SF News Heading Northeast Out of SFO? Check Flight Status Beforehand. Holiday travel has been particularly hellish this year for lots of folks, and it's not getting better any time soon. Incessant rain in the Bay Area caused delays for passengers traveling out of
SF News The Sun Might Come Out Tomorrow Monday will see a brief respite from the relentless rain before another storm front is expected to pass through the Bay Area on Tuesday evening. Tomorrow's forecast is partly cloudy with a high
SF News Christmas Giving Around Town On Christmas Eve, Lefty O'Doul's collected 15,000 toys for the annual Firefighters Toy Program, and many more toys were dropped off at local fire stations or picked up and delivered for free
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Get out some of your holiday aggression vicariously through your favorite watermelon-smashing '80s comedian at Gallagher's Holiday Smash Bash. See the Sledge-O-Matic in action! MUSIC: Tonight kicks off the week-long Fifth Kwanzaa
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Ensemble perform an intimate version of their annual Paramount Holiday Concert in a more relaxed setting, expressing "the power of spirit" and bringing "a message of faith, hope,
SF News Two Women Zapped With Stun Guns, Robbed Two women who were sitting in a car last night in the Balboa Terrace neighborhood were approached by two robbers with a stun gun at around 7:30 p.m. One of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: A onetime SF denizen and “One Woman Pixar” (as coined by Wired Magazine), Nina Paley, expands the artistic boundaries of animation with Sita Sings the Blues, which is animated in a dazzling
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Polar Bears' Snow Day at S.F. Zoo The polar bears at the San Francisco Zoo, Uulu and Pike, rolled around in the snow yesterday and enjoyed a special holiday-themed treat. (Sorry to get all depressing, but this makes us wonder
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks take on the holidays with Holidaze In Hicksville, featuring their "signature violin and guitar and two girls backing me up and the tongue-in-cheek approach to the
misc Attention Procrastinators: Free One-Day Shipping on Amazon Today Only Raise your hand if you still have some gifts to buy, and you've run out of time to shop locally. (Raises hand.) FunCheapSF via The Frugal Find to the rescue! Head over to
misc Twitter User Threatens Jumping Off Third Bridge The Examiner posted a story about Twitter user Nick Starr, who publicly threatened on Twitter to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2008, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in 2007,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Bay Area comedian Will Franken performs his latest one-man show, Texas Chainsaw Yuletide, in which he'll "employ his manifold, manic, multiple personalities to bring life to characters such as Father McJagger, who
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Have a couple of microbrews, or club sodas, and enjoy the endlessly-hyped Inception. If you're like us and haven't seen the movie yet, a bar might not be the best place to
SF News December Most Dangerous Month For Pedestrians The Chronicle came out with an article this morning with data stating that 800 pedestrians get hit by cars in San Francisco each year, about two per day, which is a higher ratio
SF News BART Running Smoothly After Yesterday's Service Disruption BART trains are now running on schedule this morning after service was disrupted along the Transbay Tube yesterday. Smoke was reported at around 1:45 p.m. near the Oakland end. After a
SF News Rain To Continue Nearly Every Night Until Christmas Friday's dismal weather prediction has been accurate so far -- we hear there was thunder and hail in the Bay Area today. (We wouldn't know, as we're currently in the cold, cold Midwest.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Wild 94.9's Wild Jam A Woman Beater, a Phenom, a Pleasant Surprise, and a One Hit Wonder: SFist's Erick Pressman reports back from Thursday night's Wild 94.9's Wild Jam at HP Pavilion. by Erick Pressman While
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Get your last-minute gifts at Madrone Craft Bar Pop-up Shop, featuring handmade items by local artists and crafters, including Ben Swire, Cori Crooks, Gregory Cowley Photography, Guerrero Street Handmade, Hansolo Creations, Mariafatima
SF News Sit/Lie in Effect, Not to Be Enforced Until February The Sit/Lie ordinance went into effect on Saturday, but Bay City News reports (via SF Appeal) that SFPD won't begin enforcing it until February after its officers have gone through training in
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via T.S.: "I'm dumbfounded... A woman walking down Fillmore St. with 4 children told them that '...San Francisco is a place for steers & queers...'"
misc St. Anthony's Seeks Scarves, Other Donations Bay City News reports via the Examiner that the St Anthony Foundation's 23rd Annual Curbside Holiday Donation Drive started this morning. They're accepting clothing, food, toiletries, and other items to be handed out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: It's Holiday Non Stop Bhangra -- come dressed in red and green! Special guest DJ Dave Sharma of Sub Swara Crew from New York will join residents Dj Jimmy Love and Rav-E
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: After this month, cult-favorite Kodachrome slide film, which stopped being manufactured in 2009, will no longer be processed (which brings a fat tear to this photography-loving contributor's eye). RayKo Photo Center celebrates
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Happy Holidays From Chronicle Books This adorable holiday video illustrates just how incomparably fun, cool, and clever locally-based publishing gem, Chronicle Books, is. It also goes to show that the Chronicle staff is full of some darn good-looking
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC I: The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco presents Christmas Crap-Array 2010, which showcases soloists and ensembles performing "the kind of raunchy, hilarious songs and skits that have become their signature style"
