SF News Day Around the Bay This Sunday is that football championship tournament known as the Super Bowl. And with it comes its array of advertising amusement. (Please, pray for no Burger King commercials. "People freaked" is the single
SF News Sewage Spill Dumps 2.7 Million Gallons Into the Bay After an alert system SNAFU failed to notify workers at a Marin County treatment facility about a sewage overflow on Thursday night, the San Francisco Bay is now the proud recipient of 2.
SF News SF Zoo Lacks Animal-Mindedness, Says World Zoo Leaders Wow. This is a bit depressing. Scratch that, a lot. According to the Chron, former directors of zoos around the globe gave the San Francisco Zoo a failing grade when it comes to
SF News Calling All Flamers You have, well, two entire days to fill out and return your application to become a torchbearer for the San Francisco leg of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. The San Francisco relay
misc Walgreens Sort of Celebrates Black History Month Yesterday, the drug chain maneuvered through the choppy waters of bipartisan politics via Republican and Democrat Pez dispensers. Now they honor Black History Month, which starts today, by the way, with a barely
SF News Four Women Settle Touchy Lawsuit Against DMV As if the DMV weren't annoying in and of itself, now you can add sexual molestation to the list of ways that the Department of Motor Vehicles makes your life miserable. (...and what's
misc Photo du Jour 47 We've seen these ads on buses and at Muni stations as of late. Although we were tempted to bash this new queer men's dating service as an eHarmony for sodomites... eh. Valentine's Day
SF News Um, Would You Please Shut It, <i>Chicago Tribune</i> Readers? Thanks. The Chicago Tribune is, in 2008, finally getting around to dealing with the glorious, frustrating, and all-knowing voice of the commenter. This week the Tribune shut down their comment boards on all of
misc Bumper Sticker Righteousness: SUV Driver Refutes Leather Goods Oh, San Francisco. You amuse us so. This SUV here would like you to know that it's not furnished with any animal products, okay? But before you start going into convulsions, it's an
SF News $44.6 Billion for Yahoo, Says Microsoft In an attempt to slow Google's fierce roll, Microsoft made an unsolicited bid to purchase Yahoo Inc. for a cool $44.6 billion today. Gulp. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that his company
SF News Day Around the Bay Dear sky: Please stop raining. You're being a jerk. Sincerely, everyone. [SFGate] The Palms defended. Sort of. [Curbed] Weeeee: Q4 earnings fell at Google. [SFGate] Although all of their hair currently looks like
misc Pez Dispenser Case Reflects San Francisco's Political Bent While perusing the colorful aisles of Walgreens this afternoon -- because nothing sooths the soul and an ADHD-addled mind like a trip to Walgreens -- we came across Pez's take on the election.
SF News Harvey Milk Democratic Club "Is Carole Migden's Club" Remember the bedlam over at that local homo political clique last year? You know, that time when Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) "stole" the vote from Mark Leno? And then gay-on-gay hair-pulling violence erupted?
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight UndergroundfilmMaker Festival: It goes a little something like this, "In an era where filmmakers are called 'users' who 'generate content,' [Hey now! -- sfist] Undergroundfilm wishes to put the spotlight back where
misc Photo du Jour 47 Sure, it was taken awhile back, just after Barack Obama was kicking it with the dames at the Girlie Building. But since his momentum is (thankfully) building, we thought we'd throw up another
SF News The Trumpification of Aaron "Payback Is a Bitch" Peskin San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has been on a bit of a roll lately. In addition to threatening to have Newsom's director of climate protection initiatives, Wade Crowfoot, canned out
SF News MacArthur BART Adjacent Shooting Kills One And a day before BART Rider Appreciation, no less? Sad. Yesterday, at around 1:20 p.m. near Apgar Street and Martin Luther King Jr. in Oakland, a 20-year-old man was shot and
misc On the Set of <i>Milk</i> Although the reportedly very considerate production crew requests that you not take pictures, our awesome readers know when to disobey. Harvey would've been so proud. Sniff. Image credit: GayCities PhotosMilk
misc Remember: BART Gives Away Free Fair Trade Coffee Tomorrow Tomorrow is BART Rider Appreciation / Thank You Day, and you, dear BART riders, will reap the benefits. The people at TransFair USA will give away 50,000 coupons for a shot of fair
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Rocket, Wisely, and the Fits: It's an all-pop night, kids. Rocket, an LA-based band that mixes sexy '60s barely-legal innocence with "'70s decibel-damaging boulevard beat, combined with '80s glam wham swagger," headlines tonight.
SF News A Very Special Wednesday SFist Blotter 47-year-old Antonia Vargas was found lying dead on her porch in Richmond today. Her body was found on the "2400 block of Andrade Avenue by a colleague who normally drives her to work,
misc Photo du Jour 46 Meme pastries will forever amuse us. Although today's shot of one is much too hot and ripe with with NSFW-ness, you'll have to follow the jump to catch tubgirl (we simply cannot provide
misc Anton LaVey's Former Black House Now Looks Like Hell Claiming that his California Street Victorian was "part of his own personality" and that its "roots went all the way to Hell," it's fitting that Church of Satan founder Dr. Anton LaVey's black
SF News Filthy Gossip: Ginsburg Out, Crowfoot In? The Usual Suspects passed us the following note in homeroom recently: Word is that a high-level staffer is departing the Mayor's office. But since none of the Real Media have confirmed anything, we
misc Oprah Sarcophagus Speaking of Oprah, the fellow Aquarian just received American sculptor Daniel Edwards' chin-scratching touch. (You know, the celeb-loving guy who created that Britney-gives-birth sculpture?) Anyway, Edwards says his "piece pays homage to the
