Arts & Entertainment Here's a Look at Sean Penn's New Goth Movie. Also: What's Your Sean Penn Story? Hark, a trailer for Sean Penn's new aging goth movie with the 80s new wave title: This Must Be the Place, in which Sean Penn plays the embarrassingly named retired rock star Cheyenne,
SF News The Inevitable Zynga IPO Now that they won't be subject to San Francisco's payroll tax on stock options, Facebook gaming company Zynga is ready to open up to outside investors. AllThingsD reports that the SoMa-based makers of
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump Matt Cain and the Giants lose one to the Marlins in a game with a "floaty and ludicrous" strike zone. [McCoveyChronicles] Chelsea Handler had dinner at Ozumo in Oakland. To the delight of
SF News Parkmerced Plan Narrowly Approved by Board of Supervisors After around an hour of tense discussions and an expletive-laden ejection of one unruly member of the public, the Board of Supervisors narrowly passed the Parkmerced Plan on a 6-5 vote. Dissenting supervisors
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Animal Rights Activists Name AT&T Park Most Vegetarian-Friendly Ballpark After apparently moving on from that whole Tempeh District thing, PETA has named AT&T Park the most vegetarian and vegan-friendly major league ballpark in the country. In a schlocky blog post,
SF News Transgender Clownfish Raises a Stink at Oakland Elementary School At Oakland's Redwood Heights Elementary school, a cute and seemingly harmless lesson on gender diversity has provoked the religious right in to action. The hour-long lesson, part of a requirement that all state
Arts & Entertainment Urbane Studies With The Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 19: A How-To For the Enthusiasts at Home In this week's installment our friends at the Tenderloin Geographic Society reveal some proprietary secrets and brief lessons on how you, dear readers, can also engage yourself in their particular line of work.
SF News Bryan Stow's Alleged Attacker Claims He Has an Alibi Giovanni Ramirez, the 31-year-old parolee arrested Sunday for allegedly taking part in the attack that left Giants fan Bryan Stow in a coma, is now claiming he has three witnesses ready to tell
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup Grab a free coffee and protest cuts to the state education budget at one of the many rallies around the Bay Area today. San Francisco rallies are being held at 505 Van Ness,
Arts & Entertainment Estranged San Francisco Romance Novelist Spotted in Town for Art Fair Danielle Steel, former San Francisco resident and vocal critic of Teva sandals, was back in town this weekend for the San Francisco Art Fair at Fort Mason. The Chronicle's Leah Garchik reports Mrs.
SF News What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for May 24th, 2011 The Board has another 40 or so agenda items in front of them tomorrow. They have admittedly been doing a decent job of keeping things snappy in the past few weeks, but tomorrow
Arts & Entertainment Here's a Hand-Painted Portrait of Tim Lincecum Because it's Monday and The Freak threw a nice three-hit shutout against the A's on Saturday. And also: just look at it! Such a tender and striking expression (pun most certainly intended). From
SF News Temporary Mayor Ed Lee Won't Run, Say Matier & Ross In Sunday's tag-team column, Chronicle columnists Matier & Ross hounded Temporary Mayor Ed Lee for a hard answer on whether or not he'll play along with the two former city supervisors behind the
SF News Hayes Valley Drive-By Injures Two Late yesterday evening around 9 p.m, one or more suspects in a gold-colored sedan opened fire on a group of boys standing by a bus stop near the Hayes Valley playground at
SF News Monday Morning Roundup A federal appeals court decided there's nothing wrong with our ranked-choice voting system. Sorry, unsuccessful candidate for supervisor, Ron Dudum. [SFEx] Hope you didn't try to make a ferry commute from Alameda this
SF News LAPD Arrests Suspect in Attack on Giants Fan Bryan Stow News broke in Los Angeles this morning that an LAPD SWAT Team surrounded an East Hollywood apartment building and arrested one of the men suspected of attacking Giants fan Bryan Stow on opening
Arts & Entertainment Pre-Rapture Palate Cleanser: The End of Days Depicted in Interpretive Dance In case you're not totally familiar with the events that will unfold before, during and after tomorrow's end of days, the pure souls at Beaumont First Assembly of God have laid it all
SF News In Oakland: An Entire Parklet Goes Missing Actual Cafe in Oakland appears to have fallen victim to what might be the first reported case of parklet theft in the Bay Area. After the cafe built, installed and celebrated their new
SF News This Week in Willie Brown We already know Willie was out and about sampling fried chicken for his personal Best of the Bay showdown, but there's another piece of history was on Da Mayor's mind this week: Bay
SF News Nob Hill Denizens Think Concertgoers Are All on Heroin Live Nation, well-known for their evil ticketing practices, have been trying to do something decent by giving the Nob Hill Masonic Center a proper rock venue upgrade ever since the event promoting company
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional Madison Bumgarner picked up a win against the Dodgers last night - his first of the season. [CBS5] And let's not forget that catch by Schierholtz. Somebody buy that guy a beer. [TheTens]
Arts & Entertainment Your 2011 Film Night in the Park Schedule, With Beverage Pairings Those months the rest of the country calls summer are fast approaching, which means the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation's Film Night in the Park Series will soon be upon us. Because we
SF News SFPD Loses a Car During Hippie Hill Bust Yesterday afternoon in Golden Gate Park, two SFPD officers left the keys in the ignition of their unmarked "greenish" Crown Victoria while they stepped out to assist with an arrest in progress. Apparently,
SF News Temporary Mayor Ed Lee Makes a Joke, Still Not Running For Mayor According to the Chronicle, Ed Lee led off a recent press conference with a special proclamation: "I'm announcing my candidacy - for being the lead of the pothole crew." Good one, Mayor Lee!
