SF News UPDATE: Big Sur's Fire Devastation Is Your Gain! Turn that frown upside-down bourgeois staycationers (oy, that word). While Big Sur sears until it's golden brown, the coastal town has turned into somewhat of a ghost town. And now, according to 71Miles'
misc Photo du Jour 161 The best place to smoke a joint while you're waiting for you ecstasy to kick in before you spend the day at the Exploratorium, it seems, is undergoing some sort of face lift.
SF News City Awards Muni Victim $2 Million Remember that lady who was struck by an N-Judah on Irving Street earlier this year in January? The victim, Dina Gryn, lost part of her leg after the accident, so SF is ponying
SF News Pigs Raid Hells Angels' SF Clubhouse Police and FBI raided the San Francisco clubhouse of the Hells Angels (as well as their Healdsburg and Santa Rosa forts) in connection with two Petaluma felony assaults under investigation. The search of
misc What's Going On Here, Translink? Rumor has it that TrankLink will be set to go in a few days on July 15. Do you believe?
SF News Big Sur, Monterey Residents Evacuate Folks in Big Sur have been asked told to evacuate due to the uncontrollable wildfire still roaring through the Basin Complex. The mandatory evacuation will go into effect at 5 p.m. today.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: If you dig jazz, hear why guitarist Terrence Brewer nabbed the 2007 SF Weekly Music Award for best jazz/blues artist. He throws down his groovy, guitar-y beats over in the Mission.
misc We Know You Can Kick Akit's Ass (By Eyleen Tavy) Akit's Complaint Department which is "dedicated to Akit's long list of really bad things he has experienced," is one of our local faves, despite that rather daunting description. Today he
misc Boing Boing Responds to Violet Blue Brouhaha Impishly adding fuel to the fire, yesterday we asked about the drama surrounding the removal of Violet Blue's writing on Boing Boing. And today BB responded, saying a) the sex scribe's work can
Arts & Entertainment Potrero del Sol Skatepark Open for Business (By Travis Jensen) The new Potrero del Sol/La Raza Skatepark officially opened last Saturday in the Mission District. Hundreds of skateboarders came out for the occasion. Mayor Newsom and Jennifer Siebel were
SF News American Family Association Auto-Replace Follies For reasons we still cannot understand, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow site started replacing the word "gay" with the word "homosexual" in any Associated Press story they run. (?) And while the internet has
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Ready, Set, Go Al last! Battered and bruised but still standing former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew will have his day in court. But, like, for reals this time. On November 10, Jew will head to
SF News Breaking Sports News: Baron Davis Flakes, Opts Out of Warriors Contract It is our sad duty to inform you that Baron Davis has opted out of his contract and is probably finished as a Golden State Warrior. Yes, the same Baron Davis who has
SF News Day Around the Bay British woman jumps off Golden Gate Bridge because of l'internet, or something like that. [Daily Mail UK] The Pagoda Theater, starring loads and loads of pigeon shit. [Curbed] Dolores Park, it seems, has
SF News Would You Pay to Use Twitter? (By Eyleen Tavy) If you're reading SFist, chances are you're familiar with local social media company Twitter (and if you're not, well, Eye on Blogs' Brittney Gilbert is more than happy to explain
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Please. Go see . Now. Werner Herzog directs and narrates this Antarctic documentary, and his commentary is hysterical. Just... go see for yourself. German nuttiness at its most brilliant, people. 7:00 p.
misc Dogs at Cafes, Y/N? With her pet pooch resting on her shoulder, Kaili Oteri over at SF Metblogs had an unfortunate encounter at a local cafe over the weekend while waiting in line. It seems some "foul
SF News KCBS Traffic Plane Crash Lands In Oakland Holy smokes! A plane just crash landed in the East Bay, landing "in a rock quarry near an Interstate 80 on-ramp in Oakland." According to KCBS, "the nose of the Cessna 172 stopped
SF News What Happened to Violet Blue's Posts? As former SFist editors Eve Batey and Jackson West have already asked, just what in heaven's name happened to former SFist contributor Violet Blue's posts on Boing Boing? It seems that they have
Arts & Entertainment SF International LGBT Film Festival: <i>The Kinsey Sicks: Almost Infamous</i> (By SFist MiHi Ahn) The Kinsey Sicks is one of those San Francisco acts we've been hearing about for years, but never managed to see in-person. Alas. But much to our delight, gave
SF News Gunshots or Fireworks? What with Fourth of July just around the corner, police departments all around the Bay Area tend to get flooded with calls mistaking gunfire for fireworks. How can you tell the difference? Well,
