SF News Day Around the Bay Atheist billboards go up in Sacramento. [SFGate] Filled with the spirit. [Eye On Blogs] A little statutory rape to go with your Valentine's Day? [Tasting Table, via Eater] After allegedly threatening an 85-year-old
misc New Slogan for Muni? There's a small but growing Twitter trend in deciding a shiny new slogan for Muni. Does Muni even have a slogan? We don't think so. But it needs one. (If it did have
misc Tales of Mere Existence "How You May Fall For A Girl On Facebook" by Lev Yilmaz It's possible that some people develop major online crushes... although we wouldn't know anything about that. Happy Valentine's Day, folks. (Lev Yilmaz's book with DVD available at ingredientx.com.)
Arts & Entertainment Show Your V-Day Love With These Cards by Amy Crocker Who says Valentine's Day cards have to be all mushy and gooey and lovey and dovey? We highly recommend flipping through artist Brandon Bird's Law & Order SVU themed cards.
Arts & Entertainment Celebrate Freedom to Marry Day at 'Raise a Glass to Love' Sure, you could honor Freedom to Marry Day, happening this Friday, at one of the many wonk-filled events scattered around the Bay Area. But, really, wouldn't you prefer to do it in style?
SF News Google Fiber, Ultra-High Speed Broadband, Is Coming Fresh off of unveiling its Facebook-ish Buzz -- which, over the last 24 hours, we've been using with surprising frequency, and very much enjoying -- Google wants to dip its toes in the
SF News Man Found Shot Dead In Bayview An unidentified man was found dead inside a car in San Francisco's Bayview district this morning. According to Appeal/BCN, "Officers responded to the 700 block of Jerrold Avenue at about 6:40
SF News Vallejo Teen Shooting Suspect Arrested The disturbed boy suspected of shooting a Vallejo ice cream truck worker was arrested yesterday. Officers from Vallejo police and the FBI went to an Oakland residence in the 1100 block of 73rd
SF News Asian Home Ownership Up; African-American Down by Amy Crocker Asian home ownership in the Bay Area has risen over the last ten years. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the top ten surnames of home buyers in 2009
SF News Day Around the Bay Check out the old Seals Stadium in the Mission district, where an Office Dept now stands. [Mission Mission, Laughing Squid] ICE raids wharf businesses this afternoon. [Appeal] Pregnant woman shot dead in city
misc SF Views: Bay Area Serial Killers This week, please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your very single SFist editor as we chat with Beth Spotswood about high profile Bay Area killers. David Carpenter, Cary Stayner, Zodiac Killer,
SF News Tenderloin Housing Clinic Set to Receive $82 Million? As SFist commenter auweia1 pointed out on his blog, San Francisco homeless ilk could receive $82 million. The cash would go to BeyondChron's Randy Shaw and Tenderloin Housing Clinic for the next five
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... La Pena Culture Center wants to send "vibrant energy through drumming" to Haiti. What, no used yoga mats?
misc Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Chica & Ranger Rick Mindy and Rowdy 10 & 8 year old Rowdy and his big sister Mindy have run into some rough times over the years. The first part of their life was spent living mostly
SF News City Workers Angered Over Newsom's Job Proposal Making up almost half of the city's work force, SEIU Local 1021 members are fuming after Gavin Newsom's proposed a plan "to layoff and then re-hire thousands of municipal employees as a way
SF News Woman Killed By SFPUC Vehicle A woman, 63-year-old Xiu Fang Huang, died Tuesday afternoon after being stuck and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vehicle. She was crossing the street at Ocean and Miramar when she
SF News Day Around the Bay Jesus for sale. [Uptown Almanac] The stripper party pics Google doesn't want you to see! [Valleywag] Live-blogging Denny's free Grand Slam Breakfast day. [Appeal] Patrick Heig infiltrates the city's private clubs. [Bold Italic]
SF News Vault Fire at Pier 23 According to @Emergency_In_SF: "a vault fire has been reported at Pier 23. SFFD on scene. PG&E en route. Exact number without power is unknown." We'll update as soon as
SF News KRON4 Loses Traffic Helicopter Sad news for fading local news/infomercial network KRON4. Rich Lieberman has word that the former NBC affiliate lost its traffic copter. "As usual, its a money deal," Lieberman points out, going on
misc Nob Hill Gazette Releases Annual Singles List What with Valentine's Day around the corner, Nob Hill Gazette (a local publication whose motto, "...an attitude, not an address," lets you know that Nob Hill is the neighborhood in SF) released its
SF News Google Buzz Takes Aim at Facebook, Twitter Today, Google unveiled some sort of Facebook-ish addition to your Gmail called 'Buzz.' According to the LA Times, it "incorporates social media tools such as photo and video sharing and status updates
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Vandalism/stencil art in Berkeley by EndlessCanvas / EndlessCanvas.com.
SF News Sarah Palin Calls Global Warming Studies 'Snake Oil Science' During a rare Northern California appearance on Monday, the increasingly bizarre and camera-whorish Sarah Palin opened her mouth, with self-consciously controversial results. It all happened at a media-banned logging conference in Redding, a
