SF News Gap Kids: Made for Kids, by Kids As if Don Fisher doesn't have enough on his hands, now this: in addition to environmental carelessness and No-on-A-isms, the Gap founder can now add human right violations and child labor abuse to
SF News Minn. Craigslist Nanny Ad Results in Murder A loyal fan of the child-rearing arts -- she had taken nanny jobs at least twice before, even a job in Turkey, after answering online ads in the past; and even recently played
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Girls soccer coach suspended after mooning (i.e.., "exposing his buttocks to" [hee]) his opponents. [SFGate] -- Niners' Nolan stands by his QB, Alex Smith. Aw. Also, "at least the Niners didn't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Cardboard Tube Fight Tournament Smack-dab in the center of today's Craft & Artistan Marketplace and homeless dinner hour, the Cardboard Tube Fight Tournament commenced. We captured it (and at times, poorly, we must admit) on our sad
misc Week Around the -Ists Londonist, celebrating their third birthday, watched as their city turned a little more American. The Miami Dolphins and New York Giants were in town, with some very big cheerleaders. US-style litigation hit the
SF News Day Around the Bay -- March, rally, die. [Bluoz, SFGate] -- Zombie, thrill(er), dance. [SFWeekly] -- Mac OS X Leopard...on your PC! [Laughing Squid] -- San Francisco's Visitacion Valley Middle School's principal to receive highest
Arts & Entertainment Today's Record-Breaking "Thriller" Dance: the Video Ta-da. whatimseeing.com has the images and video you've been waiting for: the Thrill the World Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance-off (as well as choice images of today's protest, by the way). We hope
SF News Two Survivors Found Mounted on Plane Wreckage in the Bay This morning at around 11:30 a.m., two people were seen standing on top of a single-engine A35 plane that crashed into SF Bay. The plane went down near (and, thankfully, not
SF News Two SF Shootings Incidents Hospitalize Three According to Bay City News, "two separate Friday night shootings that occurred within about an hour of each other sent three men to San Francisco General Hospital." (And it's not even Halloween yet.
misc What-ever: Hyphens Pulled Earlier this month, the newest (and truncated) version of the OED got rid of many cherished hyphens. The editor, Angus Stevenson, "eliminated some 16,000 hyphens from the sixth edition," according to a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight (Spooktacular Edition) Boo. And behold: Halloween happenings for Saturday night, 10/27. -- Karla LaVey's Satanic Halloween Party & Unholy Variety Show: Satan reigns supreme tonight "thrashing black-metal bands, theremin warblers, psychobilly greasers, cruel electronic-noise
SF News Advertising Won't Grace Golden Gate Bridge Much to everyone's delight, we're certain, today Golden Gate Bridge corporate officials rejected an offer that would have seen the city rolling around naked in millions of dollars from advertising. A plan that
SF News Halloween in the Castro Mayoral Debate Today Joe Gallagher says, "Waaaah!" Don't forget, in just a couple of hours, Ted Strawser, founder of SFPartyParty, will be moderating a Halloween and Public Events debate between the Mayoral Candidates in the Castro
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl
SF News F-Market Crash Temporarily Closes 2nd/Market Street Intersection Today, this crash (sent to us by reader Zak Arbore) temporarily closed off the intersection at Market and Second Streets this morning. Looks like no one was injured, and traffic was diverted. The
SF News Tenderloin Robbery-Shooting Arrests "Help me. I've been shot," cried a Tenderloin hotel desk clerk who received life-threatening injuries after getting shot before 2:30 a.m. this morning. James Talley, 20, and London Shaw, 19, of
SF News Rapist Ignacio De La Fuente Jr. Sentenced Ha. You foolish bastard. The son of Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente, Ignacio De La Fuente Jr., 34, got smacked upside the head with a 14-year prison sentence for raping
SF News Two Bombs Found in SJ, Fremont Good Lord, people. It seems that we had not one, but two bomb scares yesterday. First, bomb no. 1: after stopping a car for a routine traffic violation in San Jose, police found
Arts & Entertainment UNKLE at Mezzanine Downtempo, trip hop duo from England, UNKLE, has been a popular outfit on the dance floor for years. Now, for the first time ever, UNKLE will make its appearance as a live band.
SF News Day Around the Bay -- They're not mad at you, they're mad at the dirt: unkempt offices at the Chronicle and elsewhere. [SFBG] -- Fire danger in Mill Valley. Hot. [SFGate] -- More on Milk Club Migden
SF News SF Man Arrested in Connection with Bayview Convent Fire How do you solve a problem like an Mathew Hinz? This morning the 18-year-old fire-starter was arrested for setting ablaze the Good Shepherd Convent, on 10/13. The front and back doors were
SF News High Nerd Concentrations = Top Blogging Markets Who knew? According to the Scarborough Research -- an institute that measures the lifestyles, shopping patterns, media behaviors, and demographics of unholy, evil American consumers -- San Francisco was ranked as one of
Arts & Entertainment Examining Today's <em>Examiner</em> Headline On our way to Subway Whole Foods for lunch this afternoon, we noticed this headline in today's Examiner. And we must say: we love it. The paper is finally living up to its
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Grilled Cheese Invitational : What's better than a grilled cheese sandwich? Nothing, that's what. (Our apologies go out to all and any lactose-intolerant readers. You live a life of heartache we can only
SF News Aaron "Payback's a Bitch" Peskin Tries to Slash SF's Environment Dept. Mere days after the head of the environmental department broke with Aaron Peskin and other city leaders on a Public Utilities Commission policy, this week he introduced a wee bit of legislation that
