SF News Day Around The Bay: Lotto Winner Steps Forward, Wears Yoda Shirt The $425.3 million Powerball lottery winner came forward today, wearing a shirt with a picture of Yoda that read "Luck of the Jedi I Have." Nice. [NCB Bay Area] Would you pay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Matthew Accarrino Named One Of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs Matthew Accarrino had the daunting task of taking over the kitchen at SPQR after Nate Appleman nabbed the James Beard's "Rising Star Chef" award and left for the other coast. Not only did
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Nesting Hummingbird kicking it at home. Photo by Gerard Livernois.
SF News OKCupid Asks Users To Boycott Firefox Over Anti-Gay CEO It might be time to finally download Chrome, folks. Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, has come under fire after it was revealed he donated to Proposition 8, California's (overturned) gay-marriage ban. And with
SF News Day Around The Bay: 'Free Yee' There's a "Free Yee" shirt available now. [Uptown Almanac] State Bird really can’t get their reservations shit together. [Inside Scoop] Shrimp Boy has a posse (or a fan with a Sharpie and
SF News SoMa Hit-Run Critically Injures Man A man remains in critical condition today after a hit-run incident at 10th and Division in SoMa early Sunday morning. SF Examiner has more: The victim, aged 25 to 30, was crossing the
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Rose Pak Was Right Hold your hats and hallelujah, Rose is gonna show it to you. And if that dated musical reference doesn't do it for you, this will: noted Chinatown power player Rose Pak, who has
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Shrimp Boy Heads To Court, Yee Stole Suntan Lotion In Hawaii Nary—nary!—a week has passed since Senator Leland Yee was arrested and already a slew of politicians have spoken out, journalists taken more than their fair share of the Leland pie, and
SF News Bomb Squad Investigating Suspicious Package Found In Mission [Updated] In the Mission District at around 7:40 PM, a suspicious package has caused a street closure at 20th between Valencia and Guerrero. A shelter in place is also in effect. #UPDATE: Police
SF News Day Around The Bay: Why Mozilla's CEO Needs To Apologize A damn fine piece as to why Mozilla's new CEO Brendan Eich needs to apologize for supporting Prop 8. [Read Write] French Blue to be reborn as Archetype next week. [Inside Scoop] Here's
Arts & Entertainment Hello Kitty Chic Coming To Your San Francisco Giants Hello Kitty celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Aw. And with that, the fine folks at Sanrio have expanded their Major League Baseball-themed collection for the 2014 baseball season to highlight all 30
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Hugging Lou Seal We can't get enough of Lou Seal, clearly. Shot by noted photog Gerard Livernois, here Lou gets a bear hug after yesterday's ride in the sky. Adorable.
SF News California Senate Votes To Suspend Leland Yee The California Senate voted 28-1 Friday to suspend troubled San Francisco and San Mateo County Senator Leland Yee from his duties. (Sen. Joel Anderson was the only no vote.) Charges against Yee include
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: Suspension, Shrimp Boy, And A M.I.L.F. Today in Oh No, Leland Yee!, we've got a few new tidbits to offer since the nascent scandal broke on Wednesday — namely, Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow is now an animated crustacean, Yee gave
SF News Some Pinterest Accounts Hacked, Festooned With Butts Multiple Pinterest accounts, including that of TechCrunch editor Alexia Tsotsis, were hacked and covered with pictures of butts yesterday. Behold: Dear @Pinterest my accounts been hacked with someone posting hundreds of butt pictures
SF News Brothers Arrested After Boozy Knife And Weed-Whacker Fight Two Hayward brothers were arrested today after getting into an alcohol-induced fight with each other. Being brothers who fight, one of them employed the use of creative weaponry — specifically, a weed-whacker. (I bet
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, Up In The Sky... Giants mascot Lou Seal rappels 23 stories down the side of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero during an Outward Bound City Skyline Challenge event. Local celebrities, politicians, and around one hundred San Franciscans will
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: He Pulled Out Of Secretary Of State Race In a move that should surprise no one, politically bedraggled Senator Leland Yee pulled out of the race for California Secretary of State today. Sacto Bee reports: "He sent a letter to Secretary
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink While You Wait: Rich Table (By Lauren Sloss) Apparently, people in San Francisco like waiting in lines for food (a lot). Sometimes, that wait is worth it. While You Wait, SFist's new guide for how to pass the
SF News Photos: Rare Twisters Touched Down In Northern California A gaggle of rare twisters touched down near Sacramento on Wednesday. They're responsible for damaging at least a dozen homes. "The National Weather Service said a funnel cloud touched down near Roseville shortly
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow's Episode Of 'Gangland' As Michael Corleone can attest, it's hard to maneuver oneself out of the gangster lifestyle. Take, for example, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, who, along with Senator Leland Yee and former president of the
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: He Wore A Windbreaker On a day like this, even the pastel hues of a sporty windbreaker can't paint a smile on Yee's face. Pictured here: Senator Leland Yee leaving the San Francisco Federal Building after Wednesday's
Arts & Entertainment AT&T Park Follies: Every Giants Home Run To Be Followed By Yahoo Yodel [Update] The fine folks at AT&T Park invited SFist to their annual Media Day today. And what a day it was. When I wasn't fixated on the epic Leland Yee saga, I
SF News Criminal Complaint Alleges Leland Yee Used Campaign Money In Arms Deal In a lengthy criminal complaint (pdf), Senator Leland Yee, a high-profile California proponent of gun control, allegedly used campaign money "in exchange for facilitating deal with arms dealer and Chinatown gangsters." Complaint alleges
