misc Bomb Scare at Bayer Building in Berkeley Berkeley police responded to a menacing looking suitcase sitting in front of a Bayer AG-owned building on Seventh Street between Dwight and Parker. Jackson West informs us that said drug company has "its
misc Film du Jour: Gov't Infected Water in NorCal This lady knows all about the rainbow connection. Watch it for a good chuckle. (Thanks Zach Behrens!)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: That's it, kids. The shit is done. Tonight Trannyshack puts on one last Tuesday night mess. You done good, Heklina. You done real good. Farewell for now, high-art trannies. (Above: SFist favorite
SF News Passion Cafe Allows Diners To Look Down On Starving Sixth Steet Urchins Over at San Francisco's ninth circle of hell, Sixth and Stevenson streets, Eater reports that a chic French bistro/bakery/cafe will move into the area's old pawnshop. Calling itself Passion Cafe, the
SF News Did You Catch Last Night's Meteor Shower? Of course you didn't. You couldn't see a thing in the sky last night except plump summer clouds. But we promise you the meteor shower was most spectacular. And it's happening again tonight.
SF News Heh: Chris Daly Makes High School Girl Cry Mr. Nevius is steaming mad at SFist's number-one fan, Chris Daly. Why? Well, it seems that the altruistic SF Supervisor - kissed by the lips of God himself! - made a civic-minded teen
misc Photo du Jour 193 Photo by mikedthorn found in SFist's Flickr pool. Patrons waiting patiently inside Bi-Rite Ice Cream Shoppe Creamery. (Word is the salted caramel is worth the wait.)
SF News Terry Childs Ripple Effect Delays ShotSpotter San Francisco's latest crime-fighting technique, ShotSpotter, a listening/recording device that can pinpoint the locations of discharged gunfire in San Francisco's most at-risk neighborhoods, has seen its Mission district unveiling temporarily halted. According
SF News Monday's McAllister Street Murder SFPD are trying to find the suspects in connection to a Monday night Tenderloin shooting death. At around 10:20 p.m. last night, eye-witnesses claim the "victim was approached by a group
misc Day Around the Bay Gumball Rally 3K in review. Vroom. (More images from said car chase to come on SFist tomorrow!) [WhatImSeeing] Greg Dewar answers your mail. [NJudah] Condo developers threaten future of Japantown festivals. [Curbed] Clinton
misc <del>Hemp, Paper or Plastic</del> God, Please Don't Make Us Use Reusable Grocery Bags Ugh. This. Soooo, we don't carry a reusable, hemp-made, greener-than-thou bag when we shop for kitchen staples at our local grocer. Horrifically, we prefer plastic and/or paper bags. (After all, they're new!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Ah, yes. Time and again Punk Rock Sideshow proves itself to be the most reliable (and delightful!) club night for thirsty drunks, loud-noise enthusiasts, cagey Polk Street ilk, those crazy kids, smokers,
misc Gumball Rally 3000 <del>Gals</del> Ladies Image of "GirlsposeFrawggy" by kapshure We have more images from last weekend's star-studded Gumball 3000 Rally thingamajig - Willie Brown! Knight Rider! A baby! - even though we're still not quite sure why
SF News Google Street View Captures Image of Burning House, Moves Along According to Nicholas Carlson at Valleywag, Google Street View captured a nifty shot of a burning home while riding through some place called Eagle Point Drive in some magical land called Sherwood, Arkansas.
SF News SF Wins Bronze Medal In Alcohol Abuse Bottom line, Jeff VanVonderen and Candy Finnigan would not be pleased. San Francisco, it seems, placed third in Forbes' America's Hard-Drinking Cities list. Or so says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
misc Photo du Jour 192 Happy Olympics! (Oh, and did you see Zhang Yimou's reimagined opening ceremonies on Friday? That was some critically-acclaimed, chin-scratching, fun-because-Bush-seemed-confused entertainment. Agreed?)
SF News SFist Blotter Let's see: 50-year-old Nicolas Lopez was shot/killed at a wedding reception in Richmond on Sunday. No arrests have been made. Then, the night before, an unidentified man was murdered in the Millsmont
misc Week Around the Ists Chicagoist snapped up some stunning images and a severe summer storm. LAist is still on the health beat. After following the regional city ban on new fast food restaurants, the county is proposing
SF News Adopt A Cat Or Kitten For $30 In Sonoma Today Hey, you! You with the hole in your heart and frown on your face. The Sonoma County Animal Shelter is offering over 150 bundles of feline joy (both cats and kittens, but the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Kirk Read Branded "the literary equivalent of Rufus Wainwright" by the Chron - oh, Chronicle, you kill us! - Kirk Read is putting on a show, folks! And it's jammed packed with multimedia sorcery, poignancy,
misc Photo du Jour 190 The Hoff kickin' it outside the Gumball 3000 Rally, which started yesterday. For more images, go here.
SF News Day Around the Bay "Lace's Bucket List" will make you cry. A lot. You've been warned. (But seriously, that is one well-loved, much appreciated, adorable, and very lucky pup.) [LubsSF] Yay! How to crack YouTube's Olympics channel.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Through a grant given to him by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Kirk Read's latest show This is the Thing has garnered much buzz. Read tells SFIst that his latest show is:
SF News Woman Of-A-Certain-Age Shot By SFPD Wielded Knife Remember the lady who was shot several times in her Mission district apartment? Well, the victim, Teresa Sheehan, 56, "lunged at officers with a knife" before officers turned her into the female 50
