SF News Day Around the Bay While class war rages in Oakland and down on Justin Herman Plaza, this slice of Billionaire's Row up in Pac Heights just sold for a whopping $29.5 million. [CurbedSF] Beth Spotswood describes
Arts & Entertainment We Read the Weeklies: November 2, 2011 Free alternative weekly newspapers are the voice of the people, right? Nothing says, "I am the 99%" quite like proudly reading a free newspaper on public transit. So, with that in mind, we
SF News Ed Lee Campaign Slapped with New Money Laundering Accusations Brace yourselves, folks, the October Surprises have started rolling in, albiet a bit late: As the Chronicle reports today, new allegations of money laundering have hit another already shady supporter of Mayor Ed
SF News Fed Up Local Woman Occupies Her Foreclosed Home Former sheriff's deputy Carolyn Gage brought a small portion of the Occupy movement to the Bayview yesterday, where she vowed to reclaim the home she lost to foreclosure. Gage led a group of
SF News Fatal Shooting in the Bayview Tuesday Night A 25-year-old victim was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk near Fitzgerald Avenue and Ingalls street in the Bayview yesterday evening. SFPD officers arrived on the scene around 5:20
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump Deplorable teens beat up their "friend" near Haight Street, steal his Nissan Altima. [BCN/Appeal] A pod of as many as 11 humpback whales has been spotted hanging out in the water around
SF News Facetious Mustache Institute Endorses Ed Lee for Mayor In another case of out-of-town interests meddling in our local mayoral election, the St. Louis-based (maybe) American Mustache Institute has endorsed our mustachioed temporary mayor in next week's election. The AMI, which considers
Arts & Entertainment Updates from Ocean Beach: Ideal Conditions and a Shark Sighting at Rip Curl Pro Search Beautiful weather and favorable conditions out at Ocean Beach allowed the Rip Curl Pro Search competition to kick off on schedule, with the first heat of pro surfers paddling out at 8 a.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dolores Park Neighbors Reject Sausage Slinging In the latest food cart controversy to hit the hotly contested turf in Dolores Park, the neighbors have spoken: no one likes a sausage slinger. Or the Sausage Slinger, rather — a popular Sacramento-based
Arts & Entertainment Ten Brief Excerpts from November's 'Nob Hill Gazette' As is our monthly tradition around here, we now present our favorite utterances from the November issue of San Francisco's "most exclusive news magazine". Provided (mostly) without commentary and in no particular order.
SF News Tenderloin Stabbing Victim Eschews Hospital, Seeks Help From Occupy SF A tenderloin mugging victim, left beaten and bloodied after her attacker realized she had no money, decided to seek out medical attention from some other downtrodden and financially strapped San Franciscans early this
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trick-or-Treaters Descend Upon Steve Jobs' House Sure, we've all gone out of our way to get the top-shelf Halloween treats from the rich neighbors down the street, but we never lived down the street from Steve Jobs' home on
SF News Three SFPD Officers Injured After Run-In With a Light Pole Three cops responding to a call about a knife-wielding man at 24th and York around 1:45 a.m. last night didn't quite make it to the scene when their unmarked blue Ford
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup Looks like the Ed Lee campaign's 2 Legit 2 Quit video has a copyright problem. Color us perplexed. [SFAppeal] Reports of a suspicious briefcase shut down streets in the Financial District for 2
SF News Bayview Shooting Leaves One Injured on Halloween Night Around 9 p.m. last night, SFPD officers responding to a crime scene in the Bayview found a 24-year-old victim suffering from a gunshot wound at Revere Ave and Jennings Street. The victim
SF News Day Around the Bay A less-than-catlike burglar fell out of a second story window and broke his eye socket while trying to flee the scene of his robbery at Mission and Cesar Chavez. The stolen goods were
SF News San Francisco Reviews: 'The Real Ed Lee: The Untold Untold Story' Over the weekend, yet another "biography" of interim Mayor Ed Lee popped up on doorsteps and in mailboxes of registered voters across town. The book, a parody of the "The Ed Lee Story:
Arts & Entertainment And Now, Here's Supervisor John Avalos' Halloween Costume Not that we generally traffic in these types of paparazzi-esque photos, but here's District 11 Supervisor and candidate for mayor John Avalos with the Avalos for Mayor Party Bus outside The Cinch in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Grilled Cheese Startup The Melt Plots Bay Area Expansion Barely two months after opening their first SOMA location, grilled cheese sandwich emporium The Melt has already proven they intend to act more like a rapidly expanding tech startup and less like a
SF News Video Shows Oakland PD Officers Undercover at Occupy Oakland Way back in 2003, current interim police chief for the Oakland Police Department Howard Jordan was recorded discussing the need to be "way ahead of the curve" when it comes to protests in
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Chloe's "Hallowe'en" Our favorite performance artist/celebrity drag performer Chloe Sevigny (a.k.a. Drew Droege) returns with a very special Hallowe'en episode. As it turns out, a recent screening of "The Worst Witch" has
Arts & Entertainment Ocean Beach Pro Surfing Competition Kicks Off Tomorrow Although weak surf stalled the big wave surf competition at Mavericks this year, professional surfing fans will get another chance to see their heros out on local waters this week. Starting tomorrow, November
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Martha Stewart to Sign Books, Use Utensils at Macy's Union Square Crafty ex-con and Mission Chinese Food fan, Martha Stewart is coming to San Francisco this week to unleash her latest book of photographs, recipes and entertaining tips. Martha will be at the Union
SF News Occupy Strike Plans to Shut Down City of Oakland on Wednesday Last week, over 1,600 people at the Occupy Oakland General Assembly voted to approve a resolution to shut down the city of Oakland with a citywide general strike this Wednesday, November 2nd.
SF News Monday Morning Roundup Pet owners, here's a handy list of apartment complexes and property management groups that will rent to you and your furry friend with minimal hassle. [CurbedSF] San Francisco DMV makes more appointments available,
