SF News Do I Hear $6?: Gallon of Gas Reaches New Heights We're a tenth of a penny away from $5 a gallon for REGULAR gas, y'all. Very exciting. In related news, things are getting heated in SoCal. At an Orange County Costco, a La
misc Ask SFist: Calling In Sick? First, it's gorgeous outside today. If you're stuck at work today, then, well, we feel your pain. Second, we just received this pressing question in our inbox: Help! How do i call in
misc Fine, the New 3G iPhone Commercial iPhone 3G from Dylan Staley on Vimeo. God. We really don't want to post a commercial -- especially one espousing the alleged virtues of the iPhone, Apple, and Jobian theory -- but we're
SF News Highway 101 Shuts Down After Big Rig Melee A jackknifed big rig (do they ever do anything but jackknife?) carrying tons of diesel fuel on (the) 101 has shutdown the highway in both direction in Menlo Park. The accident happened just
SF News Lesbians to Kickoff Same-Sex Weddings The Sapphic set will be the first to get legally married (and, believe us, the first to get legal divorce after divorce after divorce) in San Francisco. Longtime queer activists Del Martin (87)
SF News Oakland Man Survives Multi-Shot Round Mimicking $.50, an unidentified Oakland man was shot several times last night at around 10:45 p.m. at Eighth and Willow streets, and lived to tell about it. According to AP, "[t]
Arts & Entertainment Public Displays of Musical Affection Dances to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" Public Displays of Musical Affection busts out into a (more or less) seamless choreographed routine to Bjork's screechy but sublime "It's Oh So Quiet" in Union Square. Wee!
SF News Day Around the Bay Violent crime report: "up, rape same." [NBC11, Jameth] Another way to remember George Bush: getting rid of Bush Street? [BC] 18th Street neighbors win James Beard Awards: Elisabeth Pruett and Chad Robertson (Outstanding
Arts & Entertainment Canceled Dethklok Rescheduled for Tonight! After a small electrical fire at the Fillmore canceled last week's sold-out Dethklok show, and sent many a fan into an abyss of despair, it is on again. Yay! Check it: Rescheduled tonight,
misc Willie Brown Kicked It at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, What About You? While we work on a meaty and insanely brilliant review of the recently opened JewMu -- which is, in fact, kind of way awesome, complete with numerous, noted artists responding to the Book
SF News Protesting Mayor Newsom's Shiny New Budget Speaking of our fine mayor, Newsom's recently released budget plan, it seems, will "terminate critical health and human services, while pumping up salaries for police by 25% and adding many new high paid
SF News Newsom to Become Radio Star SF Weekly's Andy Wright has word that Gavin Newsom's radio show, cleverly titled "The Gavin Newsom Show," will break its hymen this coming Saturday at high noon. Eeeee! And it all goes down
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Danny Dechi hosts a night of stand-up hilarity, featuring Blinky the Rock God (the world's premier pencil musician) and the Danny Dechi Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. // The Marsh (1062 Valencia) // $7
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tomato Scare Prompts McDonald's to Get Even Less Healthful Ever since a few cry babies got the sniffles over a few bad tomatoes last week -- fine, it was salmonella food poisoning, but tomatoes are the most awesome thing to eat in
SF News New 3G iPhone 2.0 Revealed? CrunchGear allegedly has the first photos on the Internet for the new 3G iPhone. According to Network World: From the TechGear description and looking at the pictures it's definitely thinner than the original
SF News World Naked Bike Ride Makes Some Sort of Statement San Francisco took part in the World Naked Bike Ride this past weekend. This critical mass protesting dependency on fossil fuels/an excuse to see women's breasts seems more popular abroad than over
SF News Fremont Hosts Stab Wedding Over at the Niles Banquet Hall in Fremont on Saturday night, five men were stabbed (while a sixth suffered a serious head injury) after five uninvited guests tried crashing a wedding. After being
SF News Steve Jobs to Annouce New iPhone Magic Already the Kool-Aid drinkers are lined up outside Moscone Center. Why? Because le Jobs is expected to give birth to the latest generation of the iPhone at today's (sold out!) Worldwide Developers Conference.
misc Pigeons: Y/N? Adorable winged plebians saddled with an unfair reputation, or scourge of the city in need of immediate cleansing? Discuss.
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist was shocked when someone scaled the 52-story New York Times building's exterior on Thursday. And then Gothamist was shocked again when a second person scaled the building six hours later. Shanghaiist was
SF News Moving On Up: Misfiled Hysteria Over SFGate Comments In the Tips Section Moved Things are getting prickly over in the anonymous tips section -- which, as you all well know, should be reserved for delicious tidbits of info only -- so we moved the discussion over