Arts & Entertainment We Read the Weeklies: December 8, 2010 It's Wednesday and thank god the weekly papers are out, because how else would you stay dry in this terrible downpour? (Seriously though - grab one of each, it's really raining out there.
Arts & Entertainment Three Heads, Six Arms and Headed Back to China Start saying your goodbyes to the awesome (or awesomely ugly, if you prefer) "Three Heads, Six Arms" statue at Civic Center plaza, because the behemoth work by Zhang Huan will be packing up
misc Ace Washington Performs "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" We mentioned this briefly in last night's scenes from the Board of Supervisors, but here's Ace Washington's original number, which we will be calling "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" Ace's use of
misc Scenes from the Interim Mayor Selection Hearings at City Hall So, we didn't get a new mayor out of today's Board of Supervisors meeting, but the afternoon wasn't a total waste. Before any of the supes could even motion to move the selection
SF News Supes Vote to Push Mayoral Succession Process to Next Week So what happened in City Hall this afternoon? Do we have a Mayor yet? The answer to that question is: No, thanks to a motion from Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Bevan Dufty, which
Arts & Entertainment SFist Recommends: The Oddman Family Christwanzaakuh Spectacular Ignoring for a moment that contractions of multiple holidays for the purpose of creating a singular, tongue-twisting bonanza has been nearly done to death, the seasonally-relevant original production of The Oddman Family Christwanzaakuh
misc Altamont Pass to Get Less-Deadly Wind Turbines In our ongoing coverage of local bird deaths, we have some good news to report: future generations of golden eagles, red-tailed hawks and other local birds will be spared death by wind turbine.
SF News Suburban Carjacking Adds to Rash of Antioch Crime Last night around 10:45 p.m. on a quaint-looking street just a block from an elementary school in suburban Antioch, a 40-year old man from Oakland was shot in the stomach when
misc Public Urination Problems Begin at an Early Age Don't bother asking why we were reading the Mommy Files over on SFGate, but today's entry "Is it appropriate for little boys to pee in public?" is priceless. Take a look: "...he [the
SF News Supes to Vote on Interim Mayor Tomorrow. (Maybe!) Pizza Party to Follow Immediately. As we pointed out the other day, the Board of Supervisors is set to select Gavin's successor tomorrow. Technically speaking, the most important vote this board will ever make is to decide whether
misc Google Unleases Another Telephone, This One Could Replace Your Wallet (Or At Least Your Clipper Card) Google released a new telephone today - or rather, it announced a Google-branded version of an already-released Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. The advantage of Google's version, the Nexus S, being that it comes
misc This Week in Willie Brown Big Red, the intimidating crane looming over the Transbay Terminal, started swinging it's wrecking ball this morning, which probably ruined the dustless process that so delighted Da Mayor last week. Likewise, Willie himself
SF News FBI Warns About Video Camera-Infused Barbie Doll, Parents Buy Them Anyway In a memo sent to local law enforcement agencies, the FBI's Sacramento Field office warns that a new Barbie doll with a video camera embedded in her chest could be used as a
SF News Heartwarmer: SF Teen Honors Ailing Running Coach with Crawl to the Finish Line Holland Reynolds, a 16-year old cross country star and captain of her team at University High School in San Francisco collapsed just short of a second-place finish in last Saturday's state championship meet
misc CA Central Valley Will be the First to Get High Speed Rail Although there has been a lot of drama about the California High-Speed Rail project around the Bay Area (looking at you, Peninsula), the Chronicle reports today that the High-Speed Rail Authority has finally
misc Googler Caught Illegally Chatting Behind the Wheel of Self-Driving Prius Apparently not content to test a computer's ability to drive one of those autonomous Priuses, a Google engineer was spotted testing California's hands-free cell phone law by chatting from the driver's seat (but
SF News Rep John Boehner Removes LGBT-Themed Art from the Smithsonian Earlier this week, a video installation created by the late artist David Wojnarowicz, and featuring (among other things) images of ants crawling on a crucifix, caught the attention of Rep John Boehner after
misc Carpool to Holiday Shopping, Get Parking Discounts at City Garages A public service announcement from the Examiner: an MTA program to encourage carpooling and hopefully ease holiday congestion begins tomorrow and runs until December 26th at eight different city garages. The program offers
SF News Officials Seeking Concord Chicken Choker(s) The latest murders in a string of fowl-play occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday, when a custodian discovered the bodies of two strangled chickens on the campus of Concord Elementary School. According to BCN/
misc Day Around the Bay The SF Bay Guardian Wins Its Case Against The SF Weekly: So, What's Next? [SFAppeal] Curbed Shows You Around Temescal, another NYT-approved Neighborhood [CurbedSF] Salon, a San Francisco-based online publication looks to partner
misc <strike>This</strike> Last Week in Willie Brown Welcome to a late edition of This Week in Willie Brown. Because we are all busy people with big families, large meals to eat and lots of post-meal naps to take over the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Food Network Filming at HRD Coffee Shop Today By way of an anonymous tip, we've learned that the Food Network was at SFist favorite and home of the Mongolian Beef Cheesesteak, HRD Coffee Shop earlier today filming a segment for an
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Anderson Cooper Entertains Apes Dressed as a Bunny Last week, your boyfriend Anderson Cooper ran a series investigating "Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think" on AC360, which included the above segment on Bonobos a species of great ape known for their
SF News Ninth Circuit Judges Announced to Hear Prop 8 Appeal Start clearing space on the DVR and setting it to record CSPAN now, because the latest round of hearings on Prop 8 gets underway next week and after the list of three, randomly-selected
misc Photo du Jour 747 Graffiti and invisible trains, Everydaydude captures our own version of Ghostbusters II.
