Arts & Entertainment Video: Kristi Yamaguchi Skating To En Vogue Is Everything Great About The '90s I have watched this video of figure skater, Olympic Champion, and Bay Area native Kristi Yamaguchi's 1992 routine to En Vogue's Never Gonna Get It many, many times since Yamaguchi mentioned it to
SF News A Challenger Rises: Former GOP Chair Announces Run Against Gavin Newsom Former SF Mayor, now California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom has been busy this month, what with hanging out with the French President, pulling his support from CA's high-speed rail project, and encouraging everybody
Arts & Entertainment Beloved Media Watchdog Calls It Quits Media nerds all around the country are in mourning today, as the venerable Gannett Blog has ceased publication. Described by the New York Post's Keith J. Kelly as the "foremost tracker of the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Grossest Hot Pocket Flavor Recalled So you're craving a cheesesteak, but everything's closed. You stagger into your corner store, ready to settle for a Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pocket. It just might do the trick, right?* But
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink No, Pizzeria Delfina Is Not Opening In Hayes Valley Hayes Valley based fans of Mission standby Pizzeria Delfina are in for yet another disappointment, as for the second time in recent years it's been announced that the burgeoning chain will not — we
SF News Bat-Wielding Man Shot And Killed By Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies Alameda County Sheriff's deputies had been called to a San Lorenzo home 19 times since 2011, for issues ranging from domestic violence to "psychological issues." On their most recent visit, a situation that
SF News Willie Brown Turns On The San Francisco Chronicle Was it just last week that San Francisco's former mayor turned newspaper columnist, Willie Brown, said our "increasingly unsafe" (for pedestrians and cyclists; drivers seem to be doing OK) streets are our own
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Are Under The Table Bag/Purse Hooks Only For Dorks? Chron columnist Leah Garchik is one of the coolest people I know, so I was disturbed to discover that I've been breaking one of my former colleague's cardinal rules: using those beneath-the-table/bar-hooks
SF News Wednesday's Powerball Pot Balloons To $400 Million Though California joined the Powerball lottery less than a year ago, we've already had a San Francisco winner, in the amount of $2.6 million. That's chump change compared to what's up for
Arts & Entertainment Video: Watch San Francisco's Massive Valentine's Day Pillow Fight From Above Filmmaker Beto "Mooncricket" Lopez flew his "quadcopter" (a type of drone) over Friday night's massive Valentine's Day pillow fight, and it's kind of amazing. "Watch one of the guys on the bottom left
SF News 'Mutilation And Mayhem' In Oakland After Man Allegedly Kills Roommate With Pick-Axe Last Friday was quite a night for professional recycler Jeff Girard. According to Oakland police, he began his evening with “a lot of alcoholic beverages," and ended it trying—and failing—to dismember
Arts & Entertainment Animal Roundup: Moraga Dog Shot, SF Dog Awarded, Puppies! Meet Your New Puppy On Saturday When Wonderdog volunteer Chelsey rescued beagle/lab mix Betty from a scheduled death in Modesto, she probably didn't expect Betty to give birth to eight puppies on
SF News Supe Chiu Calls Campos Out On Record Against Domestic Violence When the difficult topic of domestic violence victims came up last year in a vote, I stood with the victims while David Campos did not. [David Chiu, 2/13/14] As the battle
SF News [Updated] BART Riders Exposed To Potentially Fatal Disease By UC Berkeley Student BART spokespeople sent a rather alarming message to media Thursday afternoon, saying that East Bay passengers might have been exposed to the measles. According to BART spokesman Jim Allison, "a person infected with
SF News 49ers Owner Says We Can Crucify Player Who Made Homophobic Remarks. OK! Just days after NFL-bound Michael Sam told the world "I am an openly, proud gay man," one local reporter reminded us the trouble the 49ers have run into when attempting to navigate issues
Arts & Entertainment Modern Superhero Story 'Caper' Takes On Tech Moguls Writer Mike Sizemore's done a lot since he edited then-SFist-sister site Londonist (yes, we used to have a Londonist!). Most recently, he's paired with Amy Berg (Person of Interest, Eureka, Leverage) on Caper,
SF News Guess We're Growing Up! As some of you may already know, this is a period of growth for us here at SFist. SFist is a labor of love for everyone on our staff -- but as we've
Arts & Entertainment Big Ass Book Sale! So, when we hear statistics like "400 volunteers, 7,000 boxes of books, 300 tables and 200,000 books in over 50 categories", we might ordinarily have to reach for the NoDoz, but,
SF News SFist Editorial: Edward Champion on Muni But this Wednesday morning was a different routine with a different set of rules. I should note from the onset that I've found most MUNI drivers to be kind and helpful. Even when
Arts & Entertainment Not Our Usual Type Of Bar Last week we attended the premiere of Lunafest, a festival of films “by, for, about women” at the Herbst Theater. Lunafest proceeds went to the Breast Cancer Fund. The nine shorts were a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Get your Beer & Burger on at Toad’s SFist Mary Ladd, contributing
SF News We Snoozed, But We Didn't Lose! For the second year in a row, we talked smack about our nomination for a Pubby Award, the SF Bay Area Publicity Club's Media Excellence Awards. However this year's awards banquet had a
Arts & Entertainment Are You SURE You Don't Call It "Frisco"? "A fabulous party bringing together native San Franciscans who share the common bond of being born or raised in the most beautiful city in the world," we're perversely hoping that SFist Commenter Kevin
Arts & Entertainment Baby, You Can Buy My Art As of this writing, looking at their catalog tells us that some lovely items can be gotten for as little as 90 bucks. And if you're not in the market for an actual
Arts & Entertainment SFist Conquers 49 Geary: Part Two Image: STEPPIN' STONE, David HuffmanSFist Shelley, contributing
