SF News Second Verse Same as the First: CBS 5 Prunes Veteran Journos Monday's firing of a gaggle of seasoned journalists left the KPIX newsroom in "near solemn silence." Emmy Award-winning talent and veteran reports--such as Manny Ramos, Bill Schechner, Tony Russomanno, and John Lobertini--were asked
SF News Potrero Hill Killing, Suspects At-Large Over in Potrero Hill, a 40-year-old man was shot to death while while driving a van, according to San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens. The crime happened around Turner Terrace. CBS 5 (via
SF News Day Around the Bay Design is dead, mopes Philippe Starck. [Curbed] Zeitgeist to be turned into a Border's Book! (AFD joke, yes, but Border's does sell cream cheese-pumped pretzels; at Zeitgeist you drink next to your pee.
misc The Usual Suspects' Unusual April Fool's Day Joke While we've been tsk-tsking almost any and all April Fool's Day hilarity clogging the Internets today, we found this one to be kind of cool. Fellow banana slug, Alex Clemens, has linguistically transformed
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Photo of today's St. Stupid's Day Parade SFist reader jnice CLUB: Celebrate (the annoying) April Fool's Day with the 6th Annual After Saint Stupid’s Day Parade Party. All of the sheer zaniness
SF News At-Risk Mayor Newsom to Mainline Doan's Back Pills Uh oh. It seems Mayor Gavin Newsom threw his back out "helping Jen move" a couple of weeks ago. That started it, but now it's worse. He can't even stand straight. Poor guy.
misc Vandlaism Report Card: Cosco Busan Found outside of D-Structure in the Lower Haight this morning, this stencil--yes, stenciling is considered vandalism/graffiti even if it's done by a liberal arts graduate--makes the Coso Busan disaster look downright adorable.
SF News Fremont Rape Suspect in Standoff Over at the Papyon Terrace condominium complex in south Fremont, James Henderson--a 39-year-old man--raped, pistol whipped, and beat a woman early this morning, prompting a standoff with the police. (He lives in the
misc Photo du Jour 91 Daring, wavy rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences building. (Opens Sept. 27, 2008)
Arts & Entertainment St. Stupid's Day Parade Starts at Noon A little late getting this to you all, yes, but if you can, check out the annual St. Stupid Day's Parade. It starts at noon at the Embarcadero Plaza in SF, just at
misc Sigh Wow. Our inbox is flooded this morning with fantastical news items and scoops. Although hard to choose, this one, which you can also find over at SFZoo, is the most annoying so far:
SF News Day Around the Bay No endorsement of either Leno or Migden. [Calitics] Carrie Fisher is awesome, smokes on-camera. [SFGate] More torch tomfoolery. [SFBG] We couldn't say it any better, so we quote Curbed, "poor design whores await
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bee Keeping in San Francisco? Yes. It's true. Some people keep large amounts of bees in San Francisco. Well, at least one does that we know of: Jon Rolston. And after our beebie-jeebies subsided--because, really?!--Matt Fisher's amazing
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *MUSIC: If calendar/music editors felt it necessary to put an asterisk by the following musical outfits in their music guide, then so do we. That, and we like their sound. All the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Poetry Corner: <i>Black Woman</i> SFist reader Emily Alexander sent us this brilliant poem she found on Bart car. In related news, Wilton Antonio McGlory is now SFist's unofficial poet laureate.
SF News Manhunt for Sunset Pizza Shooter Oh, and there's a description of the murder suspect: The shooter was described by police as an Asian male in his 20s of thin build, with short dark hair that is spiky in
misc Photo du Jour 90 Two SPs go in for a hug at the most recent anti-Scientology, free-hug fest, which happened downtown this past Saturday. Read more about it here. (Steve Rhodes has a couple of choice images
misc Learn German Now, Forget the Holocaust and Ask Paco How Even though the German language is aesthetically questionable, the above flyer advertising Deutsch language tutoring has changed our mind. Apparent expert in German language studies, Paco, has come up with this ingenious ad
SF News Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco Formed to Honor George W. Bush Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside
SF News SFist Blotter -- Before we dig into Bay Area mischief, and just to liven things up a bit, here are your ladies of-a-certain-age who have been arrested for having sex with their underage male students.
misc Week Around the Ists Bostonist attended the Anime Boston convention and took some glorious pictures of anime fans showing off their costumes at the mall, much to the delight of civilians. Seattlest took a trip on Virgin
SF News Racing Taxicabs Crash Into Parked Cars In some four-day old news that managed to limbo under our radar, two cabbies (allegedly) racing with one another down Fulton Street on Monday night crashed into parked cars at around 11 p.
SF News Will You Turn Off Your Lights for an Earth Hour? Tomorrow, March 29, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. millions of people will turn of their lights to make a statement about climate change. It's all a part of Earth Hour,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *CLUB: Proving that crystal meth has yet to ravage the entire gay population of San Francisco, "Planet Big" shows that the queer heavy-set sect is alive and kicking in the Bay Area. DJs
Arts & Entertainment East Bay Leonardo By Raphael Rosen A few weeks ago, we visited an artist in Emeryville who might very well be the next Leonardo da Vinci. His name is Reuben Margolin, and, aside from designing rickshaws
