SF News SF Agency Donates $40.6M for Stem Cell Training Grants Delightful news, folks. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (a stem cell research funding agency established thanks to Prop 71 in the 2004 election) put their seal of approval on 15 grants to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Porgy & Bess by Emily Cox People seem to either love opera or feel like they should love it. For the would be lovers of operas the inaccessibility of the genre (even when the lyrics are
misc Photo du Jour 437 "Pigeon, out" by The Inadvertent Gardener. Taken at Yerba Buena Gardens. Glorious creature, yes? Yes.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Firm, Luscious Things to Put In Your Mouth by Ted Weinstein Warning! Ending soon: the chance to have some of the world's most delightfully smooth, luxurious orbs to pop into your mouth (both large and small, depending on your own predilections)
SF News Oscar Grant Shooting Trial Set for October The trial for a jury to decide whether Bart cop Johannes Mehserle, 27, intended to shoot and kill Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale Bart station on New Year's Day will happen on October
SF News Firefighter Activity at Mission Near Ocean Former SFister Dianne de Guzman sent word about a block shutdown this morning. "Firefighter activity at Mission near Ocean. The block is shut down. About 3-4 trucks. No visible flames. Firefighters on roof
SF News Peter Getty Responds to SFist's Getty Death Wish Oh wow. OK, don't be jealous, but one Mr. Peter Getty, it seems, responded to SFist's little ol' post about their new business venture: web-logging for SFGate. Behold: The decision to disable comments
SF News Weather Report Weather Report: Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Evan James Today is forecast to look good on your résumé. It graduated summa cum laude from Columbia, learns new computer programs quickly, and has about
SF News Day Around the Bay RIP, Postrio. [Eater] Porgy & Bess opening glamor, glitz. [Bigelow] Francis Ford Coppola: "film is over." [SF Weekly] Weird wine of the week. [SFBG] Biker down at 20th and Valencia! [Mission Mission] $1
misc Photo du Jour 436 "Hey you! Come back and get your damned goldfish!" by Darwin Bell. Art (found on Linden Street in Hayes Valley) by Eddie. Check out more of his work, right here.
SF News Kezar Lot: Man Found Stabbed to Death Well, this is mighty grim news. It seems an unidentified man was found stabbed to death in the parking lot of Kezar Stadium at the edge in Golden Gate Park this morning, just
SF News SF IT Director Helps Iranian Protesters Ever since "hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets" in Iran, accusing the government of holding a fraudulent presidential election, social sites like Facebook and Twitter have played a wildly
SF News SFPD to Confirm Perez's Evidence in Zodiac Case? We all laughed at Deborah Perez. We all chuckled when she (and her batshit insane lawyers) held a press conference at the SF Chronicle building to announce, among other things, that Perez helped
misc Weather Report Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Evan James Today’s weather lives to please you. It wears a two-button wool suit ($2,860) and cotton shirt ($540) by Louis Vuitton; silk tie by Luigi
SF News Women Brag to KMEL About Violent Beating While we typically roll our eyes at comments and opinions that call for the death of people who do stupid things, this is one case we might consider. You see, two ladies who
SF News Teen Fugitives Accused of Murdering Mom Caught El Dorado Hills Steven Colver and Tylar Witt, suspected of murdering Tylar's mother, have been caught this morning. San Bruno police, according to KRON 4, captured the two at the Tanforan Mall. (Because
SF News Arizona Police Chief Is New SF Police Chief Dragging someone new into the force, Mayor Gavin Newsom went all the way to Phoenix, Arizona to get our new chief of police. The dramatically accent-marked George Gascón, who was the police chief
SF News Day Around the Bay 18th Street gladiator flats, gentrification. [Mission Mission, Fashionist] Crazy hookers write unreadable rant about the Gay Center. [Gay Shame] Questionable taste in textiles? [Curbed] City lawyers vote themselves two percent pay cut. Aw.
SF News Ask SFist: Iranian Election Stuff? Hey there, did you know Iran is having some sort of brouhaha, and Twitter will single-handedly bring democracy, sunshine and gumdrops to the nation? Or something like that? Anyway, reader and activist Michael
SF News What's Going On Here, Angry Firefighters? They seem rather upset. Why? Because because the city budget is bad for them, and the cuts will hurt them. So, they want to BOS to cut other services. Or something. Anyway, here
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Science of Chocolate, Tonight, 7:30 p.m., KQED QUEST on KQED Public Media. Everyone loves chocolate -- especially "bitches," as a female friend loves to remind us whenever we reach for a Snickers. From Willy Wonka to Kylie Minogue, people love
SF News Quote du Jour: "Matt Gonzalez" Want to hear more about a self-indulgent dilettante? Can you stomach another online writer who prattles on and on passive-aggressively about their alleged accomplishments? One who went to Ivy League schools you couldn't
SF News Committee Passes Ban On Haight Street Head Shops The ordinance that Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced to temporarily ban new head shops on Haight Street passed committee on Monday, which means that no more stoner shacks can open on the street famous
SF News Reading This Post Will Make You Want to Kill a Getty (Except Vanessa, That Is) Oh God. SF Chronicle's City Brights, a last-grasp kind of web-log that features local "luminaries" writing about their mental bowel movements, has a new member to the team. Two of them, actually: Peter
