Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Phyllis Diller Roasts Joan Collins We just heard the news about Phyllis Diller's passing at age 95, and we're heartbroken. She was a pioneering female comedian who inspired pretty much every other funny woman who's taken the stage
SF News Apple Surpasses Microsoft to Become Most Valuable Company in U.S. History It's been a long time coming, but Apple has officially become the most valuable company in U.S. history, reaching a record market capitalization today of $623 billion. That number surpasses the high
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Anthem Singer Scott McKenzie Dies at 73 It's the song that drew thousands of hippie kids to a chilly San Francisco summer 45 years ago, when an unpopular war was raging in Vietnam and our city by the Bay was
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Madonna Turns 54 Haters would say that Madonna hasn't been relevant since the era in which she made this video for the hit song from the Desperately Seeking Susan soundtrack. In that 1985 film, Madonna, at
SF News Mirkarimi Update: Final Ethics Commission Hearing Is On The final hearing in Ross Mirkarimi's ersatz trial before the Ethics Commission is going on this morning. If you have the stamina, and absolutely nothing useful to do with your morning, you can
SF News Tragedy: Brown Twins Separated as One Gets Hospitalized With Alzheimer's The iconic "San Francisco Twins," the Brown sisters, are going through their first separation in decades, and it's deeply sad. Despite being only eight minutes older, Vivian has been suffering from symptoms of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vogue Brawl 2012, Manchester, England With all this talk of kikis and "werking" it and the general upsurge in ball-culture influence in the gay community, is it any wonder that vogueing is back in a big way in
SF News Catholic Archdiocese Trying to Downplay Drag Ban at Castro Church Last week we mentioned the kerfuffle surrounding Most Holy Redeemer in the Castro, the gay-friendly Catholic church that has struggled over the years with tensions between its gay parishioners, neighborhood LGBT organizations that
SF News Disturbing Rape of 80-Year-old Richmond Woman Recounted in Court A convicted rapist in Contra Costa County court yesterday threw a fit and began muttering "lies" when a letter from his disabled, 80-year-old rape victim was read aloud during his sentencing. Anthony Carl
SF News Homeless Woman Killed By Samurai Sword in San Jose An apparent battle between two mentally ill people in San Jose yesterday ended with one slitting the other's throat with a samurai sword, and killing her. Things began with an incident yesterday morning
SF News New Raised 'Cycle Tracks' Proposed for Market Street DPW has put $42 million toward a repaving and redesign of Market Street over the next four years, and among the proposals is a new separated track for bicycles that hasn't yet been
Arts & Entertainment Video: Young and Old Dance to Stevie Wonder at Outside Lands The legendary, incomparable Stevie Wonder brought down the house last night at Outside Lands and brought the festival to joyous close for everyone except the Skrillex fans. He performed terrific versions of all
SF News Google Laying Off 4,000 People in Motorola Unit, Purchases Frommer's After acquiring Motorola Mobility in May, Google is now shutting down a third of the division's 90 locations and laying off 4,000 employees, representing 20% of the total employees in the unit.
SF News Man Struck, Killed By BART Train at Glen Park Station A man who was possibly lying in the East Bay-bound tracks at Glen Park Station on Saturday was struck by a train around 2:30 p.m. and later died of his injuries.
Arts & Entertainment Next Up in Retro TV Drag Queen Parodies: 'Roseanne' Heklina has been hard at work this summer expanding her repertoire of drag-queen re-enactments of old TV sitcom scripts, and expanding her repertory company of drag performers to help re-enact them. For years
SF News Castro Catholic Church Bans Drag Queens Once and For All Well, shucks. Under pressure from the archdiocese, the new pastor at gay-friendly but nevertheless Catholic Most Holy Redeemer Church in the Castro has banned all forms of drag on the premises. The church
SF News Muni, Once Again, Deemed an Insult to Us All A civil grand jury has found that Muni's practice of "switchbacks," in which a fully functioning bus is taken out of service and turned around in order to avoid "bunching" at the end
SF News Behold: Mark Zuckerberg Shirtless This is BREAKING news, folks: A Facebook employee who's been bro-ing it up with CEO Mark Zuckerberg this summer "accidentally" posted a photo to his Facebook page that included a topless Zuck. It's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Postcard From 1952' by Explosions In the Sky This is a cleanser for your news-worn palate if ever we saw one. These guys are playing at Outside Lands on Saturday at 4:40 p.m., and they're pretty cool. They're called
SF News EBX: Oakland Police Are the Worst The public outrage about the mismanagement and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department is getting louder as a judge considers initiating an unprecedented federal takeover of the department. Today the East Bay Express's
SF News Cesar Chavez: Not a Good Place to Get a Flat Tire A 35-year-old man had the misfortune of getting a flat tire last night near Cesar Chavez Street and Evans Avenue, just before midnight. He was trying to change the tire when he was
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Humor Abuse' at A.C.T. We unfortunately missed Lorenzo Pisoni's acclaimed stage memoir Humor Abuse during its first, sold-out run at A.C.T. this past winter, so we were glad, after all the accolades it received, to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Women's Shot Put, a Montage Behold the glory of a group of hearty, brawny gals hurling a nine-pound ball across a football field and simultaneously letting loose with loud, shrill (or sometimes rather butch) screams of release. Alas,
SF News Cab Plows Through Laundromat in the 'Loin One of San Francisco's reliable cabbies took a quick detour this a.m. through a laundromat window at Post and Hyde. He was trying to avoid that traffic mess down at Stockton, you
SF News You Just Might Get Your Cell Phone Snatched on Divis Now that Divisadero is the new Valencia (haven't you heard?), petty crime appears to be on the uptick. With rapid gentrification comes some growing pains, and the SFPD is warning people not to
