SF News Butts Canyon Fire Now 90 Percent Contained; Monticello Fire Breaks Out On Other Side of Lake Berryessa [Updated] Thankfully, that wildfire up in Napa County, dubbed the Butts Canyon Fire, is looking a lot more under control as we get into this holiday weekend. It remains a 4300-acre blaze, the same
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now You Can Buy And Sell S.F. Restaurant Reservations Too The increasingly distasteful "sharing economy," which is becoming more of an "a**hole economy" with every new greed-driven app, takes another step in a distasteful direction with ReservationHop, a site that lets people
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Chloe Sevigny' Celebrates 'Independence' It's once again time for a video amusement from comedian Drew Droege, in the YouTube-famous character of "Chloe Sevigny." This week's topic, of course, is "Independence," and it involves chin harnesses and epaulettes.
SF News Open Thread: What Are You Still Doing At Work? Seriously? And how long has it been since July 4th fell on a Friday? You should have been at the airport/on the road last night. Not that we want to shame you.
SF News Butts Canyon Fire Update: Now At 4,300 Acres, Still 30 Percent Contained Between Tuesday and this morning, the wildfire in northern Napa County has grown from 3,200 to 4,300 acres, but firefighters have been able to maintain a 30-percent containment level over the
SF News July 4th Fog Watch: Will It Or Won't It? You know it probably will. Every year, weather forecasters around the Bay Area try to be really optimistic about what the fog is going to look like after sundown on the 4th of
Arts & Entertainment All The White Hookers In 1885 Lived On Sacramento Street A fascinating map of Chinatown from 1885, commissioned by the S.F. Board of Supervisors amidst a flurry of moral concern over opium, gambling, and sex slavery, has just resurfaced via New Republic.
SF News Oakland A's Staying In Oakland For Another Ten Years [Updated] After some last-minute negotiations and a threatening email late last night from Lew Wolff, it looks like the City of Oakland has caved and the A's are now definitively staying in Oakland through
SF News Video Released From Saturday Armory Protest; Kink.com's Peter Acworth Responds The ongoing insanity surrounding the prison theme of a gay circuit party is hopefully winding down. However, some involved with Saturday's protest outside the Armory, and the subsequent arrest and brief imprisonment of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Amazing Guy Impersonates Everyone From Shakira To Jon Lovitz [Corrected] I think we've found the male equivalent of master impressionist songstress Christina Bianco, and it would be downright amazing to see them go head-to-head on stage and do like 30 different duets. Meet
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 9 Best Hot Dogs In San Francisco Not all dogs are created equal, as all you street-food aficionados should be well aware. And though San Francisco's frankfurter array may not be nearly as huge or renowned as what you'll find
SF News Young MonkeyParking Founder Comes To S.F. To Fight For His Annoying App Last week we were talking about that cease-and-desist order from the City Attorney against those egregious parking apps that allow assholes to auction their public parking spots to other assholes for cash. Well,
SF News Exclusive: Protesters From Prison-Themed Party At Armory Released Pending Further Investigation Three protesters from the demonstration that turned reportedly violent outside the Armory on Saturday night, stemming from a controversial Pride weekend circuit party with a prison-fetish theme, were released from Sheriff's Department custody
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Burger King Panders To Gay Fast Food Fans With 'Proud Whopper' Stunt At S.F. Pride Burger King scored a potentially viral advertising hit at least among left-wing beef eaters with this new video about the "Proud Whopper," which was launched as a limited promotion at a single location
SF News Napa County Wildfire Scorches 3200 Acres And Counting In One Day A wildfire that broke out around noon yesterday in Pope Valley and Butts Canyon, northwest of Lake Berryessa in northern Napa County, has grown quickly in the 21 hours since, burning a reported
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Mina's Pabu Opens In The Financial District As we alerted you last year, chef and restaurateur Michael Mina was looking to expand his local empire further, and he'll be doing it with acclaimed sushi chef Ken Tominaga, who owns Rohnert
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink That Dumb Rubber Glove Law Hated By All Bartenders And Chefs Got Repealed Remember that ridiculous California law that would have require all bartenders, sushi chefs, and anyone handling food or beverages to wear rubber gloves all the time? Well, AB1252, as it was named, was
SF News Barry Bonds Is Appealing His Felony Conviction, Again [Big sigh.] Three years after Barry Bonds was convicted of obstructing justice in the 2003 steroids-distribution case in which he was originally charged, the retired player has gone back to the 9th Circuit
SF News 174-Square-Foot Residential Closets Coming To Octavia Are you feeling trapped in your railroad-Victorian situation with four roommates you only barely like? Well, if you can just stick it out a little longer, you'll be able to apply for the
SF News Transbay Rooftop Park May Not Be Dead, Might Require Naming Rights The Mayor's Office has quickly responded to reports last week that one of the signature aspects of the new Transbay Transit Center the multi-block, rooftop park and promenade might have to be scrapped
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink All-Paleo Restaurant Coming To Berkeley Later This Summer A couple of Paleo Diet-loving caterers, Yrmis Barroeta and Bobby Chang, are opening their first restaurant in Berkeley in September, and it will serve those "bulletproof" lattes with butter in place of milk.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <i>Chronicle</i> Food Department Launches Video Series, And It Will Be Firewalled Over the weekend, the Chronicle launched its newly combined Food + Home section, and though Eater got a little over-zealous in its announcement of the news about the stand-alone food section's death, it didn't
SF News An Open Letter To Two <i>New York Times</i> Writers Who Don't Get San Francisco At All New York Times reporters and ex-S.F. residents Nick Bilton and Mike Isaac just published an atrocious blog post in which they interview one another about what they both loved and what they'll
SF News Hot Felon Jeremy Meeks Now Has An Agent And A Modeling Contract [Updated] To handle the potential offers of modeling contracts and reality TV gigs that have been flooding in for that very attractive rumored gang member Jeremy Meeks, his family has hired Gina Rodriguez of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Drakes Bay Oyster Company May Finally Be Dunzo After Supreme Court Denies Case After a very long and protracted fight that attracted support by everyone from Alice Waters to the Koch Brothers, Drakes Bay Oyster Co. up in Point Reyes may be facing imminent closure after
