SF News Rich Oakland Lady Pays $76,000 So She and Several Activist Friends Could Sing a Protest Song to Obama Oakland activist Naomi Pitcairn and a gaggle of friends attended a fundraising lunch with President Obama at the St. Regis today, paying a total of $76,000 (funded by Pitcairn) for their seats
SF News Discover the Wonders of Printed, Vintage Porn At The Magazine On Polk A Different Light Bookstore in the Castro may be shuttering, but quietly on Larkin Street, a nearly 40-year-old institution of the printed page lives on. The Magazine, opened by partners Trent Dunphy and
Arts & Entertainment 'Big Sur' Movie, Starring Jack Kerouac Lookalike, Wraps Shooting in Lower Haight We mentioned last week that a film crew was in town shooting at a former train depot in the Richmond? The movie's Big Sur, based on the autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac about
SF News Zynga CEO Files Restraining Order Against Possibly Schizophrenic Stripper Who's Stalking Him Mark Pincus, the man who gave the world FarmVille and the CEO of highly successful social gaming company Zynga, has filed a restraining order against one Vera Svechina, a former stripper from Russia
SF News One Dead and One Alive After Motorboat Capsizes Near San Quentin; Major Marijuana Bust in Oakland San Quentin / Capsized Boat: Did you know San Quentin had a fire squad composed of minimum-security inmates who live outside the prison walls? Well, they responded to distress calls and pulled a man
SF News The Bold Italic Is Trying To Make 'Valencia Bottoms' Happen We know how everyone loves this neighborhood naming game, so allow us to up the ire factor today over a micro-hood being invented by The Bold Italic called Valencia Bottoms. They're having an
SF News Nine People Indicted on Federal Charges for Selling Crack, Coke, Meth in the 'Loin Just when you thought the Tenderloin was a drug free-for-all that law enforcement had given up on... Nine defendants ranging in age from 25 to 63 have been brought up on federal charges
SF News SPARC, the Apple Store of Pot Dispensaries, Wins Design Award We previously broke the story on the opening of SPARC, that clean-and-modern pot dispensary on Mission between 7th and 8th with the vibe of a West Elm-designed apothecary. Well, now the SF chapter
SF News Tonga Room Gets Another Reprieve as Fairmont Condo Project Falls Apart For Real Matier & Ross reported this morning on the demise of the planned condo tower on the Fairmont Hotel property -- essentially because they wanted to raze the existing hotel tower, built in the
SF News 'Chubby' Chihuahua Owner, Shot in Back, Sues Haight Street Market Owner Who Shot Him You'll recall the incident from early February involving an owner of Fred's New Lite Market in the Haight who'd obviously had it up to here with a certain chracter who was always coming
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <em>Three Sisters</em> at Berkeley Rep Chekhov plays all have certain themes and elements in common: love of work, unrequited love, suffering, aging, adultery, the etiquette of dealing with servants, educated people bored by the banalities of their circumstance.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: Nobody's Dirty Business at The Hideout We love ourselves a good bitter-but-balanced cocktail, and we came across a doozy recently at the Hideout the awesome, cocktail-nerdy bar within a bar in the back of Dalva on 16th. It's called
SF News SFist Blotter: Oakland Car Crash, Hells Angels Stabbing, Drunken Boat Escapade Oakland / Car Accident: A crash on the northbound side of 880 last night, around 8 p.m., resulted in the death of the driver of one vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle
SF News Suspected Serial Killer Nabbed, Held in Marin for CA Murders, and Possibly Connected to Alphabet Murders in NY Joseph Naso, age 77, was arrested earlier this week for a probation violation in South Lake Tahoe and transferred to Marin County Jail where he's suspected in the killings of four northern California
SF News Film Crew Shooting <em>Big Sur</em>, a Film Based on Kerouac's Book, at Historic Richmond Train Depot Today Filmmaker Michael Polish (North Fork, Twin Falls Idaho) is shooting a scene from an upcoming film about Jack Kerouac today at Fulton and 7th Avenue, at a historic train terminal that's going to
Arts & Entertainment Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle's Surprise Oakland Show, A Recap So, news went out via Twitter yesterday around 5 p.m. that Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle were going to do an impromptu surprise show at The New Parish in Oakland, after Lauryn's
SF News We Read the Weeklies: April 13, 2011 We're going through the papers real quick-like this week, because we're just not feeling all that newsy and [insert requisite joke about ink-y print media here]. SF Weekly Matt Smith pens a thing
SF News Weather Report You don't need anyone telling you how to feel. You just got caught in a downpour, even though a break in the clouds was clearly visible out toward the beach, and you don't
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "In My Head" by Queens of the Stone Age Despite hailing from nearby Palm Desert, Queens of the Stone Age won't be performing at Coachella this weekend -- they last performed at the fest in 2003. They will, however, be performing tonight
SF News Weather Report It's going to be one of those unremarkable weeks when you're never sure if you'll need a jacket in an hour, and when remarkable events always seem just around the bend. It'll hover
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Grab A Table For Juanita More's Funky Chicken Dinner Drag queen about town Juanita More! is starting up her annual series of Funky Chicken Dinners at Mars Bar, to benefit the Stop AIDS project. The first dinner will take place on Thursday,
SF News Philip Garrido Hasn't Pleaded Guilty Yet, Lawyer Makes Tedious Motion The pre-trial bullshit surrounding the case of Philip Garrido which ought to be open-and-shut if you ask us, now a year and a half since he and his wife were arrested in connection
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dog Won't Let Toddler Drink From Water Fountain Just a reminder that dogs can sometimes be selfish, inconsiderate bitches. [via Urlesque]
SF News 'Routine Maintenance' on Gas Pipelines in Potrero Causes Anxiety Some Potrero residents became alarmed recently seeing a bunch of PG&E maintenance signs go up near 17th and Missouri, with parking prohibited along a whole side of the street starting last
SF News [UPDATED] 7.4 Magnitude Aftershock Causes New Tsunami Warning In Northeastern Japan We wake up today to hearing about yet another earthquake in Japan, the strongest aftershock to date in fact, nearly a month after the 9.0 magnitude quake that ravaged parts of the
