SF News Kid Cutout Installation Raises Child Abuse Awareness On Wednesday, SFist wondered about this installation at Civic Center. Turns out is an exhibit called "Keeping Our Promise," a kid-cutout visual representation of the "433 abused or neglected San Francisco children who
SF News Big Rig Crash Forces Lane Closure On San Mateo Bridge Following a crash involving two big rigs this morning, one lane on the San Mateo Bridge remains closed. The incident, which happened a little after 7:30am, resulted in "major" injuries for the
SF News Will Gays & God Forsake SF? by Matt Baume "What does the Bible really say about being gay?" asks , a documentary designed to help LGBTs and church folk get along. What an excellent question! We are just going to
SF News Fatal Stabbing In Noe Valley An unidentified man was stabbed to death in Noe Valley last night. The Chronicle reports that "[t]he victim, whose name was not immediately released, was attacked near the corner of 28th and
SF News Day Around the Bay Riding the zip line at Justin Herman Plaza. [SF Appeal] Checking in with our local Michelin man. [Grub Street] Q&A with Toro y Moi. [SFBG] Argonne community garden party this Saturday.
misc Photo du Jour 611 "Solitary Confinement" by Troy Holden. (For more information on Litz the Opera Lady, go here.)
SF News SFSU Student vs. Police Officer Protesting SF State University's plan to "charge 11 students $8,100 for damages incurred during a December occupation of the business school," SFSU students held a peaceful protest on Wednesday that go slightly
SF News Apple iPhone to Get Multitasking Now that its competitors offer such astounding multitasking capabilities -- e..g., Palm, Google -- the iPhone will release new software this summer that will allow users to use multiple apps at the
SF News Justin Bieber, Dodgers Fan The San Francisco Giants versus the L.A. Dodgers debate has come to an end. The Giants win. Why? Because smiley Canadian R&B/pop teen clitoristhrob Justin Bieber is a Dodgers
SF News Civil Disobedience Protest at Embarcadero BART to Snarl Commute Due to a liberty-and-justice-for-all rally at the Embarcadero BART station, you should expect a choppy BART schedule between the hours of 4 - 6 pm. More or less, this evening's protest is about
misc San Francisco Conceit Realized On Mission Wall SFist reader Emmanuelle sent us this shockingly accurate witticism that popped up recently at 20th and Harrison, just across from Flour + Water and Cafe Gratitude. Thoughts?
Arts & Entertainment Embarcadero Zip Line Opens Today Remember, folks: the Embarcadero zip line, brought to you by some sort of joyous Canadian tourism board, opens for business at today. SFCitizen has word of today's kickoff festivities: "The zip line will
SF News Bay Area Lab Workers Pinched In Quaaludes Bust After a "three-year investigation into illegal Quaalude trafficking, federal authorities have announced the arrest of two Bay Area lab workers," Kevin Yan and Thomas Fairley, who helped make the drugs. Also, Quaaludes are
SF News Man Shot, Robbed In Mission District On the 100 block of Tiffany Wednesday afternoon, a 38-year-old man was walking with his 13-year-old daughter when two men approached the father, pointed a gun at him and asked for the diamond-encrusted
SF News Day Around the Bay Turn-on not for months, city celebrates huge solar project nonetheless. [SF Appeal] Refreshing art deco light buttons thingies illuminate the graffiti-saturated Mission district. [My Lucky Number's One, via Mission Mission] August Longo, Democratic
SF News Outer Sunset N Judah Service Disrupted "A downed Muni cable at Judah and 45th Ave is disrupting N Judah service between Sunset and La Playa this afternoon," reports SF Appeal, "leaving flocks of sun dazed hooky players wandering the
misc What's Going On Here, Civic Center? Some sort of Children of the Corn-ish installation, perhaps?
Arts & Entertainment Duncan Sheik Previews New Musical 'Whisper House' at Davies Famous for the relentlessly enthralling Spring Awakening -- a Tony Award-winning tragic tale of repressed and very horny teens, which starred a pre-Glee Lea Michele -- Duncan Sheik will "preview an orchestral arrangement
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bauer Finally Discovers SF's Best Burger? SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer says he might have found the city's best burger: Marlowe's. (A phenomenal SOMA-Mission Bay joint, we might add.) How so, you ask? Bauer speaketh: "[T]he moist
misc Adoptable Pets of Week: Cat Benatar Cat Benatar 8-year-old female orange tabby You may have seen this darling and zaftig beauty before .she’s been with us for several months now, and we can’t tell you how much
SF News NorCal Man Arrested for Threatening Nancy Pelosi A Northern California man was arrested in connection with making "threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform." Sparked by racist hate group The Tea Party (let's just say)
SF News Backlash: Meat Free Mondays We mentioned this in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, but its unadulterated attention-whoring is so profound, its own article seems more than necessary. See, inept Supervisor Sophie Maxwell concocted something called Meat Free
SF News Four Shot In Visitacion Valley; Gunman On the Loose A little after 10 a.m. this morning, four people were injured during a shooting in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley. The shooting, according to CBS 5, occurred at 83 Arleta Avenue. "The gunman
