SF News Day Around The Bay Ugh: Jay Reatard dies. [Mission Mission, Chron blogs] More on today's Prop 8 trial camera ban. [Daily Kos] Michael Bauer, cell phone hypocrite? [Eater] "Some Thing," a party to push SF drag through
SF News Bay Bridge Toll Hike Impending Higher toll fees and the death of free carpooling is one step closer to being a reality, folks. Alas. "The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee this morning approved a
SF News Supreme Court Says 'No' To Cameras In Prop 8 Trial Because anti-gay Prop 8 sponsors are scared for their well-being -- and only their own -- the Supreme Court decided today to indefinitely ban cameras from the courtroom in the ongoing federal same-sex
SF News SF Views Talks About San Francisco Nightlife Please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your SFist editor as we talk with club/event promoter (and occasional SFist contributor) Ryan Robles to discuss the glitz and grime that is nightlife
misc Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Tito and Ms. Beatrice Each Wednesday afternoon, SFist will feature an adoptable cat and dog from the SPCA. We beg you to give these guys a look. (And how could you not? They're downright adorable, not to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Spew Your Gastronomic Prowess On <em>Check, Please! Bay Area</em> We love us some Leslie Sbrocco, the host of Check Please! Bay Area. She looks like someone with whom we would want to get drunk. Maybe that's because she's an award-winning author and
SF News Valleywag's Apple Tablet Scavenger Hunt Might Make <s>Us</s> You Rich Holy cow! Valleywag is offering up to $100,000 for any and all real tidbits on Apple's unicorn-like Tablet, the Jobsian device that will change everything. Or not. Anyway, the contest goes like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker MUSIC: The Oakland-based, ten-piece Latin soul band, The Funk Revival Orchestra, plays tonight at The Elbo Room with Skins & Needles. F.R.O aims to bring back the funk
SF News 15,500 Northern California Kaiser Medical Records Stolen by Amy Crocker Medical records for around 15,500 Northern California Kaiser patients - 9,000 from the Bay Area - were compromised after an external drive was stolen from a Kaiser employee’
SF News State of Emergency Declared In Humboldt County After Saturday's 6.5 earthquake rattled northern California, Governor Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Humboldt County. The governor announced yesterday that since the quake had "disrupted utilities and caused damage to
SF News Polk Street Residents Angry Polk Street Is A Lot Like Polk Street Polk Street corridor residents are fuming/titillated over an increase in prostitution affecting the notoriously gritty neighborhood as of late. CBS 5's Joe Vazquez has a great story on a new wave of
SF News Google To Pull Out Of China? by Amy Crocker Google has threatened to pull out of China after massive cyber attacks against itself and other foreign companies. If it doesn't walk away entirely, Google has said it will stop
SF News Day Around The Bay California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee approved Ammiano's bill to legalize and tax marijuana. [Stuff Stoners Like] Day two of the federal Prop 8 trial. [Prop8TrialTracker] Boycott threatened over SJPD 'Freedom Train' role.
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Avotcja at Rebecca's Books in Berkeley, during a poetry reading. (Remember to send SFist your most joyous and/or typical Berkeley pics to editor[at]sfist[dot]com, with "Meanwhile/Berkeley" in the
Arts & Entertainment Prohibition: Then and Now by Rachel Brodsky The age of Prohibition (1920-1933) was a relatively unsuccessful period in American history where the American government sought to ban all alcoholic beverages from being exported, imported or sold. And
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink (UPDATED) House Of Shields To Close? Following on the heels of the Eagle being up for sale, the century-old House of Shields "could be nearing the end of its run on New Montgomery Street." Eater reports that "the historic
SF News Montana Siebel Newsom Revealed Awwwwwwwww. This is some heart-warming stuff, folks. You've been warned. The itty-bitty bundle of joy known as Montana Tessa Siebel Newsom made her first public appearance over the weekend. The 100th anniversary of
Arts & Entertainment SF SketchFest: January 14 - February 2 Holy smokes. Holy fucking smokes. Holy fucking, take-my-wife-please smokes. SF SketchFest, the city's annual comedy festival, starts Thursday. Which means you should get your tickets now. Right now. Because shows tend to sell
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker FILM: As if French avant-garde cinema wasn't weird enough, seventies British rocker Steven Severin has composed new scores to several esoteric films of the genre. The San Francisco Film Society
SF News Prop 8 Trial, Day Two The scene outside the courthouse this morning seemed quieter compared to yesterday. Blame it on the rain, blame it on day-two fatigue -- no one (pro-marriage or anti-gay), according to SF Weekly, showed
SF News Tuberculosis-Infected Man On 'Do Not Board' List Flies Into SFO Over the weekend, a man on the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's "do not board" list, with a steaming case of tuberculosis, managed to fly from Philadelphia to SFO. Should his fellow
SF News Mavericks On Hold After a vote of the 24 competitors, the annual Mavericks surf competition was called off. For now, anyway. "Maverick's surfers had been hoping to capitalize on a giant northwest swell that hit Hawaii
