SF News David Chiu Refuses District Attorney Job Offer; Will Run For Mayor Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced today "that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the San Francisco District Attorney's job." In yet another closed door meeting with Newsom, Chiu declined
misc Photo Du Jour 774 "Foucault's Polishing" by thezacstone. Behold the cleaning and polishing of Foucault's pendulum at the California Academy of Sciences before opening to the public.
SF News 19-Year-Old Killed On Caltrain Tracks Described as "an intentional act" by Caltrain authorities, an unidentified 19-year-old Palo Alto man was struck and killed this morning by a train in Palo Alto. Happening just after midnight, "the man was
SF News Possible Boat Fire At Pier 45 Firefighters are at the scene of a reported boat fire on Pier 45. The call came in a little after 6 a.m. (Speaking of boats, do any of you fine readers live
SF News Fishermen Awarded $6M For Cosco Busan Spill Around 120 local fishermen will split $3.65 of a $6 million award in damages won though a class action lawsuit against the parties at fault for the horrific 2007 Cosco Busan oil
SF News San Francisco Celebrates America's Cup Promising to bring an estimated "$1.4 billion in economic benefits and 8,000 jobs to a city facing a $379 million deficit," San Francisco celebrated the America's Cup pick on Wednesday. The
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Chris Daly's Final Say [SFBG] Bevan Dufty Says Newsom Didn't Influence His Vote For Ed Lee. Really? [SF Weekly] Mission Small Business
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SFMOMA Honors National Bird Day Today, Jan. 5th, is National Bird Day. Chirp. In honor of National Bird Day, SFMOMA made a little video using a Felix Gonzalez-Torres' poster. Delightful.
SF News Take the S.F. Bayside Water Contact Recreational Use Survey If you're one of those types who enjoy the glacial waters along the bayside in San Francisco (e.g., surfing, kayaking, fishing, clam foraging, wind surfing, or swimming), please take the SFPUC survey
misc Behold the SFMTA Bike Counter Bike NOPA has images and facts on the bike counters placed under city streets. They're used to tally the details of cyclists' routes and numbers. This one here is Baker Street and Golden
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Starbucks Explains New Logo If your entire world has been thrown off axis over Starbucks new logo, fear not, loyal patrons. The coffee mammoth will walk you through the change in a minute and a half long
SF News Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable Out Raiders coach Tom "I'm Going To Kill You" Cable is out. "The Raiders announced their decision not to exercise a two-year, $5 million option on Cable's contract for 2011 and '12, two days
SF News Ask Chron Editor Phil Bronstein Anything We probably have, say, around 100 or so questions to ask Chron Editor Phil Bronstein about what it was like to live as one with Sharon Stone. (Out of respect/fear, however, we
SF News Youth Minister Charged With Child Molestation Robert Klatt, 32, was charged with child molestation on Tuesday. The San Jose minister is accused of "lewd and lascivious acts with a minor for allegedly victimizing two junior-high-age youths." Witnesses and potential
SF News Artist Jeff Koons Sends Cease-and-Desist to S.F. Store Attorneys for noted artist Jeff Koons sent a letter asking Park Life (220 Clement) right before Christmas asking the local store to stop selling and advertising their charming balloon dog bookends, "return them
SF News Police Release Footage Of SoMa Shooting The SFPD released the following video of the man in a wheelchair who was shot by officers at 10th and Howard and streets in SoMa on Tuesday. According to The Chronicle, "A witness
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Alex Smith Looks Forward to Career Away From San Francisco Boos [Fanhouse] Appeals Court Turns To State On Prop. 8 [Chronicle] Hubert
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Glen Park Farmers Market Might Be Coming To BART Glen Park, San Francisco's hidden neighborhood of unabashed charm and twee, might finally get a farmers market. And it'll be extraordinarily accessible via BART. "After a year of debate about where to put
SF News Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man In SoMa After a man in a wheelchair had been allegedly "slashing tires on parked cars" with a knife, police shot the suspect after "attempts to control the man with a bean-bag gun failed," reports
SF News Meanwhile, On The Bay Bridge... Construction work continues smoothly on the new Bay Bridge today as seen from Treasure Island. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SF News Adios, MySpace? Myspace, if you remember, once stood as the social media platform for GIFs, autostart, sparkly animation, bands, and misunderstood types with eyeliner. Now, according to Valleywag, it's halfway in the grave. Just two
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Less Female Executive Chef After Liza Shaw Departs A16 Paolo Lucchesi of Inside Scoop broke some food industry news last night about the much-lauded A16. "Executive chef Liza Shaw — who has been in the kitchen since it opened in 2004 — will be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chick-fil-A Backs Antigay Group You know what we've always wanted to try? A Chick-fil-A sandwich, which sounds both moist and delicious. Sadly, we cannot. Why? Because they support anti-gay and anti-freedom of religion groups. And, in the
Arts & Entertainment Show of the Week: The Boneless Children Foundation, 1/4 By Daniel Phifer Did we ever tell you that we’re huge Dead Milkmen fans? Well, we kind of lost track of the discography after Metaphysical Graffiti, but going five albums deep with
