SF News How to Stop the Auto Warranty Calls Have you been receiving daily calls from a fembot telling you about your auto warranty with a fembot? Say, like, three of them a day? Even though you don't own a vehicle? Want
SF News Sign of the Times: Print Publishing Where The Onion used to be on Cortland in Bernal Heights. The Onion, as SFist pointed out last week, ceased print editions in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco's Nonstaurant Trend, Where to Find One Near You Lessley Anderson (senior editor at CHOW and our former colleague back in the day) sent us this map denoting the sports where you can find the current "nonstaurant" trend in the Bay Area.
SF News Poor, Innocent Pelosi Lied to By Big, Bad CIA Dainty House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has come under fire recently for allegedly knowing that the U.S. was committing illegal acts of torture, has refuted statements saying that the top Democrat knew
misc HuffPo's Top Story Domination The brilliant Chloé Harris, freelance writer and former 7x7 editor, explains to us the top stories on Huff Post today: "1) Boobies. 2) Boobies. 3) Boobies. 4) Boobies. 5) Boob." Well done, my
SF News Caltrain Strikes, Kills Another Caltrain has claimed the life of another pedestrian in two weeks. This morning, a man was struck at the San Mateo station. According to reports, "he collision happened at 6:43 a.m.
SF News 'Craigslist Robber' Arrested Dubbed by the media 'The Craigslist Robber' (who joins the 'Craigslist Killer' in the nascent stage of a Craigslist supergroup), 34-year-old Damien Bell is being held without bail after police uncovered DNA evidence
SF News Day Around the Bay 17th Street Plaza, dedicated. [Streetsblog] If you snap a pic of Mayor Newsom riding Muni, you can win a Fastpass. [Where's Gavin?] The two Matts square off on Blue, bondage, BDSM, and blogging.
SF News Did You Feel It? A magnitude 3.0 earthquake, according to CBS 5, "has struck near Berkeley at 3:34. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries." Tell us, readers, where were you during the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Has Good Bars The fine folks over at Eater came across the May issue of Esquire, which boasts their annual list of the Best Bars in America. San Francisco scored big, with Zeitgeist (cyclists and porta-potties!
SF News Gay.com Honor Thrills Mayor Newsom Gay.com named the winners of their annual Travel Awards. To no one's surprise, San Francisco was named Favorite Domestic Destination. Woo hoo! Gavin, of course, was equally elated. Because this means more
SF News Steve Jobs Gets Green Light to Tear Down Historic Woodside Mansion The Jackling House, built by California architect George Washington Smith in 1926 for mining guru Daniel C. Jackling, will be taken off of life support. Yesterday, the Woodside City Council decided, after years
SF News Scenes from 17th Street Pedestrian Plaza Construction Construction on the 17th Street Pedestrian Plaza is wrapping up. So far, the newly tagged temporary public plaza includes plants, concrete benches, and (God willing) loads of sunlight. Here are some images of
misc <em>Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus</em> Preview Over at Laughing Squid, we came across this delightful preview to Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. The plot line goes like this: "the California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures
SF News Google to Reshoot Japan's 'Street View' After receiving numerous complaints in Japan, "where personal privacy is highly valued," according to SF Business Times, Google will reshoot the country's street scenes. It seems that some of the shots in Japan,
SF News School Board Votes to Keep JROTC In SF Schools After a weary battle to permanently remove Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) from San Francisco schools, the school board voted 4-3 Tuesday night to reinstate the program. If you recall, the army
SF News SFPD Needs Your Help With Fatal Attack On SF Woman Described as a "generous woman who often gave money to the homeless," Helen Canafax, 63, was on the 600 block of Folsom Street on April 10 when an unidentified man swiped her purse
SF News Craigslist Reportedly Dropping Erotic Service Listings Craigslist will get remove their pay-for-play "erotic services'' category. According to AP, the classified ad site is feeling pressure after a Boston medical student (AKA the "Craigslist Killer") was charged with killing an
SF News Day Around the Bay Huffing ain't for everybody: toxic fumes sicken 28 in San Jose. [SFGate] More on iconic sex club Power Exchange, or lack thereof. [SFBG] SFist's number-one fan, Steve Saldivar, has the lowdown on last
SF News BOS Meeting: Muni Budget, to Pass or Not to Pass In a meeting filled with local online notables -- that is to say, Streetsblog, the Guardian, SF Weekly, former D6 candidate Paul Hogarth, your mother -- the Board of Supervisors plans on voting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: The Vaselines @ Bimbo's by Moses Namkung After the end of "Come As You Are" on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, Kurt Cobain introduces the next song by saying, "This was written by the Vaselines." Yep.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's On: LA vs. SF Burritos LA Weekly baits San Franciscans in Ask Mr. Gold's most recent column. Erica, a Los Angeles-based reader, writes in to ask about her "friend in town from Berkeley" who loves burritos but is
misc Photo du Jour 309 Yes, Ishikawa went all the way over. Yes, he landed on his head. Yes, he caught it. Yes, it was awesome. Playing the league's "worst team" last night, the Giants beat the Nationals
SF News Arrest in Downtown SF Armed Robbery This kind of behavior flies in the Mission, is par the course in the TL, and is sometimes OK in the Castro during a particularly drunk Pride weekend. But armed robbery is most
