Arts & Entertainment Golden Girl Cancels Castro Appearance Sad news, Golden Girls fans. Rue McClanahan (AKA Blanche Devereaux) canceled her November 14 tribute at the Castro Theatre. The actress, it seems, is laid up in the hospital over an ailing heart.
SF News Tyson Beckford-Hearing Grizzly Grotto Jumper Set Free The mentally unhinged man who jumped into the grizzly grotto at the SF Zoo on September 26 has been acquitted by a jury. Accused of "trespassing and disturbing dangerous animals," Kenneth Herron, 21,
SF News After Gov. Race Withdrawal, Newsom Takes Hawaiian Vacation Where does one go to figure out what to do with the rest of their life? If you're former gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom, you go to Hawaii. CBS 5's Joe Vazquez has first
SF News SF Election Results The votes are in. Four out of five propositions passed. Here's how things went down after yesterday's election: Proposition A - Budget Process *Yes 46,023 (68.88 %) No 20,794 (31.12
SF News Day Around the Bay Geek fun: Star Wars character proximity map. [Burrito Justice, via xkcd] Coast Guard responding to runaway fishing vessel off California coast. [Pier System] San Jose police arrest three suspects in Halloween attack on
SF News Oakland Mayor Dellums & Wife Owe IRS $239K Oh oh. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums owes the IRS in back taxes. Lots and lots of back taxes. According to CBS 5, "Alameda County records show the IRS has placed a lien on
SF News Scene From A Polling Place Steve Rhodes reports that, by 10 a.m. this morning, only 60-plus people out of several thousand voted at this Bernal Heights polling place. Alas, it is a snoozer of an election.
misc Ask SFist: Homeless Folks And Their Pets SFist received a pressing (albeit insensitive and Nevius-esque) question in the editor's inbox this afternoon. Perhaps you can help? A reader (who asked to remain anonymous) writes: There are these two horrible drunk
SF News High-Risk SF Non-profit Sees Stimulus Funds Yanked San Francisco-based non-profit agency Economic Opportunity Council (EOCSF) was expected to receive $159,000 in stimulus dollars for various/questionable "weatherization" projects. Today, however, those funds were yanked. "The CSD has deemed the
misc Photo du Jour 498 "Lucifer roasting Jack Apocalypse Puppet Theater @ Dia de Los Muertes" by Steve Rhodes.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meredith Brody, <em>SF Weekly</em> Part Ways A "polarizing" figure in the SF food community, Meredith Brody was a memorable one during her tenure at SF Weekly. Yesterday, Eater tell us, Brody parted ways with SF Weekly. Brody's writing was
SF News Ocean Avenue Books Owner Turns Violent Over Bad Yelp Review Ryan Tate at Valleywag has a phenomenal story about the sanity-estranged owner of Ocean Avenue Books. The owner, after reading a negative review on the interwebs about her store, found the reviewer and
SF News Don't Forget to Vote Today For your convenience, here's a handy voter guide. Too much for you? Well, SF Bay Guardian has a concise list of their endorsements. Also, SF Green Party, via their endorsement guide, are strongly
SF News Vault Fire at Battery & Pine Just a little before 6 a.m. this morning, SFFD got a report of smoke coming out of a manhole at Battery and Pine in downtown San Francisco. When they got there, they
SF News More Arrests Made In Richmond HS Gang Rape Case A seventh arrest was made in the gang rape of a Richmond High School girl. A total of 10 men, police allege, beat and raped the girl outside her homecoming dance. Held on
SF News Day Around the Bay More on the Old Mint turning into the home of the City of San Francisco Museum. [Curbed] The end of Pirate Cat Radio? [Appeal] Nabbing those rare 7 p.m. dinner reservation time
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink South SF Man Calls 911 Over Wendy's Menu Prices Billed as the best story of November thus far, SF Examiner brings you a true tale of jarring criminal mischief. Ahem: At 8:02 a.m. Tuesday, a man called 911 to report
SF News KREV 92.7 FM Gets Homophobic In the Mornings Radio station 92.7, once a gay-friendly station brimming with synthetic beats, was bought by new owners in September. Said new owners fired most of the staff and talent, replacing them with, for
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: Colts Win By A Nose by Daisy Barringer Here's the thing: I might have a slight emotional problem when it comes to watching football. One need only read my angry tweets on Sundays to realize this. Example: "Person
SF News What's Going On Here, Metreon? Check out this shot of the Metreon, crammed right into the heart of bustling San Francisco at Fourth and Mission, this past Friday night. Where is everybody? Even the movie theater appears empty.
SF News Carjacker First Car to Cross Bay Bridge On Friday night, a carjacker was the first civilian vehicle to cross the entire Bay Bridge since its Wednesday closure. "[A] carjacking suspect in a Dodge Nitro made it onto the bridge from
SF News Restraining Order Against Former Niners Great Dana Stubblefield In even more depressing 49ers news -- more on yesterday's loss later, as soon as we coax Daisy down from the ledge -- former Niners great, BALCO fibber, and snitch Dana Stubblefield has
SF News Your Day In SF Graffiti Attention anti-graffiti ilk: there's a new anti-graffiti Twitter feed for you to follow, @SFGraffiti. While still in its embryonic stage, it has @311 following it, which might very well result in some sort
SF News Bay Bridge to Open by 9 a.m. Good news! The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will reopen by 9 a.m. today. Although it was initially reported that the bridge will remain closed during this morning's commute -- and, for the
