SF News Scenes from American Apparel Meeting at City Hall, 2/5 What with Bush leaving office and local ire having no direct target, layoffs continuing to abound, and the recession devolving into something worse, American Apparel setting up shop on Valencia Street created the
SF News Day Around the Bay Herbert Hamrol, one of the last survivors of the 1906 earthquake, dies. [SFGate] Kidnappin' grandpappy. [CBS5] Why Bonds really needs female fertility drugs. [Bronstein] Defending ShotSpotter? [Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice] Sneak
SF News American Apparel Meeting at City Hall Since your editor is too busy looking for somebody with a vagina who likes other vaginas to take with him to Orson this evening, he couldn't possibly make it to City Hall. (All
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FOOD/DRINK/DYKE: Be sure to check out Orson's first-ever Ladies Night. Hosted by the formidable Betty Sullivan (of Betty's List), tonight's kick off party, according to Tablehopper, boasts no cover charge, $5
SF News Toilet Torcher Foiled? San Francisco's Toilet Torcher is making national headlines. (Also, AP is calling him or her the "Toilet Torcher," to which SFist will take full credit, thank you. Ha ha.) And for some it's
SF News "Hipster" While we want to vomit all over our keyboard when we see this (dead) term pop up in the comments -- because we're just that real -- Laughing Squid has a fantastic linguistic
misc Film du Jour: Bollywood's 'Vaaranam Aayiram' The kids over at The Daily Clog bring to our attention this festive Bollywood film, Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), that was shot in Berkeley, the Cal campus, and San Francisco. While the English dubbing
SF News Bonds Pleads 'Not Guilty' Sporting a tan suit (not since Nedra Ruiz has San Francisco seen a such a glamor-free court trial), Barry Bonds pleaded 'not guilty' in federal court today. Bonds, a former SF Giant great,
SF News Whole Foods Castro The fine folks over at Curbed have an artistic rendering of what the new Castro Whole Foods will look like. It's scheduled to replace the old Ford dealership on Market and Dolores. Slated
SF News Passion for Christ Movement Launches 'Ex-Masturbator' Shirt Society promotes masturbation, at least according to the Passion for Christ Movement. But this fearless Christian group, at last, has broken the silence on the sin of self gratification via the launch of
SF News State Controller Buys $2M Worth of Furniture First Wells Fargo Bank can't attend annual "employee recognition events," now state employees can't get new chaise lounges. It seems the same day the governor vetoed the Democrats' budget proposal, John Chiang, the
SF News Rought Times Hit Noted VFX Production Company Based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Orphanage went from a small visual effects company in a matter of 10 years with over 160 artists creating effects for more than two dozen
SF News 6 Firefighters Hurt in Portola Fire Six firefighters were hurt, with one suffering life-threatening injuries "after inhaling superheated gases," while fighting a blaze at a two-story residence at 627 Felton Street early this morning. According to Chron, "The names
misc Film du Jour: No Kittens Were Hurt in the Making of this Clip What all of the venom being spilled in the American Apparel comments -- you guys are surprisingly and unusually upset about this one-off issue -- here's an adorable, tiny, furry button face trying/
SF News Day Around the Bay Newsom's hybrid SUV parked outside the Gold Club. (OK, he wasn't getting milked inside the strip club. Newsom:strip clubs::Obama:Blackberry) [SFCitizen] Pig face. [Mission Mission] She also needs to stop saying
SF News Lux Interior Dead Cramps frontman Lux Interior (né Erick Purkhiser) died today due to a pre-existing heart condition. He was 52. According to Billboard, "The Cramps formed in 1976 and were part of the now legendary
SF News Mother & Son Team Rob Peninsula Store Prepare for your heart strings to zing. Darlene Barnes, 34, and her son Darrell Dwayne Reed, 18, were arrested on suspicion of robbing a convenience store in Menlo Park early this morning. Aw,
Arts & Entertainment "Lipstique" National treasure Fauxnique and Silencefiction (the swellest chap you'll ever run into at a club) collaborated on this smashing project. "Lipstique," which boasts former Miss trannyshack Fauxnique listing her favorite lipstick colors backed
SF News Siebel Almost Bares All Via New On Demand/Pay-Per-View Movie Allegedly winning praise on the film festival circuit, San Francisco First Lady Jennifer Siebel's latest film, , shows on On Demand/Pay-Per-View (aw) starting tonight. The movie is about love and stuff, and Jen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC/THEATER: Is drag dead? Not when Anna Conda and Lucy Borden are involved. Tonight the two tranny superstars, who can be found every Friday night fucking shit up at the Cinch, start
SF News Evidence Against Bonds Unsealed Today in San Francisco, a federal judge opened up hundreds of pages of court documents against disgraced Giants slugger Barry Bonds. According to reports, "The documents released included ... a transcript of a taped
SF News Search for New Prop. 8 Donor Names Next to the California's sex offender database, this is the most alluring search on the internets right now. The Sacramento Bee has come up with this handy tool where you can search for
misc Porta-Potty Crime Scene Jim Herd over at SFCitizen captured the gruesome aftermath of the Toilet Torcher's 21st victim. This just makes it all too real.
SF News American Apparel Planning Commission Meeting This Thursday Tomorrow's the big day. The planning commission meeting is this Thursday, starting at 1:30. The hearing goes down in room 400 at City Hall. Oh, and Stephen Elliot at Stop American Apparel
