misc Photo du Jour 594 On this seemingly sluggish news day, local MSM outlets are all aflutter over cranes under a bridge.
Arts & Entertainment CGI <em>Peter Pan</em> Theatrical Production Coming to Ferry Plaza While it will star neither Mary Martin nor Cathy Rigby, J M Barrie’s Peter Pan, which will be performed at "the world’s first 360-degree CGI theatre," will make its U.S.
SF News Two Sought In Kidnapping, Robbery In Oakland Over in Oakland yesterday, two men are wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and robbery. According to reports: "Two men, one who had a handgun, approached another man in the 4200 block
SF News BART Train Separates Inside Tube; Expect Delays Shortly before 6:30 am this morning, a nine-car BART train headed from San Francisco to the East Bay through the tube "separated into two pieces." BCN (via CBS 5) reports: "A five-car
SF News Day Around the Bay Nearly 22K California teachers pink slipped. [CBS 5, Calitics] San Francisco State University is 21st in Peace Corps volunteers. [Examiner] Twitter still doesn't know how it will make money. [Valleywag] San Franciscans not
misc What's Going On Here, Sleepyheads? Muni bus stop on mid-Market this afternoon. Photo by Gregory Gaston.
misc Social City By the Numbers Number of people pictured in Saturday's "Miss Bigelow's Social City": 72 Minority count: 6 The help: 1 Who was celebrating what and where: At the Legion of Honor where a dubiously-named committee crawled
SF News SFPD Waits Two Months to Investigate Lab Tech Accused of Stealing Cocaine In a snafu that has resulted in the dismissal of at least 90 criminal cases so far, new reports reveal that the San Francisco Police department waited two months to launch their investigation
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Monday Night Prix Fixe at Jardinière for $45 While Saigon Sandwich has the unmitigated gall to increase the price of its Banh mi a whole quarter -- the nerve! -- some places keep the prices real. Very real. Take for example,
SF News Oakland Car Crash Prompts Stabbing After two car had gotten into an accident on Sunday night in Oakland, "a passenger in one car stabbed an individual in the other car." Occurring a little before 9 p.m. last
SF News Pedestrian Hit By Bus in SOMA A bus hit a pedestrian in the city's South of Market neighborhood this morning. Happening at around 8 a.m., BCN (via SF Appeal) reports that the bus was turning left onto Eighth
SF News Google Likely to Cancel Operations in China by Amy Crocker According to the Wall Street Journal, it's increasingly likely that Mountain View-based Google will cancel operations in China as negotiations with the government over censorship stall. There's a lot of
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist investigated some onomatopoeias ("OUCH!" "THUNK!" "OOF!" "YIPE!") painted along a road, pointing to potential hazards for cyclists. Gothamist had its fill of salt-related news: There was "salty" Eric Massa's resignation and "snorkeling"
SF News Day Around the Bay After school on the 22. [Caliber SF] Airline stops video chat because you could communicate with a terrorist. [Valleywag] Mission street food, literally. [Mission Mission] Nat Ford defies Gavin: Sunday, extended weekday parking
SF News Gavin Newsom to Officially Enter Lieutenant Governor's Race Friday It's official. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will toss his hat into the Lt. Governor's race. He will make the not-so big announcement on Friday. Finally The LA Times reports: Newsom, a Democrat,
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... "First Church of Christ, Scientist (1910)" by sftrajan. About the church according to National Historic Landmarks: In 1910, Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1862-1957) was asked to design "a church that would look like a
SF News Brown Joins SFPD Into Drug Lab Evidence Tampering Case After allegations popped up that Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old lab technician for the SFPD, stole and used cocaine evidence she was supposed to analyze, Attorney General (and, most likely, the future Governor of
misc Adoptable Pets Of the Week: Parker & Marjorie Parker 3-year -old Cattle Dog mix I'm a really good cuddler! I've been an independent spirit but now I’m ready to settle down with a true love. If you wanna be my
misc Photo du Jour 591 Tagger caught in the act on the 33-Stanyan, shot by The Perpetual Cold (via Mission Mission). Read all about it here.
SF News One of the Best Subheadlines You'll Ever Read Plucked from this article in the Chronicle, we look forward to other subheds like "snow cold" and "Earth round."
SF News SF Weekly Not Going Out of Business, OK! Despite being ordered by a court to hand over half of its revenue to SF Bay Guardian for illegally selling ads below cost, SF Weekly is not -- not! -- going out of
SF News Mom Suspected of Murdering Two-Year-Old Daughter An Oakland woman sits in jail this morning on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Tiffany Lopez, 19, who is three months pregnant and was arrested on child endangerment charges in December, is
Arts & Entertainment Conan O'Brien Is Coming! Oh fun. Conan O'Brien is touring and he's bringing his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour to San Francisco. Described as "a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward
SF News Newsom to Run for Lt. Governor. We Swear This Time. Promise. Yesterday at the eleventh hour, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom picked up his paper work Department of Elections in City Hall and paid his $2,500 filing fees, meaning he'll finally run for
