SF News Monday: Rally Planned for BART Civic Center Shooting A group called No Justice, No Bart will hold a rally to protest Sunday's officer-involved shooting of Charles Hill, 45, a man with no fixed address. If you recall, two BART cops responded
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guest DJ Nights at Flour + Water On Monday, July 11, noted musicians will guest DJ at flour + water in the Mission. Let's see: Starting off on the decks next week will be Tim Carr. Screenings of his videos "Shake
SF News Buy Newsom's Masonic House for $2,738,000 After Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom used San Francisco to get to Sacramento, he has since ditched us for highfalutin Ross. (Yes, technically he is still a resident of Baghdad by the Bay, but.
SF News Unemployment Report Reveals Harrowing Numbers While style-free male nerds and affectedly geek-chic (vomit) young girls continue to make a killing in Mission Bay, SOMA, and Silicon Valley, the rest of the country still feels the pinch of post-recession
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "Rainy days and mondays..." by Darwin Bell. ("Despite the rain," Bell reports, "everyone looks happy because they are looking a kittens -- true story." Aw.)
Arts & Entertainment Litquake 2011 Lineup Announced Jeffrey Eugenides, Susan Orlean, James Ellroy, Mary Roach, Ishmael Reed, Adam Mansbach, Jane Smiley, Chris Adrian, Thomas McGuane, Christopher Moore, Daniel Woodrell, Deepak Chopra, Cyra McFadden, and Guillermo Gomez-Peña are just a few
SF News 'Young, Hip-Hop Looking Kids" Beat Castro Resident During Pink Saturday Castro resident Sean Ray, 42, was on his way home after taking part in the Pink Saturday festivities, June 25, when he found a gaggle of youths on his apartment steps. After a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Chez Papa Resto, Perfect Summer Booze, A-16's Beer Month Tablehopper strutted her stuff on Folsom this week, checking out Sightglass Coffee Bar & Roastery. (We initially read that as a coffee and roasted chicken mashup, which for us sounds pretty damn divine.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Special Late Shows Announced: Arctic Monkeys, Vetiver, More Three-day music festival Outside Lands, running August 12 - 14, just announced several "special late shows" that will only be accessible to ticket holders... for a price. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Eskmo,
Arts & Entertainment Contest Asks Participants Why They Choose to Live in Oakland A photo/video contest called "Why I Choose Oakland" will award the grand prize winners two round-trip tickets and lodging if they can deftly and cleverly captured why they choose to live in
Arts & Entertainment Local Drag Luminaries Reflect on Miss Vicki Marlane After news broke yesterday that local transgender/drag icon Miss Vicki Marlane died, many folks in the queer community were taken aback. To say the least. Given the moniker "The Lady With the
Arts & Entertainment Red Vic to Close This Month After 31 Years After serving the stoned and extremely tripped out for three decades, Haight Street's Red Vic will officially close forever on July 25, the movie theater's 31st birthday. It was the kind of place
SF News T-Third Toucher at Large? Described as a 6-foot-plus man who tends to sits in the two-person seats n the T-Third line, an alleged molester is on the loose on Muni. According to a Muni Diaries contributor, "He
SF News Facebook Video Chat Feature Unveiled Powered by Skype, Facebook announced a new video chat feature today. Which will be of interest to those of you who chat on Facebook, or to those of you who don't already use
SF News A's to Host M.C. Hammer Bobblehead Night Huh. It looks like the Oakland A's do in fact have one thing going for them that the Giants don't: M.C. Hammer bobbleeheads. The A's will be the first MLB team ever
SF News Carlos Bar Closes Due to Sexless Cocktail Waitressing Scandal Carlos Bar, one of the few watering holes in the Mission geared towards Latinos, closed its doors on June 30. Its alcohol license was suspended by the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Why?
Arts & Entertainment Day Around the Bay Assailant splashes bleach in woman's face in Potrero Hill. [Chron] Roommate wanted (sluts need not apply.) [SF Appeal] Naturally, arrested vegans get vegan meals in S.F. jails. [SF Weekly] Man says he
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Corner Store Food Critic: Milano Melts Welcome to Corner Store Food Critic, where we select an item typically found at any number of corner stores in San Francisco, bring said item home in a carefully wrapped bag, and then
Arts & Entertainment Sunday Afternoon in Dolores Park vs. 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' Mission Mission reader "Beebe" sent the fine folks over at the city's favorite neighborhood blog this nifty side-by-side comparison of a Sunday afternoon in Dolores Park and "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
SF News False Prophet Harold Camping Moved to Nursing Home Harold Camping, the Alameda preacher who falsely claimed that the rapture would come on May 21, has been put in a nursing home. The 79 89-year-old soothsayer could face the remainder of his
Arts & Entertainment 7 Reasons to Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday or Wednesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site
SF News Fireworks Sever Man's Fingers A 37-year-old Concord man must now live a comparatively digit-free life after blowing off several of his fingers while trying to ignite a firework on Monday. The incident happened just before 8pm over
