misc Aquarium Gets a Guitarfish The Aquarium of the Bay, that little Aquarium over by Pier 39, just got a new tenant: an almost-five-foot-long shovelnose guitarfish. It looks like an 80s hair-band bass, we suppose, like a Gibson
SF News SFO-Based Pilot Suspended From Anti-Terror Program After Posting YouTube Videos Criticizing Security An unnamed pilot based at SFO and residing in Sacramento is catching heat from some camera-phone videos he posted to YouTube showing lax security at the airport. The pilot was part of the
SF News Second Dead Woman Found in East Bay Park The nude body of a woman was found Friday near the entrance to a bike trail on Skyline Boulevard in the Oakland Hills. The woman appeared to have died several hours before, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Holiday Gin Fizz at Revival Bar + Kitchen Today's drink is appropriately Christmasy, and comes to us from across the Bay at Revival Bar + Kitchen (2102 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley), which is the new venture by Amy Murray, chef-owner of Venus. Says
misc Christmas Eve Palate Cleanser: Chimps Get Xmas Presents The chimps at the Oakland Zoo got to open their Christmas presents early this year, and even though this is just a baldfaced publicity stunt, we really want to see them get in
SF News Biden, Obama Sound Like They're Leaning Toward Support of Gay Marriage Buried as it will be in the Christmas weekend news cycle, Vice President Joe Biden showed up on Good Morning America and said that legalizing gay marriage was "inevitable," and that the same
SF News Oakland Fining Hotels for Tolerating Prostitution, Sex Trafficking Whipping out a law that's been on the books since 1914, the City of Oakland is assessing penalties of up to $25,000 on the owners of three ghetto hotels -- the National
SF News Nevius Says 'It's About Time' In Re: Proposal to Deal With Quality-of-Life Offenders On the subject of Sit/Lie and Stand/Snack [Hat tip: Demogreen], Chuck Nevius for one is *very encouraged* by a recent shift he's seeing in cracking down on chronic inebriates, repeatedly offending
SF News Death of San Mateo Teen May Lead to Crackdown on Party Buses A drunk-driving crash that took the life of San Mateo 19-year-old Brett Studebaker may lead to a statewide crackdown on underage drinking aboard party buses. Studebaker was killed while trying to drive home
SF News 'Tis the Season for Stealing Christmas The quiet enclave of Foster City is shocked to find that some ne'er-do-wells are going around stealing packages from doorsteps. Foster City police have identified one possible suspect in at least two cases
SF News Man in Wheelchair Hit, Trapped Underneath Train in Oakland A man in a wheelchair was hit by a cargo train rolling through Jack London Square in Oakland early this morning and subsequently trapped underneath the "cow-catcher" on the front of the train.
SF News Man Asks for Directions at Fisherman's Wharf, Gets Hit With Salad Dressing The news of how charmingly our local denizens treat tourists around the Wharf just keeps getting better: Mr. Aldax at the Examiner brings word today of an incident outside a local grocery store
SF News Preliminary Hearing in Richmond Gang Rape Trial Concludes Today Contra Costa County Judge Gregory Caskey is expected to decide today how many of the seven defendants in the trial surrounding last year's homecoming dance gang rape at Richmond High School will stand
SF News When Flash Mobs Go Wrong: Choral Mob in Roseville Almost Breaks Mall It's Christmastime, and now that your grandmother and maiden aunt are on Twitter, choral flash mobs are the new big thing! Hundreds of people gathered "spontaneously" at malls in Orlando, Dallas, and Kansas
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Foxes in the Snow (in London) For your afternoon relaxation, all ye who are stuck in the office (probably hungover) during this dreadful slow week: A video of some foxes outside in the snow, shot by a guy in
SF News Man Stabbed 62 Times in Marin City Marin City, the tiny enclave next to Sausalito that is home to a few thousand of Marin County's less wealthy residents, was the site of a brutal homicide last week. 22-year-old Larry Robertson
SF News Loss of San Bruno Gas Line May Mean Heat Shortage in S.F. As the NTSB mulls whether to hold a federal hearing in D.C. on the San Bruno blast investigation, news arrives from PG&E that San Franciscans may face a natural gas
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: Sailors' Nog from Twenty Five Lusk The holiday season has come barreling down, and let's face it: drinking is the only way you're going to make it through. With that in mind, please enjoy this recipe from Twenty Five
SF News A Few Dozen People Gather at British Consulate to Declare Manning, Assange Heroes The Bay Area may be rife with adamant supporters of free speech, freedom of information, and the leaking of any and all government documents to the media, but that population was not entirely
SF News Nobody Fined Yet for Not Composting, But Maybe Soon? We've always contended that while the whole composting/recycling thing is a noble and marvelous pursuit, we prefer our tiny apartment kitchens to be non-smelly and fruit-fly-free, and the whole composting thing (when
SF News San Bruno Blast May Have Been Caused By Badly Welded Pipes The investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board into the September 9 San Bruno gas line explosion has so far yielded no definitive answers about the cause of the blast or the culpability
SF News We Read the Weeklies: December 15, 2010 Ho yeah, it's another Wednesday of sorting through the weeklies for your summary-loving pleasure. And we kick off with SF Weekly, whose cover story by Peter Jamison this week touches back on the
SF News S.F. Cell Phone Users Should Get Ready for More Dropped Calls New legislation, proposed by Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos and inspired by a fight over a new cell phone tower in Bernal Heights, may make it more difficult to place a call
SF News Mission Murder Marks S.F.'s 48th of the Year With the unfortunate homicide of 32-year-old Oliver Carter (whom we identified as 35 years old yesterday), 2010 has officially tied last year with exactly 48 murders. It's sort of uncanny to us, really,
SF News The Castro Gets a Drag Store; Also, 'True' Gay Rights Activists Up In Arms About HRC Taking Harvey Milk's Former Store There was a little under-the-radar retail opening on Castro Street in recent weeks: Cocomo's: A Taste of Drag (538 Castro). It's now your go-to source (besides the Haight) for plus-sized high heels and
