SF News Earthquake Hits Bay Area Did you feel that? KRON 4 reports this morning's quake was felt six miles northeast of Milpitas. We didn't feel it here at SFist HQ. But to be fair, Eve Batey at SF
SF News Arsonist Torches San Francisco Mailboxes Mean! Police are investigating two fires set inside USPS mailboxes set Wednesday night. The first fire, according to reports, occurred "in a mailbox standing near the corner of Sansome and Bush streets at
SF News Day Around the Bay Nothing but a bunch of stoners at SF Weekly. [Rangelife] Ritual Coffee Roasters has a new SOMA roastery. [Laughing Squid] Jerry Brown, trapped in 1978? (Which was a landmark year, we should add.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bender's Loses Its Fried Pickles One of the few food items that keeps us from taking the Nestea plunge off the Golden Gate Bridge, a basket of fried pickles at Bender's might be a thing of the past.
SF News Camera Allowed At Prop 8 Hearing, Says Federal Judge U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that he will allow cameras to broadcast next week's lawsuit that challenges California's vile same-sex marriage ban. While broadcasting federal trials used to be verboten,
SF News Cagney & Lacey Reunite In SF While we enjoy poking fun at the Chron, make no mistake that our love for Leah Garchik runs deep. Very deep. Take, for example, this story she broke on what could possibly be
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker THEATER: Celebrating the New Year, the international troupe Shen Yun performs classical Chinese dance at the War Memorial Opera House. Evolved over five thousand years, classical Chinese dance includes both
SF News Final State of the State: Arnold Schwarzenegger Withdraws Support For Health Care Reform, Vows To Protect Schools Oh, Arnold. What will we do without you? On the one hand, you just shouldn't be our governor. (Schwarzenegger seems more fit to run a boutique state, if you will, rather than the
misc Photo du Jour 543 SFist shared this with you in the past -- because grade school humor is the best kind of humor -- but the "two o'clock titty" always deserves another look. Chortle.
SF News Fine Increase Approved For SF Disabled Placard Abusers In addition to an eternity burning in the lower circles of hell, handicap placard and parking space abusers will now face larger fines in San Francisco. Yesterday, the SFMTA approved fine increases for
SF News Hotel Boycott On If you find yourself lost on O'Farrell, don't ask the concierge of Hilton San Francisco for directions. The hotel workers began a boycott yesterday with an 800 person march and a 160 person
SF News Day Around the Bay Google released a fancy new phone. [Laughing Squid, Engadget, Wired] Mission dance floor drama erupts after club promoter and blogger dance off. (Not really. But they should.) [Mission Mission, Appeal] Woman found slain
SF News Spare the Air, Please The grumpy Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a "Spare the Air" alert today, the fourth one of the year! "The advisory prohibits indoor and outdoor burning of wood, manufactured logs or
SF News Behold Craig Newmark's Deck Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is livecaming his the deck from his Inner Sunset house. Said deck has a bird feeder. And birds have been spotted, too. Ta-da. [via Valleywag]
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker BOOKS: San Francisco author Jason Myers discusses his second book, The Mission. It's the story of a young man who moves to San Francisco after his brother is killed in
misc 1862 Map of San Francisco Eric Fischer came across this nifty map of San Francisco from 1862. We can't stop looking at it. Amazing stuff. Too small? No problem. View it in a larger size for more detail.
Arts & Entertainment A Visit From BRLSQ by Rachel Brodsky You like the Melvins? Oh yeah? Great. So do we. How about Arcade Fire? Of course you do. So do BURLESQE of North America. The Minneapolis-based BURLESQE is a creative
SF News Day Around the Bay Phenomenal Hayes Valley candy store to remain open. [Eater] C.W. Nevius mimics Gus Van Sant did with Psycho with his point-by-point remake of Joe Eskenazi's service animals article for SF Weekly, published
misc Sleep Under Matisse and Pollock at St. Regis Hotel This year, SFMOMA celebrates its 75th anniversary. In honor of such a grand milestone, according to 7x7, "the St. Regis has rolled out two limited edition MOMA suites and a MOMA Anniversary Travel
SF News Bomb Squad at 550 15th Street Oh oh. A suspicious looking package was discovered at 15th Street and San Bruno this afternoon -- well, 550 15th Street to be exact -- prompting the bomb squad to investigate. SFist reader
SF News Oakland Raiders Coach Set to Get the Axe After not beating and choking of his ex-assistant coach, Randy Hansen, Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable is ready to get the boot from owner Al Davis. The impending firing, it seems, is due
SF News English Translation of the Chinese In the Muni Fight Video Sure, the fight between two ladies on a Muni happened in October. But it deserves repeated viewing. (We don't know about you, but like Mullholand Drive or a rerun of Bad Girls Club,
misc Photo du Jour 541 Tree burners at the Post Yule Pyre at Ocean Beach. Image by Flickr user Big-In-Japan.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Note: we posted an old SFist Tonight today, 1/4. Here is the correct version. Please excuse the confusion on our end. Thanks. by Amy Crocker SPORT: The sixties dance craze reigns supreme
