SF News Pro-Marijuana Ad to Air Today In an effort to get Californians safe access to affordable mary jane, the above pro-marijuana commercial will air on "several cable news channels and network broadcast affiliates" in LA, Sacramento, and the Bay
SF News UPDATED: Vote SF Giant Pablo Sandoval Into All-Star Team It's up to you, people, to fill the final slot for this year's All-Star game. The entire 2009 roster is set (SF, Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum; Oakland, Andrew Bailey), but the last
SF News Swing Dance Legal Again in Golden Gate Park For 13 years strong, people have gathered in Golden Gate Park on Sundays to do the Lindy Hop. That is, until two weeks ago when SFPD officers stopped the jazz-swing fun. Why? Well,
SF News Massachusetts Sues Federal Government Over DOMA The state of Massachusetts has sued the Federal government over the Domestic Marriage Act, claiming that it discriminates against the people, namely gay folks, who want to wed. According to the , "the lawsuit,
SF News Day Around the Bay Father and daughter run massive real estate scam, buy Lamborginis, finance a slasher movie, get busted. [KGO] Bad, bad, bad Michael Jackson moves. [Eye On Blogs] Assembly speaker boycotts budget talks. [Chronicle] Charges
SF News No Kidding Sad news, handful of you. The Printed Blog, the newspaper (leaflet?) that plucked items from the world wide web and printed said posts on paper, is now dead. Founded by Josh Karp six
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's Official: Flour + Water Is a Smash SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer swoons over the Mission's newest pizza joint, Flour + Water, located at 2401 Harrison. Bauer beams, "Made third visit to Flour+Water ; tastes as if they've been making
misc Photo du Jour 449 The latest trend in Valencia Street wear? Toy guitars, possibly this year's version of the lunchbox.
SF News Google to Drop "Beta" As of today, Google will remove the "beta" tag from most of its products, namely Gmail, which is over five years old and wildly popular with both business and personal users. While the
SF News Quote du Jour: Michael Jackson Gay? So, yeah, everything and anything is being dominated by Michael Jackson's memorial today. Face it. And, after wading through all of the internet denziens getting choked by Colgate Total and Latisse spokeswoman Brooke
misc Zennie Records Bouncer / Patron Fight at Harry's Oh lucky day. Zennie sounds like he could be one of the most interesting people this city has got going for it. In addition to ruminating on Star Trek or Giants games, he
SF News Woman Shot in the Tenderloin Speaking of body parts, a woman was shot in the leg last night in the Tenderloin. According to CBS5 / BCN, the incident occurred at around 9 p.m. last night at (where else?
SF News Day Around the Bay What, exactly, is the Albany Bulb? Find out. [What I'm Seeing] Testosterone-packed Axe shower gel put to the test. [40 Going On 28] Today's San Jose standoff ends with 2 shot dead. [CBS
SF News Swine Flu Outbreak at San Quinten? A quarantine has been "expanded" at San Quentin due to a probable outbreak of the swine flu epidemic. KTVU reports that "Luis Patino, a spokesman for the federal receiver who oversees medical care
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung We'll be at Bottom of the Hill on Thursday to see headliners the Rural Alberta Advantage, the folksy Canadian band recently signed to Saddle Creek Records. The show will be
SF News <i>SF Chronicle</i> Unveils New Look For those of you who still read print editions of newspapers, did you happen to see San Francisco Chronicle's latest makeover? To be blunt, it looks downright lovely. The font, the sharper images,
SF News "Free SF8" Sign Appears On Bernal Hill In some sort of retro-angry political statement that means nothing really but is highly amusing, this message appeared at the top of Bernal hill this morning. What does it mean? Well, it is
SF News California Doles Out $335K Settlement for Carole Migden's Bad Driving Remember when former Senator Carole Migden went on a drunk driving spree on I-80, minus the alcohol? Well, the state of California will pay out $335,00 in settlement riches to a victim
misc What's Going On Here, Dolores Park Yogis? In what's just another attempt to get women to spread their legs and bend their bodies in public -- very clever, guys -- something called AcroYoga took place in Dolores Park over the
SF News Police Barricade San Jose Mobile Home After Shooting A little before 9 a.m. this morning, inside the Chateau La Salle Mobile Home Park located near the Santa Clara County Fair grounds, a double shooting took place. Two people were shot,
SF News Fire / Explosion Near Ross Store on Market Street Oh yikes, folks. According to our increasingly favorite Twitter account to follow, Emergency_In_SF, they've got word (via timmysanfran) that there's a fire, possibly caused by an explosion, at Market (near Fourth
SF News Pinole Police Solve Cold Case This morning, Pinole Police held a press conference, informing the public that they've finally figured ourt there whereabouts of Amber Swartz-Garcia, missing since 1988. She's dead. Notorious child killer Curtis Dean Anderson, it
SF News Six State Parks May Go to Federal Control Temporarily It seems the National Park Service doesn't want to take control of state parks, but will take six of them, including the nearby Angel Island, if Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to close 80%, or
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist followed the story of a woman who claimed a police officer manhandled her—punching her and grabbing her breasts—because she had taken her pug out of its carrier. There were numerous,
