SF News Early '08, New Tiger Security at SF Zoo Goes Into Effect As seen in the graphic above (pulled from the LA Times), and because of last week's fatal attacks, tiger security improvement is needed. Soon. In 30 days, according to the Gate, SF Zoo
misc It's Got to be the Morning After As we bid adieu to yet another playoff-less football season, SFist gives thanks for the return of "The Wire" to give them something to feel depressed about on Sundays. Browns 20 49ers 7-
SF News Sen. Don Perata Carjacked in Oakland, Car Found Safe/Sound California State Senate President pro tempore Don Perata's car was recovered today in Richmond after Saturday's carjacking. The auto theft happened while he as en route to Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La
misc SFgo Still Going, Probably The idea behind SFgo is that all of the lights in the city should be monitored and controlled by a central hub, so they can deal more effectively with traffic woes. It's a
SF News John Doe 116: SF Zoo Tiger Attack Victim 17-Years-Old Update: The murdered teen has been identified as Carlos Sousa, Jr. As the investigation continues into Christmas Day's gruesome tiger attack at the SF Zoo, it turns out that the guy killed by
SF News Escaped Tiger Kills SF Zoo Visitor A tiger mauled two visitors and killed another at the San Francisco Zoo today. Tatiana -- the same Siberian who mauled its own trainer last year, ripping the flesh from her arm in
misc California Street Cable Cars Out Of Order Today While crews repair a damaged cable, California Street cable cars will be down for the count today, but could return to service by early tomorrow. Sad, isn't it? According to Muni spokesman Alan
misc SF Opera Passes the Popcorn Dude, why can't we all just get along. It's not like people in Chico are saturated with opera. They see eight performances from the Met. We think there's room enough for the six
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kenneth Ryan Kenneth Ryan, Prop Master of the San Francisco Ballet has undergone and SFist interview below. As a San Francisco native he’s got all kinds of good tips about the city. As someone
SF News Rain: Singing In Korean On the down side, it's raining (and will probably rain for the rest of the week). On the bright side, we managed to find an illicit YouTube upload of the Colbert Report episode
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 15 First, this a phenomenal shot, found in balmes' Flickr page. He or she managed to make crack towers look almost aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Really, a great picture. Second, "crack towers." As
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Santarchy All Over San Francisco See more of this morning's action, after the jump.
SF News American Football Spectacular: A Level Of Sadness Akin To Elliott Smith Reporting from the snow-dappled streets of Chicago, it's your American Football Spectacular preview for this Saturday night's battle at The Stick as The Queen City's feline football franchise comes to town. * Cincinnati vs.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Crispin Hellion Glover If you’d like a Crispin Glover experience of your own, Glover will be at the Castro Theater tonight through Sunday. He will be presenting his “Big Slideshow” (which we’ve heard great
SF News Steriods: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally We do have to admit to being slightly thrilled that the one big fish in a stream of chum, Roger Clemens, got busted. His career just reeked of steroids and while Barry got
misc Haight, Gutterpunks, and Dogs As we passed by, the dog lunged out and clamped its jaws on our friend's leg. The bite broke no skin, but it scared the hell out of our friend. She told us
Arts & Entertainment The Onion's Joe Randazzo What is the dumbest thing in the world? I am tempted to say nationalism, for the way in which it rallies people around a symbol they believe to be inextricably linked to their
misc Eight Things We Learned About Hanukkah 1. Hanukkah has multiple spellings: Hanukkah, Hanukka, Chanuka, and Chanukah. 2. It's important to double check (using a calendar, not a person) which is the actual first night of Hanukkah. We accidentally lit
SF News Monster Fall at Monster Park Egads. A man fell to his death yesterday at Monster Park after falling 20 feet from the upper concourse area of the stadium to the concrete mezzanine below. Scary. And sad. According to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- At Long Last Love (1975): At last -- the fecal matter-fest that is Peter Bogdanovich's career-killing, Cole Porter-infused musical. Starring Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, and Madeline Kahn, how did it all go
SF News Holy Crap!!! Bernie Ward Busted On Child Porn Charges Say it ain't so, Bernie! Wow. Former Catholic priest and SF radio talk show host has been "indicted on federal child pornography charges," according to the Chronicle. It seems that the popular KGO
SF News Behold: Last Night's Yelp Day Party By Dianne de Guzman Although it took awhile, we've finally recovered from the Yelp holiday extravaganza at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As to be expected Yelpers know how to throw
Arts & Entertainment Getting to Know... Maldroid We briefly introduced you to Maldroid earlier this week but this time we wanted to do a full introduction before the big day. Tickets are still available - you can get them here.
SF News SFist Blotter -- In the 3600 block of Waterbury Court way down in San Jose last night, a double shooting left one man critically injured and another man dead. According to CBS 5, "no arrests
