SF News From the 1 California to the 108 Treasure Island If your weekend was anything like our weekend, you spent three days mewling like a kitten about the heat and canceling all plans to go anywhere at all. Not these four SFSU students
SF News Drumline In keeping with our previous commitment to root for San Jose State football this season, SFist notes that the beleaguered Spartans will be hosting Morgan State University, a historically black university on Sept.
Arts & Entertainment Gathering: The Magic The odds for regular San Francisco men hooking up this weekend in the Marina have just dramatically improved with the arrival of the Magic: The Gathering competition tournament at Fort Mason this week
SF News O Tannenbaum San Francisco has one less shady spot, as city workers stripped down a 100-foot pine tree in the Tenderloin. The pride and joy of city arborists, the tree was the only 'loin-area tree
misc When Animals Fall It's just like Baby Jessica, only less so -- the Petaluma Fire Department rescued a man who got stuck in a well trying to rescue his dog. The dog, Snoop, fell into the
SF News Do You Know The Way to the New San Jose City Hall? San Francisco's not the only Bay Area city rife with local political scandal! San Jose has been roiled for the last month about allegations that city officials worked a secret deal with local
misc Labor Week: Rubbing the Wrong Way Ahhhh, nothing soothes like tension at Berkeleys Claremont Resort and Spa. Along with your signature "Mayan Temple Journey massage and exfoliation, or your "Moor Than Mud" bath, the Claremont also offers a
Arts & Entertainment You're Hired, San Francisco! Boo yeah! San Francisco's repping large on this season's Apprentice -- with not one, not two, but three 415 area contestants vying for the affection of Donald Trump. So John is a 2003
SF News Hey -- You Never Know! If that flashing $100 million lottery sign on the other side of the B of A clock on 101 had you dreaming like it did SFist (if SFist won, we were going to
SF News Synchronized Swimming Back Story Well, heres a weird Olympics story. Team USA synchronized swimmer Tammy Crow, based out of Santa Clara, will be competing on tonights taped telecast. (No, we wont spoil it for
SF News Hope Is On The Way -- to the Fairmont So what are you doing for lunch today? SFist is going out to lunch with The Legal Reader. But if you have $5000 to blow, John Kerry is having a fundraising lunch in
SF News Viva Hate SFist knew there was a reason we moved here! Recent polls show the Bay Area to be the most negative region of California, with 59% of people saying they think the state is
SF News BAAAAAART!!! SFist has its hand over its heart as the BART flag is raised and its national anthem ("Dublin/Pleasanton train arriving, platform 2") is played BART was named the best public transportation system
misc Coyote Ugly South Bay residents are seeing significantly larger numbers of coyotes moving into their residential areas. So far, 12 cats and 2 dogs have been killed in one Los Gatos neighborhood, and neighbors report
SF News Go Spartans! San Jose State has formally announced that it will continue not to decide whether or not it will continue to field a Division I-A football team this year. SJSU football has a 110-year
SF News Funny Money Fallout Kevin Shelley still has his job do you have yours? Its time for a SunsetGate update! In the week since SFists hard-hitting book report about the strange fundraising transactions between Shelley
SF News Missing Person A 27 year old San Francisco woman is missing after a road trip to Las Vegas. Kellie Phillips is a 5'8" African-American woman weighing approximately 140 pounds and was last seen driving a
SF News Your Commute/SFist Blotter Growing increasingly worried about safety, the union representing MUNI bus drivers have requested that the SFPD provide them with a dedicated police force. MUNI currently has 1 sergeant and 10 officers assigned to
SF News Sophie's World The drive to recall Supervisor Sophie Maxwell has failed, with over half of the almost 6000 signatures gathered invalidated for one reason or another. Of those rejected signatures, 973 were thrown out because
SF News Your Commute SFist hasnt seen "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3," but after Mondays East Bay BART commute trauma, the flick described as "the Godfather of subway hijacking movies" is definitely moving to the
SF News Did You Ever Know That You're My Hero? and then SFist found out about the SF women politicians karaoke night -- yikes! Will we survive? The San Francisco branch of the National Womens Political Caucus is sponsoring a sing-along with
SF News SFist Feature: Funny Money [] So whats up with our Secretary of State Kevin Shelley? Shelley, who was recently most well-known for making up the new alphabetical order for listing all those candidates for governor on the
SF News Down In the Mouth-Bling The ice is a little less shiny these days, with these reports that the Bay Area gold teeth market has come upon hard times. The Bay Area is a nationwide center for mouth
SF News Can Finally See TV The FCC has finally come to the rescue of those of you who haven't succumbed to the Comcast cable juggernaut San Jose's Channel 11 has been given approval to build a new transmitter
Arts & Entertainment 22 Fillmore SFist has fond memories of waking up early on Saturdays to eat oversugared cereals and watch cartoons. SFist also deeply enjoys watching vaguely formulaic cop shows. With these two criteria in mind, plus
