SF News Look Out: Here Comes The Twitter IPO If you have friends who work at Twitter, or if you have friends who concern themselves with such things, be prepared to be hearing an earful about the long-term profitability and valuation of
Arts & Entertainment Yachtenfreude Redux: America's Cup Remains A Joke To Everyone But Larry Two more editorials today, one on Gawker and one from Mother Jones, succeed in eviscerating Larry Ellison and his great big, ultra-expensive, no-good boat race in which there's barely anyone competing at this
SF News Bay Bridge Gets Its Temporary Shims The quick fix to the much discussed bolt problem on the new span of the Bay Bridge was completed over the weekend, and now we're all set for a September 3 opening of
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: A Mural Goes Up On Masonic This mural, by an unknown artist Lango, went up a few months ago at Masonic and Haight on a wall that has featured rotating murals. It replaces this mural by Apex, which was
SF News Deliberations Begin In Trial Of Accused Serial Killer Joseph Naso Closing arguments were heard Friday and Monday in the two-month-long trial of accused serial killer Joseph Naso in Marin County, and jurors began deliberations by Monday afternoon. As we've discussed earlier, Naso is,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Groupon Salesman Threatens Restaurateur Because He Hung Up On Him, Gets Canned Oh, Groupon. So annoying. But if you thought all those emails about knitting classes you don't want were getting excessive, get a load of this story of a frustrated Groupon sales guy who
SF News Pioneering Gay Activist Jose Sarria Dies At Age 90 Jose Julio Sarria, who in 1961 became the first openly gay person to run for political office in the U.S. running unsuccessfully for the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco died at
Arts & Entertainment Paul McCartney May Play Candlestick Before It Gets Demolished In some off-hand remarks that may or may not have been totally sincere, Sir Paul McCartney told Mayor Ed Lee that he'd be interested in performing the last concert at Candlestick Park before
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Preview of the S.F. Street Food Festival The SF Street Food Festival is rounding out your onslaught of August Festivals this weekend, and it is sure to be a crowded, good time. As always, it's taking place along Folsom Street
Arts & Entertainment Video: Stephen Colbert Profiles Openly Gay Kentucky Mayor Johnny Cummings Stephen Colbert treated us all to another "People Who Are Destroying America" segment last night, and this time the subject is Johnny Cummings, the gay man who got elected mayor in the tiny,
SF News What Will Happen With Healthy S.F. After Obamacare Begins? Supervisors like David Campos are fighting to keep San Francisco's pioneering Healthy S.F. ordinance in place after Obamacare takes effect in January, but Mayor Ed Lee is saying all options are still
SF News The Wax Museum At Fisherman's Wharf Closes Today After 50 Years The Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf is closing today, and even though we've never set foot inside and wax museums are generally creepy and archaic, this seems notable. Interestingly, it does not seem
SF News Study: Facebook Makes People Sad Another study confirms what we've always believed: Facebook makes you feel lonely and bad about yourself. The study followed a group of 82 young adults and monitored them at different points throughout the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ubuntu Space In Napa Will Reopen As Torc This Fall A notable development in the local food world today: The vacant space formerly occupied by acclaimed vegetarian restaurant Ubuntu, in downtown Napa, finally has a taker a year and a half after going
SF News CA Supreme Court Rejects Petition To Reinstate Prop 8 Well, it's done. After twice denying petitions by the backers of Prop 8 to put an immediate halt to gay marriages in California, the state Supreme Court today also denied their petition for
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: This Kid's Insane Bar Mitzvah Sam Horowitz, who just became a man last fall in Dallas, can thank his generous parents for allowing him to make the crazy insane entrance he had so dreamed of making to his
Arts & Entertainment 25 Reasons You're Glad You're Not Going To Burning Man It's that time of year when many of your friends are making daily runs to hardware stores and ill-advised clothing stores and REI in preparation for their annual pilgrimage to the playa. Whether
Arts & Entertainment Audience Member At 'No Man's Land' Passes Out, Refuses To Go To Hospital Until He Sees The End An 80-year-old man who attended opening night of No Man's Land at Berkeley Rep on Sunday reportedly passed out with about 30 minutes left in the second act of the play. He was
SF News BART Train Gets Stuck In Transbay Tube At Rush Hour For no apparent reason that the BART folks can give, a SF-bound BART train conked out and stopped in the middle of the Transbay Tube at about 8:25 this morning, leaving a
SF News S.F. Chronicle Finally Abandons Paywall It appears that the Chronicle's exclusive content, which has been locked behind that dreaded subscriber paywall since they launched it in late March, has magically appeared today again for free on SFGate, without
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' As Sung By 19 Different Divas Masterful diva mimic Christina Bianco does a one-woman show in which she performs the classic 80s ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in the voices of 19 different female singers, including Adele, Barbra
SF News Asiana Airlines Responds To First Lawsuit: 'Not Our Fault' In a fairly standard denial of responsibility in response to the first legal filing against them in U.S. District Court, Asiana Airlines has blamed all passengers on Flight 214 on July 6
SF News New Bay Bridge *Still* Might Open The Day After Labor Day It's been a little over a month since CalTrans semi-officially decided to delay the opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge until December, and then a few days later they
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'No Man's Land' at Berkeley Rep It's not often enough that the Bay Area gets treated to bona fide stars and theater talents on our stages, and we hope that the pre-Broadway tryout of a new production of Harold
Arts & Entertainment Castro Strip Club Plans Scrapped We thought it might be too good to be true, and as it turns out, the backers of a male burlesque outfit called The Randy Rooster appear to have backed out of the
