SF News Iwo Jima Photographer Dies Joe Rosenthal, the man who took the famous picture of the troops raising the flag at Iwo Jima died on Sunday at the age of 90. Rosenthal was born in DC, but moved
SF News SFist Tourist Short answer? We have no idea. All we know is that tourists do what they do, because they are told to and some of it looks like it actually is fun. In the
Arts & Entertainment See You Tonight! Gavin sez: "I can't wait for the SFist 2nd Birthday Party tonight!" 6-9 p.m. at Varnish (77 Natoma, x 2nd Street, Natoma is one down from Minna). Free drinks, SFist Bingo, and
Arts & Entertainment Libation Liberation: Owl Tree Knowing very little about why people obsess over the things they do, this tongue-thick reporter believes the owl isn't a bad choice when you come right down to it. We've always had a
SF News The Chron Behind Bars If life were a Monopoly game, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada just rounded the Free Parking corner -- the next roll might put them in jail. Do not pass go, do not collect
SF News Prurient Interest We assume you know all the lurider and lurider details about this, so we're not going into it here. But what's the local angle? Karr used to be a substitute teacher in San
Arts & Entertainment We're All Headed South Last Friday, your East Bay Correspondent left the confines of her designated area to witness a rare spectacle - a Bay Area performance by Survival Research Labs. which took place in San Jose
SF News Talking Trash In other garbage news, the City of Oakland is complaining about the trash accumulating in the DIY Bordertown Skatepark, built by skateboarders and legitimized by CalTrans last year. Bordertown is now faced with
SF News When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? The story of the ex-spouses running against each other for city council in Daly City re-ups the sordid factor as Frank Berlanga, whose ex-wife Leah accused him of running for the seat in
Arts & Entertainment It's Gonna Bring You Down.... Huh! Given lead singer W. Axl Rose's notorious, errr, let's call it "unreliability," when it comes to concert appearances, though, make sure you save your receipt. The site we found this info on cautions
SF News The Political's Getting A Little Too Personal In Daly City Leah Berlanga claims that Frank had repeatedly threatened to run for office against her to embarrass her, and to use the public forum as an excuse to violate the restraining order she currently
Arts & Entertainment Ten Years To Bitch (Extra Bonus: All Female Zeppelin Band!) Happy 10th birthday, Bitch Magazine! Back in 1996, local writers Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler kicked up a furor with their provocatively-named zine about feminism and pop culture -- and ten years later,
SF News Best Of The Bay By The Numbers As an extra bonus We Read The Weeklies feature this week, we present: The Best of the Bay 2006 party pics -- by the numbers. Total number of people pictured: 56 (not counting
SF News Caltrans Wants Us To Go To Burning Man Convenient for vacationing tourists who intend to stay in SF, this closure is inconvenient for those of us who live in the Bay Area who enjoy the City when the Burning Man brigade
SF News Former SF Supervisor Dies Bierman was 82 years old; she was first elected into office in 1992 at the age of 68. She had just been appointed by Newsom to the Port Commission two weeks ago. She
SF News Guilfency Bump Watch! You can find some more pictures from the same day here, captioned "Kimberly Guilfoyle and husband Eric Villency Sighting in Soho After Lunching at Bar Pitti Restaurant -- July 16, 2006." There's also
Arts & Entertainment Regifting -- East Bay Public Art Edition Public art is often the butt of jokes and viewed with contempt, along with performance art and washed up aging rockers on the county fair circuit. Whatever your feelings are about the role
SF News Your Commute Update So MUNI claims that your morning commute from the Sunset should be okay today, after yesterday's debacle in the Twin Peaks tunnel. Turns out there was indeed a derailment (of an L train,
SF News Server Problems Continue We know, we know, we're sorry -- if it's any consolation, it's even worse for us here on the inside. For the SFist Bingo game we're thinking about for the upcoming birthday party
Arts & Entertainment Who Wants To Be A Non-Local Superhero? So the premise of is that Stan Lee, of Spider-Man and Fantastic Four and X-Men fame, is picking the best action hero character, and the winner gets a comic book issue dedicated to
SF News Man Dies At Marathon Apparently it's not totally uncommon for racers to die in marathons -- two men died during the LA Marathon in March, and in 2003, a 28-year-old died of dehydration during Bay to Breakers.
Arts & Entertainment Light Up The Roxie At 7 pm, before the showing of State of Fear (a documentary about Peruvian terrorists), the Roxie is hosting a reception, along with live Peruvian music, with all proceeds going to fix up
SF News 21 Jump Street, Oakland We're kind of intrigued by this story -- remember that ill-fated anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland, where Oakland cops shot a bunch of people (one in the face) with wooden pellets?
SF News Bush's Lapdog Comes To Town Blair gets out here today, is having dinner on Saturday with George and Charlotte Maillard Schultz (oooh, we hope Swells gets some good snaps of that one), hangs with Gavin Newsom at Delancey
SF News Life Of Reilly Interestingly, the only local news source that seems to be covering the story about Clint Reilly's attempt to stop McClatchy Co. from buying the Mercury News are the McClatchy Co-affiliated papers (which include
