SF News S.F. Union Square Macy's Fires Santa Claus Sad news, kids. Christmas is canceled. The Union Square Macy's store has, sadly, fired John Toomey, known for 20 years at the store's "Santa John." Why? Well, according to the Chronicle, it all
SF News Woman Dragged To Death In Antioch Early this morning at around 1:30 a.m., a woman was dragged to her death near 1725 Cavallo Road in Antioch. "The woman has sustained significant wounds, and was transported to a
SF News Day Around the Bay SFist Editor Takes You On a Tour of His SoMa [Curbed] Five Holiday Cookies [SFGate] Oakland's Plum Gets Three Stars [Chronicle] Anonymous Confessions Provide Much-Needed Finals Distraction For Stressed Students [Daily Cal] Nation's
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dregs One Takes On Gentrification Speaking of Mission Mission, they bring our attention to "SF native and hip hop artist" Dregs One's new series called The Wake Up Report. His first episode concerns the incurable force known as
SF News Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via Mission Mission editor Allan Hough: "Okay, I can't do this. Going for a bike ride. Somebody call me when Tumblr is back on its feet."(If you haven't heard, the microblogging service
SF News Photos: Gay Marriage Before The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Today, the Ninth Court Circuit of Appeals heard the Proposition 8 sponsors appeal U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that overturned California's voter-approved ban back in August. The petitioners were absolutely hammered
SF News Daisy Does the Niners: Losing Steam, Losing Faith By Daisy Barringer Most of the time, whether the 49ers win or lose, I enjoy waking up the next day and writing this post. Sure, there are mornings when I’m devastated and
SF News Photo du Jour 752 "The Kettle Corn Man" at Christmas in the Park, San Jose. Shot by Flickr user andertho.
SF News Watch Prop. 8 Hearing Live Though somewhat boring and dry (save the marble walls, which are appropriately stunning), watch the Proposition 8 sponsors appeal U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling right here. Also, for your convenience, Matt
SF News Missing 12-Year-Old Girl Lies About Sexual Assault Oh dear. A 12-year-old Oakland girl who showed up at Oakland Children's Hospital on Sunday "after disappearing for several days admitted to authorities that she lied about being sexually assaulted." According to KTVU,
SF News Prop. 8 Hearings, Which Will Be Televised, Scheduled for 10 A.M. Today, an historic day, is the day when Proposition 8 sponsors appeal U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that overturned California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage back in August. Hitting a bull's-eye
misc California: The Prop 19 State Very Small Array put together this curious map of the states as named by Google's autocomplete on Friday. When looking up California, they ended up with Prop 19, the state's marijuana initiative. (On
SF News Day Around the Bay Gangster Chick [Caliber SF] Susie Cagle's SF: Everyone Loves Recycling [SF Appeal] SFPD Concealed DNA Sample Switch at Crime Lab [SF Weekly] Insider Trading Suspect's Sexy Sideline [Bay Citizen] New SFMTA Board Nominee
SF News A Tree Falls Down In Noe Valley In splat-related news, Muni Diaries has word that, during this morning's commute, a big tree fell down and knocked over "electrical wires on the outbound J line between the 22nd and 24th street
misc Homobiles, A Safe Queer Car Service If you've ever been tossed from a taxi for necking with a same-sex paramour, sporting leather and chains en route to the San Francisco Armory, or harassed by your cabbie for donning drag
SF News California: World's 8th Largest Economy Falling between Italy and Brazil, the glorious state of California has, once again, ranked as the world's 8th largest economy. A report released yesterday by the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of
SF News Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Threatening Pelosi San Francisco resident Gregory Giusti, 49, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for making threats to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He was handed a year and nine months in prison, as well
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter SFCollection Robbed at Gunpoint [Haighteration] Phil Ting Enters Already Crowded Race For SF Mayor [SF Appeal] Rent Mark Zuckerberg's House [Valleywag] Why
SF News Come Back Soon, Sexpigeon Soul-numbingly depressing news, folks: Sexpigeon, famed blogger and hilarious caption-smith, has abandoned San Francisco for the other coast, specifically New York City. Bah. The man behind Sexpigeon, whose name shall remain anonymous, was/
Arts & Entertainment 'The Gray Side of The Moon' Infuses S.F. With Merry Old Land of Oz L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has inspired some of the greatest forms of entertainment over the last 100 years. Let's see, there's this bizarre yet mildly racist silent
Arts & Entertainment 3rd Annual Mission Holiday Block Party On Dec. 10, the Mission will host its third annual Mission Block Party "for a night of parties, art openings, sales, events and general holiday merriment" for residents. This year the Mission Holiday
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. Pecan Bourbon Sorbet at Scream Sorbet Scream Sorbet recently opened a store front in Oakland’s Temescal district and we’
SF News Freed UCB Hostage Shourd's Song About Jailed Hiker Pals We had no idea that Sarah Shroud, former Iran hostage/UC Berkeley hiker, was so delightfully wacky. Take, for example, the song she just released about her ordeal. It's called "Piece of Time"
