SF News We Read the Weeklies: July 6, 2011 It's once again time for us, your trusty SFist editors, to sum up the Must Reads, the Funny Reads, and the Don't Bothers from the alt weeklies, because who really has the time
SF News Updated: Missing Berkeley Cyclist Had Been Fasting for Three Days, Found in Roseville NBC Bay Area has an update on the Saturday disappearance of Mike Martin, who had been cycling in the Berkeley hills when he suddenly vanished, dropping his cell phone along Tunnel Road for
SF News Mitchell Brothers Heir Takes Stand in Murder Trial, Claims He Didn't Do It James Mitchell, son of the late Mitchell Brothers porn empire co-founder Jim Mitchell, took the stand in his own trial yesterday for the murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend, Danielle Keller. Mitchell is accused
SF News Mother of Bullied Bakersfield Teen Who Hanged Himself Sues School District For Wrongful Death In what's being hailed as a landmark case by civil rights groups, the mother of a gay teenager who hanged himself last September is suing a school district for wrongful death, claiming that
SF News SFist Blotter: Shootings In the Tenderloin, Richmond, Art Theft at Union Square Tenderloin / Shootings: Two people were shot Saturday, one of them multiple times, at the corner of Ellis and Jones. The second victim, a 78-year-old bystander suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [CBS] Union Square / Art Theft:
SF News Local Legend and Pioneering Trans Performer Vicki Marlane Dies at 76 Beloved local legend Vicki Marlane died this morning at 7 a.m. of an undisclosed illness. She was 76. Nicknamed "The Lady With the Liquid Spine" for her trademark, sultry flexibility while lip
SF News Man Drowns In Russian River on Fourth While Trying to Save Girlfriend A 30-year-old Santa Rosa man lost his life Monday while trying to rescue his girlfriend -- who couldn't swim -- from a strong current. The mostly placid Russian River has deceptively strong whirlpools
SF News Former Professional Cyclist Goes Missing in Oakland/Berkeley Hills 29-year-old Anthony Michael Martin, a former professional cyclist, disappeared Saturday afternoon, according to friends, while bicycling in the Oakland/Berkeley hills. Ominously, his cell phone was discovered by another cyclist on Tunnel Road
SF News SFist Blotter: Two Bayview Shootings, an iPad Mugging, and a Love Triangle Murder in Santa Rosa Bayview / Shooting: A 16-year-old was shot twice in the abdomen Thursday evening around 7:20 p.m. on the 1300 block of Mendell Street. [Appeal] And a 17-year-old was shot in the leg
SF News Weather Report Memorial Day might have been mildly disappointing, but now, suddenly, the air is thick with awe and possibility. Summer. For the first time in eons, it might not be so foggy on the
SF News 'New York Times' Makes Fun of Us Re: Mayor's Race The NYT finds the situation in S.F., with "anywhere from 9 to 37 people running to become mayor," quite amusing. The headline: "San Francisco Is Awash With Mayoral Candidates," and the story
SF News Tucson Shooter Jared Lee Loughner to Be Forcibly Medicated In a bid to make Jared Lee Loughner competent to stand trial, a federal judge in San Diego has ruled that prison officials can forcibly medicate him with anti-psychotic drugs. The federal prison
SF News The Huffington Post Launches S.F. Edition In About Two Weeks We've already got a smattering of love by way of regional editions of the NYT and Wall Street Journal, and now the Huffington Post is launching a San Francisco edition, as we first
SF News Ne'er-Do-Well Teen Enters Not Guilty Plea in Non-Pink-Saturday Shooting, Which Happened on Saturday 18-year-old Terrell Blay, who ran from plainclothes police and dropped his handgun in the process following the shooting Saturday evening at Jones and Market Streets, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a series of
SF News Person Struck by BART Train at Glen Park [Updated] No trains are passing through Glen Park BART station right now after a person was struck by a train. The Examiner says they might open up the station for single-track train movement soon.
SF News Mission Wallet Snatcher Nabbed We'd heard tell of a spate of cell-phone stealings and purse-snatching in Mission cafés of late, in which the victims had left jackets/purses slung over the backs of chairs in places like
SF News SFist Blotter: Murder in Portola, Botched Home Invasion in Sunset Portola / Shooting: A 26-year-old man was shot multiple times in the back yesterday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on San Bruno Avenue, near Paul Avenue. He died later at S.F. General.
SF News Remains of I-5 Strangler Victim Found in Napa, 34 Years Late The remains of Lou Ellen Burleigh of Walnut Creek, who disappeared in 1977, have been found after multiple search attempts over the years near Lake Berryessa. I-5 Strangler Roger Kibbe, 72, who confessed
SF News Weather Report: Again? Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailor take warning. But rain in late June? Jesus christ. We're really getting sick of this. And pretty much every winemaker in a
SF News Mission Bay: Modern Model of Mixed Use Development, or Wasteland? The Wall Street Journal shines a spotlight on S.F.'s largest new part of town, Mission Bay, and tries to show both sides of the debate on whether the area is successfully
SF News John King Calls Out Preservationists Over Ugly North Beach Branch Library Influential architecture critic John King calls out local preservationists in Sunday's Chronicle for not having the balls to say what he already has said in print regarding the North Beach branch library, namely
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Violet Femme at Bluestem Brasserie Just open this week at 1 Yerba Buena Lane (that alleyway next to the Four Season between 3rd and 4th, on Market) is Bluestem Brasserie. It's a big, airy space with a great
SF News Because of a Difference of an Hour, BART Remains Reluctant About Late-Night Train In all this discussion about possibly adding a "late-night" train on Fridays, BART has really only been proposing adding an eastbound train that departs Embarcadero station one hour later than the existing last
SF News Actually, the Winklevoss Twins Aren't Through With Zuckerberg Just Yet Just yesterday, we reported that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss cut their losses and decided to accept the settlement they reached with Facebook in 2008 now worth about $120 million. The two made a
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kreayshawn Critiques Lady Gaga's Looks, Beyonce's Local lady rapper Kreayshawn, who's profiled this week in the Guardian's Queer Issue and whose video "Gucci Gucci" is now a bonafide hit, spoke to New York Magazine this week to critique the
