What's up with TSA inspectors these days? First they're leaving inappropriate notes for ladies who travel with (ahem) electronic accessories and now Freddie Gibbs, a rapper from Gary, Indiana, received the following note on his baggage inspection notice after those prying hands apparently found a stash of weed in his checked baggage: "C'mon son". more ›

Over on the 900 block of Geary Street, around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a man was robbed of over a pound of medical marijuana while leaving a dispensary. (Presumably The Divinity Tree at 958 Geary.) "The victim, a 34-year-old man, was walking out of the dispensary when a suspect pointed a gun at his face and demanded 'weed,' " reports SF Appeal. "The victim handed over a satchel that contained 1.25 pounds of medical marijuana and cash." more ›

We had no idea. more ›

Federal alcohol regulators are asking Vaune Dillmann of Mount Shasta Brewing Company to stop producing bottle caps for his beer with the slogan "Try Legal Weed." See, apparently these alcohol regulators think that Dillmann is referencing the illegal marijuana (technically, it's still illegal, people -- let's not get in a snit) but really, oh my goodness, he's not! more ›

Actress Dawn Wells -- i.e., Mary-Ann from -- was busted for smoking the doob, it seems. The Associated Press has the harrowing, mary jane-fueled details: more ›

SFist reviews Band of Horses at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco more ›

that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. more ›

Okay, this next component of the SF Film Society's new SF360 program is a bit low-concept, but you're a smart cookie so you should pick it up pretty quick. Listen: "We want to explore the way new platforms help us bring new work to new audiences," Graham Leggat, Exec Direc of the SFFS told us in an interview. So to that end, they're going to select one film, then work with distribution partners like the Iron Weed film club to get that movie out in front of as many people as possible. "And then we'll have materials and organizational tools [for] clubs and discussions," Graham went on. "We'll get local celebrity chefs to creature recipies and add social value to the social aspect of the evening. ... And then at 8 on Wednesday night, the fireworks will go off and folks will turn on their DVD." This is all getting a bit highbrow for us -- "The city is in fact an expanded theater, where everybody focusses on one film at one time and discussing it, if they want to, online. So you have a citywide event that's distributed and yet concentrated. New platforms, new work, new social formations, new audiences, new experiences." more ›

Though reader Brett Emerson wrote a nice piece on his blog about the way pomegranates symbolize autumn, we have to make a slight correction. Pomegranates are the cause of the rain and snow we're about to see. Back in the day, Hades abducted Persephone while she frolicked in the fields. Boo on that, we say. Her mom, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, eventually found her and brought her back to the surface, but the plants up here withered while she searched. Unfortunately, Persephone got hungry while down under, and ate six pomegranate seeds. The garnet-colored teardrops came with a price: for each seed, Persephone had to spend one month in the underworld as Hades's bride. When she's underground, hanging with the dead, her mom gets all weepy and turns the earth cold again. A tip to our readers: Be wary when the Lord of the Underworld offers you pomegranates. We're full of practical advice here at SFist. We understand Persephone's temptation. We look forward to the zingy, vibrant flavor of pomegranate seeds, though we'll warn you that we've found the occasional watery sample at local markets. You want a mouth-puckering acidity that just begs to be tossed into a salad or atop a roasted quail. Or follow Patience Gray's advice for the seeds in : "Eaten out of doors while walking; very refreshing, one sucks the delicious seeds and spits the kernel on the wayside." We imagine we'll put up some pomegranate vinegar soon, since it's so easy. Just steep 1 cup of seeds in 2 cups of good white wine vinegar for 8-10 days, and strain when the liquid tastes pomegranate-y enough. more ›