SF News Oakland Teens Plead 'Not Guilty' In Beating Death Lavonte Drummer and Dominic Davis, the 18-year-old Oakland residents accused of beating to death 59-year-old Tian Sheng Yu of San Francisco, pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Monday. Yu and his son,
SF News Day Around the Bay RIP Max the pitbull. [CBS 5] The Bay Citizen's "deal" for local bloggers. [SF Appeal] Behind the scenes of Whole Foods and Safeway. [Frisco Kids] Challenge to the MTA board and Muni management:
SF News Worst First Pitch of All Time? Karen Peterson, a former schoolteacher in Woodside, threw the first pitch at Saturday's Giants game against the Houston Astros. And, according to SF Weekly's Joe Eskenazi, "she threw what may be the worst
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Dancer/Watcher from Allan Hough on Vimeo. Filmed on location at the Berkeley Art Museum, we're... well, not sure what's going on here, but it sure looks exciting.
SF News Self-Shooter Fakes Home Invasion Robbery Story On Sunday night, a man near the SFSU campus reported to be police being shot during a gruesome home invasion robbery. Which: not true. The man, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries, later confessed to
SF News Oakland A.M. Fire Reveals Pot House A house fire was reported a little before 7 a.m. this morning at a house on the 3900 block of Angelo Avenue in Oakland. During the blaze, neighbors and firefighters learned that
SF News Bay to Breakers Runners Use Tehama Street as Toilet While known as a problem in the Panhandle or Richmond District, a few of this year's Bay to Breakers participants were notably thoughtless in South of Market, using the 400 block of Tehama
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist went Banksy crazy, after the street artist showed up for the first time in Canada, and then disappeared just as quickly. Which leaves one big question: what does it all mean? Houstonist
SF News Day Around the Bay Behold the Fillmore poets. [Caliber] Check out a very, very, very special episode of Weekend What's Up. [VidSF] Inmates' notes and library book scribbling. [Spotswood] How to brew small-batch beer in your kitchen.
SF News Angry Resident Spraypaints Open Letter to Neighbor On Alamo Square House Oh wow. An angry resident on Alamo Square spraypainted an open letter to a perturbed neighbor on the side of the former's house. Located on the northeast corner of Fulton and Scott near
SF News Car vs. Bike Collision at Fell and Masonic Intersection SFCitizen reports, "A small Ford Focus ZXW station wagon collided with a cyclist at the intersection of Fell and Masonic this afternoon." And, judging by the photos of the accident scene, it looked
SF News Map: Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Locator SFist has a rich history of helping Bay to Breakers runners get nice and ripped. (You're welcome.) After publishing this 2008 map indicating liquor stores along the race route -- which resulted in
SF News Bay to Breakers Public Transit Changes This Sunday's Bay to Breakers, which anticipates some 60K runners this year, will prompt extra public transit service on Sunday. BART will open two hours early and run extra long trains for the
SF News Death Row Pooch Discovered In Reno Max the doomed pitbull was found in Reno yesterday, along with his owner's girlfriend, Melissa Perry, who absconded with the dog to a Reno hotel room to protect him from execution. On Wednesday,
SF News Day Around the Bay What can you get away with at Bay to Breakers? [SF Appeal] District Attorney Kamala Harris' spokesman, Brian Buckelew, jumps ship. [SF Weekly] When being a lesbian gets you killed: help save Kiana
SF News Max's Owner Arrested Alameda police arrested the man who allegedly kidnapped Max the dog just hours before he was scheduled to be executed. After confessing during a police interview this afternoon, Richard Cochran was arrested on
SF News What San Francisco Neighborhoods Would Cartoons Live In? Hoodscope came up with this deliriously joyful bit: in which SF neighborhoods would cartoon characters live? Brilliant. Let's see, in the spicy meatball that is North Beach, they've got the Mario Brothers; in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 7 Reasons to Love the Marina (All of Them Involving American Cupcake) American Cupcake opened its doors on Union Street earlier this month, giving San Francisans yet another reason to venture outside of their wan neighborhoods. Yes, that's right, we're talking about heading to the
SF News Kiss-In at Harvey Milk Plaza on Monday Anything and everything but kissing on the lips, you say? We hear that. But, come next Monday, you might change your tune. SF Weekly's Joe Eskenazi brings word that the Castro will play
SF News Viz Media Snips Staff Viz Media, one of the biggest publishers of creepy manga in the U.S., pruned some of its staff on Wednesday. Publishers Weekly reports that "as many as 55 people were laid off
SF News Should 'Max' the Pitbull Die? Like the climax of a Disney movie about animals and tolerance, a dog from an Alameda dog pound was rescued from execution on Wednesday night. See, after a Superior Court commissioner ordered the
SF News Cal Hunger Strike Students Free to Eat Quinoa Again After UCB Chancellor Robert Birgeneau agreed to a meeting with representatives, Cal students called off their 10-day hunger strike last night. The Daily Californian, "The strike, which began May 3 as a demonstration
