SF News Antioch Amber Alert Issued An Amber Alert was issued late this morning for two young sisters "believed to have been taken from their home by their mother, who may be suicidal," according to the Gate. Here are
SF News Outside Lands Hilarity Some obnoxious tool lied to photographer Laura Morton regarding his Christian name at last weekend's Outside Lands, but...it's still kind of funny. From the Chronicle: Oliver Clothezoff, visiting from New York, snaps
SF News Cindy Sheehan Bugged? Some "ultra-liberal" site called OpEdNews claims that, while kicking it at the Denver at the Democratic National Convention, fame-hungry Cindy Sheehan "walked in to discover a man working on her phone, screw driver
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Free Ice Cream Social in South Park Today Attention all Eastern SoMa, Mission Bay, and South Park workers: The beloved Ice Cream Man is holding a FREE Ice Cream Social today in South Park at 1:30pm. Ice Cream Man, you
SF News Hayward Restaurant Hit Much to Mayor Dellums relief -- since this means he won't have to make yet another benign, angry-man speech -- a Hayward Chinese restaurant was targeted last night in the East Bay takeover
SF News Day Around the Bay Get your very own Anton Chigurh 'do for free! (Warning: extremely ovular visages need not apply.) [Around Fremont] And the award for Best Outside Lands Coverage goes to... [SF Weekly] Phil kicks it
SF News Mission District Muni Bus Crash Lands Passenger in the Hospital Speaking of Muni-related brilliance, after a 27-Bryant smashed into another vehicle at 23rd and Bryant streets, one passenger was sent to the hospital with "unknown" injuries. The accident happened just a little before
SF News Reminder: District 9 Supervisor Debate, Oct. 9 Hey, Mission dwellers. Put down your kombucha tea and gun, and listen up: Mission Mission has word that a District 9 Supervisor debate is planned for Tuesday, October 7 at the Victoria Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Host of the Knockout's monthly 45 Club, Senator Soul (AKA Jonathan Hirsch) heads over to the other side of Market Street this evening to throw a new bash: Black Gold. The night,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Submit to Cafe Gratitude No. <del>2</del> 5, Or Else Raw food cult/restaurant Cafe Gratitude will open a second (oh, my God!) fifth compound over at Mission and 18th streets, according to Eater. (Oh, be sure to read Evany's review of CG.
SF News Up With Muni As incredible as it sounds," says the regally named Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., SFMTA's Executive Director, in this morning's glowing press release, "preliminary ridership reports show that Muni had over 117,000 additional
SF News Dolly Parton is Not Dead It's just a rumor, folks, so stop clogging the inbox with it. Please. (Jesus Christ, what horrible thing to read first thing in the morning.) The evil, evil Internets strikes again!
SF News SFist Blotter SUNDAY, MISSION: Over at 23rd and Treat streets, 18-year-old Jorge Hurtado was shot and killed at around 1 a.m. Hurtado, according to the Gate, was "approached by another young man, who briefly
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Trannyshack's Kiss-Off Party, the Finale On Saturday night, Trannyshack -- San Francisco's longest-running, high-art concept drag revue -- bid us bye-bye. For now, anyway. And what a night, huh? For those of you who eschewed the shoegazing/indie/
SF News Update: Treasure Island Standoff Jim Herd over at SF Citizen just sent us this rather harrowing, though nevertheless exciting, text: "treasure island blocked off by police. eastbound off-ramp closed. officers with shotguns standing around. 10 police cars.
misc Week Around the Ists Londonist explored the hidden basement levels of the British Library. Phillyist wondered whether AT&T was treating them just like everyone else. Bostonist got all worked up about grammar. A local man,
SF News Obama Selects Biden Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware's longest-serving Senator, gets the nod as Barack Obama's running mate. (You can breathe a sigh of relief, all of you who threatened to fling yourselves from the Golden
SF News What's Going On Here, Carole Migden? Yikes. After Carole Migden was heard "berating" her Capitol staff yesterday, they were told to stay home today. Egads, right? According to Sacto Bee: Enedina Hidalgo, the director of personnel for the state
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Oddball Films presents the first in The Silent Cinema Series of films honoring Silent Cinema and Buster Keaton. They start with the award-winning National Film Board of Canada documentary Buster Keaton Rides
SF News #72: Mission District Murder At around "12:05 a.m. near the intersection of 26th Street and Folsom Street" this morning, SFPD responded to a call regarding another shooting incident. And there? They found an unidentified man
misc Day Around the Bay Pink Slip, Trannyshack's Tuesday night "replacement" at the Stud, debuts. [SF Weekly] Bernie Ward's recommended sentence? Nine years. [ABC 7] Breaking news: Advocate still in circulation to go monthly. [BAR] More on today's
