Arts & Entertainment Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. This Afternoon in SoMa In 1956, addressing an NAACP Convention in San Francisco, Martin Luther King Jr. told the crowd: "I believe that a day will come when all God's children from bass black to treble white
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: The Perfect Beer For Valentine's Day Chronicle columnist and older gentleman Carl Nolte gets in on the microhood thing, discovers Safeway Flats in the southern Mission. [Chron] Almanac Beer and Dandelion Chocolate have a new biere du chocolat. We
SF News The Niners Are Going To The Superbowl The San Francisco 49ers overcame a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Falcons 28-24 in a tight game in Atlanta and bring home the NFC Championship. We'll have a full recap once we can
Arts & Entertainment Those Big Waves At Mavericks Are Coming All The Way From Japan According to UC Berkeley and KTVU Channel 2 meteorologist, Bill Martin the legendary big waves heading for Mavericks this weekend started picking up strength nearly 4,000 miles away off the coast of
Arts & Entertainment Go Do These Things Tonight: Party on SFMOMA's Rooftop, Get To Third Base In The Dogpatch, Laugh It Up In The Mission A trio of events deserve your attention and attendance around town this evening: One celebrating the arts on a rooftop sculpture garden, another celebrating an underrated neighborhood in the Dogpatch and a third
SF News Yelp Begins Rolling Out Restaurant Inspection Scores Think your neighborhood takeout joint might be kind of gross? Don't just take some Yelper's word for it: soon, the amateur restaurant reviews site will be posting official restaurant hygiene scores from public
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Inside The SFJazz Center Sacred Space: the Guardian pokes around the brand new SFJazz Center space in Hayes Valley. [SFBG] And it would be nothing without the food: here's the menu at Charles Phan's South, located in
Arts & Entertainment It Finally Happened: Livermore, CA Named Top 5 'Hottest Neighborhoods for 2013' We knew it was only a matter of time before some Internet slideshow finally saw the outer fringe of the Bay Area for what it's worth. Although Walnut Creek has yet to achieve
SF News Here's A Picture Of The Deplorable (Alleged) Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger Pardon us if we hound this guy (pun certainly intended) until the local cops track him down, but the man you see pictured here is one Laurice Barrett — the very same man captured
SF News Photo: Local Airport, Phallic Above: an aerial photo of San Francisco International Airport. Presented as further evidence for why it should be renamed to honor gay rights icon and former San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk. Or
SF News Gov. Brown To Oakland: Solve Your Own Problems When it comes to the recent surge in violent crime in Oakland, California Governor and Oakland Hills homeowner Jerry Brown told his told his home city to just deal with it, basically. Oakland
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Ski Bernalwood George Gund III, the original owner of the San Jose Sharks, has died after a battle with cancer. [KTVU] Sweet Bar Bakery announces their opening in Oakland with a "Thriller" flashmob, although we
SF News Map: Will Your Apartment Building Disintegrate Into Dust When The Big One Hits? This handy map based on data from the city's Department of Building Inspection and published by the S.F. Public Press will tell you (albeit with a frighteningly large degree of uncertainty). To
SF News Ugg Boot Bandit Wanted In Two Warm, Fuzzy Bank Robbery Attempts San Francisco Police investigating two attempted bank robberies from last Friday afternoon are on the hunt for a comfy bank robber who apparently just wanted to keep his feet warm in a pair
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: Seasonal Libations From Tomorrow Night's CUESA Winter Cocktails Event Tomorrow night, Wednesday January 16th at the Ferry Building, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (better known as "the people who organize your neighborhood farmers markets") are hosting the Gathering of
SF News Sorry, Everybody: Carrying Three Or More Condoms Still Makes You a Prostitute Dudes and ladies, straight or gay — If you go out this weekend with three or more condoms in your pocket or purse, there's a chance the San Francisco Police could keep you locked
SF News City Supervisors Want To Rename SFO After Harvey Milk District 9 Supervisor David Campos will introduce legislation today that proposes the city change the name of its airport from San Francisco International to "Harvey Milk International Airport." Campos only needs five other
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup:The Battered Great Highway Redwood tree crushes house in Larkspur. Cue sad trombone. [Chron] The Weekly reviews Christopher Owens' Lysandre, a too-short album about a too-short romance. [AllShookDown] The battered Great Highway is getting some much needed
SF News Suspect Sketch Released In Violent Mission Rape Attempt San Francisco Police have released a suspect sketch of the man who violently attacked and allegedly attempted to rape a woman who was walking on 23rd Street near Church Street around 2:40
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Lumineers Do 'Ho Hey' At A Mission Beer Garden Popular Colorado folk-rock outfit the Lumineers had a big year in 2012. The group started off the year as little known critical darlings, but their debut album went on to become Spotify's most
Arts & Entertainment Adorable Local Otter Reveals Vicious Thirst For Animal Flesh When we first spotted adorable river otter Sutro Sam sunning himself at the Sutro Baths back in October our initial reaction was: awww. Followed by "I mean, that's adorable, right?" And then, a
Arts & Entertainment Who Should Play A 'Not Crazy' John McAfee In The Movie Adaptation? Software mogul and self-diagnosed not-insane person John McAfee is about to see his life flash before him on the silver screen. Or at least the part that begins with him living in Belize
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: The Lower Haight's Coffee Desert Scenes and thoughts from last Friday night's march for solidarity in the Mission. [MissionMission] Is the Lower Haight a coffee desert? [Haighteration] Swan Oyster Depot's Tom Sancimino discusses celebrity appearances and a fish
Arts & Entertainment Halftime Photo: Green Bay's Brad Jones Eats Michael Crabtree's Dust There's a football game on! Maybe you heard? Maybe you're even watching it right now? At the end of the first half, the Niners lead the Green Bay Packers 24-21, thanks in part
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mayor Lee Bets On The Niners Do you follow SFist on Twitter? What about on Facebook? You should get on that. Mayor Lee stakes Boudin bread, TCHO chocolate and Anchor Steam beer on the Niners in the playoffs. If
