Arts & Entertainment Your CRT monitor is now obsolete Sure, your bulky old monitor still works fine. But it's obsolete anyway. Here's how we can tell: perfectly good CRT monitors abandoned on sidewalks and streets of San Francisco are now getting tagged
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Mexican Coke at the Costco Dios Mio! What did we see at the original urban wholesale-type big box in San Francisco but Coca Cola straight outta Mexicali. The reason why Mexicoke has a cult following here in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: S.F. May Day Immigration Rally We saw hundreds of marchers start in the Mission and head up to Civic Center in front of City Hall yesterday. The focus on issues relating to undocumented residents and workers matched last
Arts & Entertainment Conan O'Brien Ticket Giveaway in S.F. Adorable local newsbabe Laura Garcia-Cannon emcee'd a free VIP ticket drawing for the 50 or so people who showed up at 848 Battery yesterday morning. A good time was had by all in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Another Cute-Ute Rollover Accident in S.F. We been noticing a lot of these kinds of accidents lately, with a small SUV rolling over at what must be fairly low speeds. We happened upon this scene this afternoon at McAllister
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Critical Mass, April 2007 The rolling Rorschach test that is Critical Mass once again delighted and frustrated those in S.F. tonight. We saw pissed-off bus riders, but also a few delighted hotel guests. We saw some
Arts & Entertainment See some big babies at SFNature.org’s Heron Watch San Francisco Nature Education is a non-profit run by naturalist Nancy DeStefanis to show a little bit of nature to city dwellers. On their calendar this Saturday at 10:00 AM is another
Arts & Entertainment Meet Greta: Golden Gate Park’s Newest Mother This now-famous Pied-billed grebe gently nuzzles her hours-old baby while sitting atop her floating nest in San Francisco. At this point, she had four hatchlings camping out on her back (hiding under her
Arts & Entertainment Prom Dresses and Combat Boots in Union Square The organization Teens for Safe Cosmetics held a rally in San Francisco yesterday to raise awareness of carcinogens in personal care products and cosmetics. The invitation's recommended attrie? Prom dresses and combat boots.
Arts & Entertainment Willie Mays Plays the Richmond It's too bad we had to lose the old-school Coronet, which could handle the largest of crowds what with its 1230 seat capacity. Yes kids, that's a little bit bigger than what you
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Another cheery day in San Francisco Yesterday around lunchtime, these four members of the S.F. 49er Gold Rush cheerleading squad attracted more than a little bit of attention as they ventured from Civic Center. Last we saw, they
Arts & Entertainment Cherry Blossom Parade Anime Costume Contest Hey, it's time once again for the Cherry Blossom Festival pre-parade anime costume contest at City Hall in San Francisco. The weather turned out great. Let's meet some of the contestants, after the
Arts & Entertainment Earth Day XXXVIII Earth, El Sol, and a polar bear all made appearances in this skit put on by local youths. Very cute. Here in San Francisco, Golden Gate Park ended up looking like a military
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: All Aboard the Scol Bus Our Chevy-based photo trilogy ends thusly: a Hummer H2 making a stop near City Hall. Hail to the bus driver.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: iPodding down the i-80 A first-generation Chevy Camaro (French slang for "companion") whisks this young couple over SOMA as they listen to the same iPod. Sans stereo, but avec good times. Adieu!
Arts & Entertainment Conservatory of Flowers' "Orchids of the Americas" San Francsico's Conservatory of Flowers kicked off its latest display today. It will run for the next two months featuring orchids "from Bolivia to Brazil and beyond." See a few shots of what
Arts & Entertainment Annual César Chávez Holiday Breakfast and Parade At this morning's breakfast in the Mission, local officials called for this California-only state holiday to be expanded into an official national holiday. Did Mayor Gavin Newsom whip out a newspaper and start
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco's new 311 telephone service. The city of San Francisco officially kicked off its new 311 telephone service today. That means that you can simply dial these three digits (or 415-701-2311 if you are calling from a non-415
