Arts & Entertainment Tonight Addition: DJ Spinderella at 330 Ritch You remember Salt-N-Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex", right? Sure you do. It's the GenX ode to safe sex that kicks off thusly: "Spinderella cut it up one time." Anyway, the cutter in question,
SF News Police Chief Gascón's Goals During a VIP tour of San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District, new San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón was rendered flummoxed -- especially after a drug deal went down right before his very eyes.
SF News Stinson Beach Closed After Shark Sightings Get. Out. Of. The. Water. Why? Well, it seems that someone spotted a shark swimming along the coastline just off of Stinson Beach, prompting authorities to shut down the beach to the public.
Arts & Entertainment This Is A Good Cause: Reason To Party Haven't you heard? Medjool is the new Zeitgeist. It's true. (Well, what with the good folks at 7x7 Magazine now waxing poetic over the Mission cyclist bar these days, even the Routunda at
misc Photo du Jour 483 Time and again, local photog Darwin Bell proves himself one of the best living photographers around today. Above is yet one more example why this is true. And, SFist is honored that he
SF News What's Going On Here, Fisherman's Wharf Fashion Statement? "Surrounded by so many boob and beer joke tee shirts that you could almost miss it," this classic-comedy (albeit hateful) t-shirt is for sale right now at Wharf T Shirts (on Jefferson between
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Quote du Jour: Michael Chiarello on Martin Yan Michael Chiarello (who, as it turns out, is some sort of gastronomic genius, because he is plowing through with relative ease) made a funny at this weekend's SFChefsFoodWine event. Eater overheard this bit
misc Photos: Sunday Streets Meets Rock the Bike & Tornado Rider Concert Sunday Streets met with a Rock the Bike event at Ocean Beach on Sunday. Some sort of amplifier was attached to bikes, then said listening device was powered by the magic of pedal
SF News CHP's Zero-Tolerance for Hands-Free Violators Highway patrols will be on the hunt for any and all drivers who are still using their mobile communication devices sans Bluetooth device while driving. It seems there's some sort of "zero-tolerance campaign"
SF News Oakland Boy Missing Five-year-old Hassani Campbell went missing on Monday. The boy, who has cerebral palsy, was last seen in the Rockridge neighborhood, "reported missing from the area of 6000 College Avenue at around 4:15
SF News The Fixed Gear Bike is Officially Dead -- Long Live the Fixed Gear Bike by Chris Jones Of all the chain stores catering to the pseudo-countercultural, it must be admitted that Urban Outfitters is a notch above Hot Topic, if only because Urban Outfitters is usually a
SF News Day Around the Bay Sutro Tower clipped. [Burrito Justice] 250 inmates hurt, 55 hospitalized after California prison riot. [CNN] Manson murderess Susan Atkin's glamor shot. [Spotswood] Free Manson 'family' ilk haunted by their legacy. [KTVU] Energy 92
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Literal Palate Cleansers at SFChefsFoodWine This weekend San Francisco hosted its first ever SFChefsFoodWine bash -- put on by the (controversial) Golden Gate Restaurant Association -- a "foodie" event that saw industry bigwigs (Paolo Lucchesi of Eater, Marcia
SF News Great America Roller Coaster Stuck Interrupting a particularly sitrring Maury to spread the word, KTVU tells us that a roller coaster at Great America is stuck, trapping around 30+ people more than 100 feet above the ground. Yikes.
SF News Lastday, Capricorn 29s, Year of the City: 2009. Carousel Begins. by Chris Jones So, you remember that old 1970’s movie, Logan’s Run, where Logan and Jessica 6 take a space shaped monorail pod thing to the bad part of the dome
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung What's on tap for this w eek? Wednesday packs a nice double punch - Shoreline Ampitheatre hosts the 29-year old Depeche Mode, who have already "had to cancel 12 dates
SF News Oakland Man Dies at His Russian River Birthday Party An Oakland man died on Sunday night after drowning in the Russian River during a swim at his party. According to CBS 5, "Paulo Dominguez was celebrating his 32nd birthday with his wife
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anthony Bourdain Wears Thin God. Anthony Bourdain. What's going on, dude? You've turned into that guy. You know, the guy in class who tries too hard to look punk. The reality show contestant who looks into the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo du Jour 480, 481 SFist reader April sent us the above images of a fish in a trash can in the heat, found this weekend in Noe Valley at Church and 28th Street. We find it oddly
misc Remove Outlets at Cafes? Sheer heresy, right? To ban laptop power connectivity at your favorite cafes? Well, that's just what some cafes in New York City, according to a article, are doing in an effort to get
misc Scenes from a 'Trauma' Shoot NBC's gripping drama Trauma did a little bit of filming at One Bush this morning. While there were no choice star-sighting on the wattage level of SF First Lady Jennifer Siebel -- remember:
SF News Heaven Mini Theatre Strip Club Alleges City Shakedown After City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked the city to shutdown Heaven Mini Theatre for performing lapdances without the proper permits (not to mention allowing prostitution inside its doors, just like every other SF
SF News SF Supes To Hold Hearing On Muni Safety After a Muni train crashed into another train at the West Portal station, boo-booing 47 people, and two F-Markets streetcars brutally sandwiched a sport-utility vehicle, injuring six people, Supervisor (and possible mayoral candidate)
SF News 'Spare the Air' Day Today, August 10th, is a 'Spare the Air' day in the Bay Area due to the ugly, intense heat we're experiencing. While 'Spare the Air' days used to mean a free day of
