SF News Explosion in Walnut Creek Two construction workers were killed and two others remain missing after yesterday's huge explosion in Walnut Creek. A third person is still unaccounted for, but they think he might be an injured man
misc Political Junkie/Housing Bubbles: The Daly Show The Land Use Committee of the Board of Supervisors met yesterday, to discuss whether the city should put caps on the number of owner-occupied two-unit buildings that can be converted from tenancies in
Arts & Entertainment Silver Lining Well, on the bright side, at least someone around here won . The only good thing about the Bush victory is that our adorable editor SFist Jackson won 1115.org's electoral map contest! SFist
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Free H. Brown! ... and the District 5 race claims another victim. Last-place candidate H. Brown, a writer and self-described homeless man who garnered 43 votes in the election, had spent Tuesday night, like us, drinking heavily.
Arts & Entertainment Great Deal Those of you looking to support a good cause while updating those Klimt The Kiss posters you bought in college that you've still got hanging in your apartment -- you're in luck! And
SF News Political Junkie: RCV results (background music of tapping telegraphs).... this just in -- the RCV results, with computer glitches fixed, for the contested districts. Mirkarimi wins Dist 5 with 50.3% of the vote, with Haaland in
SF News So Best Sort of relating to an earlier post today, our boy Gavin's definitely not having the best week. His tax increases lost (so MUNI fares may go up to $1.50, 300 city jobs
SF News Ranked Choice Voting, Ctrl-Alt-Delete A fatal exception has occurred down at City Hall -- the results of the instant runoff races have been delayed because of a software crash in the computers tallying the votes, which probably
Arts & Entertainment All Saints Day Now, SFist doesn't usually go to modern dance performances (we're never sure when to clap, for one thing), but last year, our yoga class went to the ODC theater to see our yoga
SF News Think Global, Act Local In all the hubbub about Bush's "mandate," new dark allegations about possible voter fraud in Florida and Ohio, and general wailing about the death of the Democratic party, it's easy to forget the
Arts & Entertainment More Depressing News We could barely read the paper this morning, we were so depressed. So we thought, "Hey! Read Datebook instead! It's always quote unquote fun!" So what should our scarred soul see? Infighting over
SF News Exercise Your Right to Vote Sorry for the lateness of our postings -- we're all out voting today. And we'd love to hear your balloting stories! Any funny antics involving ranked-choice voting? See any precinct hookups while waiting
SF News Suffrage For All It's true that the main goal of the Vote or Die campaign seems to be to get celebrities to wear shirts that say Vote or Die on them. But that doesn't mean you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Army (Cesar Chavez) Ants Come celebrate the recently relocated Cal Academy of Science museum, now on Howard between 4th and 5th Streets and the rejuvenation of their exhibit on ants. (We would have used the picture of
Arts & Entertainment Swan Dress-Up Time The Dave Eggers publishing venture McSweeney's, their Icelandic printer, and the Eggers family house band are sponsoring America's first Icelandic film festival this week (on Friday and Saturday) at the Castro. Bjork will
SF News You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth? San Francisco rejects Cheney's politics but continues to embrace his sunny demeanor in the face of conflict, with the school board issuing a reprimand at its meeting tonight over the pottymouth outburst at
SF News Rainy Days and Mondays Don't put away those unattractive waterproof shoes just yet -- more rain is expected to hit the area starting around tonight. Good for you skiers, not so good for us plebes who don't
SF News Going Cheney at the School Board The SF school board, never known for its collegial atmosphere, reached new Dick Cheney levels of incivility at last Wednesday's meeting (.pdf agenda), where school board member Heather Hiles (at left) dropped the
SF News Jay and Silent Bob in Hayward Snootchie bootchies! This scenario playing out in Hayward is so Kevin Smith, you'd think we lived in New Jersey. So this 18-year old (let's call him Jay) and his quiet 17-year old buddy
SF News Political Road Rage It's no secret that people tend to display their political leanings on their car bumpers, and it's also no secret that emotions are running high. SFist will also confess that when we see
misc Animal Beat It's high time for a roundup of Bay Area animal news! (Does anyone know when Animal Cops San Francisco is going to start? We're dying here!) Lock up your tasty dogs and kids!
Arts & Entertainment Models of Solidarity? If they cancel an international fashion show that no one's heard of, does it make a sound? The San Francisco International Fashion Week extraganza, originally scheduled for this week, have been postponed until
Arts & Entertainment Reno Blue The League of Pissed Off Voters continues with their 40 Parties in 40 Days voter awareness campaign (though we're now only at a fortnight more of parties) with a big Thursday-night bash. The
SF News Last Day To Register to Vote Hey! You! Did you just turn 18? Did you just move? Are you 20,000 loud? Are you going to vote or die? Well, here's your chance -- today's the last day to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Way of the Woman Warrior Living in the city, SFist has had our fair share of unsettling encounters (the weird guy following us up the street, shouting obscenities; loud conflicts taking place right in the middle of the
