SF News Salon.com Calls Out the Chronicle's Occupy SF Problem Here's a nice bit of coffee-and-a-paper reading for your Sunday: over on Salon, the site's co-founder Gary Kamiya has penned a nice takedown of the paper of the Chronicle's lackluster Occupy SF coverage.
SF News Meanwhile, in Oakland... A Halloween-appropriate scene as Occupy Oakland demonstrators pause for a photo op at Broadway and 17th during a march on downtown Oakland this evening. A significant police presence was on hand earlier. For
SF News This Week in Willie Brown: Hanging With MC Hammer, Fretting for Ed Lee Although he may have been shilling for his protegé in that notorious YouTube video, Willie is worried for Ed Lee's chances in the November election. Using the large-ish brain he keeps tucked under
SF News Day Around the Bay SFPD gets high marks for handling the ruffians at Occupy SF, says a poll conducted by a local CBS affiliate. [CBS5] John Avalos wants to know: why is Ed Lee "stuck" on not
SF News Balboa Theatre Spared by S.F. Neighborhood Theater Foundation Victory for at least one of the city's neighborhood movie houses today, as the Outer Richmond's very own Balboa Theatre announces they've been spared from a future of empty seats and dim projectors
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Your McRib Sandwich Contains the Same Ingredients As Your Yoga Mat Or your girlfriend's yoga mat, we suppose. We doubt many of you beautiful, lithe creatures are rushing to the Golden Arches immediately after doing your down dogs and such. In a Time Magazine
SF News Disabled Advocates, Cyclists Clash Over Golden Gate Park Bike Lane An advocate-on-advocate battle brewing in Golden Gate Park threatens to throw another wrench in the spokes of the city's bike plan if it can't be resolved quickly: The recently approved parking-protected bikeway on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anchor Brewing Co. Under Attack From Mean Ol' Sam Adams A frothy legal spat is pouring out between iconic local microbrewers Anchor Brewing Co. and Boston's patriotic macrobrewers at Sam Adams, the San Francisco Business Times reports today. The Boston Beer Co., Sam
SF News Teen Suspect Sought in Early Morning Mission Homicide Police are searching for a male suspect, believed to be between the ages of 16 and 18, who fled the scene of a Mission district homicide just before 2 a.m. last night.
SF News Mark Lugo, Casual Picasso Thief, Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft Mark Lugo, the loafer-wearing thief who strolled out of a Union Square art gallery with a Picasso sketch under his arm only to be busted by Lefty O'Doul's, pled guilty to the crime
SF News New Bay Bridge Eastern Span Hits Roadway Milestone Today Ta-da! The behind schedule/ahead of schedule new Eastern span of the Bay Bridge gets its last piece of roadway installed today, marking a major milestone for the fancy new Chinese-built connection between
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional A rival campaign attempted to skew Dennis Herrera's good record on LGBT rights and marriage equality, these people had his back at a press conference in the Castro yesterday. [CityInsider] A restauranteur in
SF News Day Around the Bay Chief Suhr maintains that last night's SFPD activity around Potrero Hill and Treasure Island was part of a "training activity". Although some elected officials aren't buying it. [SFAppeal] Speaking of which, cops on
Arts & Entertainment Extreme Sporting Event Coming to Civic Center this Saturday Unfortunately for fans of snow, steep streets and bone-shattering aerial maneuvers, the city's original urban snowsports competition never did get to return to Fillmore street after the Pac Heights crowd booted all the
SF News Last Night at Occupy SF: Plaza Politics and the SFPD's Muni Joyride After Oakland's Occupy protests turned violent Tuesday night, the mood at the Occupy SF counterpart on Justin Herman Plaza was agreeable, but noticeably tense on Wednesday. Attendance may not have been as staggering
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup Sean Parker wants to pay more taxes. He also had no idea who Ed Lee was before throwing wads of cash at his campaign. [SFBG] The Niners Empire asks (somewhat regrettably), "Are You
SF News Day Around the Bay A friendly note from BART: The 12th Street Oakland Civic Center Station is currently open, but they won't let you use the Ogawa Plaza exit. [BART] John Avalos' proposed a resolution to protect
SF News Saint Mary's Historic Church Bell Found in Oakland Salvage Yard The 122-year-old, 5,300 pound church bell stolen from St. Mary's Cathedral on Geary Boulevard earlier this week was found by a homeless man in an East Bay scrapyard this afternoon, the Chronicle
SF News Occupy Movement Offshoot Takes on Neighborhood Chase Bank Branch The installation of a new branch of Chase Bank on Divisadero Street at Oak Street has spawn at least one hyper-local offshoot of the greater Occupy Sf and Occupy Wall Street movements. As
SF News Phoning-While-Driving Incident Leads to Police Chase, Fatal Accident What should have been a routine traffic stop ended in a fatal car accident yesterday evening when a driver in Concord refused to stop for a patrol car that spotted him talking on
SF News Ed Lee Voter Fraud Flyers Appear at S.F. City Hall SFist contributor Nicole sends word that these Ed Lee Voter Fraud flyers, a response to allegations of ballot fixing, "were literally (literally!) on every pole in Civic Center and environs this morning." Not
SF News Occupy SF Plans to Move to Civic Center Plaza by November 5th We heard rumblings of this a few weeks back, but after arrests at Occupy San Jose and protests coming to a head in Oakland, members of Occupy SF in the city hope to
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump A motorcycle accident on the Bay Bridge around 6:30 a.m. this morning has backed up traffic all the way to Pinole. Delays were still being reported around 8:30 a.m.
SF News Day Around the Bay The woman accused of murdering nursing student Michelle Le cannot fire her lawyer, judge rules. [SFEx] Anonymous hackers threaten to censor Fox News. [Gawker] Biergarten in Hayes Valley is almost exactly like Zeitgeist,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Red Vic Movie Theater Becoming Food Startup Space Although the neighborhood lost a much-loved gathering spot when the Red Vic's projector flickered for the last time back in July, the neighborhood could be getting another community-focused space to take it's place
