misc UNICEF Tap Statue at Justin Herman Plaza We think you win a goldfish if you get a quarter in her bowl. Or something like that. But seriously, folks, you can donate to UNICEF here.
SF News Day Around the Bay The final phase at Michael Mina's RN74. [Eater] Pet sheep roams Castro. [Eye On Blogs] Budget cuts at SF Pride. [BAR] Ward and Bronstein respond to Columbia Journalism Review's scathing piece. [SFBG] Yesterday
SF News The Divorce Debate of Prop 8 While lawyers and civil rights advocates agree that Prop 8 will (most likely) be upheld when the State Supreme Court makes its decision, no one can say for sure if forced divorces will
SF News Jail Time for Graffiti? Today, C.W. Nevius (sort of) suggests jail time for hoodlums caught tagging or performing other acts of artistic expression via vandalism. Because graffiti in San Francisco is getting worse. (Or better, depending
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Locally produced Lady Macbeth of Martinez is deliriously described as "a whirlwind pop-culture punch featuring visual art, Spanish dance, slasher films, tele-novellas, sitcoms, and talk shows put in a blender, set to
misc Gavin's Day On Twitter He's getting green on us again. GavinNewsom Great to hear President Obama talking about electric vehicles. Time to plug into the future of the car industry. 35 minutes ago from mobile web He's
SF News Protests Mark Sixth Anniversary of Iraq War Oh fun. Today there will be a slew of protests to mark the sixth year we've been blowing shit up in Iraq. Demonstrations will take place all over the Bay Area. At noon
SF News Voyage of the "Plastiki" British environmentalist David de Rothschild, author of Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook, met with members of the San Francisco Conservation Corps on Wednesday to talk about "Plastiki," his seacraft constructed almost entirely
SF News Police Need Help Identifying Lake Merced Body You know that dead body dragged out of Lake Merced earlier this week? Well, no one seems to know who he is, so the police are asking for the public's help. According to
SF News San Francisco Journalists Detained in North Korea Two Current TV journalists, reporter Laura Ling photographer Euna Kim, were detained by soldiers while on assignment near the North Korea's border with China. The journalists were taken into custody by border guards
SF News Parkway Speakeasy Theater Shutters this Sunday Now for some truly sad news,.Catherine and Kyle Fischer's Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland is closing its door for good after 12 years. Here's the missive sent out today to fans of
SF News Day Around the Bay Anyone got change for a $5? [Muni Diaries] Local journalists are ready for their closeups, Mr. DeMille. [SF Weekly] Bacon dumpster looking for hot eating action. [Mission Mission] Campos backtracks and Chiu gives
SF News Gavin's Day On Twitter Mayor Gavin Newsom is still in SoCal, whipping up the masses into a stiff peaks during his Golden State tour. Let's see what he has to say today. GavinNewsom Just toured Venice health
SF News Marina Middle School Volleyball Coach Arrested On Molestation Charges Marina Middle School coach Stephen Pedersen, 45, turned himself into authorities yesterday after a warrant was out for his arrested regarding molestation charges of a 13-year-old student. Pedersen has been hit with with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Tipping its hat to the Washington Post's Janet Cooke scandal, the west coast premier of The Story centers around "an ambitious reporter who goes against her editor's wishes to track down the
SF News Save Medjool? Winner of Eater's coveted Douchiest Bars In San Francisco Award, controversial Mission Street bar Medjool is in danger of being closed down. The SF Planning Department wants to yank the permits for the
SF News Gun Scare Prompts Closure of Sonoma Schools Rancho Cotati High School and Cross & Crown Lutheran School for kindergarteners and preschoolers in Rohnert Park were shutdown today after a gun scare sent parents, school officials, and teachers into a frenzy.
SF News Breaking News: Newsom's Haircare Product Revealed March 17, 2009 will go down in the history books, and Ryan Seacrest will be looked back on as the Woodward/Bernstein of our time. See, the American Idol host blew the lid
misc Film(s) du Jour: Grey Gardens Trailer You know how Grey Gardens -- the 1970s documentary about shut-ins Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, who were the aunt and first cousin of
SF News IBM to Buy Sun Microsystems For a hefty $6.5 billion in cash, IBM is in talks to purchase Sun Microsystems Inc. The deal could happen as early as this week. While Sun has been "struggling since the
SF News Former Valleywag Editor Nets $50K for Twitter Book Further proof that gingers are crafty devils, former Valleywag editor Nick Douglas is (allegedly) being paid $50,000 by HarperCollins for a book on his Twittering capabilities. Specifically, his book, Twitter Wit, will
SF News Bacar Among Bernie Madoff Assets Oh, this is terrible news. San Francisco restaurant Bacar, the contemporary American cuisine establishment in SOMA, is among the assets the Feds have their eye on. Why? Because it's associated with disgraced Ponzi
