SF News Day Around the Bay Free the St. Luke’s 1912 steps! [Burrito Justice] Former state Senate leader Don Perata tells about his "gangster style" carjacking. [SFGate] Allan Hough done got himself a fancy new graffiti column. [All
SF News iPhone Update Copy / paste. Ta-da. Happy? You shouldn't be. Because every MSM news outlet seems to think this is a story. It's not. This and this is an actual news story-, at least when compared
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 21st Amendment Makes Twitter Beer Now that Twitter is The View big -- oh boy, you haven't lived until you've heard Joy Behar wield the word "tweet" during Hot Topics; talk about brassy! -- everyone, it seems, is
SF News National Book Award Winner's North Beach Verbal Assault Turns <em>Sopranos</em>-esque Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry , was (allegedly) verbally harassed last week over in North Beach. After an evening of dinner, chocolate-orange gelato, and Taha Mohammed Ali, there
SF News Free Cab Rides Home What with St. Patrick's Day synonymous with binge drinking, the number of drunk drivers on the road increases. Obviously. So, instead of trying to weave home after your ninth round at your favorite
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ST. PATRICK'S: If you're not drunk by now, you're doing it wrong. So be sure to check out SFist's guide to getting blotto tonight in the name of the Irish, leprechaun's, clovers leafs,
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SF News Kaiser Kills 275 Bay Area Jobs Chipping away at the employment rate in the Bay Area, health corporation Kaiser Permanente plans to eliminate 275 jobs in Walnut Creek, Napa, and Pleasanton as it "restructures its information technology operations." The
SF News Nancy Pelosi Asks AG for Help with Ailing Papers What with the Seattle P-I shutting down its print operations, and SF Chronicle clinging to life, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked Attorney General Eric Holder to make changes in antitrust restrictions so that
misc Photo du Jour 364 Scene from yesterday's anti-Israeli protest / Tristan Anderson rally in downtown San Francisco, which trumped an Oscar Grant rally.
SF News SF Really Really Free Market Told to Scram The trust fund kids who help run Really Really Free Market were told to beat it by park rangers this weekend after setting up shop in India Basin park. On Saturday, "officers cited
SF News Gavin's Day On Twitter Are you sitting down for this one? Good. Because Gavin has arrived. GavinNewsom Ryan Seacrest radio show up next at 9AM 29 minutes ago from mobile web If he's doing Seacrest and the
SF News Former SLA Member Released from Clink Ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson (AKA Kathleen Soliah) was released from prison today. Olson, the soccer mom who was arrested in 1999, was pinched for a 1975 police car bombing plot
SF News Day Around the Bay Where's Gavin "Waldo" Newsom? [Bronstein] Boxy fun in the Strata at Mission Bay. [Curbed] CultureBus is a disaster. [SF Weekly] New York Times reports on that creepy Folsom Street sex club for castrated
SF News T-Third Collision at 3rd and 22nd Sends Passengers to Hospital A little before 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, a T-Third line collided with a truck, sending "at least a dozen" passengers to the hospital. Word has it "a southbound 18-wheeler at 3rd
SF News Final Print Version of <em>Seattle P-I</em>: Tuesday, 3/17 It was announced today that Hearst Corporation's other troubled publication, Seattle P-I, will roll out its final print publication tomorrow. Publisher Roger Oglesby just made the announcement on behalf of Hearst. The online
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Obama Fingers, the Offensive German Treat Brittney Gilbert over at Eye On Blogs stumbled across this gem: delicious chicken snacks named "Obama Fingers," made in Deutschland and featuring the Golden Gate Bridge on the package. Huh, is right? The
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Monday, again!? We don't like Mondays. Last week, we went to Cafe Du Nord, the Fillmore and the Independent. This week, pickings are slightly slimmer; word on the street is
Arts & Entertainment Images: St. Patrick's Day Parade, 3/14 Why was downtown so congested on Saturday afternoon? Because of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. Here are a few images of the cloyingly family-friendly festivities that took place that day. You'll find
SF News Mr. Pickle Kidnapped According to local sandwich blog breadxbread (which we came across at Mission Mission), somebody stole Mr. Pickle, the beloved Latino, mustard- and mayo-carrying pickle mascot over at Mr. Pickle's Sandwich Shop on 20th
SF News Oakland Activist Injured in West Bank by Lisa Hix Tristan Anderson, a 38-year-old Oakland resident, is in stable condition today after he was critically injured in the aftermath of a protest in Israel's West Bank on Friday when he
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Asobi Seksu and Bell at the Independent by Moses Namkung Comedic Bay Area-specific commentary at the Independent on Friday night: "San Francisco!", Bell lead singer Olga Bell said, "You guys have hot buns and quads!"... [one song later] "Is there
SF News Little People Riot at <em>America's Next Top Model</em> Casting Call Who knew digestionally-challenged spitfires who smile with their eyes could throw such a big fit? Take, for example, the open casting call for America's Next Top Model in Manhattan over the weekend. According
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist announced the winners of their birthday cupcake contest, made to honor their city's 175th birthday and chosen based on whoever best encapsulated the city in cupcake form. LAist has been keeping a
