misc Photo du Jour 301 A very WASPy crown pork roast is being served at SFist HQ for X-mas dinner. What's on your menu tonight? Oh, and Happy Christmas, etcetera, etcetera, and so forth.
SF News Afternoon Shooting in Lower Haight Brazen drive-by shooting in the Lower Haight this afternoon. We're told the shooting happened at around 12:30 p.m. at Webster and Haight. Around five shots were heard. No word yet on
misc This is Your Muni on Microsoft Snapped up by Flickr photog Mike G., this is the new system that replaced the "unreliable" OS/2 system. Let the hair pulling start...now.
SF News Pope Benedict XVI Says Nope to Gays and Trannies The main man who gives something so important as religion a bad name, Pope Benedict XVI, has publicly said that "saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior is just as important as saving
misc Photo du Jour 300 Airline travelers wait in the security gate line at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) We were at SFO yesterday afternoon, and we must
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again? Maybe because it's Christmas Eve Day so nobody at the SFPD is getting back to us. But we'll just put this out there and perhaps you, dear readers, can confirm? A tipster tells
SF News Day Around the Bay With so many reasons to love Arinell Pizza, their 'don't' posters are one of them. [Mission Mission, Awww Damn] Obama's tits. [SFGate] Pedestrian safety double fine zones coming. At last. [SFCitizen] Tom Ammiano
misc Photos: Flora Grubb Gardens Flora Grubb Gardens, a wonderfully green (the old use of that word) place to get a gift, will be open until 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night for those of you interested
SF News Sousa Family Sues SF, SF Zoo Over Wrongful Death With Tatiana's brutal attack nearing its one-year anniversary, the tiger's victim family sued the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Zoo today for wrongful death. If you recall, the big cat
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Tonight's your last night to catch at the Castro Theatre, where the critically-acclaimed Harvey Milk biopic premiered. Really, you should check it out; almost every single San Francisco homo is in the
SF News Intersection Shutdown After Car Crash Busy intersection Franklin and Fell, two vehicles crashed into each other at 7:30 a.m. this morning,sending the cars into a fire hydrant and into some construction material against the side
SF News Fry's VP Swipes $65M to Pay Gambling Debts Ausaf Umar Siddiqui, a Fry's Electronics VP and Palo Alto resident, is being accused of stealing around $65 million in company funds to pay gambling debts. According to reports, Siddiqui is "accused of
misc Who's at the Office Today? "Am I the only one at work today?" read several Facebook updates this morning. Nope. So: in lieu of navigating through airport traffic and dodging clinically-obese, out-of-state passengers, are any readers still at
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again For at the seventh time since November, a port-o-potty was set on fire in San Francisco this morning, according to the fire department. This most recent portable blaze, all of them happening in
SF News Lesbian Brutally Gang Raped in Richmond After being taunted for being a lesbian, a woman in the city of Richmond was "repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building" by four strangers on December 13. Detectives say
misc Naked UC-Berkeley Streakers Jiggle, Flap Throughout Library Warning: NSFW. About three or so dozen naked Cal students ran throughout the library in some sort of stress-relieving effort the other day. It's an annual tradition that inevitably gets captured on film
SF News Day Around the Bay A sneak preview of Infusion Lounge, that nightclub that advertising ion the sides of Muni buses. [Eater] Making love and screwing: what's the difference? [oopsie daisy] Bono is a tool. [Valleywag] Mistaken Seat
Arts & Entertainment The Best Hitchcockian/Christmas Gift Ever Yeah. We are throwing a serious temper tantrum until we get this: ' SF society darling Melanie Daniels getting attacked. In Barbie form. It is genius. (Sent to us by Plug1, found at
misc Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide For those of you giving gifts this year to honor the alleged birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, hered is a small list of places to hit if you're pressed for
SF News Sunnyvale Councilman/Former Mayor Leaves for Iraq On Dec. 29, U.S. Navy reservist/attorney/councilman Otto Lee, 41, will start a trepidatious, sourjourn deployment in Iraq. The Sunnyvale representative and father of two received his deployment orders three weeks
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight KARAOKE: While some of us prefer a ballad or ditty from the American Songbook, many of you might prefer punk- and rock-styled karaoke. If so, head over to SoMa for "Mainroom Mondays Big