramatic way for Eve to start her first day at the Chron, which is just a few blocks down the street! Stop, drop, and roll, Eve!) more ›

In an interview with the Chronicle last week, Gavin dropped some more Green-related news. Turns out he's looking into dropping turbines into both the ocean and the Bay to generate enough energy to feed the city and to maybe sell off to others. The Olympic Guys should love that. more ›

Remember how bummed we all were when it was decided San Francisco would not be the city representing the U.S. for 2012 Olympic bids? Well, cheer up campers 'cause we're on the short list to be the bid city for the 2016 Olympics. Sometime this month, delegates will visit the city to check it out and gauge our interest and ability to host the Olympiad more ›

On Friday, the conservative’s favorite court, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, issued what could be a landmark ruling for freedom of speech. The ruling basically states that a school cannot punish a student from exercising their freedom of speech by holding up signs that go against school policy. The sign that sparked this very important ruling: Bong Hits 4 Jesus. Thus the reason you now get to see such wonderful headlines such as "Court Rules "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Is Protected Speech. As Yakov Smirnov would say, "what a country." more ›

Last week, we talked about "ordering the right thing" -- recognizing the specialties of the house and what would be appropriate to drink there. more ›