SF News A Jobs-free Macworld Expo Kicks Off The annual Macworld Expo kicked off this morning, with new versions of new versions of iLife and iWork being introduced. Also, the 17-inch MacBook Pro will get a unibody enclosure makeover. (That is
misc Photo du Jour 308 Photo by iamdonte Puppet found at one of the city's most remarkable shops, Paxton Gate.
SF News Toilet Torcher Lights First Match of 2009 Just when you thought the Toilet Torcher was a match striking terror to stay stuck in the halcyon days of 2008, he or she leaps into 2009 with aplomb. See, just this morning
SF News World Trade Center Prank Hits Google Trends? Since yesterday saw Barack Obama's Fox News', and Britney Spears' Twitter accounts get hacked -- if you recall, Spears was reported to have a vagina measuring four-feet wide, complete with razor sharp teeth
SF News Day Around the Bay Fruitvale shooting protesters rally At BART HQ. [CBS 5] Transbay's slow process. [Curbed] The hari kari of AsianWeek as a printed pub. [SFCitizen] Rapist's father to be next mayor of Oakland? [East Bay
SF News Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Set To Make Foolish Run For CA Governor Noted Republican, Silicon Valley resident, and gay-marriage hater Meg Whitman is all set to take over Sacramento, at least according to an AP article. "The person was not authorized to talk publicly and
SF News BART Erases "Rude Rider Hall of Shame" Crestfallen doesn't begin to describe how we feel what we're about to tell you. Akit's Complaint Department informs us that BART has removed their much-loved, nascent "Rude Rider Hall of Shame." They leave
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Interviews: Paul Arenstam of Americano by Tiffany Maleshefski When we sat down for a morning cup of Joe with Americano's executive chef Paul Arenstam, we only expected to get the details on his new Americano Mondays menu, where
SF News Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Gets a Most Unholy Makeover Oh oh. Here we go again. An angry, misguided soul defaced another symbol of religion, this time the Castro's Most Holy Redeemer Church Catholic at 100 Diamond Street The church was spray-painted with
SF News KTVU Airs Fruitvale Station Shooting, BART Police Asks for Patience Last Thursday, on New Year's Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was fatally shot by an unidentified BART officer. It happened after grant and some buddies got into a scuffle while riding a train. We
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The 400 Blows (1959), François Truffaut's ode to adolescent shenanigans, not oral sex, screens it the Haight. 7:15 and 9:25 p.m. // Red Vic (1727 Haight) // $6-$9 CLUB: About
SF News Scene from a Free Palestine Protest . Traffic came to halt this morning after more than 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators yelped and hollered outside the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Here's a scene from the action at Third and Market streets.
misc Twitter Hackers Brighten Gloomy Monday Morning 4chan's /b/ board, the tasty bowels of the interwebs, are claiming credit for this morning's Twitter account hackings of two of the most importance forces in the universe: Britney Spears and Fox News.
SF News Jan Wahl's Contract Not Renewed Jan Wahl -- KRON 4's leading lady of film reviews, fag haggery, and rating movies using a numerical hat system -- will no appear on the beleaguered new station's broadcast every week. Her
SF News Steve Jobs Reveals Mysterious Illness A hormone imbalance is being blamed in the gaunt appearance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Rumored to be stricken by a number of mysterious illnesses ranging from cancer to anorexia, Jobs appeared enviously
SF News Pro-Palestine Protesters Early AM Protest Blocks Traffic Protesters livid about Israel's (offensive? defensive? you decide!) action in Gaza are blocking streets in as they head toward the Federal Building on Golden Gate Ave. This is an "emergency protest," if you
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist said good-bye to 2008 by looking back at the year and rang in 2009 in Times Square. (God bless YouTube for capturing Kathy Griffin's New Year's comments to a heckler.) Phillyist interviewed
SF News Today's Exciting Israel-Palestine-Hamas-Gaza-Whatever Protest in Downtown SF Oh, hey guys! Just letting you know that Allan Hough at Mission Mission is live on the scene from yet another Protest over violence in the Gaza Strip. Awesome! According to Hough, the
misc Get Your Creepy Naked Clown Calendar 2009 With a tagline of "Seeking a cure for Multiple Sclerosis, one laugh at a time," you can't mock San Francisco Clown College's Naked Clown Calendar 2009, which they've recently unleashed. While decried by
SF News Erected 'Abortion Hurts Women' Billboard Tries to Shock Bay Area Pro-abortion folks got an eyeful this week when a mammoth pro-life poster was erected in San Francisco on December 31. The 20-foot x 60-foot billboard can be seen by more than 100,000
misc SFMTA's Headphone Smear Campaign Starts Beth W. from Muni Diaries writes about this latest ad campaign, and she's none to thrilled. Beth says, "I’m having trouble totaling up the number of things wrong with it," going on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: You muse have energy left to "Rickshaw Stop’s 5th Anniversary Bash," don't you? What if we told you LA/Canadian pop-alt band Dengue Fever will headline the Hayes Valley birthday bash?
misc Sublime Point/Counterpoint Protest on Homosexual Sex Photo by Ben Golub, found at SFCitizen Well, this is downright adorable. And who is that guy on the left? We would like to marry him.
SF News Giants Offer 'Diva' Manny Ramirez 4-Year Deal described as a prima donna Described as a prima donna, Manny Ramirez might join the Giants next season if thing go according to plan. The Giants, according to reports, are "quietly making an
