Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Night Shows by Moses Namkung Who's super excited for Outside Lands? Some of you? A few of you? Well, the organizers have announced a series of night shows by bands such as The Dodos, Calexico,
SF News Oakland A's Fan Tazed by Police, 8/4 At last night's A's game against Texas, a belligerent fan gets zapped by Oakland police officers (1:05), another fan gets pushed down the stairs (1:25), a woman makes things worse by
misc <i>7x7</i> Gets Hyperlocal In an attempt to get in on the hyperlocal (ugh, that word) trend, glossy rag 7x7 interviewed pretty people about their favorite places to go in specific San Francisco neighborhoods. Above, Mission district
Arts & Entertainment Noon Product Launch to Feature Synchronized Skydivers, Jets Hawking their new Touch 3G phone, T-Mobile will drop 100 stunt skydivers into the air to perform synchronized formations over the city at noon today. The launch/spectacle will also feature "fly-by jets
SF News Another Sunset District Pot Bust Once again, a home in the city's Sunset district was busted for marijuana cultivation, KRON4 reports. Five people at a home on 40th Avenue, it seems, were arrested this morning after neighbors complained
SF News Oakland Hazardous Warning After coming across "possible chemicals and other suspicious items at an apparent suicide scene" at a Jack London Square Hotel, authorities evacuated several rooms at the hotel and shut down Broadway Avenue and
SF News Freed Journalists Ling and Lee Arrive In U.S. After almost five months of being held in North Korea for "hostile acts," San Francisco-based journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee arrived back in the U.S. just 24 hours after Bill Clinton
SF News Day Around the Bay Give a hoot, don't pollute, Mission denizens. [Mission Mission] Uh oh: State must "craft plan" to significantly reduce prison population in a mere 45 days. [SF Chronicle] The potential dangers of carbon storage.
SF News The Person Who Controls Newsom's Twitter Account Writes Ahem. @GavinNewsom: "Just signed SF's [$6.6 Billion] budget. Worked w/ colleagues to increase funding for univ health care program, protect jobs for teachers, police + fire." The budget also "prevented the closure" of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters to Receive Legion of Honor Alice Waters (Chez Panisse founder, slow food movement high priestess, mafia Donna) is set to receive France's esteemed Legion of Honor (). Does she to it? Yes, she does. Maybe even one of those
SF News SFMTA Chief Operating Officer Resigns SFAppeal breaks today's biggest (local) story: Chief Operating Officer for the SFMTA, Ken McDonald, resigned today. McDonald, who is in charge of Muni operations, gave no specific explanation for the sudden departure. But
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Humphry Slocombe Previews "Top Shelf" Line Today Fancy ice cream makers Humphry Slocombe will give a sneak peak at their upcoming, very exclusive, VIP-room-only HS Top Shelf line today. What is that, you ask? Well, it's their (close your ears,
SF News North Korea's Kim Jong Il Pardons Journalists Breaking news, folks. "North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Il has pardoned two American journalists and ordered their release during the visit of former U.S. President Bill Clinton," reports the Associated
SF News SF Elected Offiicals Take "Symbolic" Pay Cut San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Board of Supervisors, and other top-level officials will take a 2.45 percent pay cut this fiscal year. Which is more "symbolic" than anything, because they are
SF News Giants Beer Most Expensive According to an annual fan cost index, the beer you buy at AT&T Park is baseball's most expensive suds. NBC Bay Area has the full report: "That $8.75 you pay
SF News Update: Bill Clinton Helps to Free Journalists In North Korea In an effort to get North Korea to release Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, former President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang today to meet with Kim Jong Il. This "surprise"
SF News Muni Crash Update Yesterday's crash, that is. SFMTA director Nathaniel Ford expressed deep sadness and frustration over yesterday's F-Market Muni crash, which injured 6 people and follows July's Muni train crash in West Portal, saying in
SF News F-Line Muni Streetcars and Vehicle Collide According to SFGate, "Two of San Francisco's historic F-line streetcars and a car have crashed, injuring an unknown number of people and causing Muni to suspend train service at the height of the
SF News Power Outage Hits Mission, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, Diamond Heights According to Emergency_In_SF, "Power is sill out to 5,300+ customers in Mission & Noe Districts, Diamond Heights and Upper Market..." Most harrowing of all, SFist Deborah almost missed out on
SF News Day Around the Bay Levende Lounge's "jazz-centric" replacement Coda Lounge opens tomorrow. And they've got a marquee! [Eater] Enter the $100,000 2010 San Francisco Dream Wedding Giveaway to win a gaudy, lavish wedding. [SFCitizen] Words on
SF News Vigil Tonight for Murdered Gay Israelis On Saturday, a man entered a gay support center in Israel, killing two and injuring "at least 10." Most of the victims, according to BBC News, were young teens. Yaniv Weisman, head of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Did you miss out on buying tickets to the secret show for Sonic Youth at the Independent tonight? Never fear, they're available for... oh, wait... somebody's asking for the extortionary
misc Getty Brothers Update Well. Hm. So, it looks like the Getty brothers posted another web-log entry over the weekend. They write about drinking lemon juice. Or miracle fruit. Or liquid acid. We can't say for sure.
