misc Photo du Jour 247 This is as good a reminder as any that you can drop off your unwanted little blessings at any San Francisco fire station. They're Safe Surrender sites!
Arts & Entertainment Bakesale for Obama in South Park Today The employees over at Chronicle Books will hold a bake sale for presidential candidate Barack Obama (aptly titled Bakesale for Barack) over in SoMa this morning. For those of you with low blood-sugar
misc Vandalism Report Card: Them Rich Folk Graffiti Anyway, this is what it looks like when the wealthy/elite are armed with spray paint and an overabundance of self-entitlement. Meh. Grade: D+
SF News SFist Blotter BAYVIEW: It's been relatively quiet in SF over the last week or so, but a 26-year-old was killed, and a second seriously wounded, after a shooting in the Bayview District last week. According
SF News Angel Island Fire The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco/Marin firefighters are battling a blaze on the eastside of Angel Island, which was reported at 9 p.m. tonight. At about 9:50 p.
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist featured a set of photos of Nuit Blanche, the one night each year when the streets and public and private spaces of Toronto are transformed into one huge contemporary art gallery, Rickrolls,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Artists' Vocal Ensemble (Jonathan Dimmock, Artistic Director) kicks off its '08-'09 with "St. Francis of Assisi : Musings on a New World Order," celebrating the life and works of San Francisco's very own
SF News Day Around the Bay Brian Devine will match all No on Prop. 8 contributions up to $1,000 through Sunday. Whoa. [Calitics] Internets of 2007. [The Time Masheen] Tommy Lasorda out as grand marshal of SF Spaghetti
SF News Fleet Week 2008 Saturday Parade of Ships Cancelled A bit suspicious since tomorrow calls for clear skies and 10-20mph winds. But according to the U.S.Navy: "The Parade of Fleet Week Ships that was scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
SF News Did You Feel That? Small one, but we felt an earthquake over in SoMa. Did you? Looks like it was a 3.1 centered in Piedmont, which happened at 4:19 p.m. Wee! Scary Friday fun!
misc Your Daily Blue Angels Fix Egads! (And here's where they're parked when not performing dazzling air acrobatics high above. Oh, and we still want to know about any sweaty, drunken, mildly homoerotic Fleet Week parties going on, folks.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: It's the battle of the surf-rock Santas tonight. First, Santa Cruz band Machete Fight take the stage. (Golldarn hippies!) Then, Santa Barbara's BandPax takes the stage. (Damn yuppies!) The divine DJ Vin
misc John McCain is Dead At least he is in this elaborate, spooktacular, very San Francisco Halloween display, found outside a Glen Park home. Curious, yes? But we think they should have added pantyhose to Palin's legs --
SF News Golden Gate Bridge Barriers Approved Golden Gate Bridge District board of directors voted this morning to build a catch net to help prevent suicides on the famed bridge. According to the Gate: The decision was greeted with applause
SF News Gas-Free Fridays Oh gosh, we almost forgot! Today and every Friday this month is Gas-Free Fridays, which not only promotes using your two-wheeled mechanisms to get around the city, but features energizer stations where do-gooding
SF News Jenner Headlands Almost Preserved The Jenner Headlands -- that gorgeous, relatively untouched stretch of coastal land a few hours north of San Francisco, where "the Russian River meets a Pacific Ocean" -- is a breath away from
SF News Bomb Squad Blocks Off South Van Ness South Van Ness Avenue was shutdown from 14th to 16th streets while the bomb squad pores over a black Dodge Ram, possibly linked to a pipe bomb explosion that occurred in Bayview on
SF News Fire near West Oakland Station Results in Bart Delays Expect delays of at least 15 minutes (through 11 a.m., maybe longer) on Bart today. There seems to be some sort of electrical fire near the West Oakland Station. Service to San
SF News Day Around the Bay Castro Halloween fears, so 2007? [BAR] Blue Angels go ka-boom. [SFBG] Send in your layoff memos to Valleywag, and they post them. You know, for fun. [Valleywag] Don't forget about tonight's Mission Street
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Jim Henson's merry band of felt stoners take over Dolores Park when The Muppet Movie (1979) screens for free. Bring your favorite beer in a bag, some snacks, a blanket, and enjoy
SF News They're Ba-aaack: Blue Angels Have Arrived Can you hear them overhead? While they don't as close to the ground as they used to during practice flight, you can sill see them if you poke your head outside this afternoon.
