SF News High Surf Advisory Issued for Bay Area Although this image looks tempting, NorCal surfers/sailors, the National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory today for Bay Area beaches. The advisory goes into effect from 10 a.m. to to
SF News Photos from Black Friday Starting on Thursday, folks lined up outside aggressively non-boutique stores like Old Navy and Wal-Mart across the U.S. in order to get sanity-estranged deals on holiday shopping. Although Black Friday is as
misc Welcome Back! Um, Why Are You at Work Today? We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. We sure did. And, as SFist does on a semi-regular basis during holiday adjacent days, we have to ask: are you at the office today? If
SF News Day Around the Bay Gary Radnich, Lee Rodgers, Jan Wahl, Anna Werner and other on-air journalistic talents get roasted in the 2009 Golden Turkey Awards. [Lieberman] Police seize DJs' laptops. [SFBG] Supes' job bailout faces Newsom rejection,
misc SF Views: The Epsiode Where We Drink No guests today. Just SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor. God help us. Oh, and we might drink during the episode. And by "might" we mean "for sure." Har. Heh. Yeah.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Greatest Cartoon of All Time Tex Avery - The Car Of Tomorrow We bring you what is, arguably, the greatest cartoon ever made (bonus points for sexist humor!) for two reasons: 1) it's a classic, and 2) we
SF News Redheads Unite! The LA Times reports that on November 20 several ginger-haired students were attacked. Why? Because of this vile Facebook page that urged its fans to humiliate and destroy those of us (such as
misc San Francisco Society Tips: How to End a Party The aggressively provincial rich bitches of San Francisco tell the luminous Catherine Bigelow how to end a party. In lieu of, say, telling guests, "Hey, thanks for coming, but Chelsea Lately is on
Arts & Entertainment Pre-Thanksgiving Dance Party Tonight: Fringe by Rachel Brodsky Some things only come along every so often, like say, Thanksgiving weekend. Even with the onset of turkey feasts, pie, yams n’ stuffing, not everything about Thanksgiving can be exciting.
SF News San Francisco's Canopy Financial "a Complete Sham," Says TechCrunch Canopy Financial, "a pioneer in innovative healthcare banking technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services" at ranked no. 12 on the 2009 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, is a total
SF News Evan Low to Become Country's Youngest Gay Asian-American Mayor Yeah, it's a slow news day. Well, it's sort of slow. (SFO is busy! Lafayette is gassy and damp! Canopy Financial is a total sham!) But we would be remiss if we didn't
SF News More On Nob Hill Pizzeria Murderess Maryam Achekzai Yesterday, if you recall, an employee of Bellissimo Pizza in Nob Hill was stabbed to death. Police arrested Maryam Achekzai, the woman they suspect of killing 38-year-old Lassaad Bokri. Back in 2006, however,
SF News Oakland Murder #99 According to BCN/KTVU, a fatal shooting was reported to Oakland police at 2:48 this morning. The victim, 31-year-old man, was found in the1900 block of 85th Avenue, near Birch Street. He
SF News Day Around the Bay Headlines don't get more exciting than this! SFPD officers plan on making your Muni ride a safe one. [Examiner] SFGreasecycle wants your Thanksgiving turkey grease. [SF Sewers Blog] More on the SF Nob
Arts & Entertainment Tree Lighting Ceremony This Friday, 11/27 No, no. Did you really think you were getting a day off from having the holiday season shoved down your throat? That you would get a day of rest come Friday? Well, think
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Does Thanksgiving: Juanita More's Cranberry Brandy Sauce Dessert isn't one of your editor's favorite courses -- especially at Thanksgiving time. Pumpkin pie is too gluey, pecan pie involves nuts, and apple pie is packed with vile warm, slimy fruit. Just
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Enjoying watching solo acts perform? We sure do. (Hence our unshared love for cabaret acts.) Which is why you should check out "I Rock Alone! A Night of Weird Solo Acts" happening
SF News SF Murder #44 Sutter and Leavenworth played host to San Francisco's 44th murder of 2009 this moring. "[T]he incident took place in the wee hours when witnesses watched a woman end a 'dispute' by stabbing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nothing Like a Batch O' Comfort Food: Yat's Thanksgiving Turkey Fry by Rachel Brodsky Down by the Bay (Area), our location isn’t exactly convenient for getting some good ol’ soul food. Enter Yat’s New Orleans Original Po Boys, SF’s answer to
SF News Gavin Newsom's Mariah Carey-like Interview Demand The (and, in all seriousness, we really do hate to say this, because he is, after all, our city's mayor) downward spiral of Gavin Newsom continues. Phil Bronstein goes for broke today when
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Urgent: SF Food Bank Needs Your Help We know. Money is tight. Very tight. But people are starving in San Francisco. Not just the homeless, but people you might even know. People close to you. Your friends and family and
SF News Parents Petition Caltrain to Reduce Train Speed In Palo Alto After four students at Gunn High School committed suicide "at or near the same Caltrain crossing in Palo Alto," a group of area parents have asked Caltrain to reduce the speed of trains
