Arts & Entertainment Lil Bub Interview: Hysterical Fans, Osteopetrosis, Talk Shows, And More For the type of person who requires an infusion of cute Internet cats to get through the workday (a.k.a. most people), Lil Bub needs no introduction. The mega-adorable "permakitten" from Bloomington,
Arts & Entertainment Julie Klausner Talks 'How Was Your Week,' Sketchfest, Bourbon, And More Julie Klausner is a woman of many talents. Trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, she broke through as an author with 2010's I Don't Care About Your Band,
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Theater Hits $60K Fundraising Goal, Upgrades On The Way Good news for film buffs: the Mission's Roxie Theater announced today that it's surpassed its $60,000 Kickstarter fundraising goal, with the total amount raised currently hovering at $61,533. According to the
SF News David Campos' New Aide Is a Former Lusty Lady Dancer Proving that there are very few life choices that can be considered a political liability in San Francisco, Supervisor David Campos has hired former Lusty Lady performer and activist Stephany Ashley as his
SF News Five Arrests Made in Visitacion Valley Bound & Gagged Case Police have made five arrests in connection with the case of a murdered man and injured woman who were found bound and gagged in Visitacion Valley on Sunday. According to the SF Appeal,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Nopa Pastry Chef Launches Marla Bakery Pop-Up Amy Brown, who was Nopa's pastry chef for five years and the brains behind everything from its perfect burger buns to its absurdly delicious custard French toast, left the restaurant back in June
SF News D.A.'s Office Spending $25K to Tell You 'Slow the Hell Down' After witnessing numerous accidents caused by pedestrians and bicyclists crossing against red lights and motorists mowing down said pedestrians and bicyclists, George Gascón and the folks at the D.A.'s office have
SF News Meanwhile, on Fourth Street... DNA Lounge owner Jamie Zawinski noticed something a little strange about the Central Subway construction going down at 4th and Harrison. Our knowledge of best practices for subway-building isn't great, so we'll let
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Beer Week Announces Initial Schedule Always a reliable tonic for the winter doldrums, SF Beer Week has released its initial schedule for next year's event. 2013's festivities will kick off with the Opening Celebration at the Concourse Exhibition
SF News Weird Lights Over The Mission Fuel Nationwide UFO Rumors. Are They Coming For Our Hipsters? Proving that a good UFO story never gets old, a Mission man's admittedly tequila-influenced witnessing of lights in the sky has gotten some traction on the Web, with the Drudge Report linking to
SF News Teacher Tragically Killed While Photographing Train A Sacramento teacher was tragically struck and killed by a Union Pacific train on Saturday afternoon. Kathy Carlisle, 52, a wife and mother of three, was a popular teacher at St. Francis High
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Better Late Than Never: Oliveto's Tomato Dinners Kick Off Tomorrow This week marks the 22nd annual Festival of the Tomato at Oakland's long-running Italian spot Oliveto, and as usual, the menu looks pretty killer. If you ever wondered how you could create a
SF News Drunk Woman Crashes Into Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza, Kicks Cop in Face In a bout of self-destructive behavior that would make a former child star proud, a woman managed to not only crash into the toll plaza on the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday afternoon,
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: 'Hamlet and Cheese on Post' The folks at the San Francisco Theater Pub put on shows at bars on Mondays and Tuesdays, nights when regular theaters are traditionally dark. Tonight, they're serving up a double dose of Hamlet,
Arts & Entertainment Millennium Tower Named One of World's Top 10 Residences The folks at Worth magazine recently listed their top 10 residential buildings around the globe, and SF's Millennium Tower has squeaked onto the list at #9. We're not exactly sure what the criteria
SF News Man 'Stripped Naked' and Killed at 26th and Treat [Update] Uptown Almanac posted some disturbing news this morning: they've received a couple of reports that a man was "stripped naked" and "executed" at 26th and Treat. yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. (A
SF News Also Missing: Retired Firefighter Sought After Train Disappearance 69-year-old Charles J. Dowd boarded an Amtrak train from Emeryville to Chicago a few days ago, but while his luggage made it to the Windy City on Friday, he did not. The retired
Arts & Entertainment A's Release Bizarre Weekend at Bernie's-Themed Dance Video With fans in high spirits about their playoff hopes, it seems that the A's can finally make a few "moribund franchise" jokes at their own expense. A new video, "Bernie Lean," released by
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: 'A Year in Polaroids' at 111 Minna Bruce Scott and William Westley, the shutterbugs behind Polaroid SF, took one instant snapshot a day of the city for an entire year. Tonight at 111 Minna, they're hosting a one-night-only showcase of
SF News Now Castro Supervisor Is Upset About Cock Rings After battling the Castro nudists who refused to put a towel down when they sat on public benches, San Francisco District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener has now told the Bay Area Reporter that
Arts & Entertainment Google Can Now Play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon In case you were wondering what they were paying all of those 22-year-old computer geniuses for, Google has announced a breakthrough in search technology. But don't get your credit card out for those
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jardinière Changes Menu, Prices; Is Bauer to Blame? As Jardinière comes up on its 15th anniversary next week, the swanky Hayes Valley spot has announced some big changes: namely, a wholesale revision of its food menu, complete with drastically reduced prices.
SF News Grifters Caught On Tape Scamming Little Old Asian Ladies Two SF women fell victim over the weekend to a curious scam that we reported on in July in which the targets are exclusively older Chinese women, but now the crooks have been
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Brewers Weigh In On White House Beer Recipe Now that the White House has released the recipe for its Honey Ale, we were curious: how does it taste? Our colleagues at DCist are attempting to find out by brewing it up
SF News Hail! City To Issue 150-200 More Taxi Permits In a move that will brighten the soul of anyone who's ever spent half an hour in search of a cab, the MTA Board of Directors voted 6-0 last night to issue between
