The feds have gotten big bucks for the value of the Busan, so it now has one less hurdle to jump before heading home. more ›

We stuck it in Day Around The Bay already, but thought we would let you hash it out here in its own pad, readers. It seems that, according to the preciousness that is Dan Noyes, "the Silent Drill Platoon of the U.S. Marine Corps wasn't allowed to be filmed Sept. 11 on California Street in San Francisco for a segment of its new advertising campaign." more ›

-- Norman Nsu to return to Redwood City. [ABC7] more ›

-- Judy Butterfield: Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and more come to life via seventeen-year-old Judy Butterfield. Wait, she's seventeen and headlining at the Plush Room already? We were robo-tripping at that age. Christ, that's amazing. OK then. She sings at 8 p.m. at The Empire Plush Room, 940 Sutter; $25. more ›

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The U.S. Census Bureau released some new housing data for the years 2000-2005, and there was some semi-good news for two Bay Area cities. San Jose boosted its total housing units by 6.3% to 299,650, while San Francisco's housing stock rose 2.4% to 354,963 units. Yay! More housing is good, what with housing prices affected by "supply" and "demand," right? more ›

With almost four months til the World Cup, it's tune up time for the U.S. team and today, at Whatever the Hell It's Named Now Stadium, the U.S. team will have a chance to tune up with a game against another Germany bound team, Japan. The match is what they call "a friendly," which is soccer-ese (sorry, football-ese) for what we here in America call an "exhibition" game. This means that there is a good chance Big Boys, like Landon Donovan or Eddie Pope, who are on the roster, might not play. Big Boys Claudio Reyna and SFist Fave Demarcus Beasley aren't even on the roster because they're in Europe right now. more ›

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In a terribly tragic irony, Marla Ruzicka, who grew up in Lake County, and worked tirelessly for Medea Benjamin's Global Exchange before founding her own organization, "The Campaign For Innocent Victims of Conflict" in the wake of the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, was killed by a suicide bomber in Baghdad on Saturday at the age of 28. more ›

Medical marijuana finds its way back to the Supreme Court. Man, you just can't kill that weed! more ›

Sfist has steered clear of Santa Cruz ever since we heard the fictional city of Santa Clarita was based on Santa Cruz. But this weekend, you're far more likely to say that something you never could stomach about Santa Cruz is all the damn martial artists, as The U.S. Open IX Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament comes to town. more ›