SF News Gavin Newsom To Clean House Video suggests Gavin Newsom is preparing to clean house in San Francisco. Whoa. Guess it's time to get rid of the bad blood at City Hall. Beginning last Friday, Mayor Newsom asked for
SF News Happy Birfday BART Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the
SF News Jury's Transbay Terminal Pick: Pelli Clarke Pelli The winner for the Transbay Terminal Building will be -- for all intents and purposes and presuming -- New Haven, Connecticut's Pelli Clarke Pelli! If erected (hee), it should stand as the tallest
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Patterson Hood: Co-founder of the très hip Athens, Georgia rock/alt-country/cowpunk band Drive-By Truckers performs solo tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market (as Sanchez); $15.
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Another Arrest No, not Ed. That's been done. Homeless SF mayoral candidate Grasshopper Kaplan was booked "on suspicion of stalking and use of a vehicle for habitation" -- is that really illegal? using your ride
misc Week Around the -Ists There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Zombie Prom": Halloween approaches, and soon Walgreen's and Rite-Aids will start stocking fun-size 100 Grand and Lik-M-Sticks. But until that glorious day arrives, check out this Zombie-themed dance club night in SOMA.
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Same-sex marriage bill OK'd, ready to be TKO'd by Arnold. [Chron] -- Obama in SF! [Examiner, via BCN] -- Boom! Bomb threat forces Southwest Airlines jet back to Oakland Airport. [CBS5] --
Arts & Entertainment And Speaking Of The Dangers Of Posting.... Wonkette did something we find most awesome: commenter-cleansing. Hee: Oh, hi everybody. A lot of comments have been fun & good & whatever, but a lot of comments have also been painful to
Arts & Entertainment Think Before You Post PSA Silence thyself, woman! Whatever, you know that Sara is a total slut, and for that, we love her. Also, the ticket taker should have inquired about the shader of her "panties," not her
SF News Coitus Interruptus for Good Vibrations According to the Chronicle, "revenue this year is likely to end up $3 million short of the $13.9 million they had projected. They are seeking a $500,000 line of credit to
misc Approved and Veto-Ready: Homosexual Marriage Gays of the Golden State: rejoice! For a few moments! State legislators approved "gender-neutral marriage" for the second time. And for the second time it bites its nails, waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Brazilian Independence Day Celebration: Help celebrate Brazil's independence from Portugal by getting drunk, listening to master drummer Jorge Alabe, maybe doing a forbidden dance or two, and much more. The festivities start
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Democrat fundraiser Norman Hsu is on the run! [Chron, KGO] -- Fred Thompson to run for Prez. [CBS5] -- Now more than ever before, San Diego sucks. [CBS5] -- Cruising, it seems,
Arts & Entertainment Matt Smith Draws! Who knew he could control a pen (charcoal? Sharpie?) the same way he does a keyboard over at the SF Weekly offices? We sure didn't. And although we love Newsom -- we do,
SF News iPhone! Cheap! Gimme! Now! Steve Jobs -- who still boasts a decent shelf butt (see image) while doing God's work -- has cut the price of the iPhone. Now "the 8-gigabyte iPhone will be $399 -- $200
Arts & Entertainment Sara Bareilles Concert Review Let's make this short and sweet: Sara Bareilles is incredible. Not only do we love her rich yet effortless voice, but her clever music is indeed what pop music needs right now. We
SF News Have You Seen This Fugitive Fundraiser? Fundraiser, five-head sufferer, and possible one-time kidnapping victim Norman Hsu skipped his San Mateo County Superior Court appearance this morning and is now the lam! He is wanted for a 15-year-old felony warrant
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The Exorcist: Linda Blair, pea soup, 360-degree head turn, Satan, "the power of Christ compels you...," blah, blah -- whatever, it's still a great movie. And besides, it stars Ellen Burstyn, who
SF News Day Around the Bay [NSFW] -- Crank (prank?) calls to 911. [Chron] -- Wildfire still wild -- 7,000+ acres wild. [CBS5, San Jose Merc] -- Death, death, death, death... [Chron, Examiner] -- Fines to go up
misc Jerry Lewis Hates Gays Who Can't Read Wow, we're getting all alternative lifestyle on you these days, aren't we? But wait! We have another fun bit of homophobia with which to beat you senseless: Jerry Lewis saying "illiterate fag" during
Arts & Entertainment Peeping Tom Wants Smut Returned Really, who would nowadays? And more to the point, who prefers videos and magazines to the clean and ease of blue footage found on l'Internet? Unless his collection holds some priceless and rare
Arts & Entertainment Reviewing Summer of Love Anniversary Reviews Seeing as how the Summer of Love was the single most important event in the history of time and space, we thought it would be delightful of us to review a smattering of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight coarse language = a wee bit NSFW -- The Boys in the Band: Mart Crowley's work, which takes place one night during a birthday party, details what happens to the gays after leaving the
misc Week Around the -Ists Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. As LAist melts away in their
