SF News Day Around the Bay Local food types weigh in on the best standby restaurants of 2009. [Eater] Where did the sea lions go? [Chron] Getting your kid a bb gun, is it safe? Is it legal? [Mommy
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best New Bars of 2009 Patrick Heig reveals this year's list of the best new pubs in which to blackout. Smuggler's Cove, Rick House, Triple Crown (messy), Bloodhound (mixed crowd), and Blackbird (gays) all make the list. The
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Monkeys Eating JELL-O with Blueberries On this very slow news day, please enjoy these squirrel monkeys diving into a wad of JELL-O, " a jiggly concoction that immediately stimulates their foraging instincts,” notes Laughing Squid. Enjoy.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink $1 Donation = $9 Worth of Food It's as simple as that. Not to get all Sally Struthers on you -- or, rather, Jackie from Roseanne, whose now the spokeswoman for disenfranchised, dirty children -- but the SF Food Bank
Arts & Entertainment ODC All-Day Dance Bash Tomorrow by Rachel Brodsky You want to join the gym, but who can justify the cost these days? Luckily for you, there are all kinds of free and cheap opportunities to get off your
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker COMEDY: Mark Pitta & Friends has become the spot for new comedians to gain notoriety and for big names to test out new material. The Tuesday shows mostly consist of
SF News Armed Robberies Plague Bayview Two armed black male suspects, according to SF Appeal, allegedly "robbed and unspecified number of victims at Lane and Oakdale before fleeing on foot" on Monday night. No injures were reported, no arrested
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cafe Gratitude Spore Gracias Madre Opens Today in the Mission, vegan Mexican with a twist is on the menu. Brought to you by the founders and owners of Café Gratitude, Matthew and Terces Engelhart, Gracias Madre will serve grub
SF News Day Around the Bay Chicken John to sell his "legendary" San Francisco warehouse. [Laughing Squid] Supervisor Sean Elsbernd looking to end Muni bonuses. [CBS 5] Happy Kwanzaa! [Akilah Bolden-Monifa] SF soldier's death, tragic and unnecessary? [SFBG] Making
SF News Free Muni Rides, Longer Hours On NYE For the tenth year in a row, free Muni rides will start on New Year's Eve and end on New Year's Day, hauling pleasantly tipsy to wildly aggressive revelers around the city. (Be
misc Year-End 2009 Link List The year of the angry voter. The year of the Ponzi scheme. The year of music Seth from The OC would have really enjoyed. The year of unheard music Seth from The OC
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: Slaying the Lions by Daisy Barringer With their 20-6 win against the Lions yesterday, the 49ers have a shot at their best record since 2002. All they have to do is beat the pathetic 1-14 Rams
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker COMEDY: Jon Lovitz is more than just the “Yeah, yeah! That’s the ticket!” guy. He also, more importantly, convinced Lisa Kudrow to quit her job as a medical researcher
SF News Cloudy Water Not a Concern, Says SF Public Utilities Commission Water customers in San Francisco, the East Bay, South Bay, and the Peninsula might notice something funky looking with heir tap water. It might look a wee bit cloudy. But relax. According to
SF News SFBG To Seize SF Weekly's Rent Check? Here's a morsel of alt weekly-vs.-alt weekly news to fill your belly: last Tuesday local alt weekly SF Bay Guardian was "granted its motion to intercept the income of the SF Weekly.
SF News Slow News Day News: Russian Hill Truck SNAFU Oh fun. Late this morning, a big ol'd truck rammed into a telephone pole, sending a gaggle of tourists into a photo-snapping frenzy. Russian Hill Handyman founder Rick Haelig has the details: At
SF News Scenes From a Gaza Memorial/Protest at Union Square Yesterday in San Francisco's Union Square, many people gathered at the Gaza Memorial, Interfaith Service, and Candlelight Vigil to remember the some 1,400-plus men, women and children killed in the attack on
Arts & Entertainment MP3 de L'année: DJ Earworm's Annual Best-Of Mashup Just like last year, local DJ gent Earworm has crafted a savory reduction featuring a slew of pop songs that jammed themselves into your brain in 2009, refusing to let go. This year's
SF News SF Soldier Killed In Afghanistan on XMas Day Former San Francisco resident Sgt. David Gutierrez, CBS 5/AP reports, "died early on Christmas Day in Kandahar from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device went off." Gutierrez, it seems was patrolling
SF News Triple Shooting Wounds 3 Near SF Ferry Building CBS 5/BCN reports that "[t]hree people were injured in a shooting adjacent to the San Francisco Ferry Building on Saturday night." The incident happened a little after 10:35 p.m.
misc Week Around the Ists Londonist explored an eerily deserted London on Christmas morning. Gothamist was shocked at allegations that two EMTs refused to help a dying pregnant woman, by claiming they were only dispatchers. Torontoist wrote about
misc Taqueria Reina Loves Newsom Tributes don't get much better than this homage found at Taqueria Reina. You win, Gavin. You win.
misc Day Around the Bay Did you get this amusing "Ginger Clones" holiday card from Lucasfilm? We, sadly, did not. [Laughing Squid] A spare-the-air Christmas Day declared. [SFGate] Kamala's co-author, brain-melting, security costs, and a Holiday Miracle. [Sweet
