SF News BREAKING: Al Franken Wins Senate Seat The Minnesota Supreme Court has just declared, in a 32-page unanimous decision, that Al Franken won the state's seat in the U.S. Senate in the contested November election against Republican Norm Coleman.
Arts & Entertainment Dorks, "Freebird" Masters Gather at Air Guitar Championship Anna McCarthy at the Weekly's All Shook Down blog has this fun review of Saturday's Air Guitar Championship at The Independent. The event was a two-day regional spectacular in which winners move on
SF News Mad Cell Phone User Injures 5 In Castro Valley A man in a "dispute over a cellphone and a ring" got super angry in Castro Valley last night and ran his car into five people and a living room, and pinning a
SF News Muni Underground Out of Service Til Further Notice? We're receiving word that the Muni metro just went AWOL (color us shocked), at least outbound from Embarcadero, with one of those, "No service til further notice" messages. Anyone with info is encouraged
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: A Cocktail Blog Roundup The current wave of cocktail nerd-dom has reached such great heights that there's a whole cottage industry of cocktail bloggers out there and a whole annual conference (Tales of the Cocktail in New
SF News Roundup of Michael Jackson Coverage A UPS man cries. A Chron staff writer goes to Rasputin, interviews folks. Toxicology results, predictably, not coming for weeks. MJ's individual Walk of Fame star at Graumann's Chinese is inaccessible today because
SF News BART Strike Talks Move to Mediation The largest union representing BART workers voted overwhelmingly last night to authorize a strike, which btw people, would take place next Wednesday if a deal isn't reached by then. The unions have called
Arts & Entertainment Your Big Gay Guide to the Biggest Gay Pride in the Land Yes, everyone: The LGBT Pride Fest and Parade in San Francisco is the largest and best attended thing of its kind in the U.S. (and for those who've seen the fests in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Dozen Reasons to Buy Local, Organic Beef A huge beef recall by the JBS Swift Beef Company reminds us of why we're squeamish going into Carl's Jr. and why we try to buy the good grass-fed stuff whenever we're buying
SF News Two Women Being Charged in Oakland Hair Salon Beating Police are now recommending charges against two women, Cavenia Bryant and Jamillya Edgerton, who beat and kicked (and ripped the weave off of) hair salon owner Melissa Seals last month in Oakland while
Arts & Entertainment <i>SF Weekly</i> Offers Up Some Summer Fun Under $15 The Weekly's big undersized Summer in the City issue is out, and in it they're offering up a few suggestions of stuff to do on the cheap (under $15), including heading over to
SF News Supervisors Mar & Daly Propose Sweeping Tenants Rights Laws New laws proposed and authored by City Supervisors Eric Mar and Chris Daly last fall and receiving their final votes yesterday would make it illegal for landlords to a) impose banked rent increases,
SF News The Great Recession Means Lots of Volunteers KQED offers up this report, embedded below, about the National Conference on Volunteering and Service currently happening at the Moscone Center. The conference almost got canceled, due to the slashing of non-profit budgets
Arts & Entertainment Ticket Giveaway: Air Sex and Air Guitar at The Independent It's Air Week at The Independent, which includes the Air Sex Championships Wednesday night (think air guitar, but with orgasms) and the U.S. Air Guitar Championships on Friday and Saturday. For all
SF News BART Workers to Strike July 1st? Apparently we're eight days away from the end of BART workers' current contract, and therefore eight days away from a possible BART strike due to the aggressive negotiations necessary in the face of
SF News Airport Pre-Screening Service Goes Belly Up A company that provides a service we never even heard of called the Clear Registered Traveler Program has abruptly gone out of business, KCBS reports. Clear operated special security lanes at 20 airports
Arts & Entertainment Last Chance to See <i>Romeo & Juliet</i> at CalShakes The California Shakespeare Theater's opening production, Romeo & Juliet, is in its last three performances today and tomorrow. It's a lively and fun production directed by Jonathan Moscone, complete with contemporary music and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: Old Sydney Town Punch This week's cocktail recipe comes to us from H. Joseph Ehrmann, the bar manager at Elixir and director of Cocktail Ambassadors. Elixir is currently offering a Happy Hour punch deal -- $8 for
SF News Cocaine Production Down in Colombia, Up in Bolivia and Peru The U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime is reporting a sharp drop in cocaine production in Colombia -- down 28% in 2008 over the previous year. Apparently the value of the coca
SF News Nude Man Masturbating On Marin Nude Beach Residents near Muir Beach in Marin are up-in-arms over a certain man who frequents Little Beach, the unofficially clothing optional area adjacent to Muir Beach, and proceeds to pleasure himself in broad daylight.
Arts & Entertainment Frameline, the San Francisco LGBT Film Fest, Opens Today Every Pride season, there are a legion of LGBT film fests accompanying the legion of regional Pride fests across the land, now that gay pride isn't just for major metropolitan areas anymore. San
SF News Presidio Trust Plans Under Fire Any avid bowlers out there who have been pissed and sad about the impending demolition of the Presidio Bowling Center, take heart! KCBS reports that the National Park Service is weighing in about
misc Happy Birthday to Trannyshack Impresario Heklina Today it's the birthday of Trannyshack founder and SF drag queen bee, Heklina. In her honor, here's a sweet video of a vintage T-shack duet she did with Kermit the Frog on "Rainbow
misc <i>SF Weekly</i> Takes on the Whole "Service Animal" Mess You've probably noticed that there are a great many "service animals" on Muni and elsewhere these days, and this is due in large part to the laxness with which the City's policy on
SF News Pics from Last Night's Iranian Election Protest in Union Square Thanks to loyal SFist contributing photog Steve Rhodes, we have these pictures of the sizable protest that went down in Union Square last night, in which activists, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and local Iranian-Americans
