Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 22 Beatles Songs In One Minute LA-based comedian/performer Chad Neidt just did this very slick and rapid mashup of 22 hit Beatles songs, all in one minute, and it's an accomplishment worth applauding. Also, it's a study in
SF News TV Journalists Now Bringing Armed Security With Them to Cover Oakland You may recall the story from last November in which KPIX cameraman Gregg Welk was assaulted and had his camera stolen, still running, just as he and reporter Anne Makovec were covering a
SF News Teen Thugs Rob Divisadero Comic Book Store, Make Off With $75 A comic book store at Divisadero and Page fell victim to a brazen, daylight armed robbery on Friday, the first in its 23-year history. Comix Experience owner Brian Hibbs tells Haighteration that two
SF News Where To Watch The Bay Lights; Bay Bridge Reopening Celebration Moves Forward Today in Bay Bridge news, we have a roundup of stuff relating to The Bay Lights grand premiere on Tuesday, and news about the planned Labor Day Weekend event to christen the new
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Vatican Kiki We can think of no better reason to replay the overplayed "Let's Have a Kiki" but in relation to the papal conclave that's happening next week. This amusing bit of animation comes via
SF News BART Fares Going Up 5% Next Year; Parking Fees Going Up In June The BART Board just approved a fare hike, effective January 1, 2014, that will raise fares across the board 5 percent. What does this mean for your daily life? In-city trips will go
SF News Obama Takes Strong Stand for Gay Marriage, Files Amicus Brief in Prop 8 Case President Obama and his administration today filed a pretty historic amicus brief outlining the ways in which California's Prop 8 violates the Constitution and equal protection. As the Sac Bee notes, "The declaration
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'What Would Ryan Lochte Do?' Oh YES, kids. E! is going all "Hey Paula" on Ryan Lochte, and it is going to be AMAZING. Well, maybe not. It could be incredibly boring. Watching dumb people say dumb stuff
Arts & Entertainment Proposed Gant Store Has Hayes Valleyans Decrying 'Corporate America' Armed with many scare quotes, some merchants and neighbors in Hayes are none too pleased about the possibility of East Coast-based shirtmaker Gant taking over the former Into Video space at 552 Hayes
SF News Vallejo Is Whack: Woman Attacks Another With Pitchfork Once again this week, the town of Vallejo does not fail to produce at least one oddball, eyecatching crime headline. A woman over there allegedly attacked another woman she knew with a pitchfork
SF News Missing Twentysomethings In Peru Are Fine, Just Couldn't Get on Facebook [Updated] We can't help but be amused by this: The family and friends of "missing" backpackers Jamie Neal, 25, and Garrett Hand, 27, of Oakland are relieved to hear from the U.S. State
SF News Sacramento Man (Allegedly) Kills 9-Year-Old Son With Hatchet A Sacramento man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his own 9-year-old son in a confusing and brutal incident that happened yesterday morning. His 12-year-old son survives and was home
SF News Not So Fast: Majority Of San Franciscans Might Not Want To Rename SFO For Harvey Milk A much discussed ballot measure that we will likely see on this November's ballot, endorsing the renaming of San Francisco International Airport after slain gay supervisor Harvey Milk, does not in fact have
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Puts Two More S.F. Shows On Calendar, Clearly Will Not Make It to Both Last week, Morrissey fans lamented yet another last-minute cancelation by the singer -- his fourth in three years in the Bay Area. He was supposed to play Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday but
SF News Sad: Boonville's Weird Boontling Dialect Swiftly Dying Off If you've been around Northern California for a while, you should know about Boontling, the weird, charming, very country sounding dialect that was invented about 150 or so years ago in the Anderson
Arts & Entertainment Get Tickets For Berkeley Rep's Annual Gala On Sunday, April 20, the fine folks of Berkeley Repertory Theater cross the bay for their annual fundraising gala, Ovation, at the Four Seasons. If you have the means, it's likely to be
SF News It's About Time: Prominent Republicans Change Tune On Gay Marriage Dozens of prominent Republicans, 75 and counting as of last night, have signed an amicus brief being filed with the Supreme Court in support of gay marriage, and the overturning of California's Proposition
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: The Magic Theater's Free Readings at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop In 2011, The American Conservatory Theater (ACT) opened up a new, small performance space in the building they own near 7th and Market that also houses their costume shop, which they've dubbed The
Arts & Entertainment 'Tinsel Tarts In A Hot Coma,' The Latest Cockettes Revival, Opens April 4 Fans of local theater and the fabulous, nostalgic, psychedelic-influenced performance art of The Cockettes will be thrilled to hear that another of the long-defunct group's seminal works is getting a revival this spring.
SF News Chronicle Building Tagged With Anti-Nevius Graffiti C.W. Nevius penned another piece in praise of gentrification on Saturday, and by early Sunday someone had spraypainted "Fuck C.W. Nevius" and "Fuck Gentrification" on the side of the Chronicle building.
SF News Dead Body Discovered Near McCovey Cove ID'd The dead body discovered yesterday near Pier 48 and McCovey Cove has been identified as 57-year-old David Biddle. No obvious signs of trauma could be seen by the medical examiner's office, and the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Little Girl's First Train Ride Ah, the wonderment of children never gets old. [via WOW]
Arts & Entertainment Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake Announce Double Bill at Candlestick in July Jay-Z and JT are on tour together this summer for what they're calling the Legends of Summer Tour, and they've made the chilly choice to arrive at our very own Candlestick Park on
SF News Oakland A's Maybe One Step Closer to San Jose The owners of the Oakland Athletics, who back in 2009 announced that they were saying "See ya" to Oakland and moving down to San Jose, might be one step closer to making that
SF News Wild Turkeys Terrorizing Albany Now The Wild Turkeys of Berkeley, which we first heard about last year but which seem to have been proliferating for several years now, have moved in to Albany. As CBS 5 is reporting,
