SF News Chauncey Bailey Wins Posthumous Polk Award Chauncey Bailey, former editor of the Oakland Post who was murdered last August while investigating Your Black Muslim Bakery and the Muslim splinter group's shady dealings, received the prestigious George Polk Award last
SF News SFist Blotter What a care- and crime-free life SF is living right now,right? And we don't believe any of it. According to local media outlets, SF is safe and sound. But according to a
misc Daniel Day Lewis' Earrings Prove Too Much for Oscar Audience Last night, around 10 p.m. after the Academy Awards, the world was concerned about three things: the Oscar-winning documentary , a piano-playing pop/rock singer-songwriter, and Daniel Day Lewis' sexuality. We're guessing no.
misc Week Around the -ists Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called
SF News Quote of the Day "When people say you're not part of the team, it means they want you to be part of the fan club."
misc Photo du Jour 65 Since we'd hate to give this year's most alarmist story its own post, for fear the pandemonium will spread, we'll just stick up a nifty little shot of a python and tell you
misc SFist Tonight *COMEDY: That wacky/sexy comedy troupe, SPF7, puts on a show at The Dark Room tonight. According to Justin Lamb, "there will be a politically incorrect ad campaign for fruit, a massage, He-Man
SF News SFPD Puts a Stop to CashTomato's Giveaway Inside Dolores Park Huh. The San Francisco Police Department has put the kibosh on tomorrow's Dolores Park free cash giveaway care of Cash Tomato. Check it: This Saturday 23rd February at 10am, we had planned to
SF News Doubling Fines Along 19th Avenue Might Somehow Solve Everything State Senator Leland Yee introduced a bill in the State Legislature this morning that, if passed, would see traffic fines double for violations occurring along the deadly strip of San Francisco road known
misc <i>Xanadu</i> Medley Actualized Oh dear. This Xanadu medley was conceived, produced, and seamlessly executed by the students of Lafayette Jefferson High School, a learning institution that's somewhere not in California. Anyway, be sure to check out
SF News Oakland Woman Killed While Gettng Her Mail Just outside of her Montclair home, Laura Belkin, 58, was stuck and killed by a hit-and-run driver this morning as she was getting her mail on the 5900 block of Zinn Drive off
misc SFist Plays Professor Layton and the Curious Village Do you remember classic brainteaser puzzles like the one where you have to put wolves and chickens on rafts, but only in certain combinations? Or the one where you have to draw things
SF News Tiger Escapes Cage at Honolulu Zoo A 245-pound Sumatra tiger in Hawaii was found wandering the grounds of the Honolulu Zoo on Thursday morning. it seems she "wandered out of her cage" during closing hours. According to AP (via
SF News Day Around the Bay This year's Stanford commencement speaker? Oprah Winfrey. [SJ Merc] The Spots goes eHarmony-ish on us. [Spots] screenplay writer Dustin Lance Black looks ten-years-old. We mean that as a compliment. [BAR] A street lamp
misc The Making of a San Francisco Cable Car Did you ever wonder just where or how cable cars were made? More to the point, did you know that cable cars didn't just fall from the sky? Well, we didn't. WhatImSeeing, allowed
SF News Tour Connected Bus: Vehicle of the Future While not all of us are fortunate enough to zip around in swank Aston Martins, or have sleek Tesla waiting for us on the horizon, the "bus of the future" is the next
SF News Global Monopoly Game Embroiled in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In January we mentioned a global Monopoly board game where you could vote on which cities you want on Hasbro's latest version of the popular board game, Monopoly Here and Now: The World
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *MUSIC: You know that song at the end of , "Anyone Else But You"? The one Ellen Page and Michael Cera sing to one another? And it's all cute and sad? Well,it was
SF News 6.0 Nevada Earthquake Reminds Bay Area To Get Ready Oh dear. A hefty-sized earthquake hit northeastern Nevada this morning. You know what that means, don't you? Time to sound the alarm for everyone in the Bay Area to get prepared. Not sure
SF News Un Film Du Move America Forward Over at The Snitch, we came across this fury-inducing commercial conceived by heart-warming conservative group Move America Forward. (You know, the one chaired by KSFO 560 AM's Melanie Morgan?) Anyway, in it moms
SF News CoCo County Bart Stations to Receive ATM-Like Library Book Machines Starting sometime in April, library books will be available at Contra Costa County BART stations via "ATM style lending machines." A new program called Library-a-Go-Go, along with the Contra Costa County Library, will
Arts & Entertainment Day Around the Bay What's the first building to boast glass walls in SF? Curbed knows. [Curbed] Speaking of the Donna's, here's an interview with bassist Maya Ford. [SFBG] Political message of the now. [Nature abhors a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: SF Indiefest wraps up tonight with Ben X, 7:15 p.m., and Paranormal Activity, 9:30 p.m., at the Roxie Cinema. For more info, go here. *MUSIC: We love the
