SF News Norovirus Outbreak In San Francisco? At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, SFist received word today about a possible virus outbreak in San Francisco. It's the Norovirus, a common cause of the stomach flu, which is "transmitted
SF News Make-Me-Governor Tour: Another Cigarette Ban Little ol' San Francisco made ink in USA Today as part of Mayor Gavin Newsom's clever plan to rule to the state of California. What pressing issue is he tackling this time? Tobacco
misc San Francisco Hipsters: The Most Tolerable Hipsters? Oh, the East Coast. It tickles us ever so. Last year Cornell University's Erin Geld wrote something or other about the Cosby's neighborhood as a bastion of coke-fueled cool, and all of the
SF News Whooping Cough Outbreak Closes El Sobrante School A whooping cough outbreak has affected over 20 students at East Bay Waldorf School in El Sobrante, effectively shutting it down. Whooping cough, an illness normally thought of as an infant's, hits its
SF News Day Around the Bay Facebook tries to save the children from sexual predators. [Valleywag] The return of Chad Fox. [Stop Touching My Food] "“I engaged in exchanging an image of a minor engaging in sexually explicit activity,
SF News Quote of the Day: Skull Smoking Teens As always, Texans = fucking frightening. How so? Because of this: According to documents filed in the case, [Matt] Gonzalez, Jones and an unnamed juvenile on March 15 went to an Humble cemetery, dug
SF News Suicide In Union Square We just received the following alert from a reader. Very tragic: Suicide in Union Square, jumped off building, blocks closed off, assorted people freaking out...super fucked. My guy was walking down to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DJ: Over at Beauty Bar DJ Katie, who might or might not be on of SFist's favorite and brutally honest commenters, spins over at Beauty Bar. For reals, she's reason enough to head
SF News It Really Makes You Think: UCB Celerates Nakba In a continued effort to fetishize the "game of chess" that is Palestinian/Israeli relations, UC Berkeley students staged a harrowing--harrowing!--border checkpoint commemorating the anniversary of the Nakba (i.e., "Arabic for
misc SFist Fashion Focus: Bluetooth Technology So, dear readers, where do we stand on Bluetooth ear pieces? Sure, the Summer's Eve set is prone to wearing them now--which at least prevents them from doing that constant ear-to-mouth cell phone
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask Aida...Please We're a sucker for any cooking show that's procedural and not competitive, so we're kowtowing PR's bidding here. Food expert Aida Mollenkamp is having a Q&A show on the Food Network
SF News Let's Hear It For Newsom's Make-Me-Governor Tour It's been an incredible success, yes? He's gone to Israel in order to (allegedly) build a bridge between the Bay Area and Israeli business leaders. (See what you've wrought, Rainbow Groceries?) And according
misc Photo du Jour 119 Google transit really, really wants your business. (Although we wish they had route overlay info and NextBus data, still: a decent service.)
SF News Seizures Caused By Hackers' Posts On Epilepsy Forum Hackers aren't just money-grubbing and annoying. They're also just plain funny evil. Take, for example, the hackers who recently loaded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to with
misc Bay Area Myanmar Cyclone Disaster Efforts Hey, you! Looking to help people ravaged by the Myanmar cyclone? The twister that struck the country has claimed over 100,000 live so far. And the Foundation for the People of Burma,
SF News Six-Year-Old Girl Run Over By Mom A young girl riding her tricycle in her Pittsburg neighborhood on the 1000 block of Muir Creek Drive was inadvertently run over by her own mother yesterday afternoon. According to the Gate, Rachel
SF News Day Around the Bay Bernie Ward to change "not guilty" plea in child pornography case. [Noyes] News item of the year: Castro Walgreens to expand. [Curbed] Yahoo shareholders to revolt. [Valleywag] SF CrimeMaps -- will it ever
SF News Quote of the Day: Newsom's Green Ego Mayor Gavin Newsom, who seems to be getting a decent amount of ink in the Gray Old Lady these days, says the following about recycling: It's purposefulness that could otherwise be construed as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Petition To Get Wendy's (Back) In San Francisco The chain over on Market Street closed shop a little around the time chili-gate happened. But Wendy's, at least according to their commercials, has bounced back with quite a diverse and tasty-looking menu.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight While we're being asked by security to leave the premises at tonight's SFIFF Golden Gate Awards Party--we hear it's open-bar--check out one of these thrilling events happening tonight. Who knows? Maybe we'll run
misc Film Du Jour: Twitter Defined Our sister site, LAist--which is a fantastic read, by the way, even if you live north of the Grapevine--came across this handy video explaining how Twitter is used. Check it out so you
SF News More Anger Over SFBG's Leno Endorsement Hurt feelings have translated into a gruff Bay Guardian op-ed piece over last week's endorsement of Mark Leno over Carole Migden in the Third Senate District race. Penned by top-tier progressives (and then
misc Follies In Cable Car Advertising Guess what we don't want to think about while riding San Francisco's whimsical, romantic, and downright gorgeous cable cars? Unkempt sphincters.
SF News Vallejo Files for Bankruptcy Free from last last year's minority vs. self-loathing minority mayoral race headlines, Vallejo is now making national news by becoming California's largest city to file for bankruptcy. On Tuesday night, it seems, city
