SF News Swine Flu Update: Triage Tents, Number Counts, & Threat Levels Cabo San Lucas turns into a ghost town, more schools close in the East Bay, WHO raises pandemic threat level to 5, hand sanitizer flying off shelves -- Swine Flu Watch 2K9 is
SF News Gap Recalls Children's Coats San Francisco retailer Gap Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for some Baby Gap coats due to a choking hazard. The coats, according to KTVU, have little "toggle fasteners," one that could detach
SF News Police to Review Wild Zodiac Killer Claim In light of yesterday's astounding Zodiac Killer announcement, the SFPD said they will look into Deborah Perez's claims that her late father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, was the infamous Zodiac Killer. Sgt. Lyn Tomioka,
SF News Day Around the Bay More Transbay Transit Center renderporn. [Curbed] Sign of the times: All three Berkeley j-school dean finalists drop out. (Wouldn't you?) [Romenesko] The "attorney" who "investigated" today's Zodiac Killer story, Kevin McLean, was disbarred
SF News Alleged USF Rapist in Court Today Ryan Caskey, the University of San Francisco ROTC cadet accused of raping at least four other USF students on campus, was scheduled to appear in court this morning. Caskey plead 'not guilty' to
SF News SF Sex Club To Hopefully Re-Open Soon Power Exchange, the 13-year-old sex club formerly located at 72 Otis that shutdown last year due to financial difficulties, wanted to open again, this time at 44 Gough. All was going according to
misc Photo du Jour 299 Swine flu-fearing travelers exit from the international terminal with their faces covered with masks at the SFO on Tuesday.
SF News Sean Penn Files for Divorce -- Again Two-time Academy Award winner and Marin resident Sean Penn filed for divorce from his wife, actress Robin Wright-Penn. Penn filed the papers on Friday. If you recall, Sean and Robin had planned on
SF News Zodiac Killer: Guy Ward Hendrickson (Allegedly) According to today's press conference, the Zodiac Killer was some guy named Guy Ward Hendrickson. Whatever. But here's where it gets good: Hendrickson allegedly took his daughter, Deborah Perez, along with him for
SF News Judge Orders Library of Congress to Pay Transsexual $500,000 A federal judge ordered the Library of Congress to pay $500,000 to former Army Special Forces Commander Diane Schroer (née David Schroer) on Tuesday. Why? Well, after landing a terrorism analyst gig
SF News Newsom Throws $100,000 Block Party While trolling over in Sacramento this past weekend at the Democratic convention, Mayor Gavin Newsom, according to Matier et Ross, threw a $100,000 block party. Would you expect anything less? Anyway, the
SF News Soledad Charter Bus Accident Kills at Least Five Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a charter bus carrying French tourists overturned on a Highway 101 overpass in Soledad, about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco, killing at least 5
SF News Zodiac Killer’s Name To Be Revealed Today The Bay Area serial killer who murdered Bay Area residents in the late 1960s and 1970s, leaving behind bizarre letters, has been identified, or so says a private investigatory group. The team, formed
SF News Swine Flu Cases Close Bay Area Schools After one confirmed case of swine flu and thee other possible cases, two Bay Area schools have closed. First, San Jose's Branham High School will be shut down for a week after a
SF News Day Around the Bay See the Old Mint turned into a 3D palate HD art experience. [SF Weekly] Figuring out why 200 koi have died at San Jose's Japanese Friendship Garden. [Mercury News] Defense Attorney for Your
SF News Miss California Partied With Famed NYC Tranny Before Miss California Carrie Prejean spoke her mind on same-sex marriage, which, if you recall, she isn't too keen on, she was hanging with noted NYC club scene transsexual superstar Amanda Lepore. While
SF News Facebook Investor Not Pleased With Women's Suffrage Peter Thiel -- noted gay Silicon Valley libertarian, PayPal co-founder, and the one of the first Facebook investors -- recently penned an essay in which he suggests that the last time one could
misc Photo du Jour 298 Elijah Wood outside the W Sundance Kabuki theater, the day before receiving the San Francisco Film Festival's the Midnight Award. Also, according to the band on his wrist, he would like you to
SF News Schwarzenegger Declares Swine Flu Emergency in California What with the swine flu breaking out in Sacramento, Marin County, and "the possibility that a California man may have died from the disease" (which, actually, wasn't the case) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Vivian Girls @ the Independent by Moses Namkung A couple minutes into the Vivian Girls' set at the Independent on Friday, your friendly SFist correspondent realized that he wasn't really listening to the music. Cassie Ramone kept leaning
SF News 2 Swine Flu Cases In Marin The first two cases of swine flu were just discovered last night. Two Marin residents, an unidentified 60-year-old woman and her 20-month-old granddaughter, just tested positive for swine flu. Both of them, it
SF News 'Craigslist Killer' Into Male Genetalia? According to new reports, Philip Markoff, AKA the Craigslist Killer, accused of murdering 26-year-old masseuse Julissa Brisman, also went after biological men. An anonymous source in Boston told NBC News "I posted an
SF News Newsom on Rachel Maddow "If you are flipping through the channels. I will be on Rachel Maddow at 615 PST," read Mayor Gavin Newsom's prefered form of communication. And so he was, doing a decent job too.
