SF News Stubborn Weather Pattern Is Choking Us To Death [Spare the Air] Thanks to a "stubborn weather pattern", the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared today, Monday December 19th, as the seventh Spare the Air day of the winter season. Seven days without
SF News Monday Morning Link Dump: San Francisco's World Record Bell Ringer In an amazing show of arm strength and holiday charity, a San Francisco Salvation Army bell ringer broke the world record for non-stop bell ringing. [CBS5] Leah Garchik brings us a holiday shopping
SF News Suspect in Oakley Rape and Kidnapping Collared in San Francisco Stephen Clark, wanted in Contra Costa County for the kidnapping and rape of an Oakley, California woman on December 10th, was arrested at Gough Street and Geary Boulevard late Saturday night. According to
SF News Day Around the Bay: Occupying the Commonwealth Club Susie Cagle, the only Bay Area journalist to be arrested at an Occupy event, covers the Commonwealth Club's panel on Occupy Wall Street. [SFAppeal] Wise Sons Jewish Deli coming to 24th Street in
SF News No One Wants In On Zynga Stock Zynga, the social gaming company responsible for CityVille and FarmVille and countless other time wasters went public today, but no one on Wall Street seemed to want to get in on the game.
SF News Barry Bonds Sentenced to 30 Days Of Hanging Out At Home In what is hopefully the end of the Barry Bonds saga, at least until he finally agrees to go on Dancing with the Stars, the home run champ was sentenced to 30 days
Arts & Entertainment The Greater Garage Doors of the Outer Richmond [Gallery] The Outer Richmond is a mysterious place. Who even knows what goes on out there? Lots of houseplant ownership, we bet. Here now to shed some light on the charmingly out-of-style little boxes
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Defining the New San Franciscan Restaurant Jason Fox, Chef of Commonwealth on Valencia, defines the new San Franciscan Restaurant. [NYT] Santa will be at Green Apple Books in the Richmond tomorrow, and he would like it if you brought
SF News TSA Finds Weed in Rapper's Luggage, Lets Him Keep It Anyway What's up with TSA inspectors these days? First they're leaving inappropriate notes for ladies who travel with (ahem) electronic accessories and now Freddie Gibbs, a rapper from Gary, Indiana, received the following note
SF News Attention East Bay Commuters: BART Wants To Walk You Home After taking a lot of crap this year for shutting off cellphones and shooting a guy, the BART Police force is looking to make good this holiday season. In a press release, by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: 'The Franchise' Season 1 DVD Since the Giants were pretty disappointing on the field this year, why not get that sunken Giants fan in your life a little something to remind them why they were so smitten with
SF News S.F. Drivers Cannot Find Cheap Parking, Numbers Show It's been about nine months since the SFMTA rolled out the high-tech SFPark program, which means it is time again to check in on the deluge of data from those fancy meters. When
Arts & Entertainment Kristi Yamaguchi Tweeting About Traffic For KQED Today Today in celebrity What the Eff news: famous figure skaters Brian Boitano and Kristi Yamaguchi are taking over KQED's twitter feed to tweet about... something. So far it's been mostly Boitano retweeting his
SF News Metreon Target Will Open In Time For <em>Next</em> Holiday Season Disappointing news for anyone hoping to get aall their chintzy holiday shopping done in one place this weekend (guilty!). The Examiner brings us a progress report from the Metreon Target store this morning.
SF News SFPD Releases Video, Updated Sketch Of 'Violent' Mission Rapist SFPD officials met with hundreds of Mission District neighbors and community members last night to discuss the serial rape suspect believed to be still at large in the neighborhood. From Mission Local's report
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Facebook Swimming In Cash Facebook is basically swimming in cash at this point, could earn enough this year to fill Mark Zuckerberg's pool with hundred dollar bills. [Gawker] SRO tenants leave the Mission's Gestalt House underwater. [UptownAlmanac]
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: An Actual Camera With Some Film In It If you're like us (and we bet you are) you've got umpteen million friends instagram-ing and otherwise digitally enhancing their lazy photographic masterpieces. Camera phones are great for tweeting pictures of that cute
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Restaurant Inspectors Accused Of Soliciting Bribes Two Department of Public Health employees tasked with making sure restaurant employees know how to properly handle your food have been accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for faking documents that ensure every
SF News Zynga CEO Selling Off Swank S.F. Real Estate To Avoid Stalker? Mark Pincus, the Zynga CEO responsible for CityVille and a slew of other Facebook games that blew up your news feed in 2010, has listed two San Francisco homes on the market just
Arts & Entertainment Artist Leo Villareal Wants To Light Up The Bay Bridge Leo Villareal, an international artist most famously known for inspired by the Eiffel Tower's twinkle wants to turn the West Span of the Bay Bridge in to an even larger, more sophisticated light
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Hangin' Out At The Food Court The Guardian goes to the Westfield Centre to hang out in the food court with Modesto-based teen girl group The Prezcotts [SFBG] Pizza delivery man mugged in the Panhandle. Inquiring minds want to
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alleged Murderer Thoughtfully Leaves An Air Freshener Man who allegedly murdered his roommate in Burlingame thoughtfully left an air freshener next to the body (allegedly). [SFEx] Sad news for Magneto Larry Ellison, the America's Cup won't have a VIP area
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Heartbreaking Hamburger News: Spork, And Their Quirky Burgers, To Disappear Soon Spork, the Valencia Street establishment that has been elevating comfort food for five years now, has reached the end of their lease Ms. Tablehopper reports. Friday, December 23rd will be the restaurant's last
