SF News UCSC Students Protest Budget Cuts Via Hunger Strike Dozens of students and staff at the University of California at Santa Cruz have gone on a hunger strike "in order to bring attention to $13 million in state funding being cut at
SF News 30 Hurt In 71 Haight-Noriega Crash A little after 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, the 71 Haight-Noriega (of course, it had to be the notoriously dodgy 71), crashed into a moving car at Market and Jones streets. Both
SF News Day Around the Bay More on today's upholding of the gay marriage ban. [Calitics, SFA, BAR, SFBG] Plaintiffs in gay marriage case decry ruling. [CBS 5/AP] Creme brûlée cart turns into a rave. Naturally. [Mission Mission]
SF News What People Are Saying About the Prop 8 Ruling What are notables saying about the California State Supreme Court upholding prop. 8? Let's find out. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D, San Francisco): Today's Supreme Court opinion upholding Prop. 8 is a stark reminder
SF News "Fidelity": Join the Movement to Repeal Prop 8 The Courage Campaign will lace the airwaves in California with a 60-second TV ad version of "Fidelity," which is about a "heartbreaking online video viewed by more than 1.2 million people, making
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Behold the Bauer After making a TV appearance at some sort of Minnesota State Fair, Eater kicked off a search for famed SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer's elusive visage. (Oh God. Speaking of TV, did
misc Photo du Jour 320 San Francisco police officer Len Broberg, right, hugs Doug Mezzacapo, left, a married gay man, in front of San Francisco City Hall today.
SF News Official Prop 8 Ruling Document Here it is in all of its confusing glory. In a nutshell, Rota Hao explains, it's because our constitution sucks -- even Mississippi has a provision in their constitution that says "you can't
SF News Explanation of Prop 8 Ruling and What to Do Now Matt Baume (SFAppeal contributor, SFist emeritus, Stop8.org founder, and one of the leading voice in the fight against prop. 8) created this helpful film that explains today's Prop 8 ruling and what
SF News Prop. 8 Protesters Block Intersection at Van Ness & Grove The intersection at "Grove and Van Ness [is] corked by 200 protesters, more coming from civic center," says Jim Herd who is live on the scene. Traffic is blocked as far as he
SF News Prop 8 Upheld, Rules California State Supreme Court As anticipated, the California State Supreme Court ruled to uphold prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban. That means that gay marriage in the state of California is still considered illegal, effectively stripping away
SF News Photos from Prop 8 Ruling Day, San Francisco Some images from the scene in San Francisco before and after the prop 8 ruling. We'll add more images as the day moves on. (Feel free to send your images to editor@sfist.
SF News Prop 8 Announcement Today At 10 a.m. this morning, the state supreme court will announce its ruling whether to overturn or uphold prop 8, the gay marriage banned that passed last November. The constitutional amendment barely
SF News Bayview: Son Stabs Father to Death On Sunday morning a little before 10:30 a.m. in the Bayview district, Levit Chavez Jr., 22, allegedly stabbed to death his father, Levit Chavez Sr., 49. According to SF Weekly, Chavez
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Exciting week ahead, yes? Yes. Our favorites? We'll be catching St. Vincent on Wednesday, Jenny Lewis on Friday and the Thermals on Sunday! See you out there. Monday, May 25
SF News Breaking: Larry Page Is Rich The uber- and always-divine Leah Garchik reports on who the wealthiest person in San Francisco is: Larry Page, co-founder and of Google. (Of course, the award for sexiest-wealthiest person in San Francisco, hands
misc Photos from Carnaval Parade Despite the searing chill in the air, the annual Carnaval festival in the Mission was a vibrant smash. Noted photog Ted Weinstein captured the color and glorious garishness of yesterday's Carnaval parade. (Seriously,
SF News Teen Dies at Orinda House Party Joseph Loudon, 16, was found unconscious at an Orinda house party over the holiday weekend, ultimately dying from alcohol poisoning. In addition to being cute, white, God-fearing and popular at his high school,
misc Photo du Jour 318 Have a great weekend and be sure to wear your sunscre-- oh, wait. Sorry. As of posting this gloriously chilly image, it's a cozy 49 degrees outside. So, are you enjoying this crisp
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist looked at whether it's okay for a commercial printer to invoke religion in order to refuse their services—in this case, refusing to print a graphic novel with (non-explicit) gay content. DCist
SF News Day Around the Bay David Ireland 1930-2009 [Mission Mission] Presumably, he will not report on anything that might hurt people professionally or personally. [East Bay Express] Local geeks to follow on Twitter. [Baynewser] Think outside the cigarette
Arts & Entertainment Varnish Fine Art's Eminent Domain Farewell, 6/5 Due to the erection of the new Transbay Terminal, Varnish Fine Art will be smashed to smithereens. Alas. Varnish Gallery, for those of you who don't know, is fantastic. The downtown wine bar/
