Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Curler Lyle Sieg by Amy Crocker For obvious reasons, San Francisco isn’t steeped in the culture of curling as much as cities in say Minnesota or Wisconsin. This obscure frozen sport enters our radar every
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Car Fleeing North Beach Shooting An unidentified man was killed early this morning in North Beach by a fleeing car filled with shooting suspects. The man and his brother were using the crosswalk at Vallejo and Columbus when
SF News Day Around the Bay Tasteless Tesla plane crash ad emerges day after fatal accident. [Valleywag] Why the long face? [Mission Mission] Supes relent on mandating foot patrols; stand firm on dignitary security. [Appeal] Looking for Muni solutions?
misc Comment du Jour: Holy Ashes and Public Office SFist will re-energize its comment-of-the-day feature today -- awarding just one comment the honor per day -- starting with this one from charliegal in Photo du Jour 576. See, after making an innocent
SF News Rooftop Restaurant at LGBT Center? One of the city's prettiest views is from the rooftop deck balcony at the LGBT Center. Not only are the views from the patio spectacular, but it's also roomy since, alas, no one
SF News Photo du Jour 576 U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives a news conference at UCSF, while celebrating the Baby Jesus via gunk smeared across her forehead. Gavin Newsom watches from behind. (AP Photo/Jeff
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink James Beard Award Semifinalist List Announced The James Beard Award pre-nominations (or, "semifinalists") were announced today. In the "Outstanding Chef" category, Charles Phan (The Slanted Door), Michael Minna (Michael Minna), and Gary "Gummy Worm" Danko (Gary Danko) all received
misc Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Phoenix, Wily & Lilly Willy and Lilly Two peas in a pod... a lovely little couple who would like to stay together. Our last home up and left us without warning, and we were a little taken
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bay Area Restaurant Gets Ninth Four-Star Restaurant His Holiness Michael Bauer bestowed an extra half star upon Christopher Kostow's Restaurant at Meadowood, making it the ninth Bay Area restaurant to earn four stars. From the moment Bauer popped a crunch,
SF News Woman Robbed at Gunpoint On Underground Muni Train On Tuesday night, according to CBS 5/BCN, two horrible human beings boarded an M Muni, which was going between Church/Duboce and Van Ness, and "robbed a young woman at gunpoint before
SF News 3 Injured In J Church and F Market Collision A little before 7 am this morning, two Muni lines collided with one another at San Jose and Highland. It seems, according to SFAppeal, a J Church rear ended a F Market, resulting
SF News Avatar: the Book by Amy Crocker In case you missed the message of conservation and peace in theaters, James Cameron confirmed that he will write an Avatar novel. The novel will closely follow the plot of
SF News SF Views: Fauxnique/Monique Jenkinson Please, please, please join SF Appeal Editor Eve Batey and your SFist Editor as we welcome bone-shatteringly important guest Monique Jenkinson. Also known as Fauxnique (former Miss Trannyshack, one of 7x7's 'Hot 20')
SF News AC Transit Bus Fight Video Director Apologies Iyanna Washington, the woman who directed this enthralling video showing two men fighting on an AC Transit bus, posted an explanatory YouTube video today, apologizing to the many trolls going after her due
SF News Bill Clinton Coming to UC Berkeley Former US President Bill Clinton will come to UC Berkeley on Feb 24 in an event sponsored by the Blum Center for Developing Economies. The Daily Cal reports: "Preparations to have Clinton come
SF News Doyle Drive Receives Federal Transit Funding The Doyle Drive Replacement project received a whopping $46 million in funding. [PDF warning!] Sponsored by the SF County Transportation Authority and California Department of Transportation, the project will help create the new
SF News AT&T Network Failures May Lead to Higher Phone Bills by Rachel Brodsky Any quick glance around the MUNI demonstrates a high abundance of iPhones littering San Francisco. And if simply looking around doesn't prove it, then industry data alone should be more
SF News AC Transit Bus Fight Video Update Oh boy. Since this video showing two men fistfight on an Oakland AC Transit bus hit the internetwebs, a few things have happened. For starters, the female who shot the video, granted CBS
SF News Small Plane Crash Results in Three Deaths Early this morning, a small Cessna plane crashed into two homes in East Palo Alto. All three people inside he plane were killed. It seems the plane hit power lines just after taking
SF News Day Around the Bay Sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge. [CaliberSF] Is it fair that DUI checkpoints are trapping unlicensed drivers? [NYT] Richmond church shooting victims talking. [CBS 5] Papalote vs. Bobby Flay [7x7] Let's chat
SF News Video: Fight on AC Transit Bus Although we don't approve of fist fighting on the bus -- these two men on this AC Transit bus should be arrested and tossed in the clink -- it's noteworthy to see an
SF News Blog of Interest: Local Figure Skating Site If you're a fan of figure skating (and you should be), you know that Quin Pang and Jian Tong Shen and Zhao clinched the first pairs gold for China last night, breaking a
