SF News Burning Man Architect Rod Garrett Dies at Age 76 Rod Garrett, the man responsible for laying out Black Rock City's iconic horseshoe of whacky art and self-expression, died last week at the age of 76. Although the original burn on Baker Beach
SF News So, How Did That Niners Game Go This Weekend? Aside from the 30-7 beating the 49ers took in a loss against the Houston Texans Saturday night, by most accounts the game was a relatively calm affair. According to the SFPD the number
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Bernal Heights... Our friends down in Bernal Heights are nominating this quirky Cortland Ave scene for the new title of, "Bernal Heights at its most Bernal Heightsiest". Of course, the suggestion there is that our
SF News Monday Morning Roundup Your weekend Giants scores in brief: On Friday, the Giants actually got a win against the worst team in baseball, but just barely. Score was 2-1 Giants with Bumgarner taking the win. Similar
SF News Day Around the Bay The San Francisco Police Officer's Association isn't helping, endorses 4 candidates for Mayor. [SFEx] Ferry Building businesses are not exactly excited about the America's Cup road closure along the Embarcadero. [SFAppeal] Leah Garchik
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Willie Brown We arrive again at Friday, when it's time to check in on former Mayor and noted hat-wearer Willie Brown's weekly escapades. This week: Willie reviews the parklet trend, makes fun of Tom Ammiano,
SF News Tragic Sea Lion News: King Neptune Succumbs to Gunshot Wounds King Neptune, the young adult sea lion we checked in with yesterday, was put down by vets at the Marina Mammal Center last night. The poor fella was suffering from a bad case
SF News Your Black Muslim Bakery Leader Receives Life Sentence Four years after Yusuf Bey IV ordered the murder of reporter Chauncey Bailey, there's finally some closure to the case: Bey, who was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder back in June,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wither the Savory Breakfast Muffin: Tell Tale Preserve Co. Set to Close this Weekend The food bloggers are lamenting the sudden loss of a savory (and well-blogged) Ferry Building mainstay today. News broke earlier that William Werner of Tell Tale Preserve Company, purveyors of the delightful sausage-egg-muffin
SF News In Presidio Heights, U.S. State Department Gets Involved In International NIMBY Fight On Jackson street in a lush part of Presidio Heights, the Nigerian Consolate has apparently left a 7-bedroom, 4-bathroom, $2.8 million home completely vacant for the past 22 years. The building served
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional The Giants lost (again!) to the worst team in baseball last night. To make things more embarrassing, the Astros had Henry Sosa, a former Giant, on the mound. Vogelsong put in a good
SF News Day Around the Bay Dick Cheney told Dateline that his new memoir will "have heads exploding all over Washington." Wait. What? [NYTimes] Sidelined 76-year-old mayoral candidate Cèsar Ascarrunz discusses the downfall of San Francisco's nightlife, life in
SF News The Chronicle Has Its Own Sad Parklet Look: our stalwart city newspaper has their very own parking spot-turned-public space adjacent to their coffee shop on 5th Street. We somehow have missed it when Chuck Nevius blogged about its arrival a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yigit Pura: Pastry Chef Turned Reality TV Blogger Yigit Pura, San Francisco's own delightful cupcake of a pastry chef and proprietor of the coming-soon Tout Sweet pastry shop is adding "TV Critic" to his resume. Yigit, who you'll remember won the
SF News Have You Seen This Candlestick Park Bathroom Brawler? SFPD has released a sketch of the suspect wanted for assaulting an 26-year-old San Rafael man in a Candlestick Park men's room during last Saturday's violent preseason 49ers game. The tough guy, who
SF News Police Seeking Tenderloin Panty Raider A 22-year-old Tenderloin resident returned home to her place on the 100 block of McAllister Street last night to find a burglar hiding inside her closet. When the poor girl ran outside to
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup Tim Lincecum's soul patch is not bad luck, it turns out. The two-time Cy Young winner stayed on the mound for 8 innings and held the Padres to a single run. He even
SF News Day Around the Bay Well-loved and respected local housing rights activist Eric Quezada passed away early this morning. [TheSnitch] A 23-year-old San Francisco man fell to his death while hiking alone on Half Dome in Yosemite on
Arts & Entertainment We Read the Weeklies: August 24, 2011 With some pleasant solar activity happening this week, it's going to be impossible to read your various iScreens out in the open. Luckily for those frustrated with all that squinting, it's Wednesday and
SF News Anonymous Circulates Nudie Photos of BART Spokesman Linton Johnson Oh dear, now this is an interesting twist in the ongoing BART vs. Anonymous saga: After posting a list of demands and calling for the transit agency to fire public information officer Linton
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Foreign War Correspondent Eats Alice Waters' Box Lunch for Charity As previously mentioned, locavore high priestess Alice Waters took over the quaint side streets of Union Square today to transform Maiden Lane in to a downtown edible schoolyard. (And also sell charity t-shirts.
Arts & Entertainment Local Internet Website Bold Italic Launching a Print Magazine Noted locally focused Internet magazine and Gannett subsidiary, The Bold Italic announced today they'll be launching their first ever print edition net month with an ink-and-paper quarterly titled 25 Ways to Be a
SF News Another Gentle, Majestic Sea Lion Checks in to the Marine Mammal Center with Gunshot Wounds King Neptune, seen here recovering from gunshot wounds at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, is the most recent victim of human-on-pinniped violence in the Bay Area. Mr. Neptune was found last Wednesday
Arts & Entertainment Behold, the Official World Series Baby The search for the official (according to Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area, home of Authentic Bay Area Sports) World Series baby? It has concluded. Say hello to one Brooklynn Olivia Bird of Folsom, CA.
