Arts & Entertainment Ponch, The Canine Bay Bridge Escape Artist, To Be Adopted Today Thanks to loads of publicity and one daring dash across the Bay Bridge toward the city he now calls home, Ponch the Chihuahua has had plenty of interest from potential adoptive parents at
Arts & Entertainment Reporting Live From The Puppy Bowl Cafe, Just Open In SF People, you would not believe the sheer level of joy and delight being unleashed down at the Puppy Bowl Cafe, just outside Gott's Roadside at SF's Ferry Building on Thursday afternoon. The puppies
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Live 'Puppy Bowl Cafe' Arrives In SF Next Week! In some (house) breaking news that might be the first thing you’ll like about having the Super Bowl in San Francisco, the Puppy Bowl is bringing a live version of the adorable
misc Thankful For Your Pets? Since this is the perfect time of the year to make a donation, we thought we'd help out those animal lovers among us by providing a list of local animal-related charities and nonprofits
misc Halloween News Just in time for Halloween, Animal Care and Control has issued a renewed warning asking city residents to be careful about bats. San Francisco has seen five rabid bats over the last two
misc SFist Cares...about bringing animal abusers to justice We had a lump in our throat Saturday when we read that Ember, the Bayview pit bull who had been set on fire, was euthanized due to the severity of her injuries. And
Arts & Entertainment SFist Raves: SFGTV Channel 26 Okay, we're a little late to the party on this one (what? We thought your party started at 9, not 7! Our bad!) -- but our new favorite TV channel's got to be
misc SFist Blotter/Animal Roundup Nick Faibish's mauling continues to send shock waves across the city -- Gavin Newsom's announced that he's starting a panel to look into possible restrictions on pit bull ownership in San Francisco. Gavin
misc Dog Tragedy Oh no -- not again. Nicholas Faibish, a 12 year old boy who lived in the Inner Sunset, was mauled to death today by his family's two pit bulls. The police killed one
misc Resting in Peace with the Essefficist Good news, Everyone! The Essefficist is back! Actually, we've just returned from Denver and our heads are still a little woozy from all that thin air up there. But we're here for you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Prince, from Grateful Dogs This week's adoptable pet comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue (full disclosure: Grateful Dogs saved our dog from certain death, so we're totally biased on how awesome they are), which was established
misc Problems at the Oakland Animal Shelter With all the positive hubbub about San Francisco's Animal Care and Control officers and its Dog Court (oh, you bet your sweet bippy we're discussing this in "We Read the Weeklies" tomorrow), it's
misc Animal Beat It's high time for a roundup of Bay Area animal news! (Does anyone know when Animal Cops San Francisco is going to start? We're dying here!) Lock up your tasty dogs and kids!
misc Chihuahua Monster Be a good citizen and call 415-554-9400 if you were hanging out by Monster Park at dusk last night and saw anything. As for the chihuahuas, they're being held by Animal Control while