SF News Gas Leak Prompts Sunset Evacuation A little after 11 p.m. last night, a gas leak was reported in the Sunset, resulting in the evacuation of four homes. The gas, it seems, emitted from a house at 1831
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Seven UP Slowed Down Seven UP Slowed Down from bloopy on Vimeo. Here's a quick video "bloopy" put together ]after shooting some random footage at a rehearsal for UpSwing Performance Company's upcoming "Seven UP" shows. Interested in
SF News Au Revoir, Newsom! Well, that's that. Gavin Newsom has left the building. His mommy-I-gotta-go-potty urgency to ditch local politics in favor of a more estimable gig took flight today as he (finally!) left his measly mayoral
SF News Tom DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail Amid this Monday swamp of owl starvation, Arizona rampage, and Dolores Park shooting, a silver lining shines through: Tom DeLay, former House majority leader during our country's darkest period, was sentenced to three
SF News Brown's "Painful" $12.5 Billion Budget Cut Proposal "What I propose will be painful," Governor Jerry Brown said to reporters at the Capitol after unveiling a budget proposal that, among other things, will include an 8 percent to 10 percent cut
SF News Photos: "No Pants" BART Ride 2011 On a glacial Sunday morning, many randy riders headed to the Powell Street BART station sans pants for the annual "No Pants" BART Ride. Here are some images from Sunday morning's scandalous ride.
SF News Tree Trapped Owl Starves To Death In San Francisco After becoming caught in debris in a tree, a barn owl starved to death recently. "On Friday, local birder Dominik Mosur responded to a report of a dead owl hanging in a tree
SF News UC Santa Cruz Grad One Of Six Killed In Arizona Shooting Rampage Of the six people killed during Saturday's rampage in Arizona, UC Santa Cruz graduate Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, was among them. Zimmerman was Gabrielle Giffords' community outreach director. He had organized the "Congress on
SF News Newsom Appoints SFPD Chief Gascon District Attorney In a surprise move, Gavin Newsom appointed SFPD Police Chief George Gascon to District Attorney on Sunday after Board of Supervisors President David Chiu rejected the left vacant by Attorney General Kamala Harris.
misc Week Around the Ists Chicagoist dived head first into 2011. They interviewed former Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump; watched in amazement as former Senator Carol Moseley Braun’s mayoral campaign self-imploded, ran previously unseen photographs from
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Forthcoming Castro Whole Foods Will Have to Play Traffic Cop [Curbed] Public Meeting About New Geary Street PETCO Store, January 20 [Richmond
SF News 4.1 Earthquake Rattles Bay Area We felt it. Did you? A small earthquake was felt around San Francisco at around 4:10 this afternoon. A small ride, really. Nothing too big felt from SFist HQ. We'll update as
SF News Watch the Special Interim Mayor Selection Meeting Live Now As Eve Batey pointed out in today's SF Appeal's daily newsletter, the SF Board of Supervisors just began their special meeting to choose an interim mayor for SF, which you can watch online
SF News 49ers Bring Harbaugh On As Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, former University of Michigan star and longtime NFL quarterback, has agreed to a five-year deal with the 49ers. He will take the place of fired coach Mike Singletary, who, just this
SF News Don't Forget: 1st S.F. Bike Party Starts Tonight As we mentioned earlier in the week, the San Francisco Bike Party rolls out its inaugural ride tonight. This ride meets at 7:30 p.m. at AT&T Park, starting at
SF News Your Friday, Saturday Night Highway 1 Closures As part of the Doyle Drive replacement, parts of Highway 1 at the Highway 101 interchange will close tonight and tomorrow. The Chronicle reports: "From 10 p.m. today until 10 a.m.
SF News Scene From A World Series Trophy Meet & Greet San Francisco Giants fan Lauren Ruffo, displays her Giant's sleeve and her Giant's bear, named Aubrey Huff, after having her picture taken with the Giant's 2010 World Series trophy on display at the
SF News Carbon Monoxide Poisons 4 at S.F. Marriott "At least" four guests were "sickened" by carbon monoxide gas at the Fourth Street Marriott on Thursday night. The deadly fumes sent stricken guests to San Francisco General Hospital and St. Francis Memorial
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Raspberry Beret Lost, Found, Claimed by Prince [lavidalibre, via Bernalwood] Aerial Dancer Seriously Injured After Fall at Sea of Dreams New Year's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bauer Reveals Favorite Vegetarian Restaurant A Chronicle reader concerned that San Francisco sorely lacks vegetarian options ever since the dot-com boom (side note: can we please stop using the dot-com boom as an excuse for everything under the
misc Muni Uniform Jacket For $200 Be the envy/contempt of all the next time you saunter into a party while sporting this lumpy, iconic Muni uniform jacket. Who is selling this haberdashery gem? Not sure. "At the low-low
SF News Tim Lincecum's HIV/AIDS PSA Questioned Lightning-quick blogger Allan Hough of Mission Mission spotted this odd bit of AIDS cure awareness, or lack thereof. Namely, the new Tim Lincecum HIV/AIDS awareness PSAs on BART trains. The copy reads,
SF News Former LA Deputy City Attorney Goes Berzerk On Peet's Kiosk, Police Angela West, a former LA City Attorney, reportedly went on a bit of a rampage during the holiday season at San Francisco International Airport. And how. Look, we get it: Christmas and SFO
