SF News Richmond City Council Picks Unfortunate Moment to Vote on More Tasers At last night's meeting of the City Council in Richmond, an ill-timed request from the police department for the purchase of 75 new Tasers led to some extended and awkward discussion. The request,
SF News SFist Blotter Diamond Heights / Shooting: We're not sure what to make of this, but a 21-year-old woman was shot four times yesterday afternoon on the 5300 block of Diamond Heights Blvd., twice in the torso
SF News Two Giants Players Switch Hotels After Ghost Scare SF Weekly's Snitch blog and NBC Bay Area are reporting that Giants starters Pablo Sandoval and Edgar Renteria have checked out of the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, which is known to be haunted
SF News Muni Holds Hearing On Restoring Service Muni is holding a hearing today to discuss/debate the restoration of more than half the service cuts they made this past spring, which they say can happen by September. They're crediting "stronger
SF News UPDATED: Mehserle Trial Deliberations Might End Today, Might Not Jurors in the Johannes Mehserle trial down in L.A. deliberated for a just few hours on Thursday before being set free for a four-day holiday weekend. They begin again this morning, however
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Central City at Prospect You might have heard that Nancy Oakes and her team at Boulevard decided to open a new restaurant this week called Prospect. It has gotten, we think needless to say, a lot of
SF News Snoozeflash: Many Rentals Are Being Handled By Brokers These Days You've likely noticed that more rentals are being handled by brokers these days, as this is not a new trend. As the NYT reports today, often late to the game as they are,
SF News NIMBY Watch: 7-11 at Mission & 30th Gets Approved Some NIMBYs are at home with their cats having quiet little conniption fits right about now because the Planning Commission yesterday voted to approve that 7-11 we mentioned that wanted to come in
SF News Jaycee Lee Dugard Gets $20 Million From State Isn't California nearly bankrupt? Anyway. Lawmakers in Sactown today awarded $20 million to kidnapping victim Jaycee Lee Dugard to settle claims against the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Apparently the Dugards had
Arts & Entertainment Bill Graham Auditorium About to Get a Lot Busier Via the 'Gate today we learn that Another Planet Entertainment, the folks who do all the programming for the Fox in Oakland, Outside Lands, and Treasure Island, have just signed a deal with
SF News Get Immunized for Whooping Cough The whooping cough, or pertussis epidemic is getting worse in California, and to help quell the spread of the disease locally, the City of SF Public Health Department is offering $25 vaccines at
SF News Peak Pricing on Bay Bridge Rises to Six Bucks Today Toll hikes on Bay Area bridges take effect today, with the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond, and San Mateo bridges going up to $5, and the Bay Bridge getting a unique and confusing
SF News Foster Mother Stands Trial In Brutal, Effed Up Murder Case Involving Niece This stunning creature at right is Shemeeka Davis, 39, of Antioch, and she's currently about to stand trial in the murder of her biological niece and foster daughter Jazzmin Davis, who died in
SF News NIMBY Watch: Ike's Gets a Reprieve, 7-11 Facing Hurdles in Outer Mission Perhaps you heard, but as the Bay Citizen and SFoodie report, Ike's got a reprieve yesterday from a sympathetic judge, and therefore the uber-popular sandwich shop won't be evicted without a trial, in
SF News Woman Killed After Crashing Her Volvo Into Truck on Bay Bridge A fiery crash this morning on the eastbound, lower deck of the Bay Bridge snarled up traffic for a couple of hours but has now been cleared. The crash involved a speeding Volvo
SF News AT&T Completes NYC Network Upgrade; SF's Still In Works The proliferation of smart phones and iPads has been causing AT&T's urban networks some strain, namely "dropped calls, slow downloads and other problems," but the company announced today that it completed
SF News Supreme Court Rules Against Gun Ban Speaking of gun violence, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today against the 30-year-old ban against handguns in Chicago, with the liberal justices all voting in the minority. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink NIMBY Watch: Ike's May Have to Close Tomorrow We've reported earlier on the fate of the apotheosis of all sandwich places, Ike's Place, which is facing eviction following on the lengthy complaining of some upstairs neighbors. The neighbors are upset about
Arts & Entertainment SFist's Guide to SF Pride 2010: Sunday Edition And finally, here is part III of SFist's attempt to round up all the LGBT happenings going down about town this weekend, and this installment covers the big, hot, heaving climax of this
Arts & Entertainment Hear the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber Allegedly Plagiarized Now at the SF Opera The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West), Puccini's oft-forgotten opera that's being billed as "the original Spaghetti Western," has a few more performances at the War Memorial Opera House, and
SF News Saucy Diesel Mannequins Causing Tourists to Gasp The Happy Pride window display is causing some '90s-style shock and embarrassment at the downtown Diesel store. Mannequins dressed in underwear are sort of simulating cunnilingus and anal sex, among other fun things.
Arts & Entertainment SFist's Guide to SF Pride 2010: Thursday & Friday San Francisco remains the beating heart of the international LGBT community, and though our gay nightlife scene might not be as crazy and full as other, bigger cities (especially in these Depression days)
SF News Crime Lab Clusterfu*k Results In Noe Valley Murderer Rampage Via Noe Valley SF and the Chron we hear tell of the case of the unsolved murder Charles McAleer-Bonilla outside his home at 28th and Sanchez on April 8, which now appears solved
SF News Historical Hideaways: The Both/And Club For your history lesson today, Haighteration takes us to 350 Divisidero, a vacant storefront that once played host to the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and Miles Davis when it lived an earlier
SF News Russian President Rides Up Third Street in 20-Car Motorcade Ever been stuck in traffic coming up Third Street and wished you could be riding in your own 20-car motorcade with nary a Muni bus in sight? That's how Russian prez Dmitry Medvedev
