SF News What Do You Think of the Proposed Alcohol Fee? Every second, give or take, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors think of some new tax that will ruffle the feathers of its citizenry. Here's one folks are savoring like a fat Jolly
SF News Haight McDonald's Nixes Dollar Menu Well, this seems downright mean, depriving someone of a $1 McDouble. And that, dear readers, is just what the Haight and Stanyan McDonald's has done. See, according to the Chronicle, the store "eliminated
SF News Mission Gutter Set Ablaze (Video) ;center> Egads! On Sunday night in the Mission, unidentified rapscallion(s) set a gutter ablaze. Mission Mission's Ariel Dovas reports, "[S]omeone lit the northside gutter between Mission and San Carlos streets
SF News Search Resumes for Woman Who Placed Distress Call A U.S. Coast Guard search is underway after a woman sent out a distress call on Monday night just off the coast of Tiburon. "Minutes before 10 p.m., Coast Guard Chief
SF News Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd Goes to Oracle Citing his incomparable "relevant experience" at HP, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison just hired Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd as the software company's new co-president. Hurd, if you recall, resigned in August amid allegations of
SF News (UPDATED) Man Climbing Millennium Tower A man is currently climbing the Millennium Tower at 301 Mission (at Fremont). CBS 5's Joe Vazquez sent out this message: "'Skyscraperman' is climbing the Millenium Tower in San Francisco. He's halfway up.
SF News Week Around the Ists DCist had a busy week: they provided up-to-the-minute information on a gunman who held hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, recapped the Restoring Honor rally in photographs and liveblogged a
SF News Craigslist Shuts Down 'Adult Services' Section After Attorneys General in 17 states nutted over Craigslist's adult services section -- where one could hire sex workers to quench a bevy of desires -- the San Francisco company finally shut it
SF News Partial Skeleton Discovered In Marin Headlands After a kayaker found a skull in a cove below Battery Spencer on Monday in the Marin Headlands, authorities uncovered a partial skeleton, clothes, and jewelry. "After rappelling 600 feet down a cliff
Arts & Entertainment This Weekend: Listen to These People at SF Zine Fest Although SF Zine Fest is all about tables and tables of choice zines, comics, phenomenal DIY doodads, and more -- psst, be sure to read Laura Beck's article on making her very first
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight Relocation for Ike's Place? Andrew Dudley from Haighteration brings our attention to a budding grassroots effort to have Ike's Place move to the Lower Haight. They even crafted a grassrootsy Facebook page, which reads: IKE's PLACE makes
SF News Helicopter Crashes On Highway 101 In Salinas If you're trying to get a jumpstart on your Labor Day Weekend, be advised that a crop-dusting helicopter crashed on 101 in Salinas a little after 6 a.m. No one, including the
SF News Two Men Sought In Connection With Fremont Murder Alameda Country authorities are looking for Manuel Trujillo, 62, and Mohammed Kahn, 47, who allegedly kidnapped and killed 27-year-old Francisco Lopez "after mistakenly believing Lopez wanted to steal their marijuana." According to AP/
SF News Day Around the Bay Dolores Park jumps the proverbial shark; alt-weekly feature stories on Dolores Park TBA. [Mission Local, Mission Mission, UA] Will Mark Zuckerberg finally discuss his mystery ex-girlfriend? [Valleywag] Hyatt Hotel workers protest persists. [ABC
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Gay Pride, 9/5 Oakland Pride, forgotten mousy cousin of San Francisco Pride? Maybe a little. But this year's LGBT Pride celebration on the other side of the bridge promises to be worth a BART trip under
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Massive Water Balloon Fight An estimated 4,000 people in Provo, Utah "attempting to set the world record for the largest water balloon fight, throwing a total of 120,000 water balloons," noted Laughing Squid who brought
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Foodie Kids, Fleeing Ladies, and Refreshing Chè What in heaven's name is chè? Jonathan Kauffman explains. Some sort of XX chromosome chef migration is afoot downtown. First, according to Grub Street, Jennie Lorenzo leaves Fifth Floor, and then Erica Holland-Toll
SF News UPDATED: Small Plane Crashes in Redwood City Lagoon, at Least 1 Dead A little before noon today, a small plane crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores. At least one person, an unidentified woman, died. According to BCN (via CBS 5), "The plane had taken
misc Get Off Grindr, And Get Into Your Nearest Sex Club Scheduling male-on-male sex dates using Craigslist, Grindr, or any number of social media outlets devoted to penetration, some might argue, is a tad impersonal. Downright rude sometimes. Instead, why not visit one of
SF News Woman Killed After Prius Hit And Run Sad news. A 70-year-old woman was stuck and killed by a Priu in the Haight on Wednesday. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), the "woman had been crossing the street at Waller and
misc Photo du Jour 684 Speaking of Bjork, Darwin Bell snapped this shot at last week's Bjork Tribute Night at Trannyshack.
SF News 3.3 Earthquake Hits East Bay At 9:35 a.m. this morning, a small 3.3 earthquake hit the Bay Area, just northwest of San Pablo, reports UCGS. The jolt, according to KRON 4, was felt in Berkeley,
SF News Day Around the Bay After his iconic March show in Oakland, comedian Dave Chappelle returns to New Parish. [38th Notes] Botanical garden that spends $10K/month on PR cutting services for residents. [SF Appeal] Papalote’s salsa
