SF News Another Little Earthquake Off Coast Not to feed your earthquake paranoia or anything, but there was a 4.4 quake this morning centered 45 miles off the coast of Eureka. The Eureka fire chief says she didn't even
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The High Smolder at Zero Zero Zero Zero just opened in the former Azie space (826 Folsom), and because it's a pizza restaurant it's already packed every night of the week. The chef is Bruce Hill (Bix, Picco), and
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands: A User's Guide San Francisco's big, multi-stage music fest, Outside Lands, is back this year in Golden Gate Park, in the jolly old month of Fogust, scaled back to two days instead of three and with
SF News Sunday Party, Outside of Which That Woman Was Shot, Was Totally Illegal The teen event that took place on the fifth floor of a building on Mason Street on Sunday evening, outside of which a shootout claimed the life of German tourist Mechthild Schroer, did
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Math Rap! Rad, right? We're just playing this to distract all the marriage-bound gays from their impatience this afternoon. And because math is fun! [via Everything Is Terrible]
SF News Glenn Beck, and More Americans, Support Gay Marriage As we await the decision from Judge Walker about the stay in the Prop 8 case, allow us to point you to a new graph and a CNN poll showing the ongoing trend
SF News Byron Williams, the Crazed I-580 Shooter, Pleads Not Guilty Byron Williams, that Tuolumne County right-wing lunatic who spent a lot of time watching Glenn Beck and decided to head to SF to shoot up the ACLU, pleaded not guilty in Alameda County
SF News Daly Throws His Weight Behind Longtime Aide James Keys In the hotly contest race for District 6 supervisor, Chris Daly has finally given his formal endorsement to longtime aide and former election campaign manager James Keys. "While there are many good candidates
SF News Judge Rules That Oakland Bus Drivers' Union Can't Be Charged For Encouraging Sick-Out Commuters to Oakland, and those who live within the city, are likely familiar with the terrible bus service they've been getting for the last month, as AC Transit drivers have been staging an
SF News Pelosi and Boxer on Hand for Transbay Groundbreaking, Willie Brown Arrives Late The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Transbay Terminal is already underway downtown, featuring Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Transportation Secretary Roy La Hood, and a slew of local politicians on stage. SF Citizen has already
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Scissor Sisters' "Skin Tight" Yes, the new Scissor Sisters album is *very* gay, as Pitchfork was quick to point out, but it's also got a few excellent pop songs on it that are sure to be crossover
SF News Alleged Molestor Livermore Mom Scheduled to Appear in Court Today A Livermore mother of three is scheduled to enter a plea today in Pleasanton in connection with charges of 67 counts of sexual assault committed against two teenage boys over the course of
SF News Cops Are Busting People For Drinking in Dolores Park Again The drinking busts at Dolores Park are back, according to Uptown Almanac, although its unclear whether this was just a random sweep done out of boredom or the beginning of a new wave
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Phish played the Berkeley Greek Theater last night, and 8500 jam band fanatics from all around the region lost their minds. Tickets sold out in like five seconds and some were going on
misc This Is Why People Hate San Francisco: Volume 4 Snuggle up next to your laptops again for this week's installment of a mildly confusing feature in which we ask those ensconced too cozily in your SF bubbles to take a step back,
SF News Elena Kagan Confirmed as 112th Supreme Court Justice Our AP mobile alert just informed us that Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation is official, with a vote of 63-37. No one thought it wouldn't go through, but anyway, there you have it. This
SF News Mid-Market Building Owners Still Holding Out for Big Pay Days, But Arts District Moves Forward The stretch of mid-Market between 5th and 8th remains a pretty major blight for San Francisco, due in large part to the vacant and boarded up storefronts at the street level creating what
SF News Zennie Weighs In About Dellums 'Avoiding' Re-Election You may have heard by now, if you follow East Bay headlines, that Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums has decided not to seek re-election. This comes as a great surprise, and disappointment to CityBrights
SF News The ACLU of NorCal Responds to the Prop 8 Ruling The ACLU has issued their official, cautious statement regarding today's ruling, which they caution "is not the end." “Today’s decision is a huge victory for the LGBT people of America. For the
SF News Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wants to Outlast Scalia Speaking of the Supreme Court (where the Prop 8 case is likely to end up), Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today puts to rest any rumors that she has any retirement plans during Obama's
SF News North Beach 'Investment Consultant' Indicted for Bilking 60 Investors A North Beach 'investment consultant' named Joseph "Giuseppe" Viola was indicted in federal court in S.F. yesterday on multiple counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft after defrauding at
SF News Marvelous, Crazy Belmont Woman Dances Her Way Into Our Hearts SFist has a new hero, ladies and gentlemen, and her name is Estrella Benavides. Estrella has lately been calling a forty-foot stretch of sidewalk in Belmont home, after becoming homeless several months ago.
SF News New Mission Theater and Giant Value Might Fall Back Into Hands of CCSF City College is contemplating whether to begin foreclosure proceedings on the New Mission Theater property as well as the adjacent building, Giant Value, which were sold to Medjool owner Gus Murad back in
SF News A Word About the Clipper Cards And Why They Already Fail SFist Jay decided to use his first Clipper card yesterday, given that it was August 1st and Muni is phasing out the paper FastPasses soon. Having procured a free card from one of
SF News UC Berkeley Student Dies in Pakistan Crash 19-year-old athlete Misha Dawood was on her way to the sixth annual National Women's Football Championship in Islamabad when she became one of 152 people killed in that Airblue plane crash in Pakistan
