Arts & Entertainment Virgin America Signage Will Try to Keep Your Holiday Travel Nightmare Humorous SFO-based Virgin America has been trying to keep things light and breezy by letting gate agents get creative with their boarding screen messaging over the past couple of years. One example from a
SF News Feinsten Considered For China Ambassador Post? Anne Gust Brown For Senate? Maybe he's just trying to quash last week's rumor in the bed so that his puppet good friend Ed Lee doesn't get any serious traction for the position of U.S. Ambassador to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: One Direction Fans Fight Over Harry Styles' Sexuality, As Reenacted By Two British Actors Dramatizations of internet commenter/Twitterer inanity: A brilliant new medium for comedy, if ever there was one. Please observe these two older gentlemen of the theatre, as cast by the comedy group Dead
SF News Today Declared First 'Spare The Air' Day Of Winter Season Don't even think about lighting a fire in that fireplace tonight! It's the first Spare the Air day of the winter season today, as announced by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kitchen Fire Threatens Annual Thanksgiving Dinner At The Tenderloin's Little Henry's One of the remaining un-gentrified businesses of the deep Tenderloin, Little Henry's restaurant at Larkin and Post, suffered a one-alarm kitchen fire on Saturday morning. The restaurant is known, among other things, for
SF News Psycho Killer Joseph Naso Flips Off Jurors, Gets Death Sentence The sordid, horrifying tale of serial killer Joseph Naso may finally be finished as he was officially handed a death sentence in a Marin County court on Friday. Naturally, because he's a psychopath
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kitten Plays Astronaut Clearly Bun Bun is the kitten celebrity of the week. But because it's Friday and you need more cleansing, please enjoy this other little guy who has recently discovered this rolly ball toy
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Bauer Gets New iPhone, Hopes His Food Photos Will Be Less Martha Stewartesque Local food hounds can breathe a collective sigh of relief this week upon learning that Michael Bauer has invested in a new iPhone 5S. He says he's "hoping to get better photos in
SF News Accidental Flasher Acquitted Because He Was Simply Trying To Urinate In Public Park In a victory for public nudity, sort of, a homeless man trying to take an innocent piss in Franklin Square Park last August was acquitted of indecent exposure charges this week after prosecutors
Arts & Entertainment Video: Trailer For 'The Batkid Rises' It's been a week since we all got to vicariously live out our own childhood superhero fantasies through Miles the Batkid and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. And now we bring you the trailer for
SF News High Winds Topple Trees, Cause Two Deaths In Oakland [Photo] A spate of surprisingly high winds, some as gusty as 65 mph or more, hit the East and North Bays overnight leading to a number of falling trees, power outages, and two fatal
Arts & Entertainment You Can Still Get 'Book Of Mormon' Tickets Via Lottery Hoorah! Book of Mormon opens next week for its second run in San Francisco (see our review from last year's touring production), and if you hadn't heard, it's a hilarious and wonderful musical
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleaner: Purdue Gymnasts, Viral Heroes Ah, youth. This limber celebration of all things gymnastic and good has blown up today, and in case you missed it, here it is. The music is "Tidal Wave" by Sub Focus, and
SF News In New Trial, Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $600 Million The latest chapter in the years-long battle between mobile device makers Samsung and Apple concluded today with a federal court jury in San Jose ordering Samsung to fork over a total of $598
SF News Majority of San Franciscans Say 'Build More Housing' A new poll conducted using a "demographically representative" group of 630 San Francisco voters found that a vast majority, 68 percent, feel that more housing development is the solution to the city's current
SF News Ed Lee's Name Floated As Potential Ambassador To China Mayor Ed Lee is now rumored to be a possible candidate to replace outgoing U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke, who just announced his resignation. Locke's resignation was apparently unexpected, and just
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Bun Bun, The Kitten Who Barks Like a Dog Surrender now. It's no use. Bun Bun will own you within seconds. This is the epitome of cute overload. This is why god made animals. This is why the internet exists. You are
SF News Body Of Missing City College Student Washes Up In San Leandro Ugh. We're not enjoying more of this type of news. The body of missing CCSF student Derrick Shao, 20, has been identified after washing ashore in San Leandro on Friday. Shao had gone
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New 'Foodies' Documentary Looks Hilarious, Sad Foodies Promo from B-Reel on Vimeo. Do you throw around the word foodie a lot? Do you proudly proclaim that your love of fine cuisine defines and motivates you and it's your dream
SF News Hawaii State Rep Cleans Up Homeless Problem By Sledgehammering Their Shopping Carts Perhaps those getting fed up with the homeless problem in cities like San Francisco and New York should take a page out of the playbook of Hawaii state representative Tom Brower... not. Brower
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Cirque du Soleil's 'Amaluna' We weren't quite sure what to expect entering Cirque du Soleil's big top behind AT&T Park on Friday, having only ever seen the Canadian-born troupe on television two decades or so
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Puppies Getting Howling Lessons So. Stupidly. Cute. Watch this compilation of puppies of various breeds first getting the hang of the howling thing, with occasional help from humans. [Laughing Squid]
SF News Local Nudism Activist Gypsy Taub Unveils New 20-Year-Old Fiancé, Plans Nude Wedding At City Hall The small but staunch cadre of local nudists held perhaps their final nude-in of the year on Sunday (what with the weather and all) in the Castro's Jane Warner Plaza, i.e. Ground
SF News Second Video Surfaces Of Friday's Valencia Gardens Chaos Another video has come to light that shows the original subject of the alleged police brutality we were learning about that took place Friday at the Valencia Gardens complex. The video begins earlier
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink How To Put All Your Thanksgiving Sides In A Single Franken-Mold, By 4505 Meats 4505 Meats chef and butcher Ryan Farr has for several years been doing made-to-order turduckens for those who want to offer the combination stunt-meat to their Thanksgiving guests, but don't want to go
