SF News Tanker That Hit Bay Bridge Heads Back Out to Sea "Watch Out For the Golden Gate!" shouts the Appeal's headline. The tanker that sideswiped one of the towers of the Bay Bridge on Monday morning headed back out to see this morning with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Anything Goes' at the Golden Gate Theater SHN's latest Broadway tour arrival, Anything Goes, is a good reminder of what purely pleasurable confections musicals once were. And this cast and production, fresh from a Tony-winning run in New York, shine
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Wet Modeling This one goes out to the gays and ladies, trying to make it through that last hour of work. That would be male model Henny Seroeyen being pelted with water balloons in slow
SF News Two Injured in High School Shooting in Kern County Down in rural Kern County, California, in the town of Taft, a student gunman open-fired in a classroom during first period this morning, injuring a 16-year-old male student and a teacher as well.
SF News Vallejo Man, Once on Death Row, Turns Himself In for Killing His Mother Yet again this week we find Vallejo making headlines for an odd and upsetting crime. Dennis Stanworth, 70, a registered sex offender who was paroled from a life sentence for the assault and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Contortionist Vogue-ing Check it out. This is a remix of a new single by Rupaul's Drag Race stars Manila Luzon and Latrice Royale called "The Chop," and the video features a member of famed ballroom
SF News Chiu Re-Elected to Third Term as President of the Board of Supes At yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting, David Chiu was once again chosen as President of the Board, for his third consecutive term. Speculation about a possible changing of the guard in the President's
Arts & Entertainment $12,000 Gold Rush Artifact Stolen From Oakland Museum In the second break-in in two months, a man stole a gold- and quartz-lined box from a display case in the Oakland Museum that is rumored to be worth $800,000. The box
SF News Marin Residents Flip Out Over Not Having State Senator A little quirk following the redrawing of State Senate districts has left Marin County without a senator, and you better believe they are FREAKING OUT about this. As a poor spokesperson for Senator
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: James Franco Lip Syncs to, and Mocks, Justin Bieber If it seems that we're obsessed with James Franco here at SFist, it's only partly true. The fact of the matter is the man is a whore for the internet, and attention, and
Arts & Entertainment Regarding How to Have a Baby, at 40, as a San Francisco Literary Lesbian Today the Bold Italic brings us a new piece by local literary wunderkind Michelle Tea (Valencia, Rose of No Man's Land), who is actually not a wunderkind anymore. She's 40. She's an established
SF News Dangerous Octavia-Market Intersection to Get Traffic Cameras You'll recall how last year a report determined that the intersection of Octavia and Market, where the freeway sort of abruptly turns into a Boulevard, was the most dangerous in the city. Well,
SF News Weather Report: Prepare to Freeze Your Nipples Off Had some trouble getting out from under the covers this past week during these chilly January mornings? Bad news, friends and lovers: It will only get worse starting Wednesday. Forecasters are predicting "the
SF News Supreme Court Sets Dates for Prop 8 and DOMA Hearings As we learned last month, somewhat anxiously, the Supreme Court will be hearing and likely issuing rulings on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act in their current
SF News Dead Cow Washes Up on Beach in Half Moon Bay Local farmers should be alerted that an apparently drowned cow washed up on the shore on the northern end of Half Moon Bay State Beach over the weekend and was discovered this morning
SF News George Lucas Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend Mellody Hobson George Lucas has just become engaged to his longtime girlfriend, 43-year-old finance expert Mellody Hobson. Hobson and Lucas met at a business conference about six years ago, and as they told Oprah last
Arts & Entertainment Hometown Hero DJ Shadow Booted From Miami Nightclub for Not Being Commercial Enough Beloved local musician DJ Shadow, famous especially for his instrumental electronica and dreamy hip-hop pieces from the '90s, got kicked out of the DJ booth at a trendy Miami Beach nightclub because, as
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Frank Ocean Song Cut From 'Django Unchained' First off, if you haven't seen Django Unchained, run, don't walk. It's a terrific, shocking, beautifully crafted, wildly entertaining, Tarantino-esque fantasy about life in the pre-Civil War south. The soundtrack, like those from
SF News People Upset Over New Anti-Violence Rule For Homeless Shelters Photo by Brandon Doran Some homeless advocates are crying foul over a new, perfectly reasonable rule that has gone into effect allowing S.F.'s homeless shelters to deny services to individuals who
SF News Suspect Driver and Male Victim ID'd in New Year's Day Crash in the Mission The driver and suspected culprit in the deadly accident at 8 a.m. New Year's morning at 21st and South Van Ness has been identified as 19-year-old David Morales. Morales is in custody
Arts & Entertainment Gavin Newsom Is Departing Current TV Immediately following yesterday's news that Al Jazeera had bought Current TV, Gavin Newsom announces that he'll be taking his seven-month-old Gavin Newsom Show off the air. According to Newsom spokesman and infamous SFist
SF News 'SF Bay Guardian' Presents the 2012 Offies, Excludes Ross Mirkarimi If there was one local political story that most occupied the hearts and minds of San Franciscans in 2012, it was the domestic violence case and subsequent public shaming of former supervisor turned
SF News Pit Bull Sentenced to Death in Horse Attack Will Get Federal Court Hearing [Update] Remember Charlie, the two-year-old pit bull/Staffordshire terrier that attacked the National Park Service police horse at Crissy Green over the summer and was subsequently given a death sentence by Animal Care &
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Diamond Dave Hosley Word arrived today that Petar's Restaurant & Lounge in Lafayette, with its dancefloor and hipster-approved karaoke-DJ-emcee Diamond Dave Hosley singing his own versions of today's pop hits on weekends, is closing as of
SF News Bayview Stabbing Is City's First Homicide Of 2013 A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in the wee hours of New Year's Day at the intersection of Third Street and Ingerson Avenue in the Bayview. The victim has been identified as
