SF News Victim Captures Video of Oakland Rapist [Updated] A woman who was raped in her home on Tuesday managed to snap footage of her attacker before he fled the scene. According to the Oakland Tribune, the man broke into her home
SF News Caltrain Service Halted After Burlingame Suicide A man died in an apparent suicide on the train tracks in Burlingame this afternoon. SFGate reports: "The northbound train hit the man on the right-of-way at Peninsula Avenue shortly before 12:20
SF News <em>SF Weekly</em> Accuses <em>SF Examiner</em> of Sexist Hiring Practices Adding a pinch of media drama to your Wednesday, SF Weekly scribe Erin Sherbert goes after her former employer, SF Examiner, accusing the editorial staff of sexism. It seems that the last nine
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absolut Creates San Francisco Vodka Just in time for San Francisco Gay Pride, Absolut Vodka has introduced a "limited" SF edition. Following on the heels of New Orleans, Loas Angeles, Boston, and (oddly enough) Brooklyn flavors, San Francisco
SF News Water Leak at Lincoln and Funston This just in: Avoid the intersection of Lincoln and Funston near Golden Gate Park as "traffic has been impacted due to a water leak under repair," reports Alert SF.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Mecca Part III, Grasshopper Tacos, Betty's Kitchen Guess what we stayed up all night doing? Come on, guess. Wrong. We watched hours of Betty's Kitchen, that's what. (Hat tip: Fauxjob.) We soaked up around, oh, say, 30+ episodes -- without
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "Jhon Thumb" by Bob Horowitz. (The Jhon Thumb Band appearing live at Kimo on Wednesday, June 15.)
SF News Gavin Newsom Moves to Marin When we first got wind that former San Francisco Mayor / current Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom moved to Marin, our first thought was, "Oh God, which town?" Everything in Marin, you see, hinges upon
SF News San Francisco 10th Most Bed Bug-Plagued City While bed bugs are nothing new to New York City, other major cities should heed the big apple's warning. Like, for example, San Francisco. According to a recent list, Baghdad by the Bay
SF News Day Around the Bay World’s largest hamburger to be attempted at East Bay festival. [Inside Scoop] Creative protesters attend Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference. [SFBG] Half Moon Bay to cut its city staff in half. [NBC
SF News Chris Daly Would Like to Send You Pix of His Penis What with jarring drama stirring about a creepy Ed Lee election bid (more on that later), Chris Daly attempts to lighten things up. The former Supervisor and current bartender tips hit hat to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelle Obama and Alice Waters Host Fundraiser for Obama Reelection In an effort to help raise funds for Barack Obama reelection campaign -- which: let's face it, he's a shoo-in for four more years -- First Lady Michelle Obama and delicate-masher-of-garlic-so-as-not-to-bruise-the-clove's-oil maven, Alice
Arts & Entertainment SFist Remembers: Pacific Stock Exchange [Video] Way back in the 1990s, San Francisco was revered (sort of) as a city with which to be reckoned. Why? Because we had a stock exchange, that's why. Back in 1997, you see,
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 Bay Area Priest Extradited to Ireland for Sexually Assaulting Young Boys Former Roman Catholic priest and Alameda resident Patrick Joseph McCabe was hurled back to Ireland this week to face charges of sexually assaulting "six young boys" in Dublin during the '60s and '70s.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Oysterfest Investigated By Health Department After Attendees Fall Ill Given the control PR ilk try to exert over food writing in the Bay Area, we're shocked (and a bit tickled) to see this story go live. See, several people fell ill at
SF News Day Around the Bay Ed Lee and media use homeless man in fake "Run Ed, Run" mayoral campaign. This, folks, is a must read. [Petrelis, SF Appeal] Cal Shakes cleans up with a none-too-shabby Titus Andronicus. [Chronicle]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Accarrino, Salt Win; TyFlo Could Lose After SFist editor declared Matthew Accarrino the best chef in San Francisco, the SPQR wunderkind nabbed top honors at Sunday's Cochon 555. Coincidence? Probably. We couldn't make it to the pork party. But
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Drunk Voicemails Set to Animation My Friend Evan: Episode 2: The Fire. from Steve Rold on Vimeo. Why can't our drunk voicemails sound this fun? Our alcohol-infused voicemails are filled with vitriol, regret, and the occasional Sondheim lyric.
Arts & Entertainment Miss Bigelow's Social City By the Numbers: Armistead Maupin Feted at 'Tales' Premiere Who was celebrating what: An astounding 700+ people littered Union Square last Thursday to celebrate the Broadway-bound musical of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City now playing at the American Conservatory Theater. Number
SF News Lack of Gadgetry Fails to Impress at WWDC 2011 Steve Jobs took the stage at Moscone Center today at the Worldwide Developer Conference with a keynote that introduced Mac OS X Lion, an OS X update available in July; a preview of
SF News Andy Potts Wins Fourth 'Escape from Alcatraz' During Sunday's Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, wherein swim a mile and a half swim in the murky Bay, followed by a 18 mile bike ride and a 8 mile run, Colorado Springs' Andy
SF News Day Around the Bay "How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner" involves pressing issues like: writing a letter to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, things that aren't funny. Also, Woody Allen's new movie blows. [Klausner] Stun guns,
