SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Firefighters, City Leaders Remember 9/11 The San Francisco Fire Department held its annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony; an arson arrest was made in a big SoCal wildfire; and somehow Trump never managed to drag "liberal San Francisco" while debating Kamala Harris.
SF News [Update] Anti-Semitic 9/11 Truther Scheduled To Appear At San Francisco Library Tonight Christopher Bollyn, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a "raging anti-Semite," is scheduled to speak at the Richmond Branch of the San Francisco Public Library tonight at 6 p.m. The
SF News San Francisco Remembers Those Lost In 9/11 Attacks With Early-Morning Ceremonies Every one of of San Francisco's 44 fire stations held a somber ceremony this morning, marking the 16 years since an attack on the World Trade Center killed nearly 3000 people. The Chron
SF News Marina Boat-Fuel Station Almost Burned Down On Sept. 11 The owner of a boat-fuel dock in the Marina says that an attempted arson at her business could have been tied to September 11. But it also might have been coincidental and just
SF News Families Of Asiana Crash Victims Hire 9/11 Law Firm The families of the three passengers who died following the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash earlier this month have hired Kreindler & Kreindler, a high-powered New York law firm known for representing victims
Arts & Entertainment Oops: Mayor Ed Lee Refers To World Series Trophies As 'Twin Towers' During the annual San Francisco Chamber CityBeat Breakfast at the Marriott, kicky and acclaimed SFGate scribe Beth Spotswood sat in the audience while Mayor Ed Lee made a minor gaffe onstage. Lucky you.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: San Francisco's 9/11 Memorial at AT&T Park Each year during 9/11—which, as you know, is today—AT&T Park plays host to San Francisco's memorial to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that
SF News Photos: Opening Day At The National 9/11 Memorial Meanwhile, in New York City: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center site opened today to the public. According to Gothamist, who made an appearance at this morning's
SF News 9/11 Roundup Your 9/11 memories, wanted. [SFGate] San Francisco Opera's "Heart of a Soldier" sets 9/11 to music. [PBS] As expected, Sept. 11 anniversary leads to beefed up security in San Francisco. [Examiner]
misc The Truth About 9/11: Cookies Are Delicious "I can't believe no one thought of this before," exclaims Tabitha Russell who snapped this shot at Civic Center Plaza. And it's a great marketing scheme because any (crackpot) theory goes down better
SF News Where Were You On the Day That Changed Everything? Hello. Today is the anniversary of the day when hijackers crashed four commercial planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and the ground in Pennsylvania. That is to say, today is 9/11.
misc See's Candies Involved in 9/11 Conspiracy? Laughing Squid featured a photo of a rather poetic letter that's posted in the window of the former See's Candies in Nob Hill written by the building's landlord, which explains that the business
SF News Feds' Photo Op With Low-Flying Jets Scares NYers While hovering helicopters for TV shows alarm Bay Area residents, think about folks in downtown Manhattan who spotted a low-flying plane being tailed by fighter jets. Some buildings were evacuated while others told
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The Breasts of Sherry Glaser: The protest-y Miss Glaser's comedy and peace activism show runs the gamut from her unsheathed mammary glands to an interpretation of 9/11 and the Twin Towers
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Next Year's 9/11 To-Do List From Lady_K via Contribute page, who found this note on Church Street in front of the Blockbuster near Market -- also, how on earth does that Blockbuster remain open for business? --
Arts & Entertainment VIDEO OVERLOAD: 9/11 Memorial At SF State Goes Awry Readers, sorry about the video overload today -- but suddenly there's a lot of interesting stuff out there! Here's a video posted on YouTube by the San Francisco State College Republicans. Boo, hiss,
Arts & Entertainment SF Mural With 9/11 Notes Gets Basquiat Treatment Ann Sherry's North Beach mural "Gold Mountain," a work that depicts Chinese influence to San Francisco and American history, fell victim to hooligan defacing. Specifically, the recent addition of Betty Ong, a San
SF News Day Around the Bay -- 9/11 felt around the Bay. [CBS5, Chron, Examiner, SFBG] -- Come get your soy-based ice creams and kombucha tea, Potrero Hill! [SFMetBlog] -- Grand Prix moves out of San Jose. For
SF News Happy Birfday BART Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the
SF News Blowing Up Acid In Hayward Dry picric acid is apparently very sensitive to shock and friction, and can explode like dynamite. This one article we found says it blows up when you drop a 2 kg weight on
Arts & Entertainment UPDATE: Cult Alert -- Youth With a Mission "Cult Alert!" flyers garnished lamp posts on Third and Market Streets the other night -- a siren song if ever we've heard one. (It seems like forever since SF's been plagued with a
SF News Feinstein Folds on FISA The bill passed after some sheninagans by the White House when sixteen Democrats chickened out and voted with the Republicans. Most of them came from supposed Red States who thought that President 25%
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Food Section Round Up Duck meatballs from the Oakland Tribune. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. It's short but suh-weet. SF Chronicle: Breaking bread with neighbors
SF News Jerry Falwell Protest Tonight That said, Falwell was known for his commitment to right-wing causes of all kinds, and in particular, his hostility to civil rights, feminists, and gays made him not particularly well-liked out here in
SF News She's Leaving, On a Jet Plane, Of course, there's much more to the story, mainly that a lot of it, if not all of it, isn't true. It is true Nancy gets to fly a plane back east but
