SF News Bay Bridge Shuts Down For Five Days Starting At 8 PM Are you ready? While folks in Eastern SoMa celebrate a quieter few days, the commuters around the Bay Area brace themselves for a five-day Bay Bridge shutdown. This project has been 24 year
SF News Day Around The Bay: Gov. Brown's Prison Fix California governor proposes $315M prison fix, wants to send cons to private prison. [Chronicle] The minimalist Russian Hill stunner is the stuff of robot dreams. [Curbed] Bender's Bar unveils a new logo. [Uptown
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Saison To Host Super Star Guest Chef Dinners Joshua Skenes, the mind behind universally acclaimed SoMa joint Saison, will open his kitchen to a gaggle of noted chefs for a series of dinners this fall. Several of the chefs are currently
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Bendy Trees Of Point Reyes The RCA/Marconi Building in the Point Reyes, shot by andertho.
SF News S.F. Gays Use Sharp Jewelry To Spread AIDS, Claims Pat Robertson Sick television evangelist Pat Robertson took to the air on Tuesday on the 700 Club to make wild, untrue claims about gay man in San Francisco and their use of jewelry. Specifically, he
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: The Breeders Performing 'Last Splash' In Its Entirety This year "Cannonball" turned 20-years-old. Feel old yet? You should. But stand proud of those fine lines and puffy jowls, GenXer. You've earned that wisdom because you came of age in the '90s.
Arts & Entertainment Watch Burning Man 2013 Live! [Update] Live streaming video by Ustream Behold the Burning Man Webcast, care of 94.5 BMIR. We strongly recommend giving it a look and listen throughout the festival. Also, for those of you heading
SF News Day Around The Bay: Chelsea Manning Pride Contingent Honored Local critics talk Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. [Mission Mission] Medal of Honor goes to 33-year-old Army staff sergeant from Antioch. [Chronicle] Chelsea Manning contingent wins Pride award. [SFBG] Traffic chaos TK. Brace
Arts & Entertainment Video: Romolo Claims Another Victim For your late-afternoon, slow-news-day amusement, this delivery truck done got itself stuck on Romolo Place in North Beach. According to Chad Fox, who caught the footage above, the siren song of Romolo tempts
Arts & Entertainment Photos: En Route To Burning Man While the Bay Area enjoys a week of shorter lines and fewer people clogging Dolores Park, festive folks took to the road today to partake in the annual dance-a-thon in the desert. We
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Faux AT-ATs Snapped by Jay M, these cranes did not, as some believe, influence George Lucas's All Terrain Armored Transport walkers, i.e., the AT-ATs. But can always pretend they did. ("That's a myth," Lucas
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tu Lan, Iconic Vietnamese Eatery, Reopens Today Hark! The Sixth Street treasure, once known as much for its imperial roll divinity as it was for its lack of cleanliness, reopens today. If you recall, the gritty eatery had to close
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Doggie Diner Heads Covered In Colorful Crochet New York City artist Olek stopped by San Francisco this week to blanket her signature crochet over the Doggie Diner heads. Here, outside the Phoenix Hotel in the Tenderloin, are the iconic pooches
SF News Gov. Brown Issues State Of Emergency For San Francisco Due To Rim Fire Due to the effects of the "Rim Fire" raging in Tuolumne County, Governor Jerry Brown announced late Friday a state of emergency for the city and county of San Francisco. Why? Well, according
SF News Day Around The Bay: Daphne Webb Still Missing Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of Oakland mom. [KTVU] The internet reacts to Sgt. Ernst's bicyclist memorial tantrum. [SFBG] Neighbor captures photo of smash-and-grab thief in Bernal. [Bernalwood] What's with the blue foamy
SF News Hazmat Situation Closes Northbound S Van Ness Just in time for your evening commute, northbound South Van Ness Ave from Mission Street to Market Street has been close due to a hazmat situation. (Unconfirmed reports suggest a chemical leak.) The
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man: White-Hot Spot For Tech Schmoozing The boy-centric tech industry has taken a shine to the annual Burning Man gala in the desert, which starts this weekend. Once known as a free-spirited event free from the shackles of corporate
SF News Photos Of Rim Fire, Now Burning Over 105,000 Acres Currently the fourth largest wildfire burning in the nation, coming this afternoon at 105,620 acres, the Rim Fire in the Sierra Nevadas continues to grow. As of Friday, the small towns of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sometimes You Need A Little Finesse, The Store; Sometimes You Need A Lot Thomas Keller, he of French Laundry fame, has opened his very first retail property, christening it Finesse, The Store. The name brings to mind two important things: 1) comma audacity and 2) this.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Fuzz A peaceful UN Plaza moment interrupted by SFPD, as seen by Troy Holden.
Arts & Entertainment Another Shot Of 'The Real World S.F.' House Check out this additional shot of the MTV Real World S.F. house on Sutter Streer, this one featuring the living room. Here we see a pool table (would it be a Real
SF News Day Around The Bay: Sympathy For The Landlord Major police presence at Burning Man, kids. Watch your stash. [SFGate] A pre-show cocktail and chat with Priscilla Queen of the Desert queen. [Mission Mission] Giving SF landlords a break. [SF Magazine] Peaches
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Popular Castro Gay Bar Gets Butch New Look Blackbird, a gay bar in the Castro, got herself a new look. And what a look it is! We love the red banquettes and rustic stone tables. So very... what, day of hunting
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Last Night's Blue Moon Here it is in all its glory: last night's blue moon, as snapped by Gerard Livernois. The term "blue moon" typically refers to a second full moon in a month; however, the U.
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Inside The New 'Real World S.F.' House Juanita More shares with us this image of the new MTV Real World house in San Francisco. You like? While it's just a shot of the entrance, it's a colorful one with a
