Arts & Entertainment White Girl Mobster V-Nasty Gets Profiled Friend of Kreayshawn, Oakland rapper, and unapologetic user of the N-word, V-Nasty (born Vanessa Reece) got her very own SF Weekly profile yesterday. Allow us to sum up: We are once again reminded
SF News Sean Penn Pow-Wows At Tosca With Those Hostage Hikers Released From Iran In case you missed this tid-bit back in September, when hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were finally released from that Iranian prison where they sat for two years: Sean Penn claims some
Arts & Entertainment Callers On NPR Whine About How Facebook Has Ruined Their Lives Michael Krasny took on the Facebook IPO today on Forum (a morning talk show on NPR's Bay Area affiliate), and not surprisingly, the call-in audience had A LOT to say about how Facebook
SF News Oakland Teen Arraigned For Parents' Murder, Family Mourns We're sure to get more details in the coming weeks surrounding the horrific and sad deaths of Robert Kamin and Susan Poff of Oakland, whose adopted son Moses Kamin, 15, confessed to killing
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Joan Rivers Smokes Pot On TV! We can hardly believe the awesomeness of today's palate cleanser, which comes to us straight from the airwaves via Buzzfeed. On the latest episode of the reality show Joan & Melissa, Joan Rivers
Arts & Entertainment That Big Empty Church In SoMa Will Become Office Space St. Joseph's Church, which has stood empty since suffering damage in the Loma Prieta quake a little over 22 years ago, is finally going to get put back to use as the market
SF News Case May Be Dismissed Against Oakland Woman Who Stabbed Boyfriend 21-year-old Geneva Dixon, who was originally charged with murder for the November 22 stabbing of her 28-year-old boyfriend Norris Lewis, may have the case against her dismissed pending a ruling from an Alameda
SF News Charges Dropped Against All But a Dozen Occupy Oakland Folks So, you arrest 400 people who were allegedly committing crimes, and three days later you drop charges against almost all of them. Yes, OPD, your strategy with this whole Occupy Oakland thing does
SF News Oakland Occupier Renounces Occupy, Blames Melee On Outsiders We just came across an interesting editorial regarding last weekend's Occupy Oakland kerfuffle in which a stalwart member of the bandwagon expresses distaste for the lack of strategy and general stupidity of what
Arts & Entertainment VIDEO: 'A Day In The Life Of San Francisco' This new "Day in the Life of San Francisco" can serve as a kind of counterpoint to this 1955 city travelogue we showed you. It's the work of the city tourism bureau, and
SF News Berkeley Police Stumped Over First Homicide Of 2012, Seeking Tips Berkeley police are seeking information about the murder of 35-year-old Kenneth Allen Warren of Hercules, who was gunned down Thursday on the 3000 block of Shattuck Avenue. Warren worked at a nearby barbershop,
SF News Oakland Teenager To Be Tried As Adult In Murder Of Adoptive Parents An Oakland 15-year-old who had been arguing with his parents over spending too much time with the Occupy Oakland campers and who is accused of strangling them both and stuffing them in the
Arts & Entertainment Tiny Cabin Sprouts Out The Side Of Union Square Hotel A new public art piece, titled "Manifest Destiny," has just been installed four stories above ground, attached to the side of the Hotel Des Arts (447 Bush Street). It's the work of San
SF News Man Struck, Killed By Car Near Oakland Airport An unfortunate series of events, including the police impounding a man's car last night for a speeding violation, led to the death of another man by the side of a road near Oakland
SF News City Attorney Sues Tenderloin Markets For Drug Sales, Fencing Stolen Goods Two civil lawsuits were filed today on behalf of the City of San Francisco against two Tenderloin businesses that are considered "host businesses" for drug sales and the fencing of stolen property. The
SF News Burners Freak Out Over Another Possible Ticket Shortage The new lottery system in which hopeful Burners register for pairs of tickets ahead of them going on sale, is already causing much chaos and heartache among the furry-boot set. As the Guardian
SF News New BART Cars Will Be Expensive, Built Offshore As you may know, BART is getting set to lay out an enormous amount of cash on a new fleet of 775 rail cars, and the price tag keeps going up. Matier &
SF News Police Clash With Occupy Oakland on 'Move-In Day,' Tear Gas Deployed, 400 Arrested [Updated] It was "Move-In Day" for Occupy Oakland today, and as we type protesters have once again met with riot-cop resistance in the form of barricades, smoke bombs, and tear gas as they were
Arts & Entertainment Top O' the Weekend Palate Cleanser: The Incredible Acting Dog You've probably thought you could see dogs smile before. Well, this one literally can! Like you can see his little lips rise! And he can go crosseyed on command and and and... he
SF News Do-Gooder Finds Two-Pound Bag of Weed, Turns It Over To Police A concerned citizen with absolutely no sense of the value of good marijuana spotted an attended bag on the sidewalk near a Richmond District bus stop early Wednesday. Upon inspection, he saw a
SF News Feds Bust Huge West Coast Drug Ring Your drugs are about to get more expensive! Federal authorities announced the conclusion of a four-year investigation into a large, high-level, West Coast drug-trafficking ring, indicting and arresting 20 people in the Bay
SF News Fatal Stabbing In Outer Mission Last Night A 25-year-old man who has not been identified was found stabbed on Regent Street near Alemany Boulevard last night around 9 p.m. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at S.F. General.
SF News Morgellons Disease A Crock Says CDC; Not So Says Bay Area Doctor The CDC just conducted their first official study into the validity of Morgellons disease a bizarre phenomenon in which patients, including Joni Mitchell, insist that they have small fibers or threads growing under
SF News Occupy Oakland Will Not Go Quietly, Will Occupy A Building, Damn It The Occupy Oakland kids may have been a little quiet lately, but they have a plan for Saturday that should shake things up and garner a few more headlines. There's going to be
SF News Concord Woman Held For Suffocating Boyfriend This lady, Dava Alizabeth-Ann Steen, 41, was arrested last week in the November death of longtime boyfriend Danny Ray Bennett, 47, whom she said at the time had died of natural causes. A
