Arts & Entertainment Should You Run Bay to Breakers Without Valid Registration? Many unregistered people are wondering if they should still crash San Francisco's Bay to Breakers this year without a valid registration. The answer, according to former SFist contributor Joe Kukura, is a resounding
Arts & Entertainment 5/12: Bike to Work Day Since our morning commute involves moving from the bedroom to the living room -- don't hate! -- we're (almost) jealous of those of you who get to take part in next week's Bike
SF News Mayoral Race Update: Herrera Funding Questioned, Dufty's Top Promise Answered For your wonky pleasure, we have some highs and lows today regarding two mayoral candidates. First, according to Chris Roberts at SF Appeal, City Attorney Dennis Herrera could be in tepid water for
SF News 48-Unit SoMa Fire Displaces at Least 75 Wednesday night's three-alarm fire that ravaged Park Hotel on Folsom Street left over 75 San Franciscans homeless. The Red Cross set up shelters to cover the displaced for the night, and will continue
SF News Free Car Tows and Cab Rides During Cinco de Mayo While you binge on margaritas, Tecate, and body shots tonight, please remember a few things. For starters, do not drink and drive. Ever. AAA Northern California will offer free tows to drivers who
SF News <s>Four</s> Three-Alarm Fire in SoMa on Folsom We're getting word that a massive fire erupted at 1044 ans 1040 Folsom, near Seventh and Sixth Streets, early this evening. SFist co-editor Jay Barmann tells us that the fire is located in
SF News Day Around The Bay Horrible Livermore residents against public transportation in their backyard. [CoCo Times] Jennifer Siebel's Miss Representation has the potential to inspire. [Appeal] Willie Brown is rich and powerful. [Inside Scoop] Psst, the Outer Sunset
Arts & Entertainment Google Chrome Ads Make Heartstrings Zing We're suckers for both father-daughter drama and the occasional "It Gets Better" shlock. We're also suckers for Google Chrome. It should come as little surprise, then, that these new ads for Google Chrome
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley: Hunger Strike Day 8 Did you know that several students at UC Berkeley are once again in the midst of a hunger strike? True. This time they're protesting the erosion of the school's Ethnic Studies program. According
SF News Photo Du Jour [Updated] "Eighth Inning Double" by Bob Horowitz. (Edited to remove duplication. Oops. Heh.)
SF News White House Won't Release Bin Laden Corpse Photo The White House decided not to release "gruesome" photos of recently deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. This comes after some debate about whether or not the Obama Administration should make the reportedly
SF News S.F. Cabbies Protest Credit Card Fees Yesterday afternoon at City Hall, hundreds of cab drivers staged a protest and threatened to strike if the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency didn't give them face time to discuss critical issues. KTVU
SF News Scene from a Wells Fargo Bank Protest Mario Howell, pastor of a church in Antioch, Calif., is held by San Francisco police as he is taken away from the Wells Fargo Bank shareholders meeting in San Francisco today. What was
SF News SF Zoo to Change Tiger's Name from 'Shasta' to 'Martha' In a jarring move sure to send local drag queens running for the glass pipe, the San Francisco Zoo plans to rename a new Siberian tiger "Martha." Which wouldn't be so criminal if
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cheap Deal: Bill's Kitchen's Insanely Cheap Happy Hour What with Fourth Street hogging all of the gourmet glory as of late, Third Street is all but ignored. (Think of Third Street as the Gurerreo to Fourth's Valencia, only minus the insufferable
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Right Way to Celebrate Bin Laden's Death Is it wrong that we're enamored by this 'Merica-loving, ATV-riding, "U-S-A"- shouting, gun-shooting patriot who, in a fit of Osama-is-dead arousal, made this ode to the U.S.? If so, then we
SF News Charlie Sheen Donates $20,000 to Bryan Stow When Charlie Sheen brought his bipolar act to San Francisco last week, the troubled actor donated a whopping $20,000 to Bryan Stow, the Giants fan beaten outside Dodger Stadium in March. The
SF News Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat Closes California & Presido Area [Updated] A bomb threat reported on the 3200 block of California Street at 8:25 a.m. has closed off the area around California and Presidio. The threat was called in to the Jewish
SF News Osama Bin Laden Doll Alive at Local Pet Supply Store Cashing in on the Osama death craze, local pet retailer Best in Show sent out the following mass email this morning. "Osama bin Laden is dead... but Osama Bone Laden is alive and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Civic Center Farmers Market Bans Live Chicken Sales The Farmers Market at Civic Center, the only San Francisco outdoor market to sell live chickens, voluntarily decided to ban the sale of all live poultry come May 27. Why? Due to pressure
SF News Day Around The Bay Celebrating Bin Laden's death. [SFBG] Here's a janky dance song about Osama bin Laden's death. [YouTube] Proving they have the thickest and stiffest foam in town, Ritual takes sixth place in National Barista
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Yes, it's in San Francisco, but it's going... back to Berkeley. (Photo credit: DavityDave)
SF News Eagle Tavern Closed Although hope of saving it still clings to life -- just barely -- SoMa's Eagle Tavern closed over the weekend. "It marks the end of a month that saw a flurry of nostalgic
