SF News SFPD Nabs Three Copper Thieves in Dogpatch Sting Finally, someone is taking action against the Bay Area's copper crime syndicate that has hit everyone from Facebook HQ to local schools and churches. To respond to these less-than-electrifying crimes, SFPD has set
SF News BART Protesters Calm Down, Hand Out Fliers After last week's Monday evening BART protest saw an uptick in attending nudists and not much else, demonstrators took an even gentler approach with their rally yesterday evening. Rather than attempting to disrupt
SF News Candlestick Park Violence Continues With Post-Game Parking Assault The mood in the parking lot at Candlestick Park again turned violent this past Sunday after the Niners handed over their 27-24 loss to the Cowboys. SFPD Officers responding to reports of a
SF News Reminder: Kindly Spare the Air Today With temperatures expected to hit the sweltering upper-70s today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has put out the alert for another Spare the Air day today. Yesterday was also declared a
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup The Giants had the day off yesterday, lets hope that didn't stifle their newfound offensive momentum. Tim Lincecum is up against Clayton Kershaw in Dodger Stadium tonight. Highlights from last night's Richmond District
SF News Day Around the Bay John Avalos sounds a little disappointed that Ed Lee turned his ping pong challenge in to little more than a photo op. Still no verdict on whether or not the Mayor can really
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Bicycle-Related Events: Pop-Up Bike Shop, Tour de Fat, Rally for Sustainability The weather is lovely this time of year. Which means even the casual cyclists are rolling up one pant leg and getting out there to push the pedals. So it make sense that
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Brian Wilson's Futuristic Kicks Because we can never not blog a Brian Wilson fashion statement, here's a shot of the bearded one's footwear spotted in the dugout Friday at Coors Field. The shoes, in case you missed
Arts & Entertainment Chaz Bono to Grace 'Dancing with the Stars' Tonight LGBT advocate, noted author and Sonny & Cher offspring Chaz Bono will slip on his dancing shoes and grace the ballroom of popular ABC gameshow Dancing with the Stars tonight. As one half
Arts & Entertainment Cal Men's Water Polo Team Plays McCovey Cove While the Cal Bears football team was busy trouncing Presbyterian 63 to 12 in AT&T Park this past Saturday (and bringing Jeff Tedford his 75th career win in the process), alumni
SF News SFPD Officers Shoot at Suspected Drug Dealer, Hit Bystanders Instead An easy North Beach drug bust went awry early Saturday morning when two SFPD officers took a shot at a fleeing suspect, but ended up nicking two innocent bystanders instead. The officers witnessed
SF News Monday Morning Roundup Your weekend Giants scores in brief: the Giants offense finally showed up to hammer away at the Rockies all weekend. Friday: 9-1. Saturday 6-5. And Sunday's 12-5 win saw Pablo, Belt and even
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: Scenes from a Mayoral Candidate Car Wash A handful of your favorite candidates for mayor showed up at McKinley Elementary School on this sunny Saturday afternoon to help wash some dirty vehicles, raise money for the school and generally revel
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Willie Brown A TV appearance, a department store event and a highly publicized restaurant opening: as the city's most conspicuous reporter, Willie Brown definitely makes his way around town. According to Friday tradition around here,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Ojai Valley Taxidermy Presented for some Friday Afternoon levity: a commercial for Ojai Valley Taxidermy with Chuck Testa, a man whose work is so good you can't tell it's dead. As far as we can figure,
Arts & Entertainment Haircuts, Yoga, Barn Raisings: Park(ing) Day Photos from Around Town Today is Park(ing) Day, that magical day in September when any public parking space can be transformed in to a blissful urban oasis with a little elbow grease and an sack full
SF News Video: Muni Fight Ends In Macing, Exposed Buttocks Today in combative Muni riders, the Appeal brings to our attention a fight on the 8X Bayshore Express bus captured by local reporter/ad hoc videographer Dan McMenamin of Bay City News. McMenamin
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hillary Clinton Spotted Hitting the Sauce Again As we mentioned, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in town yesterday to give a speech before the APEC at the Westin St. Francis. This morning GrubStreet reports the former First Lady was
SF News Antioch Church Latest Victim of Bay Area Copper Thieves In what has become an alarmingly common occurrence around the Bay Area lately, copper thieves have struck again today. This time the victim is St. Ignatius of Antioch, a Catholic Church in the
SF News Latest Central Subway Controversy: Commissioned Sculptor Once Shot a Dog The Central Subway has plenty of opponents as it is, but the animal rights contingent is not one we expected to hear from in this fight. As the Examiner points out today, Tom
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional Pablo Sandoval tripled in the sixth inning against the Rockies last night, putting the Giants on top 8-5. Belt homered, Vogelsong pitched for six and change, and the team's postseason hopes are slim
SF News Day Around the Bay BART Spokesman Linton Johnson, who has been on personal leave since August 22nd, is catching some flack for attempting to bring in a group of ringers before the August 11th protest that set
SF News Here's Willie Brown Telling Pres. Obama to Toughen Up Former Mayor, esteemed Chronicle reporter and food blogger Willie Brown went on Hardball with Chris Matthews this afternoon to discuss the President's dire poll numbers in California (He's at 46% approval rating). Matthews,
Arts & Entertainment Overanalyzing Campaign Videos: Joanna Rees' 'Innovation Capital' Welcome to Overanalyzing Campaign Videos. A new, occasional feature where we do just that: Overanalyze (and ultimately judge) the TV spots and viral ads the candidates for office have unleashed on the unsuspecting
Arts & Entertainment Another Muni Bus For Sale On eBay It's been awhile since a vintage public transit ride has popped up for sale on the Internet, but with Burning Man over and the Holiday Season just around the corner, we suppose now
