SF News Political Junkie: Oops, He Did It Again Oh, hooray!!! Clap clap clap hands in excitement! It's only the third Board of Supes meeting for the year and ever-reliable Chris Daly is at it again! So... well, it doesn't really matter
SF News Political Junkie: Matrix GavinGetty Yes, yes, we saw that Sunday Chron magazine profile about the Gav -- "Newsom In Four Acts," Eye-Rolling In Three. As we all know, "Everyone in San Francisco knows a small black child
misc Political Junkie: Dewey, Cheatam, and Gonzalez? The Recorder, Northern California's legal newspaper, breaks the news that mop-topped progressive pixie Matt Gonzalez is starting a law firm (subscription required) with his old Stanford Law School roommate and former SF public
misc Out-Ward Bound Well, at least 2005 isn't going to be a total wasteland of thwarted progressive political dreams -- Ward Connerly's term on the UC Board of Regents is almost up! It's been a long
SF News Back to the Boardroom Kimberly Guilfoyle formerly Newsom better make room for someone else on that carpet -- there's a new sassy San Francisco lawyer-correspondent making the rounds. The Post's Page Six reports that Apprentice runner-up Jennifer
SF News SFist Blotter Did you hear sirens last night? There was a high speed chase starting from Turk and Gough in San Francisco around 12:15 a.m. that went for 30 minutes, reached speeds of
misc He Had A Dream We're on a lighter posting schedule today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. -- we hope you have the day off to spend at a number of Bay Area celebrations scheduled for
SF News Political Junkie: Hall Monitor If this blog entry suddenly disappears, you'll know why -- P.J. Corkery of the Examiner reports that after his column gently mocking Tony Hall and P.J.'s friend Frank Gallagher as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Zegnatronic! Adriel Hampton reports on his blog that Alex Clemens, the mastermind behind SF politics must-see site Usual Suspects, has proudly bought ad space on the back of Frank Chu's "Impeach Clinton/12 Galaxies"
SF News Political Junkie: The Gossip Passing along news about public figures in an attempt to distract ourselves from the pain of everyday existence: your Political Junkie gossip roundup for the day! Our soon-to-be-former first lady Kimberly made it
SF News Political Junkie: Have You Seen Me? Kevin? Kevin? Where are you, Secretary Shelley? Shelley declined to appear yesterday at a state legislature committee hearing investigating what exactly he did with all the federal get-out-the-vote money he was supposed to
Arts & Entertainment Squatters' Rights The ongoing landlord-tenant dispute known as the Rent movie negotiations flared up once again, with Chris Columbus's production team claiming they were promised free use of the facilities on Treasure Island, and the
SF News Political Junkie: Gossip Talk Oh, what the heck, let's go so-best one more time! Tongues are a-waggin' in town (and not just like that, you sick pervs) over the Gavin-x-Kim news and we're here to give you
Arts & Entertainment Gimme Indie Books Good news for city readers -- Berkeley indie bookstore legend Cody's Books is following in the lead of its across-the-street neighbor Amoeba and opening a branch in San Francisco. Cody's has signed a
SF News Political Junkie: Across the Bay Your intrepid junkie takes the lower deck of the Emperor Norton to report on some news from the Oakland City Council: city councilman Danny Wan, who represents Oakland's District 3 (Grand Lake and
SF News Gavin and Kimberly Break Up We're legitimately sorry to have to report this -- really, not because it's been such easy fun (and we'll probably have to retire the so-best picture now too), but because it's really very
SF News Denny's Stabber Freed (For Now) Amber Oberholtzer, the 21-year old woman who stabbed 16-year-old Frankie Mead to death on New Year's Day in Fisherman's Wharf, was freed last night while the DA continues to investigate the situation. (If
SF News Ew, Ants It just keeps raining and raining and raining -- and we all know what rain brings: besides lovely May flowers and extended flight delays, rain in San Francisco means.... ants. When their dirt
SF News Remembering Robert Matsui Walking dejectedly back to the first day of work in 2005, we noticed that the flags in town are flying at half-mast in honor of Sacramento's Democratic congressman Robert Matsui. Matsui, who had
misc rita: 2004's So-Bests It was a good year, it was a bad year. Here's my list of the so-best parts of 2004, in no order at all. So-Best photo: Nope, not Gav+Kim (you all breathe
SF News Remembering Daniel Price Almost exactly one year ago, a normally-jaded San Francisco was stunned by the news of a man shot to death on Gough Street. Daniel Price was escorting his wife home from a Christmas
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hope She Didn't Steal The Shoes Shoplifting, Courtney-Love-drug-sharing, indie-rock cradle robber Winona Ryder went all Lebowski at Hayward's Holiday Bowl last week as she and Joseph Fiennes filmed scenes for their upcoming movie, The Darwin Awards (it's about insurance
SF News Political Junkie: You're A Mean One Mayor Gavin the N, fresh from meat-slicing duties, found his press conference on how he plans to use funds from Prop 63 (money for mental health services) upstaged by caroling progressives protesting his
Arts & Entertainment All Is Calm, All Is Bright Well, SantaCon has come and gone, but you still have that urge to make with the merry this holiday season, preferably through participatory art? Well, you're in luck -- San Francisco is hosting
misc Housing Bubbles: What Am I Bid? Buying a house is even worse than buying something on ebay -- you promise to pay people you've never met some exorbitant amount of money that you clearly don't have, you write a
