SF News Garrido Issues Mea Culpa In Letter Child rapist and noted unhinged person Philip Garrido, the man who kidnapped and held Jaycee Dugard captive in his backyard for 18 years, sent KCRA 3 a written letter of apology the week.
Arts & Entertainment This Weekend: SF International Animation Festival by Amy Crocker This year’s San Francisco International Animation Festival, running through Sunday, explores the decidedly un-Hollywood side of the art form. From demonstrating Los Angeles traffic scenarios, to an anime documentary
SF News Toilet Torcher Makes A Comeback Let's face it, the Carsonist has been a pale imitation of the infamous Toilet Torcher. Which is why we were amused to hear that the Toilet Torcher (or a copycat) made a dramatic
SF News Expect Muni Delays This Morning While heading to UCSF Parnassus, Leanne Maxwell tells us that there was a bit of a Muni meltdown this morning. According to reports, the J, K/T, L, M and N were affected
SF News Day Around the Bay Behold Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett's mansion in Pac Height, which is being consumed by foliage. [Curbed, via SocketSite] Three hospitalized after eating amanita phalloides, or "death caps." [SFGate] City worker frustrated over e-mail
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Google SF Office Parties In the U.S.A. For woefully explicable reasons, the fine folks at the San Francisco Google office yanked their brilliant lipsynch video set to Miley Cyrus' ode to a celebratory modern America -- which is, arguably, one
Arts & Entertainment Toban Nichols: Three Shows, Two Months, One Artist Artist Toban Nichols -- a former San Francisco resident who recently exchanged his Bay Area lifestyle for LA's expansive and creative community -- has three shows that will take over the Bay Area
SF News Bay Bridge Speeding Crackdown In an effort to get motorists to slow down on the Bay Bridge, CHP officers had a "crackdown" in the bridge yesterday. CBS 5 reported that officers "issued 34 citations for speeding and
misc What's Going On Here, Angry 'Don't Snitch' Mural? Speaking of not snitching, check out this mural at 20th and Florida. When is it OK to snitch (i.e., inform authorities of a crime being committed, even though it won't make you
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Paramore @ The Warfield by Moses Namkung Many of those in attendance at the Warfield weren't close to being legal which wasn't much surprise, considering the last time we cared about anything associated with the Warped Tour
Arts & Entertainment Sugar Rush: A Benefit for Spark's Youth Apprenticeship Programs Now that autumn is in the air, the Mission is too clammy and cold, the Avenues are too foggy, and the Marina is too the Marina. So, why not spend your Thursday night
SF News Glen Park Rec Center Defaced With Hate Graffiti Aw, this is sad. Kids play here! This just isn't cool. Also, why did they have to go and mix in something so splendid as the human penis with something so vile as
SF News Gang Rape Witness Describes Attack We brought this up briefly yesterday, but we thought it best to touch on it again. Salvador Rodriguez, 21, who was initially charged with the brutal rape and beating of the Richmond High
SF News $75K Reward In Hasanni Campbell Case A $75,000 reward is being offered in the Hasanni Campbell case, which, according to CBS 5, will "hopefully bring some fresh leads to the case." If you recall, in August 10, Campbell
SF News Day Around the Bay In honor of Veterans Day, check out these dogs freaking out when their owners come home from Iraq. [Laughing Squid, via Boing Boing] More glorious views from One Rincon Hill. Sigh. [Curbed] Congratulations
misc What's Going On Here, Muni Driver? Now this is our kind of Muni bus driver. Travis Jensen, who snapped this shot, reports, "This San Francisco MUNI driver was spotted smoking a cigarette on the bus yesterday, Tuesday, November 10,
misc SF Views Talks About News of the Week, Starting at 4 Please join SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor at 4 p.m. today for SF Views. We'll be wear different outfits, so, you know, there's that. Also, our guest will be
SF News Making More Money Than Ever Before, Current Plans Massive Layoffs What's being described as a "major bloodbath," both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Current offices plan on snipping 80 employees, which will bring their entire staff to somewhere around 300. This comes
SF News Breaking: Gas Main Break On Bayshore Blvd. AlertSF reports that there's a "[g]as main break on Bayshore Blvd btwn Industrial St & Augusta. Bayshore shut down in both directions. Avoid area for next hour."
SF News Daly to Newsom: Who Paid for Your Life Coach? Yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting was, by all accounts, highly entertaining. Then again, anything involving the bizarre practice of life coaching is always something to behold. You see, Gavin Newsom, while running for
misc Photo du Jour 504 Oh oh. Someone isn't too keen on conservative SF Chronicle scribe Debra Saunders.
SF News Another Bay Bridge Shutdown Likely Before Christmas The temporary repair made to the cracked eyebar on the Bay Bridge, according to KTVU, "remains problematic and will likely require that Caltrans to shut down the entire span again sometime in the
misc Photos: Outer Richmond Veterans Memorial / Cat Sanctuary In the Outer Richmond, just down from the Veterans Hospital on 44th Avenue and Clement, there's a makeshift veterans memorial the doubles as a cat sanctuary. A guy who lives either nearby or
SF News Map: Google Flu Shots, Flu Trends Gosh. Everybody seems to be getting a flu shot, getting the flu, or freaking out about something flu-related. So, who are we not to throw fat on fire? We came across Google's new
