SF News Mammoth Mania Comes to a Close Well, the archaeologists from Cal have packed up their trowels and carted off the bones of what they believe is an adolescent Columbian Mammoth that were discovered last month in a San Jose
SF News Stephen Robinson: Rockin' Rocketman Chris Lopez over at the Contra Costa Times pointed out that NASA Astronaut Stephen Robinson is from nearby Moraga, and is currently on the Discovery waiting for the weather to clear so that
SF News SchwarzenWatcher: These Boots Were Made for Walkin' Edition The Governator is sinking in the polls like a ton of steroid-abusing bricks -- in fact, he may not bother to run for another term. The movie star is actually dodging cameras when
misc Bay Blogger...erm, Friday Wow, we've been doing this column for freakin' ever! And it's been all bloggers, all the time. Fifty of 'em, to be exact. Since there's apparently a new blogger appearing every second, we're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Tour of Anchor Steam Brewing Ah, yes, beer. It fuels our bodies and quenches our thirst (well, our thirst for beer and tipsy hijinx anyway). Say what you will about the Egyptians, but having been largely credited with
SF News Is That a Suspicious Package, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? And if you tinfoil hat-wearers think it's more than a coincidence, since last time we were at City Hall there was a bomb scare, none of us were anywhere near City Hall today.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Make Your Reservations Now! You know all our fancy, world-class, four star restaurants, and how difficult it is to get a reservation? You've got to plan months in advance -- both to book a table, and to
SF News A Day at the Races Yesterday was a big day for race fans of both the four-wheeled variety and the two-legged variety. First, the Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose finished up a wild weekend with Sebastien
SF News Trolls Rejoice! You know, over the last year we've gotten a few choice comments about our use of the collective voice. "Trite," "precious," "pretentious," "stupid," "idiotic" -- and while we love us some reader feedback,
Arts & Entertainment Femi Kuti at the Fillmore Okay, when we suggested that the Femi Kuti show was sold out, it's because these evil ticket websites won't let you buy tix day-of-show. What's up with that? Anyway, we'll hold off on
misc SFist Raves: Sailboats on the Bay While our tenure as a ship's captain was short lived, as we didn't know how to tack and ended up drifting downwind until our angry father found us and rescued us from a
SF News Homeland Insecurity: Photo Ban at One Bush Plaza? Oh boy, here we go again. Friend of SFist Thomas Hawk was happily snapping away yesterday when he was accosted by a security guard. His heinous crime? Taking pictures of the building at
misc Get Ur Geek On Special Edition Now, Rio will be allowed to continute producing their own products, but Rio's R&D department will basically be gutted and the valuable parts moved to SigmaTel. Why does this matter? Because
SF News Hotel Labor Drama Friend of SFist Jason Schultz forwarded us a press release [PDF]. What do you get when you cross labor activism and theater nerds? Hilarity! Saint Francis, beloved patron saint of small animals and
Arts & Entertainment Mekka-Lekka Hi, Mekka-Heine-Ho Have a grey suit? How about some cake make up? A red bow tie? If you do, then we recommend you turn out for tomorrow's Paul Reubens Day celebrations. That's right, fourteen years
SF News Management Deadline Looms as Negotiations Languish Since our last update, there have been no major breakthroughs in the negotiations between Chronicle management and the Media Workers Guild. Based on the latest reports from management and the Guild, it seems
misc SFisting: Every Inch Counts There's an uprising starting in San Francisco, and it's exactly the kind we like: it's in our pants. And our panties. Proving that a dildo is never just a dildo, local silicone sex
SF News Everyone's a Bit Jumpy Thomas Hawk sends us pictures of a police action at the Montgomery Street BART station today. The details are still fuzzy, but apparently a 'mysterious package' was found and the station was closed.
Arts & Entertainment Hey, Who's That Gringo Mariachi? Last night Melanie and I went to Pancho Villa for the award-winning deliciousness. As you may know, it's not unusual for somebody to be standing in the back playing a guitar. However, the
SF News Chronicle-flavored SPAM? We're sorry, but that's it. We added the SFGate blog to our Bloglines feeds because we figured that we could just ignore Mark Morford and maybe there would be some good stuff. Seriously,
Arts & Entertainment Simnuke Report The directions read: Take the next left at the shot-out sign that used to read "Susanville" (the not as badly shot out cross sign reads "Gerlach"). The car hurtled across desert paths, over
SF News Every Single One of You Owes Us a Beer Now, surprisingly, we're not sure that from the start we even knew we'd last this long. But after so long, we're finding the idea of doing anything else kind of hard to fathom.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Now 4: The Scene First off, the crowd was huge. Our sources tell us the event was oversold. Hundreds with tickets had to wait outside, and hundreds more waited to pick up tickets from will-call. We ran
SF News Things to Do This Summer: Look for a New Job "Almost every area will be affected across-the-board, but it won't be 10 percent cuts in every department. It'll be in areas where (HP) need to improve their benchmark against competitors...Mark likes to
SF News G8 Protest Fallout Hey, remember the kids rampaging through the streets of the Mission, smashing the state one window at a time? Well, it ain't quite over yet. First off, at least one protestor who's still
