SF News Breaking News: Mark Adkins Declared President of <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Even as the Chronicle eliminates 125 positions across its print and web organizations, they're creating new ones -- in upper management, that is. Take, for example, Mark Adkins, who was named President of
Arts & Entertainment 222 Club Says Goodbye Pft. 222 Club, that stellar little nightspot/safe haven/afterhours in the Tenderloin, is closing. Boo. In addition to big and not-so-big DJ lineups, the folks who worked there were super swell. When
misc Gawking Curbed in the Castro The gays are sensitive and bizarre creatures. Especially in the Castro. The most recent issue to throw local homosexual Pride out of whack? Aggressively curious tourists and the tour buses that carry them.
SF News Bernal Heights Liquor Store Owner Killed in Witness Retaliation Attack Tong Van Le, 44,owner of Nasser Market in Bernal Heights and father of two, was murdered at his Novato home on Saturday. The widely assumed reason, according to SFPD, is because he
misc Photo du Jour 223 Frank Chu sleeps though a Mayor Gavin Newsom talk at the San Francisco Public Library.
SF News Cyclists Shot and Killed in the Richmond District, Oakland A little before 2 a.m. this morning, a bicyclist was shot and killed at 15th Avenue near Cabrillo Street. The incident occurred after an argument "with at least two men," during which
SF News Day Around the Bay Nader/Gonzalez rally in Oakland on 9/30. Bring your own rotten tomatoes. [IndyBay] Has the "For Rent" sign gone the way of the thank-you note? Not so. [Curbed] Bus Report #366 [Fog
SF News Political Adviser Robert J. McCarthy & Progressive Leader Peter Camejo: Dead The man who helped land Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, Attorney General Jerry Brown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Mayor Willie Brown, and other lunatics on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FIESTA, FOREVER: Hey, did you know today is Mexican Independence Day? It is. (Eat it, Spain!) Looking for a place to honor such a remarkable anniversary? Then, celebrate the liberation of the United
SF News Oakland Raiders Tommy Kelly Busted for DUI Word is that Oakland Raiders football player Tommy Kelly -- who, we should point out, is one of the "NFL's highest paid defensive players" ion the field this season -- was arrested Sunday
misc Best Frank Chu Photo Ever Referred to as "the crazy guy down the street" and "that crazy alien hunter guy," endurablegoods managed to capture what could be the greatest image ever of Bay Area icon Frank Chu. Adorable,
SF News Free Wi-Fi Network Reaches 80% of San Francisco? At a press conference today, Meraki, the company spearheading efforts to make free wireless connection a "presence in every San Francisco neighborhood by end of the year," and Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that
SF News No Total Recall, Say Californians While people have little confidence in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at least according to recent polls, few of us want to recall him. (If you remember, the powerful California Correctional Peace Officers Association union
SF News First Miss Trannyshack The Steve Lady Passes Away Juanita More reports that the first-ever Miss Trannyshack, The Steve Lady, died over the weekend. According to her site: Dear Friends, The Steve Lady passed away peacefully at home with her partner and
SF News Fiorina Slams SNL Palin-Clinton Skit as "Sexist" Former Hewlett-Packard CEO, Republican, and moody bitch Carly Fiorina attacked Tina Fey's impersonation of VP candidate Sarah Palin as sexist because "it portrayed the Alaska governor as lacking in substance." The skit aired
SF News Day Around the Bay Dow makes spectacular nosedive, bankruptcy follows. [CBS5, KGO] David Foster Wallace1 [Oakland Tribune, EmptyAge] Melissa Gira Grant shows us her shoes. Oh, and some Burning Man sidewalk hate, too. [Valleywag] Central subway plan
SF News Scene from a Hells Angels Memorial Hog Ride Yes, Jeremy Hatch, we got our wish. After Mark "Papa" Guardado's funeral ended, a ride from Daly City to the streets of San Francisco, going from the top of Market Street to the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FASHION: Ideally, tonight's panel at "Eco-Fashion: From Birkenstock to Couture" will damn digestion and the vile Birkenstock shoe, while championing eating disorders and the wondrous art of couture design. Realistically, they'll probably discuss
SF News Hells Angels Crowd Daly City to Honor Slain Leader As many as a thousand Hells Angels could fill the Bay Area today as they pay their final respects to Mark "Papa" Guardado, their SF leader. Guardado, if you recall, was murdered on
SF News Photos: Anonymous' Scientology Protest Aw, we've missed you guys! Anonymous was out in full force this Saturday, protesting the Church of Scientology over at the Montgomery Street compound. (For shots of previous protests, go here, here, here,
SF News And Yet Another Shooting No, not this one or this one This one: an unidentified man was sent to the hospital after getting shot at the intersection of Osceola Lane and La Salle Avenue in the Bayview
SF News Anyone Else Heard That "Big Noise" at Civic Center? "Big noise at Civic Center 50 seconds ago," we were told at 9:54 a.m. this morning. "Sounded like a building falling down for about 4 seconds." Egads, anyone else hear this?
SF News Week Around the Ists Torontoist took issue with an ad campaign treating homeless people like billboards, especially after the ad agency's creative director proved he maybe didn't know what "exploitive" means. LAist found it to be a
