SF News Day Around the Bay Local elite types, politicians and regular ilk come out to see SF Giants play ball on opening day. [SFGate] Michael Minna to shutter Union Square locale? [Eater] Moms and dads need diapers. [Help
SF News Are You Safe? (Hint: No) If this doesn't make your inner Orange County tingle in ecstasy, nothing will. Are You Safe, an iPhone app that "lets you know how safe you are at all times based on your
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Learn to Pronounce German Beer Styles, Brands For us, beer means only one thing: constant streams of urine. However, many of you love a frothy brew, which is why the kind folks at SF Weekly want to help you learn
SF News Eastshore State Park Wins 'Best Urban Retreat' Ocean Oscar The Nature Conservancy, "the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people," picked their top favorite coastal lands in which to "soak in
SF News Tim Lincecum Bewitchingly Shills 'Wearable Blanket Night' at AT&T Park There are many reasons to adore Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum. A few examples: this frame-worthy photo; his two Cy Young Awards; and "The Freak," the affectionate nickname his teammates gave him. And now?
SF News Bayview School On Lockdown CBS 5 reports: "George Washington Carver Elementary has been placed on Lockdown in the SF Bayview District after reports of shots fired near campus."
misc Photo du Jour 614 A tool shed originally built by prisoners and recently restored sits above the gardens on Alcatraz Island. "Scoured by wind and steeped in criminal history, Alcatraz has a forbidding face. But look a
SF News Rise In Home Garage Bike Thefts In Richmond, Sunset SF Examiner alerts: bike thefts have spiked to six times a week from about once a month in the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, according to recent police reports. "I honestly don’t think
SF News 4 Dead In 2 Days In Oakland Last night at around 10:40 p.m., a 57-year-old was shot and killed during an argument over a woman. An unidentified 57-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his murder. The
SF News Officer-Involved Shooting In SOMA Shuts Down Folsom According to KGO Radio's Twitter feed, Folsom Street between 7th and 8th Streets are closed due to "SFPD dealing with an officer-involved shooting at 7th and Folsom. Police say they fired on a
SF News Day Around the Bay Would you like to have local literary kingpin Tag Savage (Sex Pigeon) sketch your portrait? Of course you would. [Sleepover, via Mission Mission] The horror of having houseguests. [SF Appeal] What's the best
SF News SFGate's Mark Fiore Nabs Pulitzer Prize A local online type is reaping heavy praise after the Pulitzer Prizes were announced this afternoon. SFGate's animated political cartoonist Mark Firoe won for editorial cartooning, cited for his "animated cartoons appearing on
misc What's Going On Here, Dearly Departed? This is a way cool headstone found at one of the cemeteries in Colma. Local photographer Travis Jensen, who snapped the shot above, explains: Spotted this headstone while out shooting cemeteries in Colma,
SF News Nightclub Scapegoating Runs Rampant After Weekend Shooting Ever since 26-year-old Blair Henderson was shot and killed near the intersection of Second and Minna Streets on Sunday, the media's assault on nightlife spiked to hysterical proportions. Again. Most outlets (including SFist)
SF News 2012 a Better Fit for Prop. 8 Repeal Measure? The effort to get a Proposition 8 repeal measure on the 2010 ballot fell short today, which would have given California voters the chance to decide on removing the ban on same-sex marriage.
SF News Google CEO Slams Bloggers While we know the luminous, chiseled Sergey Brin would never say something so cruel about bloggers, Google CEO and aging Burner Eric Schmidt, while trying to ingratiate himself to the book-sniffing crowd at
misc Photo du Jour 613 Brought to us by Allan Hough at Mission Mission, this scene from Dolores Park, shot by Annie/le petit écureuil sums up the park in a nutshell. Sort of.
SF News Happy Anniversary, Candlestick Park! Fifty years ago today, a pre-presidential Richard Nixon threw out the first ball on the opening game day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960. Originally built to house the San Francisco Giants
SF News Fatal Shooting at Second and Minna Streets After an early morning shooting in the city's SOMA neighborhood, one person is dead and three others hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The incident, which happened a little before 2:30 a.m. on
misc Week Around the Ists LAist spoke to the Department of D.I.Y., a renegade group of do gooders who are postering the city with bicycle safety messages. Torontoist scoped out a big, illegal, flashing McDonald's ad
SF News Day Around the Bay Bay Area cities rediscover the creeks under their streets. [Streetsblog] Inside the Kink.com armory. [Mission Mission] Anti-Israel queer group Q.U.I.T protests Out in Israel film festival. [Zombie] Conservation groups
SF News Dolores Park Playground: 'F' The 2010 San Francisco Playground Report Card (PDF warning) was released this week. Judging parks based off of signage, fencing & gates, ground surface, cleanliness, equipment, amenities, surface material, the hugely popular Dolores
SF News Photos: Opening Day Outside AT&T Park Grab some pine, meat, and check out these images of opening day outside AT&T Park. While we couldn't get inside, your editor took his lunch hour to saunter down AT&
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Farmers' Market Alert: Upper Haight Way back in the day when your editor lived in the Upper Haight, we had to trek up to Real Foods to get some decent produce. Now Haight and Cole Valley residents can
SF News San Francisco Women's Political Committee Picks Hahn Over Newsom In a surprising yet not at all surprising move, the SFWPC endorsed Janice Hahn for Lieutenant Governor over Mayor Gavin Newsom. "With 69% of the vote," the SFWPC graciously notes, the typically Gavin-happy
