SF News Teen Boy Kidnapped In Haight, Released In Oakland Egads, this sure sounds scary: a 14-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped in the Haight last night, robbed, and then dropped off in Oakland. "According to police, the boy said he had just gotten
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Turkey Lurkey Time Burt Bacharach, Michael Bennett and Donna McKechine are a holiday tradition here at SFist. With Christmas just days away, we once again present "Turkey Lurkey Time," the most insipid song / greatest choreography ever
SF News New Artist-Designed Bike Racks Installed Last year, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition held a Treasure Island bike rack contest. Kirk Scott, Todd Gilens, Daly Genik Architects, and Ryan Dempsey won the opportunity to create bike racks in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guy Fieri to Open East Bay Restaurant Noted Food Network star Guy Fieri (née Guy Ferry) plans on opening a fourth branch of Johnny Garlic's restaurant chain in the Bay Area. This one will crash land in Dublin in early
SF News Newsom Stars in Final Swearing-In Ceremony Lt. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom appointed his final batch of city board members and commissioners on Tuesday. A few new names of note? "Dorka Keehn and Kimberlee Stryker were appointed to the city's Arts
SF News Youngest Richmond High School Gang Rape Suspect Set Free As we mentioned yesterday, Cody Smith, the 15-year-old who lured at Richmond High School gang rape victim into a harrowing two-and-a-half-hour ordeal, will be set free today. Why? Well, according to ABC 7,
SF News Body Found Floating in Oakland Estuary The body of a woman was found floating in the Oakland estuary near Doolittle Drive and Harbor Bay Parkway around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. "The cause of death has not yet
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Art Agnos For Mayor Deal Would Come as Surprise to Art Agnos [SF Weekly] California boy, 9, Is Youngest US Chess 'Master'
misc Porsche-driving Midwesterner Appointed S.F. Graffiti Vigilante Mayor Gavin Newsom recently appointed a new, possibly sanity-estranged person to the graffiti task force in San Francisco. Her name is Paula Mulhall, a real estate who, according to C.W. Nevius, "jumps
SF News For Your Viewing Pleasure: Tim Lincecum on the Cover of <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Making yet another prominent appearance in print publishing, Giants star Tim Lincecum stars on the cover of the next issue of Sports Illustrated. Ta-da. [via SF Giants]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Gift List: English Candy at Fiona's Sweetshoppe Okay, this might not be exciting for those of you who hail from Britain or Canada, but that's because you've been living in Candbury heaven. See, English candy is treat not to be
SF News Woman Attacked By Dogs In San Jose As a 41-year-old San Jose woman went from her home to her car on Monday night, two pitbulls attacked her. She sustained "major," but not life-threatening, injuries. A neighbor who witnessed the canine
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Three Vegan Dishes Worth (Temporarily) Ditching Meat/Dairy Over Laura Beck's bi-weekly installment of vegan dishes worth creaming your culinary pants over. Mock Meatball Hero at The Slice of Life in Sebastapol Sebastapol is northern California small town picturesque. That means: country
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SF News Total Lunar Eclipse Scenes From Around the World During last night's rare dual lunar eclipse and winter solstice occurrences, many in the Bay Area weren't able to see the moon's vanishing act due to the rainclouds ruining the show. Fortunately, we
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. The Flossed World [Mission Mission] Heated Debate Over Harvey Milk's Store [Bronstein] 25 Lusk Looks Great, But Food is Uneven [Chronicle] San
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink View Sacred Images From French Laundry's Holiday Fete Did you attend the French Laundry's epic holiday party last night? Of course you didn't, you plebeian. Neither did we. Bunrab, however, did. They have loads of photos from last night's gastronomic gathering
SF News Tim Lincecum, Now in Coffee Table Book Form If there's one form of print publishing we support - other than the occasional Wintourian rag - it's the coffee table book. So we're more than thrilled to announce that, according to SF
SF News Daisy Does the Niners: Week 15 Round-Up By Daisy Barringer As we go into Week 16, with only two games left to play, the 49ers are still very much alive in the playoff race, despite their best efforts to remain
SF News Reminder: Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight, on this unreasonably cloudy Monday night, you will be able to, um, sense the total lunar eclipse happening in the sky above. See, while the eclipse starts at 10 p.m.-ish
misc SFist Gift List: Islands of San Francisco (The Poster) Burrito Justice devised this whimsical yet ramrod pristine map of San Francisco parks and neighborhoods - including the noted blogger's personal mission in life: the recognition of La Lengua - which can be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Christmas Dinner Menu Solved: Hot Holiday Tamales Not just reserved for drunken cyclists at Zeitgeist, tamales are a savory and sweet holiday treat during the holiday season for many South and Central American countries. So, in lieu of making the
misc Photo du Jour 763 Pedestrians carry take shelter under umbrellas while walking along a pier on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, in San Francisco. Storms are dropping inches of rain throughout California and blanketing the Sierra mountains with
