misc Local Photographer Aims to Revive Snarky Book of Jerry Brown Photos Today, a reporter from the Western Nevada County Union (where ever that is) uncovered a quirky, self-published photobook from way back in 1992 titled, 1-800-Call-Jerry - A Hilarious Inside Look at Jerry Brown
SF News Remembering Diane Whipple's Place in LGBT Rights Ten years after the tragic death of Diane Whipple, attacked by two dogs outside of her Pacific Heights Apartment, the Bay Area Reporter looks back on the lasting legacy her case has had
SF News We Read the Weeklies: January 26, 2011 In SF Weekly's cover story this week, Peter Jamison takes a look at the bonuses that city workers can get just for doing their jobs. It starts off with a sentence about poop
misc Let's Make This Kid's Day On Tuesday, local blogger and SFist correspondent The Tenderloin Geographic Society caught a delightfully childlike handmade flyer inviting passersby to look up "Origoto and Friends" on YouTube. So we did, and guess what?
SF News Intel Names Black Eyed Pea Director of Creative Innovation Human caricature, musical Obama supporter and occasional hologram Will.i.am was named Director of Creative Innovation at Intel yesterday. The Santa Clara-based maker of semi-conductor chips that practically put the "silicon" in
misc Meditations on Trespassing "Resident opened her front door electronically thinking that the person who rang the doorbell was her roommate. Ten minutes later she found an intruder, a 31-year-old SF woman, sitting cross-legged as she meditated
misc Urbane Studies with the Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 4: The Hidden Gardens of San Francisco Any San Franciscan worth their salt in dinner party-friendly factoids keeps a few secret spots and urban quirks in their back pocket to be deployed when one finds themselves engaged in a round
SF News Early Morning Bayview Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured Adding to the troubling start to 2011, two young men between the ages of 18 and 20 were shot inside a home on the 1600 block of Kirkwood Ave near Third Street in
SF News San Jose Police Respond to Laser Pointer Hooligan with Search Helicopter (Also Lasered) Local police aren't messing around when it comes to all those complaints about (not so) hilarious laser pranks we mentioned last week. Yesterday evening, a pilot flying near the Reid-Hillview Airport reported a
SF News Sacramento Man Injured In Valencia Street Shooting An unidentified suspect opened fire on a group of young men standing outside of a housing authority property on Valencia Street at about 7:15 p.m. last night, injuring one 21-year-old man
SF News Drug Alert: Fancy Bath Salts Might be the New Meth A new drug is hitting the streets from the Deep South to California and it's got some pretty terrifying side effects. According to the New York Daily News, some of those fancy bath
SF News City Still Seeking Volunteers to Count the Homeless The city's annual Homeless Count is coming up this week but CBS5 reports today that the project is still short about 150 volunteers. Last year's census of our city's vibrant, address-free population counted
misc Blast from the Past: Elephants on Market Street Market Street hasn't quite been the zoo it used to be ever since they started limiting traffic to bikes, buses and cabs last year, but this photo included in the monthly newsletter for
SF News Real Cops on the Lookout for False BART Police Last Thursday morning, two men in hoodies and baseball caps made an attempt to pose as police officers in order to rob a man in his driveway on Brunswick Street in the Outer
misc This Week in Willie Brown Before we get too deep in to Da Mayor's whereabouts this week, we ought to follow up on last week's Aspengate scandal. Mr. Former Mayor Brown continues the snowy puns, explaining: "I've gotten
misc SFist Watches: <em>Fairly Legal</em> A new show starring San Francisco aired last night on USA - did you guys catch it? It's called Facing Kate Fairly Legal and it's about a lady-lawyer who gave up being an
SF News SF Court Hears Case of Asylum Seeker, Debates the Meaning of Thanksgiving This week, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco re-opened a case that began in 2003 when Chinese emigre Lei Li was denied asylum by a Los Angeles immigration
SF News Google Set to Compete with Groupon for Local Buying Domination Last night the Silicon Valley news types were all abuzz with the news that Google is set to unveil their plan to compete with Groupon in the local, group-buying space. Google made a
SF News Some Local Companies are Nice Places to Work, Says Fortune Fortune Magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For is back and many of the Bay Area companies you hear local workers raving about fared well in the rankings. Google was
misc The Streets of San Francisco, Rendered in Typography San Francisco loves maps. San Francisco also loves typography. So, the San Francisco Typography Map almost makes too much sense. Names of roads, streets and highways are all meticulously drawn in an impossibly
SF News A Handy Guide to Pot Club Etiquette According to the East Bay Express, "thousands of people" become a card-carrying medical marijuana patient every month in the state of California. While we doubt most new members to that dubious clique are
SF News Phil Ting Not Excited About MTA's Parking Ticket Plan City Assessor and Mayoral Candidate Phil Ting wasn't too keen on MTA's plan to increase the number of parking tickets they hand out this year. So he did what every reasonable person who
misc Oakland A's Fan Wants to Fight Brian Wilson Oakland Fans can be an ornery bunch, but so can our San Francisco Giants' celebrity closer. One supporter of the Athletics felt snubbed when Wilson refused to sign a broom before the A's
SF News We Read the Weeklies: January 19, 2011 SF Weekly: The Weekly's cover story leads off with this sentence: "In August 2010, San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar decided that city intervention was needed to help him raise his daughter." Which is
SF News Sunday Streets 2011: Where To Ride Bikes Without Fear Of Vehicular Manslaughter Grease up your chains and lace up your rollerblades: everyone's favorite street-closing event is back with 8 dates this year. Including two in the incredibly bike-friendly Mission district and two more along the
