SF News San Francisco Zoo Director Quits In what must have been the six most shit-laced months of his life, Manuel Mollinedo, the executive director of the San Francisco Zoo, has resigned. Ever since Tatiana the tiger went for Carlos
SF News Day Around the Bay Kids honor the life of Da (former) Mayor by singing and dancing "One" from A Chorus Line. (Willie would make an impressive Cassie, yes?) [Bronstein] Speaking of him, here's the house that he
Arts & Entertainment Do Container Cranes Dream of George Lucas? Laughing Squid brings up a rumor we've always, always, always wanted to know whether or not it was urban legend or hard fact. Namely, that George Lucas used the Oakland container cranes in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Those crazy bitches at Femina Potens Gallery are at it again. This time they plan on teaching you prudes out there how to make your very own blue movie at Hot Queer
Arts & Entertainment Humiliated Yourself, Anger Audiences, Gain Brief Notriety By Going On <i>Big Brother</i> Are you an "outgoing, intriguing, competitive" person who is "up for anything and everything?" Also, are you an asshole? Yes? Then head over to Sugar Cafe (679 Sutter) this Saturday night from 8
SF News Bouncer Murdered Outside the Eagle Just after 2 a.m. this morning, a drive-by shooting occurred outside the Eagle on Harrison at 12th Street, killing one. According to former Pansy Division member/current Eagle employee/LJ user Patrock,
SF News Small Blaze Shuts Down Fillmore, Cancels Shows Last night's show at the Fillmore was on fire. Literally. Before headliners Dethklok hit the stage, an electrical fire was "sparked during Soilent Green's opening set," according to SF Weekly. Fans were ushered
misc Is It Xmas Already? Above image captured today, June 6, by SFist reader jnice as he was driving northeast bound on Portola, 7:30 a.m. Also: huh?
SF News Second Verse Same As the First: Bonds Pleads Not Guilty Former baseball great and Giants slugger Barry Bonds appeared on court today, pleading not guilty to 15 federal charges of fibbing to a grand jury. If you recall, Bonds just did the exact
misc Happy National Donut Day! Today is National Donut Day, folks. Wee! Every first Friday of June, "National Doughnut Day honors the Salvation Army "Lassies" of WWI. It is also used as a fund raiser for needy causes
SF News Day Around the Bay Google compound grows. [Valleywag] Having fun while blowing rails at downtown nightclub Vessel. [SF Weekly] Clean up on aisle 5, Beth. [Spots] Looking like daddy's little whore while you get your gay marriage
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: The fantastic and fantastically insightful Robert Avila at SFBG suggests checking out rock opera , written by "longtime Bay Area rock-guitarist" Carrie Baum and in collaboration with Seffanos X & Jamie Ben-Azay Blue
SF News What To Do About High Gas Prices? Burn Down a Starbucks, Of Course! Wow. We hope we're this feisty, and wildly insane, when we're sixty-four. It seems that sixty-four-years-young Diane Craig of Danville was arrested yesterday for attempting to burn down restrooms of an Arco station,
Arts & Entertainment Want Free Jonathan Richman Tickets? Head Over to Mission Mission Jonathan Richman, humorous, folksy crooner famous for, let's face it, scoring , has a four-night stay over at the Make-Out Room. And Mission Mission is giving away free tickets to the show. But not
SF News Gilroy Cops Release Name of Man Accused of Raping Mentally Disabled Teen All the way down in garlic country, Gilroy, a 19-year-old mentally disabled man was raped early Wednesday morning inside a bathroom near Miller Park. After "befriending" a man inside a nearby convenience store,
misc And So It Begins Aside from Juanita More's party at Bambuddha Lounge, the Frameline Film Fest, KRON4 fag hag Jan Wahl's coverage of the parade, the meth cloud that will hover above Beck's Motor Lodge, and the
misc Shady St. Luke's? (By Anonymous) [No, not them, but a well-respected writer who choose SFist in which to rant about their woeful experience at St. Luke's, using a veil of anonymity. -- SFist] The billing department
SF News Hole In the Wall Evacuation Sigh. OK, it's like this: We yanked our hair out, sobbed in terror, and wrung our withered hands dry, agonizing over whether or not SFist should post these images, this following story. But,
SF News UPDATE: South SF Asphalt Machine Accident Kills Worker While an unidentified man was using an auger transporter (?) a South SF asphalt plant Graniterock on Wednesday, he somehow managed to get caught up in the presumably tricky machinery, and die. At about
SF News Early Morning Shootings Rile SF The second shooting occurred at Fifth and Market streets, "where at least one victim was removed from a Muni bus." (So...a shooting happened on a Muni bus, then? Great.) And the third
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Starting tonight, the San Francisco Black Film Festival, entering its 10th year, will be in full swing. Kicking of the week-long film fest is Ngozi Onwurah Shoot the Messenger (2006). Messenger is
SF News Park Chalet to Host What Will Be a Depressing Cougar Singles Bash Park Chalet -- which, it seems, provides the average hungry eater or thirsty drunk an "unmatched indoor/outdoor atmosphere" -- is hosting a singles event. For cougars. You know, women of-a-certain age? Ladies
misc Photo du Jour 142 Round and round they go. Arf! (To check out all of Darwin Bell's photos, which we strongly suggest doing, go here.)