SF News 518,000 Lose Power Due to Storm, Countless Lose Patience Due to Muni Disruption Since we're reportedly under the breeziness of "hurricane"-like winds, can we name the storm? If so, can we name it "Mary-Kate," then? Great. In addition to shutting down the Richmond Bridge, closing
SF News Norman Hsu Gets Three Years In the Slammer Denied. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu - who helped raised cash for Mayor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Fiona Ma, Hillary Clinton, and the victorious Barack Obama - was sentenced to three years in prison
misc Before and After Storm Shot (Before we begin, we should point out that all of this rain is very good for us. That said, it is our God-given right as Californians to go clinically insane over the slightest
misc Tales from the Storm First off, our heart goes out to all of you who took the Ferry this morning. Do you need dry some toast or Ginger Ale? Because: barf. SFist received word from one poor
misc The Re-Wirelessing of San Francisco After EarthLink and Google gave up on high-speed networks that would have seen San Francisco gain access to free wireless service, Meraki Networks Inc. is now taking a stab at it. Financially backed
misc Here Comes the Rain Again While not on par with Christmas Day tsunamis, this storm is pretty nifty, huh? Golden Gate transit buses have stopped, power has been knocked out to hundreds -- yes, hundreds! - of thousands
misc Photo du Jour 26 Seeing as how we're ashamed of and grossed out by almost every bodily function imaginable, if you want to see the uncensored image above, featuring canine fecal matter adorned with a US flag,
misc Day Around the Bay The Pope, Linda Blair, and the Vatican’s "exorcist-in-chief." [BeyondChron] SF park improvement ballot measure benefits few. [Curbed] Macworld Keynote 2008 predictions form contest. Very nice. [Laughing Squid] The Chicken McNoggin and other
misc Tiger Attack Update: No Slingshots? Oh my God, you guys, no way. Get this: the New York Post was wrong. What's next: Intelligent Design? Celebrity weddings? Our meth-induced epiphanies that the CIA, in cahoots with the Norteños, are
misc Window Plummets from 555 California Street, Kills No One Kearny Street (at California) was closed for over an hour this afternoon after a window came off of the former Bank of America building, falling to the ground from the 38th floor. No
misc The Offies 2007 Tickle, Delight If you have a free second - provided you have finished reading each SFist story and clicking on every one of our advertisers, of course - checkout the Guardian's "Offies" of 2007 -
misc Grote Kunst Voor Kleine Mensen: Chocolade haas Speaking of animal cruelty, the third chocolate bunny murder almost brought us to tears. Of laughter, sorrow, or both we're still not sure. This film, above, is described as "an episode from the
misc SFist Tonight Michael Pollan: Come hear this foodie sensation talk about his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, in which he suggests that you should not "eat anything that your great-great grandmother
misc Adachi's "Path to Redemption" for Gangbangers In what's turning into a slapfight between elected attorneys over civil gang injunctions, public defender Jeff Adachi recently sent a proposal over the Board of Supes that, according to the Examiner, "would give
misc Drunken BART (Sort-of) Attack Caught On Film In our continuing Orwellian coverage, we present to you a BART fight captured on tape, which happened after midnight on New Year's Eve. Really now. We expect this kind of behavior on the
misc Stellar Science Fiction Reading: io9 Rejoice, space believers! For there is finally - yes, finally! - someplace you can go on l'Internet to read about such sci-fi-ness (excuse us, "science fiction-ness" for all of you purists) ranging from
misc Tiger Attack Update: Witness Account Says She Saw Taunting, Teasing Damn. Ing. An eyewitness has stepped forward, giving her account of what she supposedly saw on Christmas Day at the SF Zoo. Jennifer Miller, who visited the now infamous park with her husband
SF News SF Zoo Reopens Tomorrow Boasting Memorial, New Features The morbidly curious, a smattering of animal enthusiasts, and, of course, the media will line up to get into the SF Zoo when it reopens to the public at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
misc SFist Tonight (1981): Based off of Daniel Odier's novel of the same name, this fun and stylish French thriller revolves around a postal worker's obsession with an opera star. After he makes a bootleg tape
misc Blow, Gabriel, Blow In keeping with today's weather/music theme, ladies and gentlemen, Miss Patti LuPone. And her hair. Seeing as how this has been the only SFalert for the past 3.5 months or so,
misc Photo du Jour 25 Our favorite lady in San Francisco. And the future Mrs. Gavin Newsom. We're just saying. Vanessa's image goes to John O'Hara / Chron; Seibel's goes to Chris Stewart / Chron
misc SFist Blotter San Francisco started the year with a bang. Literally. 1/1: The title of First Murder of 2008 was snatched up just a few hours after midnight. An unidentified man was shot to
SF News Tiger Attack Update: Slingshots, Vodka, and Michael Jackson's Lawyer The Dhaliwal brothers, they seem like a couple of nasty little rapscallions. Ruffians, we'll go so far as to say. Why? Because after last week's Christmastime big-cat attack - a mauling that took
SF News Gavin Newsom & Jennifer Seibel to Tie the Knot Here she comes, Kimberly II. According to the Gate, "SF Mayor Newsom engaged to be married." Ta da. It seems that our former hard-partying stallion of a mayor "spoke with his girlfriend's father
