misc Ban Watch 2010: Male Circumcision Proposed for the Chopping Block After the Board of Supervisors' final vote to ban Happy Meals there was some speculation about what the city would ban next. All jokes about banning non-fair-trade coffee (or whatever) aside, San Franciscan
SF News Armed Man Threatens to Blow Up Bay Bridge, Doesn't Around 7:10am during this morning's commute, a heavyset man in a Black SUV called in to the KCBS traffic tipline to alert them to a potential traffic jam: his own vehicle he
misc Lace Up Those Skates: Embarcadero Ice Rink Opens The seasonal Ice Rink at the Embarcadero Center opens (re-opens?) today and while it lacks any celebrity endorsement or even the promise of Brian Boitano's cheese cart parking nearby, there will be "Aloha
SF News America's Cup: It's Down to Two The contest to become the host of the 2013 America's Cup is down to two finalists. According to the sailboat-happy Chronicle Valencia, Spain has dropped out, which leaves San Francisco and an "undisclosed
misc Terrifying New Labels Coming to Cigarette Packaging Thanks to a 2009 law that gives the FDA the authority to regulate the marketing and labeling of tobacco products, we're going to start seeing some graphic new labels on packs of cigarettes.
misc Day Around the Bay The Board of Supervisors officially passed the Happy Meal ban today, with no hope of a pardon from Gavin. [SFWeekly] Before the final vote, noted Author and Freakonomist Stephen Dubner wondered what we
misc Native American Artifacts Found Under Fourth Street Workers excavating parts of Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom to relocate utility lines for the Central Subway's forthcoming Moscone Station recently came across what could be evidence of the the area's early
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Supes Propose Simplified Food Cart Permits Perhaps as penance for banning our precious Happy Meals, the Board of Supervisors has introduced a new piece of legislation that hopes to encourage mobile food vendors while simultaneously protecting any local eateries
SF News Berkeley Student Faces Suspension for Fee-Hike Protests Laura Zelko, A UC Berkeley student who took part in protesting fee-hikes and campus layoffs last November is now facing a possible one-year suspension in a public disciplinary hearing which took place on
misc Dallas Transit Boss Sings Tony Bennet on BART Here's another story about a Texas public official making good on a World Series bet: Yesterday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit President Gary Thomas dressed in Giants gear to sing "I Left My Heart
misc This Week in Willie Brown It's been a hell of a week for the Bay Area, right? Surely Willie had something to say about it! With Gavin's Hair headed to Sacramento to take up its new roost as
SF News Grant Family Attorney Gives a Statement on Mehserle Sentence John Burris, the Grant family's civil attorney, gave a lengthy statement for the press following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle. Burris, who has been present at the trial along with the Grant family,
SF News Mehserle Sentence Handed Down: 2 Years Jailtime Reports from KTVU outside the courtroom in Los Angeles are saying that Johannes Mehserle will receive the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time. Mehserle will receive credit for the time he has
misc Trend Alert: Yarnbombing Recent sightings of yarnbombings across the Bay Area indicate that the long relationship San Francisco has enjoyed (or not, it's up to you really) with various forms of street art is taking a
misc Seagull Torturer Collaring Bay Area Birds With Beer Cans According to BCN/The Appeal this morning: several birds have been spotted around the Bay Area with torturous collars fashioned from cut Budweiser cans around their necks. All jokes about jewelry made from
misc Dozens of Pollsters Too Hungover for Work Yesterday Reports Aldax over on the Examiner: "Some 30 poll workers called in 'sick' on Election Day, leaving officials scrambling to fill the positions before polls opened at 7 a.m." Luckily, it sounds
SF News The Giants' Presidential Escort From near SFist HQ in SoMa comes the first of what is probably many cellphone videos you'll see of the World Series Victory Parade today: the Giants and family members making their way
SF News State Ballot Measures: Pipe Dreams on 19, Simple Majority for Budget and We Still Don't Like Texas Well, those LA times reports may have been right about voter sentiment on Prop 19. As of 11pm, CNN reports that 35% of the precincts have checked in and has gone ahead to
SF News Election Night 2010: Calling it for Jerry Brown So the poll results have been coming in since about 8:30 or so, and even though the California Results page is has been down pretty much the whole time, we can say
misc The Candidates Weigh in on the Giants' World Series Win (On Twitter) While you might still be having some trouble dragging yourself out to the polls today (which is not an excuse! go vote!), most of the candidates up for office seem like they played
SF News Photos From The World Series Aftermath Depending on who you ask, which neighborhood you were in and the median age of the people you follow on Twitter, last night's World Series celebrations were either "rioting" (meh) or "people out
misc Too Hungover to Remember Where to Vote? Don't worry, yourfuckingpollingplace.com has your back: Enter your fucking address and it'll return your fucking polling place. Like this editor's polling place at a "PRIVATE FUCKING SCHOOL" on Masonic Avenue, which just
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink McReminder: Elusive Sandwich Available Nationwide Tomorrow In news only tangentially related to baseball in politics: the enigmatic McRib sandwich will be rolling out nationwide tomorrow. Although the McRib Locator reveals that the boneless, rib-shaped delicacies have been spotted in
SF News Ballots Made Easy: Local and State Proposition Endorsements Have you seen this year's ballot? It's about 17 miles long and jam-packed with ballot measures, so you're excused if you've been having a hard time making sense of the alphabet soup of
misc This Week in Willie Brown With all the baseballs flying around AT&T Park in October and the softballs being lobbed back and forth on the road to Sacramento, you'd think Willie Brown would have a lot
