SF News Anti-Circumcision Group Says They Have Excess Support For Ballot Measure, Could Cut Some if They Felt Like It The group of San Francisco voters pushing for a ballot measure that would ban male circumcision in the city says they have more than enough signatures to get the measure on the November
SF News Tuesday Morning Breakfast Links You say "High-Speed Rail Ridership Study", they say "NIMBY tactic to derail the bullet train." [CalStreets] 14 Serial Killers Who Were Never Captured, In Order of How Frightening Their Media-Created Names Are. Oh
SF News What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for April 26, 2011 We still won't see Temporary Mayor Ed Lee in the People's Chambers again until next week, but with a couple of public hearings and a tricky NIMBY issue that's almost guaranteed to raise
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2011 San Francisco's other Easter Sunday tradition, the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race down Vermont Street in Potrero hill looks like it was a stunning success for the fifth year running. The Chronicle
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco's Hottest Waitstaff Ranked Numerically Our pals over at EaterSF took on the enviable task of hunting down and rating the most attractive servers at various Bay Area eating establishments and came up with a list of the
Arts & Entertainment The Weekend in Your San Francisco Giants: Braves Exact NLDS Revenge by Sweeping Giants at Home By Erick Pressman The sweet tea in Atlanta was sweeter yesterday afternoon than it was Friday evening before 10:05 PM EDT. In their first meeting since the 2010 NLDS, the Giants were
SF News Suspicious Fire Displaces 25 North Beach Residents Late last night around 12:40 a.m. a 2-alarm fire was reported on Powell Street between Vallejo and Green in North Beach. SFFD responders had the fire under control by 12:55
SF News Monday Morning Link Drizzle Over the Weekend: Video of an assault against a transgender woman in a Baltimore McDonald's went out over the Internet. The victim eventually came forward to speak out against the hate crimes. [Gawker]
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. That Muni driver that was busted texting? Spotted texting and driving again. But was no longer with Muni as of today. [CBS5]
SF News Muni Operators Union Veers Closer To a Transit Strike This afternoon, a spokesperson for the Local 205-A Muni Operators Union told the press that the operators have agreed to allow a strike if negotiations with the MTA continue without compromise. Muni's current
SF News This Week in Willie Brown Willie Brown would like to talk to you about lunch. Lunch is very important, you know. (it's one of the top three most important meals of the day), and as you might have
SF News Treasure Island Development Plan Approved by Planning Commission In a lengthy meeting last night, the Planning Commission approved a $1.5 billion development plan for Treasure Island. The plan calls for 8,000 housing units, 140,000 square feet of commercial
SF News Slow Down, Cyclists: Golden Gate Bridge Speed Limit Decision Delayed To the two-wheeled speed demons who spoke out against the proposed 10 mph speed limit on the Golden Gate Bridge: the Bridge has heard you and the Bridge will reconsider its plan. According
SF News Gavin Newsom Banging Out a Book on Social Media in Politics Word is out that Lieutenant Governor, former Mayor and adept twitter abbreviator Gavin Newsom just signed a deal with Penguin Books to pen a book about "the intersection of social media and government.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional Playing with the numbers on John Avalos' mayoral campaign - can he win a citywide race? [CityInsider] We're still cringe a bit when we hear the term "microhood", but this one we can
SF News Video: Man Engulfed In Flames, Running Out of SoMa Porn Store You've been waiting a week for low-grade security footage from that spontaneous combustion in a SoMa porn store. And here it is. Enjoy it, in all its naked glory. (Sidenote: what is that
SF News Sobriety Check Near Stonestown Tomorrow Night We don't need to tell you that driving drunk is a terrible idea. It's the number one worst idea ever. Worse than the idea behind that Tool Academy show. Now remember that tomorrow
Arts & Entertainment SFist Guide to the SF International Film Festival In addition to tonight's opening night premiere of Beginners at the Castro Theater, the next two and a half weeks of the San Francisco International Film Festival are packed with screenings and events
SF News Urban Farming Now Even More Legal: Here's What to Grow to Make a Buck Congratulations, San Francisco, we are now on "the cutting edge of the urban agriculture movement"! Over a "salad toast" this morning, Temporary Mayor Ed Lee signed an ordinance this morning amending the zoning
SF News Real-Time Parking Data Now Available Through SFPark App While it's only available in pilot neighborhoods equipped with the new smart parking meters and sensors at the moment, SFPark started pushing out real-time parking availability data today. A brief look at the
SF News The Internet Reacts to Obama's San Francisco Appearances Aside from ruining traffic around town this morning, President Obama also made multiple Town Hall-style appearances yesterday. The first happened down in Palo Alto, where speaking engagements at massive tech companies are the
SF News Morning Link Dump Temporary Mayor Ed Lee cracks down on the City's Geek Squad. [CityInsider] Down in Santa Cruz, rains put a damper on their yearly 4/20 smokeout in Porter Meadow, but likeminded heads at
SF News We Read the Weeklies: April 20, 2011 This week, SFWeekly is pushing Peter Jamison's "Go Fish" profile piece on Kirk Lombard, possibly San Francisco's most popular fisherman. Lombard, who was recently laid off from a post with the Fish and
SF News Board of Supervisors Weekly Power Rankings for Wednesday, April 20th 2011 Yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting was mercifully short, thanks to an absolute dearth of discussion and a full roster of supervisors arriving on time to the People's Chambers. Items 1 - 11 breezed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Park Activist Vows To Barf On Dolores Park Food Vendors As much as we wanted the matter of food vendors in Dolores Park to be settled, like, years ago, the latest threats of anti-vendor protests from prickly parks activist Chicken John Rinaldi ought
