SF News Southwest Flights Resume Southwest Airlines, the cattle-car service of affordable air transportation, resumed flights this morning after yesterday's maintenance SNAFU grounded "approximately 4 percent" on Tuesday night. It seems that many of their airplanes failed to
misc Muni Hot or Not of the Now Discovered By NBC 11 We've been fans for awhile, and now NBC 11's Traci Grant -- who seems like a lot of fun, and someone should throw a local Emmy at her -- has also picked up
SF News Day Around the Bay Southwest grounds over 100 flights. [SFGate] List of the most annoying people in San Francisco in annoying .pdf format. [SF Weekly] Finally, someone brings up Lista's ginormous sideburns. Which...really, David? [Spots] Did
misc Building Demolition at One Hawthorne Uncovers Old-Time Ham and Bacon Ad Those quick cats over at Curbed beat us to this, but you know the building that was recently demolished over at One Hawthorne (at Howard Street) to make way for a gloriously glassy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Late '90s Santa Cruz band the Huxtables headline a night of "fun rock" tunes. Take, for example, the song their dedicated to Dungeons & Dragons, "Dungeon Master," which they had to revise
SF News Dead Body Discovered In Front of Boss Nightclub In SOMA Just seconds ago we came across frantic police activity at Boss nightclub (on Harrison Street between Third and Fourth streets). Police informed us that they found a dead body, and declined to give
SF News Sydney Romp: Bevan Dufty Explains It All Yesterday we mentioned the delightful work trip/vacation San Francisco supervisor Bevan Dufty and city treasurer Jose Cisneros took to Australia for Sydney's Gay Mardi Gras. Trannyshack founder Heklina was there, too. And
misc Size Does Matter: Transbay Terminal Is So Big The Library Tower (AKA the U.S. Bank Tower) in Los Angeles could soon be the second tallest building west of the Mississippi thanks to San Francisco's proposed Transbay Terminal. While the Library
SF News Traffic Counter Installed at Market and Octavia Returning back to the drawing board over at the deadly Market and Octavia intersection, a new traffic counter was recently installed. Due in part to this past weekend's fatal hit-run accident? Probably.
SF News Teacher Busted for Filming Students In Bathroom Mills High School English teacher David Lista, 35, of Belmont has admitted to filming underage girls using the bathroom at the high school where he taught. it seems he was arrested yesterday afternoon
SF News Singing Guy Returns to Board of Supervisor Meetings With Aplomb Thanks, CUIP-SF, for sending the following clip our way. Walter (AKA singing guy at the Board of Supervisor meetings) has returned, folks. As we mentioned yesterday, he was reported to have made a
SF News Day Around the Bay Caught on tape: drunk Dolores Park guy...stealing our heart. [SFBG] Cyclist deaths on rise. [Left in SF] Bay Area nurses prepare to stage a 10-day walkout. [SJ Merc] Uncultured Yelpers love $1
SF News Newsom Must Still Must Attend <del>Detention</del> Board of Supervisor Meetings Much to our surprise, the motion that almost allowed our fair Mayor Gavin Newsom to eschew his monthly cameos Board of Supervisor meeting was tabled. That is to say, it was killed. Dead.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *COMEDY/THEATER: Rejoice, mama's boys of San Francisco. According to SF Weekly, "Judy Gold and award-winning playwright Kate Moira Ryan traveled around the U.S. for five years, interviewing over 50 Jewish women
SF News Breaking News: <i>Gilligan's Island</i>'s Mary-Ann Sentenced for Pot Possession Actress Dawn Wells -- i.e., Mary-Ann from Gilligan's Island -- was busted for smoking the doob, it seems. The Associated Press has the harrowing, mary jane-fueled details: On Oct. 18, Teton County
SF News BLŪ In Review The wait is over. Curbed has some gorgeous shots of the new apartment building recently erected on Folsom and Second Streets. Take, for example, the bathroom above in Penthouse Unit A at BLŪ,
misc Berkeley + <i>Daily Show</i> Segment = Hee In case you missed The Daily Show last night-- not that any member of the self-respecting Bay Area intelligentsia would dare to admit missing a second of sparkling political satire -- check out
SF News San Francisco's Tap Water Reigns Surpeme Although last week's test on the American tap water by chemists claims to have detected the sex hormone estradiol -- found such vertebrate animals as birds, reptiles, and fish -- a more recent
SF News The Vatican Revises Thou-Shall-Not List On the environment, both Pope Benedict XVI and the late Pope John Paul II frequently expressed concern about the fate of the Earth. During Benedict's papacy, Vatican engineers have developed plans for some
SF News $10,000 Tip Reward Offered for Richmond Murder Arrests Even if a tip doesn't lead to the conviction of a murder suspect, the Richmond Police Department just started offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of homicide suspects. While
SF News Cisneros and Dufty Party With Gay/Civic Pride In Australia Somehow we overlooked this last week, but local porn-ish blog, the Sword, captured images of San Francisco's openly bent politicos Supervisor/personality Bevan Dufty and city treasurer Jose Cisneros kicking it together at
SF News Rally at City Hall Protests SF's Hosting of the Olympic Torch A small protest was held at City Hall yesterday by 400-plus pissed off Tibetan immigrants, honoring the 49th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against China, but also San Francisco's hosting of the Olympic torch.
SF News Newsom's Attendance No Longer Required at Board of Supervisor Meetings? You know how Mayor Gavin Newsom is supposed to make a special guest appearance at the Board of Supervisors meeting? At least once a month? To listen to their complaints, demonstrate that he's
SF News Day Around the Bay For your viewing pleasure, more Pelli Clarke Pelli Transit Bay Terminal renderings -- now with birdies! [Curbed] More memories. [WhatImSeeing] Alt-Weekly Death Watch explains it all. Also: ouch. [AWDW] Cyclists mourned. [SFGate] Technical
