Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker XMAS FOR ALL: If you have no plans for Christmas Eve, you're in good company. Head out to Ocean Beach for Jeff's Jewish Christmas Eve. Watch movies, drink booze, eat
SF News Nevius Confirms SFist Story: Haight Cleansed of Bullies Last week, if you recall, SF Chron columnist C.W. Nevius wrote about bullies with pit bull terrorizing the Haight neighborhood. A day later, SFist heard word that SFPD cleaned up said neighborhood
misc Um, Why Are You at Work Today? Happy holidays, readers. As SFist does on a semi-regular basis during holiday adjacent or observed days, we have to ask: Are you actually at the office today? If so, why? (Rather than have
Arts & Entertainment Christmas Midnight Mass, Anyone? Have you ever been to XMas Eve's Midnight Mass before? We haven't. Well, we've been to this kind of Midnight Mass; however, sources indicate that that wasn't the real kind of Mass. Anyway,
SF News Day Around the Bay Star Wars creators are just like us: George Lucas shops for last-minute gifts at Borders. [Spots Unknown, via Eye On Blogs] A 15-month-old Santa Cruz boy eats bag of speed. [CBS 5/BCN]
SF News SF Views Talks About Favorite SF News Stories From 2009 While your editor works from his hometown in Southern California, local writer Beth Spotswood (SF Appeal and SFGate) and birthday sharer (same day the Challenger blew to bits, too!) will sit in as
Arts & Entertainment Christmas Eve Party for Bay Area Jews: Heebonism Listen up, chosen ones: After finishing your orders of beef & broccoli and won tons at your favorite Chinese restaurant, why not celebrate the "birth" of "Jesus Christ" in the Mission with other
SF News Holiday Log Returns to TV36/KTVU! From 7 a.m. to noon on Christmas Day, KTVU 36 will air the famous holiday log, which will set your TV set ablaze while KOIT easy-listening holiday tunes coo softy in the
misc Miss Bigelow's Social City By the Numbers Number of people pictured in this week's Miss Bigelow's Social City: 50 Minority count: 7 (14%) Number of people whom we recognize: 5 (Alexis Traina and Vanessa Getty, Chief Justice Ronald George, Tatiana
Arts & Entertainment Amber to Close Perhaps due to the recent surge in popularity from neighboring Blackbird, Castro bar Amber (located at 718 14th Street) will celebrate for the last time on New Year's Eve. One of San Francisco's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker FILM: If the holidays are making you crazy, watch Psycho. That way, you'll be too scared to take a shower and you'll smell crazy too. If people sniff and ask,
Arts & Entertainment Elliot Randall & the Deadmen Album Release: 2/9 by Taryn Harrington Elliot Randall is a country music singer songwriter based in San Francisco, whose sweet voice and country-rock rhythms create mellow, likeable music. His sophomore album, Caffeine & Gasoline, will release
misc Photo du Jour 534 SFO during rush hour snapped by Flickr user exxonvaldez on Friday, December 18 at around 10 p.m.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eater Crowns Hottest Chef in the Bay Area: Aziza's Louis Maldonado After weeks of heated voting, Eater has awarded Aziza's Louis Maldonado the honor of being the hottest chef in the Bay Area. We can behind that. Or, preferably, in front of it. Coming
SF News Newsom Shakes Things Up With Poinsettia Last week, Mayor Gavin Newsom kicked off a new online communication series on YouTube, ingeniously christened "Mayor Newsom's YouTube Update." Yeah. But it's kinda cool, actually, where in each week Newsom sits down
SF News Mexico City Assembly Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Proving smarter and more forward-thinking than the state of California, Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage today. AP reports that it's the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, "a change that
Arts & Entertainment <em>Avatar</em> Lands by Amy Crocker Avatar took in $73 million in it's first weekend at the U.S. box office, $232 million worldwide, making it the number one movie and the biggest debut for a
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: Adios, Playoffs by Daisy Barringer Well kiddos, that’s a wrap. With their loss against the Eagles yesterday and Arizona’s win against Detroit, the 49ers are officially out of playoff contention. Again. For the
misc Photo du Jour 532 Polar bear frolicking in the snow today at SF Zoo. (Credit: SF Zoo) UPDATE: The Chron covered this refreshing snow bath, which turns out to be an (annual?) gift from the San Francisco
SF News SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker POETRY: Porchlight: A Storytelling Series, a great introduction to the San Francisco spoken word scene, will feature storytellers focusing on the holidays, specificallythe theme of "toys." Brilliant. 8 p.m.
SF News Bomb Squad In Richmond Blows Up Dude's Bong Oh gee, this is rich. A "tense" four hour standoff in the city of Richmond last night led to the destruction of some dude's bong. "A police bomb squad safely disposed of what
SF News Sunday Streets 2010 Announced Mayor Gavin Newsom and SFMTA announced new details and dates for 2010 Sunday Streets. What is Sunday Streets, you say? Well, Sunday Streets, for those of you who don't know, is a day
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist selected their city's Heroes and Villains of the year—complete with some of the coolest original illustrations you will see on the whole wide internet. (Boo NHL and Earth Hour! Hooray wildlife
SF News Day Around the Bay Choose your own parking adventure. [Richmond Blog] El Cerrito school alleged rape victim had reported suspect prior to the attack. [CBS 5/AP] Probation in attack of SF parking cop. [SFGate] Final day
