SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Check out these old photos of San Quinten prison from the 1920s. Aw, they used to wear issued hats! [These Amerericans] People
Arts & Entertainment Lady Gaga Stops By Twitter Headquarters Not to be outdone by Google, Twitter welcomed Lady Gaga to their SoMa offices this afternoon to talk with co-founder Evan Williams (@ev). "Just interviewed @Ladygaga at Twitter HQ. What a trip. Lovely,
SF News Video: Preview of Giants Reality Show on Showtime OK, we're getting quite, um, rustic here by showing you a recorded preview of The Franchise, the Showtime reality show based on the San Francisco Giants post-World Series win. Sadly, Showtime hasn't released
SF News Miss Bigelow's Social City By the Numbers: CalShakes at Four Seasons Number of people pictured in this week's Miss Bigelow's Social City: 69 Minority count: 8 Getty vs Traina: 0 to 0 Who was celebrating what: CalShakes' "One Great Party" fundraiser at the Four
SF News Appellate Court Denies Request to Lift Stay on Prop. 8 Ruling A new day, a new ruling in California's discriminatory anti-gay law. "A federal appeals court Wednesday turned down a bid by two same-sex couples to allow gay marriages to resume in California while
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 Thousands of Unwanted Phonebooks Returned to SoMa AT&T Office Oh snap. This morning at AT&T's 739 Folsom office, Phonebook Free SF delivered thousands of unwanted phonebooks to the company's doorstep. See, San Francisco Supervisors and environmental groups are trying to
SF News Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 Film icon Elizabeth Taylor died this morning of congestive heart failure at LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was 79. Associated Press reports that she was surrounded by her four children when she passed
SF News Lagy Gaga Arrives In S.F. To Hawk Google Moderator Lady Gaga, archenemy of thirtysomethings and elderly gay brethren across the land, was in town for her show at Oracle Arena tonight. Also, she made a pitstop at Google today to chat with
Arts & Entertainment Video: Disappointing Gay Best Friend Oh, this is rich. Laughing Squid brings our attention to Tyler Coates and Mikala Bierma's "Disappointing Gay Best Friend," a series of unflinching comedic/tragic shorts that illustrate the demise of a gay
SF News Broke-Ass Stuart Lands IFC Travel Show Time to start retroactively kissing writer/blogger Stuart Schuffman's ass, Bay Area media folks. Because Schuffman (AKA Broke-Ass Stuart) just landed his own travel TV show. It'll be called Young, Broke, and Beautiful
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley (via Austin, Texas)... Cal Berkeley's diving coach Todd Mulzet lands his dive while watched by an unknown spectator after diving off of the 10-meter platform to celebrate his team's 2011 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sick Women and Children Plot to Kill KoKo Cocktails, One of San Francisco's Best Bars (UPDATED) Nooooo. The California Pacific Medical Center's dastardly plan to build a new "$1.7 billion, 555-bed acute and women and children's care hospital" at the corner of Van Ness and Geary will result
SF News Veterans, "Naked" Codepink Members Protest Treatment of Wikileaks' Star Bradley Manning [NSFW] This morning outside Dianne Feinstein's office in downtown San Francisco, Codepink activists and war veterans "[urged] their senator to speak out against torture being inflicted daily on Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, who is
Arts & Entertainment Dan Savage to Speak at SF State This Friday Controversial yet humorous columnist Dan Savage will be in town this Friday to speak about his latest offering, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. (Side note:
Arts & Entertainment Wednesday: S.F. Board of Supervisors Host Fundraiser for Japan Have you ever wanted to have an intimate dinner with Supervisor Jane Kim? Ride your bike alongside Supervisor David Chiu? Sup with Supervisor David Campos at Moki's? Well then, head over to to
SF News Oakland Mayor Quan: Woman of the Year Yesterday in Sacramento, Mayor Jean Quan, ruler of Oakland, was honored as Woman of the Year for the 16th Assembly District. In an effort of shine light on "outstanding California women," the Legislative
SF News Day Around the Bay Allegedly unethical plastic surgeon Dr. Usha Rajagopal accused of sock puppeting. And we all know how well that turns out. [SF Appeal] San Francisco's insular progressive sect is losing support. Randy Shaw has
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink James Beard Awards 2011 Nominations Announced The James Beard Foundation announced its final nominees today for their annual awards bestowment, set to take place on May 9. As expected a slew of nominees are right here in the Bay
SF News Scene from Courthouse Outside Barry Bonds Jury Selection If Barry "(*)" Bonds heads to jail for lying to a grand jury about steroid use, this guy will have nothing more to do with baseball. OK? (For those of you keeping up, Bonds
SF News AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion Poor-reception phone carrier AT&T will purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for a cool $30 billion, it was announced over the weekend. While a regulatory review is in order, AT&T
SF News Brian Wilson Beard Watch: Code Dore-Alley Egad. Brian Wilson, noted San Francisco Giants pitcher and Charlie Sheen sympathizer, sported an increasingly bushy beard over the weekend that is out of control. Just look at it. Look at it! It's
