SF News Political Junkie: Meet The Assessor We're so excited! We've never actually someone we've written about in the Political Junkie column before! Usual Suspects is reporting that 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place is abuzzzzzzzz with the word that
SF News Settle Down! Duane Baughman, you're our big winner! The political consultant is getting $15,000 to resolve the lawsuit that Supervisor (and newly-announced candidate for assessor/recorder, courtesy of the Sentinel) Gerardo Sandoval filed against
SF News We're Counting to Ten -- the City Attorney and the Mayor's Office are pointing (counting) fingers at each other about a screwup over the number of days Mayor Newsom has to exercise his veto power. So on
Arts & Entertainment The Bay Area Is CopyFighting So a bunch of anarchist yutzes from the suburbs decided to protest G8 at that hotbed crossroads of capitalism, 23rd Street and Bartlett, and in the melee, threw a hammer at a cop's
misc Animal Roundup: Dog Daze in San Francisco Was it not enough that we broke Dogster? (Get well soon, SFist Ted! We need you to cover the upcoming heat wave!) We've got even more bad dog news to report. Local animal
misc Political Junkie: Gossip! Whew, it's been such an eventful posting day that we've only just now gotten to the big political gossip news! According to PJ Corkery's Examiner column, remember when Kimmie and Gavin went out
Arts & Entertainment Oh Fun, Tsunami Jokes The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that local hip-hop station Wild 94.9's hired a new radio producer for their morning show, Rick Delgado. Who's Delgado? Well, he's the guy who produced
SF News Fire on 16th Street Six people were injured, and around 64 people are homeless, after an early morning fire destroyed the apartment building across the street from Mission Dolores on 16th Street. The firefighters rescued two women
Arts & Entertainment SFist Raves: SFGTV Channel 26 Okay, we're a little late to the party on this one (what? We thought your party started at 9, not 7! Our bad!) -- but our new favorite TV channel's got to be
Arts & Entertainment Beth Lisick's In the Pool Everyone seems to describe spoken word artist and writer/poet Beth Lisick as "fizzy" -- but she really is! City Lights was packed to the gills with Missionistas who walked up Columbus from
Arts & Entertainment Falling In the Gap Once a PD, always a PD -- Matt Gonzalez comes to the aid of fellow progressive (and former colleague at the public defender's office) Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, penning an editorial published on the
SF News Your Commute: We're Waiting.... ....and waiting.... and waiting.... and there's still no word on whether we're having a BART strike or not. Even getting bored of hitting "refresh" on the sfgate.com window, and as you guys
Arts & Entertainment Mighty Annie Apparently what Potrero Hill (or is it called SoMissPo now?) has needed all along is a slick Marina-style club that specializes in alterna-lite of the 80s! We were at the club Mighty to
SF News Political Junkie: Starbuckses versus Pot Clubs Here we are, stepping blithely into Trimeth/Essefficist/SFist Tokes territory, to report that Supervisor Sean Elsbernd (no iPod) has announced that he's calling for a moratorium on pot clubs in the city,
misc Domestic Partnership Law Affirmed Sunny day! The California Supreme Court affirmed without comment the state appellate court's decision that the California domestic partnership laws do not violate the "marriage is between a man and a woman" Proposition
SF News Your Commute: Steeeeeee-rike! Hang up those K signs -- looks like we might be having a BART strike next week. Hey, at least it's not happening the Friday before July 4. So how you getting to
SF News Rally for Sandoval Our super-secret SFist sources have notified us that Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, repping the eleven for the Excelsior, is holding a rally today at noon, on the steps of City Hall. , you ask. Is
SF News How Stella Lost Her Groove We didn't even know Terry McMillan lived in the Bay Area! Matier and Ross take a break from their relentless dogging of Chris Daly to report on the unraveling of Ms. McMillan's marriage.
misc Political Junkie: Mean Commissioners So Matt Gonzalez's new law firm has sued the San Francisco School District for approving Superintendant Arlene Ackerman's "platinum parachute" contract without proper notice. This post isn't really about that (and SFist will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Raves: Bad Reporter As you can probably tell, we have kind of a love/hate thing going on with the Chron over here at SFist HQ. But since it's Raves Thursday, we're highlighting the love! And
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: <i>Ned Rorem: Word and Music</i> Ned Rorem: Word and Music. Ned Rorem certainly was a hottie. It's easy to see how this handsome, talented, literate 25-year-old American slipped comfortably into Parisian artistic and social circles of, shall we
SF News Political Junkie: Let's Never Fight Again! So best is back!!! And do we see..... a Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom- in the future?? Matier and Ross report that Gav and Kim went together to dinner at Enrico's and then out for drinks
misc Housing Bubbles: The Market Is Falling! Panic in the streets of San Francisco! Further adding to housing hysteria, the Chron prominently fronts an article reporting that the housing market is going to crash some time next year. Set your
Arts & Entertainment The Daily Cho "Everyone who comes to a Margaret Cho show is either gay or Asian," one of our companions said as we fought our way into Symphony Hall on Friday night among the oceans of
SF News UN-invited Oh no, after we got out the nice china and everything! President George Bush has sent his regrets that he will not be attending the party for the UN's 60th birthday that we're
