misc The Philistine Has An SFist Polyphony We had a little San Francisco Polyphony of our own on our way to the SF Symphony concert yesterday night to see Gyorgy Ligeti's shimmerily-dissonant orchestral piece of the same name -- the
misc How'd We Vote, San Francisco? We had about 50% turnout (though we can't tell if the Board of Elections is still counting or not), with 75% turnout for registered Democrats (which we think includes all the Decline To
misc SFist Votes Here's some of ours, over here at SFist HQ! And hey, if you don't know where you vote, check here. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Here's SFist Leanne -- she's voting
Arts & Entertainment The SF Symphony Rings In The Year Of The Rat However -- those of you who fear Chinese opera, take heed! The and the guzheng will be played. The concert is on Sunday Feb. 10, 4 p.m., at Symphony Hall, with tickets
misc The SFist Guide To The Propositions It's almost time for Super Duper Awesome Zowie Crazy Blowout Insane-O Nuts Extrav-o-Rama Tuesday primary day for California! Feb. 5! So are you going Barack or Hillary? Walnuts or Mittens? Go ahead and
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Year Of The Rat Oh, so now that Ed Jew's gone from the politics scene, now the truth comes out! Leland Yee reveals to Matier and Ross that he was the person who originally called the authorities
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Lights Off As of noon today, the District 4 seat formerly occupied by Ed Jew is now empty, and the Sunset has no representation on the Board of Supervisors. Quick, everyone, now's the time to
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: What Next? Well. Newsom will now appoint a permanent replacement for Ed Jew's seat on the Board of Supes (presumably interim District 4 supervisor Carmen Chu is the leading candidate, unless Jennifer Siebel-soon-to-be-hyphenate-Newsom is living
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Statement Can you read that? SFist Jim got some pictures of Ed Jew's statement at the Herrera press conference earlier today. We've taken the liberty of uploading it (page 1, page 2) to our
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Endgame --Resignation is irrevocable --Ed cannot hold office in SF for 5 years. (Is Burlingame city council still up for grabs, though?) --No admission of guilt by Ed (so will this come in for
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Reportedly Resigning That's a picture taken by reader Angela of a counter-protest sign at the June 07 Ed Jew rally that says "RESIGN" in Chinese. Well, Angela -- that day is nigh: City Attorney Dennis
misc Rabid Bat In The Marina Oh, the jokes about Chris Daly and/or the Marina bar scene just write themselves -- but seriously, SF Animal Control reports that there's a rabid bat in the Marina. The bat was
misc So So Many White White Tigers SFist Jim reports that he went to the reopening of the San Francisco Zoo today, where he snapped the picture, above, of the tributes being placed at the zoo's tiger statue, and which
misc <strike>November</strike> January Rain Got that parapluie? The Chron reports that the skies are going to open up starting tomorrow, with not one, not two, but three separate weather systems barreling on in from Alaska. They're expecting
misc Tom Lantos Stepping Down Lantos, who turns 80 this year, is a Holocaust survivor, chairs the House Committee on Foreign Relations (that's gotta be an interesting gig), recently attacked Yahoo for releasing user names to China, and
misc BART Delays This Morning What better way to celebrate the new BART fare hikes than a 30 minute train delay on the first official day of work in 2008? It kind of threw the new train schedule
misc Gerald Ford's Would-Be SF Assassin Freed On Parole Former president Gerald Ford died almost exactly a year ago today, which makes it that much more notable that Sara Jane Moore, one of his two would-be assassins, was released from prison on
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Hollow Ammo More intriguingly, though, you may remember that the feds also raided Ed's buddy Robert Chan's house (though he was referred to by the mellifluous name "Co-Conspirator No. 1" at the time). Not only
misc Sofia Coppola's Dad /Jason Schwartzman's Uncle Makes Movies? When Francis Ford Coppola isn't looking lovingly over his cineaste dynastic family, running a cafe, publishing fiction, or distilling making wine [sorry! we're not a vintner!], we understand that sometimes he makes movies
misc Family <Strike>Missing</strike> Found! In The Sierras Can you believe it's been a year since James Kim died in the Oregon mountains? We're very sorry to pass along the news that another Northern California family is missing in what we're
SF News Do You Have That Cold Going Around? So do you have that cold? Are you getting over it? Because we have a question if so -- how did your cold start? We've been coughing a little and we're wondering if
SF News Two SF Fires The Globe restaurant in downtown will be shut down for a few weeks for repairs, after a one-alarm fire last night. The fire department says the fire was started by grease stuck in
SF News Rain: Singing In Korean On the down side, it's raining (and will probably rain for the rest of the week). On the bright side, we managed to find an illicit YouTube upload of the Colbert Report episode
SF News From 100 To 97 Well, the bad news is still that we've hit a 12 year high for homicides in the City and County of San Francisco, with two weeks left to go in the year. On
SF News Defy Newsom And Face His Wrath We like one of the SFGate commenters' take on the sitch: hit by a car "after getting thrown under the bus by Newsome [sic]." We hit the recommend button on that one! You
