misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Wright Stuff Laughing Squid brings our attention to Wright Brothers Day, which honors the first flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903. To prepare yourself for the roaring Wright Brothers Day festivities
Arts & Entertainment Doing More With Less - Oakland’s DIY Bike Shop: The Bikery by Natalie Cadranel One upside to a lagging economy is that it encourages people to become more resourceful and creative about how they spend their time and money. After a recent move to
SF News San Francisco May Get Tougher On Cigarette Smokers (Again) Though it was shot down last year by local businesses, on Tuesday the city reintroduced legislation that would bar the merciful release of nicotine "near the doors, vents and operable windows of any
Arts & Entertainment Hitch for the Holidays by Rachel Brodsky For those of us born in the post-baby boomer age, a chance to check out the pre-1970 moving pictures on the big screen is all too rare. And like a
SF News Newsom Endorses Cell Phone Radiation Warning Labels Always one to look after your health, Mayor Gavin Newsom is backing legislation that would requite cell phones to "post radiation levels next to each phone in a font at least as large
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker FILM: The festively horrid Star Wars Holiday Special screens tonight in the Mission. Need we say more? 8 p.m. // Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia) // $6 CLUB: Before every night
SF News FiDi Bank Robbed Yesterday afternoon, according to SFAppeal, the Far East National Bank located at 500 Montgomery was robbed. Police say a white male entered the bank and "demanded money" from a teller. The teller handed
SF News H1N1 Vaccine Recalled KTVU reports that the San Francisco Department of Public Health "estimated that about 9,000 doses of a pediatric H1N1 vaccine recalled by the federal government were distributed within the city." But, we're
SF News Facebook Bans Valleywag's Guide to Restoring Your Facebook Privacy? Ever since Facebook altered its privacy settings in a ploy to get more traffic, users have been confused as to how re-privatize their profiles. So, Valleywag came up with this handy guide to
SF News Muni Digital Voice Mispronounces Street Names Donna Reed -- the Texan vocalist who works for DRI, the company Muni used to record the digital voice you hear cooing on the bus -- isn't a local. Clearly. CBS 5's Mike
SF News Day Around the Bay This historical map of San Francisco is amazing. Hopefully, it'll be available for sale soon! [Marci and Deth] Craigslist exec warned about the "evil" Meg Whitman. [SFGate] Why Sarah Palin's autobiography is a
SF News Ginger Hate Watch: British Xmas Card Promotes Hate Do not upset redheads. Because they know how to hold a grudge, stab you in the back when you least expect it, and pour a cocktail in your unattended purse. Take note of
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Lady Gaga at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF, 12/14 Though she performed at Mezzanine earlier this year, as well as 715 Harrison in 2008, pop art fans, neo-club kids, and creative types reacted like the second coming of Christ came to San
SF News For Your Neurotic Pleasure: Another Crime SF Map Following on the heels of CrimeReports and EveryBlock -- two other handy crime maps -- CrimeMapping.com unveiled their new crime map system. Like its predecessors, CrimeMapping.com allows you access to the
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: Niners Roast Cardinals by Daisy Barringer The 49ers dominated the Arizona Cardinals last night in a 24-9 victory that kept the Cardinals from clinching the NFC West and, if you’re completely naive and stupidly optimistic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker MUSIC: If you missed Lady Gaga's San Francisco shows yesterday and Sunday, there's still a chance to see the wackiness of live glam rock. Semi Precious Weapons, the opening band
Arts & Entertainment Renegade Craft Fair by Rachel Brodsky Just when you thought you'd explored them all up pops another craft fair. It's a good thing these places offer interesting and unique wallet-friendly artwork; otherwise, we'd be forced to
SF News Marijuana Legalization On 2010 Ballot? Enough signatures have been collected to put marijuana on the 2010 ballot. The effort to get enough John Hancocks, SF Chron reports, "cost more than $1 million." The proposal? Glad you asked. It
SF News Teen Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl At El Cerrito School While school was in session last week, a 12-year-old girl at an El Cerrito school was raped by a 14-year-old boy. Allegedly. According to AP, "[p]olice say the girl was attacked at
SF News Day Around the Bay Newsoom has a new weekly YouTube show. [Appeal] Y2K, dot-com party sushi, vodka luges v. 2000, street food, overpriced pizza joints. [CHOW] Broken water main captures city's attention. [CBS 5, SF Weekly] The
SF News Miss Bigelow's Social City By The Numbers Following in the footsteps of Rita Hao's groundbreaking Swells By The Numbers -- where she carefully deconstructed Catherine Bigelow's "Swells" society column --SFist returns to San Francisco's upper echelon registry with, you guessed
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Ty Segall at Cafe Du Nord by Taryn Harrington Ty Segall played at Café Du Nord on Saturday night to a small and rain soaked crowd. Still, Segall made up for its low attendance. For even in a smaller
