SF News Day Around The Bay: Opening Night At The Chapel The Chapel opens with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robert Earl Keen and some dust. [AllShookDown] Remember when San Francisco was supposed to get a fleet of electric taxis? [SFEx] A year after the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Deplorable Teen Attempts To Steal Fish In Her Purse, Punches Out Supermarket Employee Teens? What won't they do for market fresh fish? In South San Francisco Wednesday evening, a 19-year-old lady allegedly stuffed her purse full of fish at the Pacific Supermarket on El Camino Real,
SF News Meanwhile, On Powell Street... Just two hours after Mayor Lee cut the ribbon and declared today Uniqlo USA Day in San Francisco this morning, the line waiting to get first crack at colorful $10 denim was stretching
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Pizza Chain Concedes Deep Dish Is Not Real Pizza, Adds Thin Crust Big news in the local pizza scene today: Patxi's, the local chain with an intense dedication to Chicago-style deep dish "pizza," will now be serving thin crust pies. By adding the "traditional Italian
SF News Stolen Puppy Returned After 10-Year-Old Owner Offers Piggy Bank Reward Earlier this week, an adorable 6-month-old Shih-Tzu-Yorkie mix named Meeko was probably feeling very lost and confused after being ripped from his family's home in San Jose. His primary caretaker, 10-year-old Marissa Mabang,
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Your Dog Hates The Blue Angels Reminder: your pets don't think the roar of jet engines overhead is as cool as you do. Kindly bring them inside. [BCN/Appeal] With all the amazing tourism-friendly events these days, San Francisco
SF News Cops Stop Sidewalk Biker, Make Meth Arrest Instead Last weekend in the Outerlands, plainclothes SFPD officers in the vicinity of 47th Avenue and Fulton Street spotted a familiar neighborhood criminal riding his bicycle on the sidewalk. When the officers stopped to
SF News Facebook's First Commercial: 'Chairs Are Like Facebook' Right after hitting one billion active users this week, the eight-year-old social media company has released its first commercial spot. The message their ad agency Wieden + Kennedy came up with? Chairs are like
Arts & Entertainment Overheard in San Francisco: You Can Never Have Too Many Kazoos Welcome to Overheard in San Francisco, a new occasional feature where we (and you guys!) take note of the funniest, most obnoxious or simply absurd things to come out of some innocent bystander's
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Sharktoberfest Didn't get tickets to see Elvis Costello at the big benefit opening for Preservation Hall West? Don't fret, Costello is playing Hardly Strictly and there are cheaper shows already lined up for Valencia's
Arts & Entertainment Steve Jobs' Baby Momma To Pen Memoir Chrisann Brennan, high school sweetheart to late Apple CEO Steve Jobs and mother to his daughter, Lisa, will pen the next great remembrance of revered tech guru. Brennan, who currently works as a
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Facebook at 1 Billion A BART maintenance vehicle broke down on the tracks in Oakland this morning, in case you were wondering about those residual delays. [BCN/Appeal] Rooting for the A's [McCoveyChronicles] Facebook hits 1 billion
SF News Day Around The Bay: Karl the Fog, Interviewed Karl the Fog (just returned from vacation apparently) discusses what it's like living in his neighborhood of Judah Heights. [CurbedSF] Supervisor John Avalos wants to spice up Question Time with Mayor Lee by
SF News Video: Badass Navy Hovercraft Does Donuts On Ocean Beach Fleet Week is upon us! That means the parade of large, naval power tools is pulling into the bay as we speak. In addition to this weekend's patriotism-inducing Blue Angels demonstrations, the USS
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Discount Laughs at The Dark Room Worried tonight's presidential debates will leave you feeling sad and depressed? Distract yourself with a trip to the Dark Room's divey theater on Mission Street tonight for The Business — a weekly alternative comedy
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Inside Uniqlo's First West Coast Store in San Francisco On Friday October 5th, Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo will open its wildly anticipated West Coast flagship store near Union Square in San Francisco. This morning, the discount retailer treated members of the local
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: Tyra Banks Has Grilled Cheese For Breakfast Giants eliminate Dodgers. Sure it was a meaningless game, but it felt good, right? [McCoveyChron] Tyra Banks dropped in to American Grilled Cheese Kitchen in South Park for breakfast over the weekend. Repeat:
Arts & Entertainment Ten Brief Excerpts From October's 'Gazette' As is monthly tradition around here, we present our 10 favorite utterances from the October issue of The Gazette, "San Francisco's original social network." The Gazette may have dropped the "Nob Hill" from
SF News Roommate Slashed Over Rent Money Another incident of roommate-on-roommate violence broke out in the Tenderloin on rent day yesterday. Five months after our last cohabitation conflagration, a 56-year-old suspect slashed his roommate after the (alleged) deadbeat refused to
SF News Weed Withdrawal Just As Irritating As Quitting Cigarettes, Study Finds A recent study out of the University of New South Wales in Australia has found that habitual marijuana users who try to quit their weed smoking habit may experience many of the same
Arts & Entertainment Video: John Waters Reads Dirty To You In honor of Banned Book Week in San Francisco, the city's foremost authority on the relationship between books and sex dropped by City Lights Bookstore to record this delightful reading of D.H.
SF News Four Dead In Three Separate Oakland Shootings Shots rang out multiple times across East Oakland over the course of twelve hours last night, leaving four victims dead in three separate incidents. The first occurred around 9 p.m. on MacArthur
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: Transit Map Alternatives for iOS6 Bummed your new iPhone is lacking transit directions? MuniDiaries rounds up a list of the best transit map alternatives for iOS6. [MuniDiairies] Obama loses coveted Creed frontman endorsement. [Gawker] Take a look around
SF News Video: Fake Nancy Pelosi Attempts Goat Sacrifice For Satan Just over a month before the November election, political attack ad season is starting to get ugly. Like, real ugly. Like, Nancy Pelosi leading a horde of zombies in the ritual sacrifice of
SF News Potential Hostel Hookup Becomes A Hostile Stickup A guest at the Amsterdam Hostel on Taylor Street invited the wrong two ladies back to his room at the average-rated Tendernob crashpad late last week. The hostel guest had reportedly invited two
