SF News BREAKING: Christian Siriano Refuses to Cross Golden Gate Bridge This just in: Project Runway winner Christian Siriano (author of Fierce Style: How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self) has canceled his Litquake event tonight in Corte Madera. Why? Because, sadly, he "won't
SF News (UPDATED) Mill Valley Blasts Emergency Siren In the middle of a conversation about roaring fires and Muir Woods' Pelican Inn with San Francisco scribe/on-air talent Beth Spotswood, she informed us that Mill Valley is "blasting the emergency sirens.
SF News Golden State Warriors Stadium In Downtown SF? Get your pitchforks and torches ready. There's a rumor -- totally unconfirmed and just a light in Larry Ellison's beady eye at this point -- but Curbed has word, via a sports writer
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Osha Thai Takes Over Bong Su Quickly becoming the Fuzio of Asian cuisine, Osha Thai according to Eater, will set up shop in the old Bong Su space at Third and Folsom, replacing the greatest-named restaurant in San Francisco
SF News Photos: OMGStormWatch2K9 -- Tree Almost Crushes Cyclist This dastardly tree, at Haight and Broderick, came tumbling down, nearly crushing this cute cyclist. "Cyclist 'Daniel' excited that he's not dead. Bummed that the tree ate the front wheel of his bike,
SF News NextBus Blows A Fuse Although Muni is (understandably) having major delays today due to the rain, NextBus, it seems, is also out-of-order. On the worst possible day, too. Ugh. People on Twitter are (understandably) losing their proverbial
SF News Obama Comes to San Francisco Thursday After eight long years of being ignored like a problem only-child in a first marriage gone afoul, it feels almost unnatural for the President of the United States to pay San Francisco a
SF News Schwarzenegger Approval Rating, Now Lower Than Ever Before Although he uses fresh fruit to fashion smiley faces in his oatmeal, Gov. Schwarzenegger approval rating has, not-so inexplicably, dropped to its lowest point ever. According to CBS 5/AP, "a Field Poll
misc What Could've Been, But Never Was: BART On the GG Bridge Eric Fisher has a great batch of old timey maps and hypothetical San Franciscos. Take, for example, the above GE ad, which shows what BART could've been like if people didn't, well, suck.
SF News Devil's Slide Fatality Closes Highway 1 Presumably due in part to this morning's weather, CBS 5 is saying that "[t]he CHP reports a fatal accident has closed Highway 1 at Devil's Slide. Reports are coming in that an
SF News Day Around the Bay Action from 24 Hour Comic Book Day. [Laughing Squid] More layoffs rumored at Current TV. Which, yes, is still around. [NBC Bay Area] Sandra Berndard is coming. For two weeks. Can you handle
SF News Homophobic Singer at Rockit Room Tonight (Or Not) Lackluster, middling dancehall performer Buju Banto, crooner of such complex songs as "Kill Gays" (AKA "Boom Bye Bye") has plans to play at the Richmond district's Rockit Room tonight. Oh, and he hates
SF News Sacto Mayor Robbed In SF's Union Square Well, this stinks. Former NBA player and current Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson was mugged robbed over the weekend while acting like a Boy Scout in San Francisco's Union Square. NBC Bay Area
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stevie Nicks "Storms" Demo In honor of typhoon Melor and the impending five inches of rain with which she'll blanket the Bay Area starting tonight, we present to you a demo of Stevie Nicks' "Storms," one of
SF News Des Moines Gourd Wins Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Contest Holy Great Pumpkin, folks! That there on the left is one large gourd, eh? So much so, in fact, that it was awarded first prize at the annual Half Moon Bay Art &
SF News Schwarzenegger Makes 'Harvey Milk Day' Official On Sunday night, Gov. Schwarzenegger (finally!) signed Sen. Mark Leno's Harvey Milk bill, one that would create Harvey Milk Day. "He really saw this signing as a way to honor the gay community
misc Photo du Jour 481 "Neon Family Values" by Darwin Bell. (Yes, we know that we've mentioned the Union Square Louis Vuitton window once before. But, really, it's such a boss window display, so it deserves a second
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: SF Creamed By Atlanta, 45-10 by Daisy Barringer The Atlanta Falcons destroyed the 49ers yesterday in a sobering 45-10 ass-whooping. And yes, when I say “sobering,” I mean it literally because despite my fervent attempt to drink away
SF News SFist Interviews: Guy Who Filmed Infamous Muni Fight Ever since lasts week's Muni bus brawl went "viral" -- a term MSM adores using repeatedly; speaking of which, a few news anchors have been using the term "cat fight" to describe the
SF News The Storm, She Is Coming has more sandbag information. For those of you who don't know yet, which is probably a little less than two of you at most, a storm if a brewing. And it promises to
SF News NOPA Says 'No' To Flashy Traffic Signs Trouble is stirring in San Francisco's adorable NOPA district. It seems some residents are none too thrilled with the "large electronic traffic information signs" planned for Oak and Fell Streets. The city wants
SF News Oracle OpenWorld 2009 Shuts Down Howard Street While this year's Oracle OpenWorld '09 bash -- which is expected to draw an estimated 40,000 Larry Ellison customers, employees, and assorted fans -- will close down Howard Street between Third and
SF News UC Berkeley Prof Receives Economics Nobel Prize Oliver Williamson, a professor at UC Berkeley, won the Nobel economics prize on today. Along with Elinor Ostrom, Williamson nabbed the award "for their analyses of economic governance - the way authority is
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist checked out the weird and wonderful sights on their city's newly launched version of Google Street View, including this keeper. Gothamist was part amazed and part horrified by this crazed fight between
