Arts & Entertainment Baby Swans At Palace Of Fine Arts Disappear, Predator Suspected Well, we knew it was a possibility, but it's still a little sad: Those baby swans at the Palace of Fine Arts we told you about on Wednesday appear to have been consumed
Arts & Entertainment And That Was The Day The SF Zoo's Baby Giraffe Played With A Zebra We thought this video of the SF Zoo's baby giraffe running around was pretty cute, but that was before we saw these photos of her playing with a zebra. On Wednesday, the SF
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Cat Window Cat window spotted in the Mission, shot by Gerard Livernois.
SF News North Beach Church Dumps Plans For Pet Cemetery In an effort, it appears, to do some damage control after a sex scandal at a North Beach church made national headlines, the church's rector has put a stop to what was once
SF News Warning: Poisonous Meatballs Return To Twin Peaks [Updated] Animal Care & Control spokesperson Deb Campbell confirms the return of the tainted meat, noting that "the meatballs were well-hidden in bushes and shrubbery, and the highest concentration were found in the vicinity
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On The Penguin Love Front.... An African penguin grabs a Valentine's card given to it as a treat at the California Academy of Sciences. Awwww.
Arts & Entertainment Coming Soon: A 'Near-Wild' Elephant Herd Northern California has snowy mountains, scenic beaches and rolling hills, but have you ever just felt like ... something was missing? Something, perhaps, like a herd of elephants? Don't worry, you're not alone in
Arts & Entertainment Cute Canine Explosion At Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show Canine preciousness abounded at this weekend's annual Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at Cow Palace. The only thing missing was Parker Posey hysterically searching for a bumble bee chew toy. Erik Wilson
SF News S.F. Zoo's Baby Gorilla Runs This Town, You're Just Living In It This morning at the San Francisco Zoo, Kabibe the baby gorilla made her public debut. As someone who has no regard for material possessions and the politics of normal humans, she is (for
SF News 'Duck Dynasty' Kingpin Says Homosexuality Is Like Bestiality [Update] Phil Robertson, the daddy duck to the camo-clad Robertson clan featured on A&E's reality blockbuster Duck Dynasty, is quacking up a storm in the latest issue of GQ. In a profile
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stuff On Scout's Head Poor dog. I mean, the photos are wonderful and cute and everything. But poor Scout suffers the near daily humiliation, for the sake of his owner's Tumblr, of having random things balanced on
SF News Banana Sam, World-Famous SF Zoo Monkey, Died We have some horrible news for you, folks. Banana Sam, the 19-year-old world-famous squirrel monkey who was kidnapped in 2011, died on Thursday. He was 19. Via SF Zoo's press release: With great
SF News Some Perspective On SF's Impending Ratpocalypse From An Urban Rodentologist Last week came word that construction of the far-off Central Subway project may be displacing an urban rat army. But before freaking out completely (and just slightly after reading the Wikipedia entry on
Arts & Entertainment This Is Just A Picture Of S.F. Zoo's Baby Gorilla Posing With A Pumpkin And she is one camera-ready gorilla, folks. (Also, she doesn't have a name yet. Help her out, won't you?)
Arts & Entertainment Barks And Bibles: Animals Blessed At Grace Cathedral The first Sunday in October marks St. Francis Day, a day when people take their animals to their nearest church for some much-needed God infusion, all in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Doggie Diner Heads Covered In Colorful Crochet New York City artist Olek stopped by San Francisco this week to blanket her signature crochet over the Doggie Diner heads. Here, outside the Phoenix Hotel in the Tenderloin, are the iconic pooches
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Butchers In The Bay Area If you're a meat eater, you should maintain a good relationship with your butcher. Really, you should. Especially considering commercial agriculture and the reliance people place on meat from less reputable store (e.
SF News Windsurfers Rescue Puppy Stranded In The Bay A pair of windsurfers and a boat commuter (!) banded together Monday evening to rescue a dog found paddling frantically in the middle of the Bay. The pup, a labrador mix or mastiff, was
Arts & Entertainment Bernal's Wild Marmot Finally Nabbed The charismatic wild marmot one commenter said "should run for Board of Supervisors" after an SFist interview has finally been captured in Noe Valley. The self-described "giant ground squirrel" was nabbed after succumbing
Arts & Entertainment Barn Owls, Flamingos and Cat Burglars: Your Animal News Digest If you haven't noticed, we're avid followers of animal-related news in the Bay (we're far less interested in children, as evidenced by the city's demographic information). Here's a handy digest of Monday's animal-related
SF News Mercury Cougar Hits, Kills Actual Cougar In Los Altos In a depressing twist of fate, a cougar (the mountain lion kind) was struck by a Cougar (the Mercury kind) on Monday morning on a stretch of Highway 280 going through Los Altos.
SF News Warning To Dog Owners About Poisonous Meatballs Found In Twin Peaks Around the Glen Park/Twin Peaks/Diamond Heights area, residents have found cooked poisonous meatballs around the area, with at least one dog being rushed to the emergency room after consuming the meat.
Arts & Entertainment In Which We Interview Bernal's Wild Marmot When we caught wind that a displaced marmot was hiding out in a Bernal backyard, we knew we needed to check in with the furry visitor to find out more. We sat down
Arts & Entertainment Gloriously-Named SFPD Horses Retire There's something about police horses, that just, well, it gets to us. Maybe it's their plodding dedication and kind eyes. Perhaps it's for the humanizing effect they give the law enforcement officers in
