misc Photo du Jour 682 Photo shot from Golden Gate Heights, snapped by Flickr photog exxonvaldez/Terence Chang.
misc Check Out These Local Writers' New News Satire Show Beth Spotswood (Eye On Blogs editor) and Melissa Griffin (local politics columnist at SF Examiner) dipped their toes in the sketch comedy pool recently with a delightful new online show, Necessary Conversation. Think
SF News Man Beaten to Death In Golden Gate Park An transient man in his 50s was found dead in Golden Gate Park on Saturday morning. "It looked like he was assaulted and died from his injuries," SFPD Sgt. Troy Dangerfield explained to
SF News Car Rams Tourist Bus In North Beach Unbeknown to them, a gaggle of tourists went through the city's Street of San Francisco live-action experience on Sunday. See, according to ABC 7, their double-decker bus collided with a vehicle in North
SF News Woman Jumps to Death During Tenderloin Fire Early Sunday morning, a woman jumped to her death from an eighth floor apartment building at 888 O'Farrell. The scene, according to SF Appeal, was grim. The unidentified woman, while jumping from the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Marcello's Pizza Is Hiring Renowned writer, celebrity, and human being Violet Blue brings our attention to this gem she found in the window at Marcello's Pizza in the Castro. The help wanted sign reads: Now hiring a
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist is stuck in a vortex of stories involving alleged Islamophobia: A week that started with a heated rally and confrontation outside the not-at-Ground Zero mosque, there were incidents of a man peeing
SF News Day Around the Bay Fun waiting-for-Muni photos. [Muni Diaries] San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, clueless? [SFBG] Art created inside of toilet paper rolls. [Laughing Squid] Meg Whitman opens a lake Merritt campaign office. [Chronicle] Lesbian pastor rebuked
SF News Fremont Undercover Officer Shot In Oakland A manhunt is underway for a felon who allegedly shot and wounded a Fremont undercover police officer outside a liquor store in Oakland this afternoon. According to Oakland Tribune, "After shooting the officer,
misc SF Zoo Welcomes Baby Flamingos In addition to two new capybaras (the world's largest living rodents), the San Francisco Zoo welcomes this week-old flamingo chick to the family. Here the baby bird stands next to its father. The
Arts & Entertainment Emily Greene at Hotel Utah This Sunday by Taryn Harrington About halfway through her act, with hands performing gymnastics in the air, Emily Greene admits to loving coffee houses and the time she ran around naked as a teenager and
SF News Beware of Dangerous Pedestrian Countdown Signals Have you come across crosswalk signals that skip countdown numbers? We have. And it's scary. Fortunately, Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian safety advocacy group, can help you take action. "We're hearing reports of
SF News Dennis Herrera Running for Mayor It's official: Dennis Herrera is running for mayor of San Francisco. We just spoke with his office who confirmed that, yes, the San Francisco City Attorney will make a go of it. Herrera
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lady Gaga Visits Rosamunde Sausages Over in the Mission, a little known entertainer named Lady Gaga visited Rosamunde where she enjoyed some of their signature meat. Mission Mission has more: [W]e finally spoke with the staff and
SF News Woman Beaten On Broadway Egads. Two men beat up a woman on Broadway early this morning. SF Appeal has more details: "Two men, driving eastbound on Broadway, near Battery, reportedly hit a woman. The men then exited
misc Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says 'No' to Burning Man Local photographer Troy Holden spotted this sign posted on the window of Enterprise on Folsom and Fourth streets. For obvious reasons.
SF News Hazmat Situation at Pier 96 Bay City News reports that an evacuation at Pier 96 in Bayview/Hunters Point happened a little after 6:30 a.m. this morning after "[a] box was going down a conveyor belt
SF News Day Around the Bay What does it take to get blacklisted from a restaurant? [Inside Scoop] SF pedestrian hospitalized after road rage assault. [SFGate/AP] Your daily blog fight. [Eye On Blogs] Two awesome Muni drivers that
Arts & Entertainment SF LovEvolution/LoveFest Needs New Home Do you like this (warning: autoplay) kind of music? Do you like crowds? Do you love the fun yet oddly titled SF LovEvolution/LoveFest, the annual rave-ish parade cum dance party? Well then,
SF News 15 Injured After JetBlue Plane Catches Fire Landing A JetBlue airplane made a "hard landing" at Sacramento International Airpot this afternoon around 1 p.m. after "blowing two tires, sparking a small fire and causing minor injuries." According to reports, "A
misc Photo du Jour 680 "Only one is a wanderer. Two together are always going somewhere." Shot by DottieboBottie.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mission Street's Dancing Cellphone Todd Lappin of Telestar Logistics (via Laughing Squid) posted this joy-inducing clip of a cell phone -- a Metro PCS phone, to be exact -- delivering garden fresh grooves on Mission Street. That
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Three Vegan Dishes Worth (Temporarily) Ditching Meat/Dairy Over by Laura Beck Veggie Combo at Moya Moya is so new they haven't even had a grand opening yet and we already can't get enough. It's the only Ethiopian restaurant in SOMA, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two Hours Remain On La Cocina Silent Auction! Hey, you! You have a little over two hours left to bid on one of the skull-shatterinigly wonderful items that will go to benefit La Cocina, an equally astounding local food service program
