SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Soup Lady at El Rio by Joe Payne Following in the vein of simple sidewalk hot plates and astute gourmet food carts, The Soup Lady at El Rio (every Thursday and Tuesday night) has brought an inventive and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gay Brunch On Satuday Promises Networking, Lots of Booze Are you a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered (or even, if softball has taught us anything this week, straight) and in need of a new job? a few choice contacts? a boozy brunch? Well
SF News Conan O'Brien Visits Twitter Headquarters The phenomenal Troy Holden of Caliber managed to capture this shot of Conan O'Brien visiting Twitter headquarters this morning. (Note: SFist HQ sits less than two blocks away from Twitter, and all we
SF News Gay Softball League Anti-Straight Discrimination Circa 1978 This week SFist told you the odd tale of discrimination within the glitzy world of softball. (So many, many straight folks play in local gay sports leagues; this shouldn't be a problem, really.
SF News Police Arrest Serial Bank Robbery Suspect The fuzz nabbed the man suspected of robbing several banks in downtown San Francisco in late Marc and early April. Earl Lee Williams, 38, was arrested on April 15 in connection with the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bacar to Close May 7 "The end of an era has arrived," notes Eater. Bacar, the SOMA restaurant staple with the fancy brink front, will close shop come May 7, a few months shy of its 10-year anniversary.
SF News BART Fires Another Cop From Oscar Grant Shooting BART purged itself of another cop (tangentially?) involved in the 2009 New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant. BART cop Tony Pirone, accused of being an "instigator" in the shooting, was fired this
SF News Castro Station Closed After Train Reportedly Strikes, Kills Pedestrian This just in: the Castro Muni station is closed for rush hour traffic. The area is strewn with emergency vehicles. Muni claims to be running shuttle buses. Do-not-cross yellow police tape is up.
SF News Day Around the Bay Cancer-stricken Chron writer Alicia Parlette dies. [SF Chronicle] Steve Hildebrand, Obama's wondergay, sends local writer/activist a no-so nice letter. How rude. [Petrelis] Pelosi endorses Kamala Harris in Attorney General race. [SF Weekly]
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Litterbuggin' in Berkeley? On Earth Day? Seems to be the case, at least according to Flickr user kendrak.
Arts & Entertainment Two Banksy Pieces Spotted in SF? Local street art aficionados are abuzz today after two Banksy pieces were spotted in San Francisco: one in the Mission, one in Chinatown. Erin Archuleta spotted this fresh piece on Valencia between 19th
SF News Earth Day Reminders: Drains to the Bay, Sacrifice Oakland Geology has a wildly helpful reminder today in honor of Earth Day, regarding what drains to the bay. OG writes: "Drains to bay" might as well be written on the geologist’s
SF News Breaking: Californians Like Legal Marijuana CBS and SurveyUSA conducted a poll on April 20 (get it?), asking 500 voters across California for their views on legal weed. The results? It discovered that "56 percent of Californians support legalization
Arts & Entertainment Lang Lang Performs "Flight of the Bumblebee" on iPad This video, shot by Charissa Lui at Davies Symphony Hall, shows noted double-named pianist Lang Lang performing "Flight of the Bumblebee" at a concert on April 19. Oh, and he plays it on
SF News UC Davis Students Arrested for Torturing Hamsters Disturbing news, folks. UC Davis police arrested 18-year-old Henry Nguyen of Oakland and 19-year-old Josue Melendez of Los Angeles on Wednesday on suspicion of abusing hamsters, filming said cruelty, and then posting the
SF News Day Around the Bay Riding while pregnant. [SF Bike Coalition] BART casting for TV commercials. [SFBART’s Blog, ] Facebook makes people mad. Again. [Eye On Blogs, Valleywag] Speaking of which, check out your D8 candidates Facebook pages.
SF News Man Struck By Muni Buses Dies After being struck by a Muni bus, then "pinned against another bus and then run over," the man who spent the morning stuck under a 14-Mission line has died due to injuries. He
misc Nine Empty Sexy Storefronts Sit Restless on Lower Haight Haighteration, a glorious blog focused on the Lower Haight, brings to you the area's "nine sexiest" vacant storefronts on the lower half of San Francisco's most famous street. While fearing the empty stores
SF News Danielle Steel’s Bookkeeper Sentenced to Prison for Fraud, Tax Evasion You've got to love local author Danielle Steel. Her daughters look nothing short of delightful, she successfully extracted herself out of the inner SF society sect, and her house looks like this. Which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The KFC Double Down, a Love Story Many have written about, talked about, gushed about and cursed about the KFC Double Down, a sodium-rich, chicken treat we have yet, but are eagerly awaiting, to taste. And, since we can't take
misc Photo du Jour 616 Looking the part of a rhythm nation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers this morning's keynote address at f8, the Facebook developers conference, in San Francisco.
SF News Leland Yee's Racist, Homophobic Messages from Sarah Palin Zealots Though touched upon in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, we thought we'd share it with you in a separate post since it's a peek inside the heart of the former VP candidate cum
misc Adoptable Pets of Week: Calabastio & Queenie Queenie 5-year-old female Regal Queenie - a sweet girl with an independent streak loves to watch the world from her window. A sunny spot on the couch where she can monitor the birdies
