SF News Accident on Westbound Bay Bridge Snarls Traffic 511 reports that an accident, which includes an oil spill of some sort occurred a little after 10 a.m. today. "Severe traffic alert & Accident with injuries & Oil spill on I-80
SF News Police Chief Gascón Angers Middle Eastern and Arab Community During a breakfast to celebrate a $412 million June-ballot bond to seismically retrofit a city buildings, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón made a comment, according the SF Chronicle, about how the Hall
SF News Teen Girl Missing from SF Group Home BCN (via CBS 5) reports that police are searching for a girl who went missing from a Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a group home on Vicente Street. Jeanetta Toluao, 16, was
SF News Day Around the Bay Q&A with Bay Area band Camp Out. [SF Weekly] CSU East Bay professor, arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography, accused of molesting baby. [Chronicle] SF cable car system to be shut
SF News (Updated) What Happened to the Main Library's Green Bench? Mayor Newsom and the city's Greening Director Astrid Haryati came up with these nifty plant boxes to segment the long bench that stretches along the main library right off Civic Center Plaza. According
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Berkeley High School's lacrosse team in action. Photo by Nathan Phillips.
Arts & Entertainment March Madness for the Mind, 4/27 Get your science fair-geek on this Saturday afternoon at March Madness for the Mind, a showcase of student innovation in San Francisco that's not to be missed. More than fifteen teams will display
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Tales of Inappropriate Dancing Well, this is fun. And then uncomfortable. Found over at Mission Mission, this clip shows Casey McGill's Blue 4 Trio busting it out at Amnesia last night. While they oozed jazz, a young
misc More On Predisio Trampoline Park 'House of Air' Billed as the best thing to have happened to San Francisco since the chicken and waffle box, indoor trampoline park House of Air, which will go into the old Presidio airplane hanger space,
SF News City Layoffs Are Sexist and Racist, Says Supe Eric Mar At an event hosted by the League of Young Voters, Supervisor Eric Mar had some provoking comments about recent city worker layoffs. Though the plan to layoff some 15,000 city workers then
SF News Pedestrian Struck by Muni Train This just in: Emergency_In_SF just sent out the following message, "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK: Person walked in front of MUNI train [at] 3rd & Wallace. Condition of patient not known. T-Line affected all
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe's Jamie Lauren Heading to LA Paolo Lucchesi informs us that the city will soon lose one of its celebrity gastronomes, former Top Chef contestant Jamie Lauren. According to her Twitter page (via Eater) she says, "Yes! It's true!
SF News Warriors Coming to SF? Chatter about the Warriors being sold is bubbling up again. In addition to rumors swirling that tight-faced Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison might make an offer, C.W. Nevius reports that the basketball team,
SF News Day Around the Bay Sausalito installs bicycle signs contradicting CA law [Streetsblog] Average rent down by nearly 200/month. [SF Appeal] San Francisco continues to be gayest city on Earth. [Uptown Almanac] Newsom snubs a fan. [SFGate]
SF News Photo du Jour 600 In honoring of filing his final story today, we present to you retiring KPIX reporter Hank Plante. (Read Plante's exit interview, if you will, over at SF Bay Guardian.)
misc Presidio Airplane Hangar to Become Giant Trampoline Park We missed this story today, but since it involves trampolines, we feel we must share it with you at once. BCN (via SF Appeal) reports that an old Presidio airplane hanger "will soon
Arts & Entertainment Frank Chu Birthday Party at the Palace Hotel Well, why the hell not at the Palace? Troy Holden, Chu's unofficial spokesperson, just sent out the following Twitter message of grave importance: "Frank Chu just called me and said he will be
misc Adoptable Pets of Week: Joey & Einstein Joey 3-year-old female Black Labrador mix Oh yes, I'm a wriggling, wagging, kissing bundle of fun. Just look at me! Also, the great outdoors make me giddy with excitement -- hikes, swims, walks,
SF News Frank Chu Turns 50 Noted sign-carrying bon vivant Frank Chu turns 50 today. We should all pause for a moment of unbridled glee for we are most fortunate to have the man in our lives. In part
SF News MTV Real World's Puck Hospitalized After Serious Crash Puck (nee David Rainey), MTV Real World: San Francisco's grubby bike messenger, is "hospitalized in San Diego following a terrifying car wreck that left the reality star and his 8-year-old son seriously injured,
SF News Day Around the Bay Golden Gate Park illustrated with vintage postcards. [Broke-Ass Stuart] SF rep's bill to criminalize rape witnesses who keep mum moves forward. [SF Appeal] Tablehopper's book release party was, obviously, a smashing success. [Tablehopper]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Breaking: Fernet-Branca Now On Tap Made from a secret recipe of over 40 herbs and spices, San Francisco has a special place in its heart for Fernet-Branca. (Fun fact: 35 percent of Fernet-Branca in the US is consumed
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mary Martin & Janet Gaynor Car Accident Report; Wendy Tokuda's Blouse While not the cheeriest Afternoon Palate Cleaner -- this 1982 news report features the tragic report of Mary Martin and Janet Gaynor's (both rumored to be lovers) Chinatown car accident, with the latter
SF News ACLU Will Appeal Order In Prop 8 Campaign Doc Challenge Yesterday, if you recall, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ordered gay marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Prop 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage.
