SF News Mirkarimi Update: Jury Selection Is Difficult, Judge And Prosecutors Still Mulling Moving Trial Out Of The County The latest from the Mirkarimi trial is that after an initial selection pool of 300, attorneys are having trouble finding a dozen jurors who are both available to serve and untainted by media
SF News Mother Kills Autistic Son, Self In Sunnyvale A 53-year-old woman killed her 22-year-old autistic son yesterday in Sunnyvale before turning the gun on herself. Tragically, the bodies of both mother and son were found by the woman's husband when he
SF News Morbidly Obese Livermore Guy Will Be On Dr. Phil Just Like He Wanted The power of the internet, ladies and gentlemen! 700-pound 23-year-old Robert Gibbs of Livermore, whose YouTube plea we and everyone else took note of last week, is in fact going to be on
SF News Four Charged In San Leandro Tattoo Party Murders You may recall the tragic triple homicide of last fall that took place late one Saturday night outside a warehouse party for tattoo enthusiasts in San Leandro. The incident claimed the life of
SF News Man Killed While Driving Bentley In East Oakland [Updated] A man was shot and killed last night while driving a Bentley in East Oakland, and his car proceeded to roll half a block and collide with at least two other cars head-on,
SF News Mirkarimi's Ex's Testimony Will Be Allowed; Video May Still Be Disallowed The pre-trial drama surrounding Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi continues as a judge has ruled that testimony from ex-girlfriend Christina Flores who was seeing Mirkarimi right up until the point that he took a trip
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Simspons' 'Game Of Thrones' Opener In case you missed it last night, or today splashed across the web, please behold the marvelous opener from last night's episode of The Simpsons, parodying the opener for HBO's Game of Thrones.
SF News East Bay Columnist Would Like To Hear About Your Pets' Reactions To Earthquake This morning's modest temblor likely woke a lot of you and your beloved dogs and cats up, and at least one local newspaperman would like to hear all about how your pets reacted.
SF News Sacramento Judge Tells Pot Advocates To Shove It A federal judge in Sacramento has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a marijuana dispensary up there that argued that the federal government broke its promise in launching its recent crackdown on the medical
SF News Man Shot, Then Run Over, In East Oakland; Two Triple Shootings in Berkeley A man was shot early Sunday in East Oakland, and then he was run over, just to make sure the job was done. The incident happened about 3 a.m. on the 1000
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Moonraker Cocktail at Moonraker Recently reopened down in Pacifica is Moonraker restaurant, which was indeed named for the 1979 James Bond film, was closed for many years before brothers Shawn and Gary McNamara came along to revive
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Welcome To Glorious Paducah! Oh, we sure do enjoy a good laugh at the expense of a flyover state. And at the risk of sounding like big, coastal, blue-state elitists, we challenge you not to bust out
SF News Woman Slashed With Meat Cleaver In Sixth Street SRO A woman inside a Sixth Street residence hotel was slashed in the face and torso with a meat cleaver by a man she was having an argument with last night. Her injuries are
SF News Occupy Oakland Distracted Police From Saving Berkeley Murder Victim, Claim Police We know this may just sound like the Chron hating on Occupy again, but police dispatch tapes from Berkeley on February 18 the evening that 67-year-old Peter Cukor was (allegedly) bludgeoned to death
SF News Julian Avenue Mugging Victim Was Strangled You'll recall the tragic story of Richard Sprague, the 47-year-old man who was attacked on Julian Avenue in the Mission two weekends ago while out to buy cigarettes and who subsequently died and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Nellie McKay's 'I Want to Live' At The Rrazz Room There's a brightness to Nellie McKay that's hard to describe if you haven't seen her live. Having long been fans of her music a blend of quirky, articulate lyrics with an amalgam of
SF News Another Day, Another Budget-Cut Protest A group of 50 or so gathered outside the state building on Golden Gate this afternoon to protest the state budget cuts that are causing the S.F. School Board once again to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Idiot Kid Lights Hair on Fire Yep. It's the end of days, folks. And in a bid for internet celebrity, this young fellow let his friends light his hair on fire, multiple times, while feeding him flaming Doritos. One
SF News Is Fracking In California Going To Cause Earthquakes? Did you know that there was fracking going on in hundreds of locations around California, including some in nearby Monterey County? Well, there is, and a new report just came out about it,
SF News Dolores Park To Be Half-Closed, Generally Unpleasant, For A Really Long Time It seems like years ago that we started hearing about plans to upend and destroy the greatest gathering place of all time, Dolores Park oh wait, it was years ago. Well, now the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Scene From 1968's 'Head,' Starring The Late Davy Jones Davy Jones of the Monkees died today. He was 66, and cause was a heart attack. Behold Davy in his prime, in this weird scene from the 1968 Monkees vehicle Head, featuring him
Arts & Entertainment A.C.T. Invests In Mid-Market, Purchases Former Adult Cinema Well here's some promising news for the long-touted but not yet realized "arts district" that Gavin Newsom talked up around mid-Market: The American Conservatory Theater announced today that they've signed a deal to
SF News Oakland Man Convicted Of 2004 Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend; Body Still Not Found Eric Mora, 55, of Oakland has maintained his innocence in the 2004 disappearance of ex-girlfriend Cynthia Alonzo, but he was convicted yesterday for her murder. Alonzo, who was 48 at the time, was
Arts & Entertainment Jeremy Lin, Autotuned Knicks savior and Palo Alto High alum Jeremy Lin has just gotten the Autotune treatment from DJ Steve Porter. It's called "All He Does Is Lin." Let the Lin-sanity Lin-ger on... [via The
SF News S.F. Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill Mother Of Underage Girlfriend Angel Euceda was 20 back in December of 2010 when he hid in the closet of his 14-year-old girlfriend in the Richmond district with a kitchen knife, waited two hours, and then leaped
