SF News State Senate Shenanigans Well, the latest rumor (from the Bay Area Reporter) is that folks have heard tell that Aaron Peskin is now thinking about running for the State Senate seat as well. Whaaaaa? The tea-leaf
misc Bay Area Wanderer: May Your Days Be Merry And Bright * Bay Area Wanderer: Church and Market, San Francisco At the Expansion Bar, the time came when the candles needed to be lit. As the bartender worked at his task, the little balls of
Arts & Entertainment Monopoly This whole thing started when the San Jose Mercury put itself up for sale, or it's overlords Knight Ridder did. In swept MediaNews, who bought it from McClatchy Newspapers who owned the Mercury
misc SFist Answers: Unlike <i>Some People</i>, We Will Not Shirk Your Questions This would be your weekly reminder for you to ask us Questions that you desire us to Answer. 'Cause that's what we do, here at SFist Answers. So, hey; what would you have
SF News Google in Space! Also as part of the agreement, Google and NASA will be sharing information and knowledge and are even talking of co-habitating. According to a spokesman, all this will "soon allow every American to
SF News It's As Cold As Ice We owe a lot of this from a cold front that came in from Alaska (never a phrase you like to hear) that seems to have sat itself down and decided to do
SF News Who's Newsom Attacking Now! It's a slight variation on our Who's Attacking/Defending Newsom Now columns -- Gavin goes on the offensive! The gay-focused Bay Area Reporter runs a column this week in their Political Notebook about
Arts & Entertainment The Way We Were What the newsreel footage is about, actually, is public transportation. Mainly how great ours is and how well it services both San Francisco and the East Bay. Which, of course, is laden with
misc SFist Answers: We Can Do This Together So, hey; what would you have us answer? We are your grenadine-swilling Bay Area oracle of the internets, y'all. As all-encompassing as Dr. John York's ignorance... As omni-present as that one tie of
Arts & Entertainment The Glide Red Carpet is based on the true story of a homeless man in San Francisco named Chris Gardner who turned his life around in the 1980s with the help of Glide Memorial and became a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Rob Reger Now meet the man who started it all 13 years ago, Rob Reger, after the jump. SFist Christina Loff contributing
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Solid Luck We'll go somewhere, take a picture, and tell you a tale. Simple. We'll cover San Francisco, the North Bay, the East Bay, down peninsula way, and -- if we can swing it --
SF News Can't We All Just Get Along? The problem is that BART isn't bringing in enough money to help the extension and so there's not enough money to run the sucker. Since it was supposed to be a dual operation,
SF News It's Monday-- Do You Know Where Your College Football Team Is? Stadium issues aren't just affecting Bay Area professional teams, but college teams too. There's a fight going on about renovating Cal's Memorial Stadium that's been going on for the past few months. And
SF News Tonight's The Night We actually owe the federal government thanks for bringing us "spare the night" nights as it appears in a fit of insanity in which they actually did something to help the environment, they
SF News Eritrean Community Crime Shocker Murder victims-- who died after being shot via open fire in a third floor apartment-- include a widowed mother named Winta T. Mehari, 28, of Berkeley, her brother Yonas Mehari, 17, who lived
SF News Robbers Go Nutty The ring has been in operation over the past year and a half and has stolen upwards of two million dollars of stolen nuts. If you think of just how much money it
misc SFist Shops Locally and So Should You Below you'll find a list of some of the craft fairs happening in the bay area this December. Because when it comes down to it, wouldn't you rather do your shopping in a
SF News American Football Spectacular: Hope And Tragedy * San Francisco vs. St. Louis Sunday, November 26, 2006. 10:00 AM, PST. Week 12 The Battle Of Momentum Wow, after beating the Seahawks last weekend, the Niners are riding a wave of
Arts & Entertainment New Contributor Interview: Mary Ladd Why people should read your articles? Because I am a food and beer obsessed Bay Area native/semi-reformed party girl/food blogger/Literati wife who has endless Bay Area nutty adventures. Why'd you
SF News Biting the Bullet Train Well, stay tuned for more talk. The problem is that with the passing of the big bond measures this past election, supporters are afraid that people might not want to get the state
SF News It's Sunday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is? Let's start in Santa Clara where Matier & Ross remind us that there's been three attempts to move a team that way-- the Giants, the A's, and MLS's San Jose Earthquakes (hey, did
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Monologue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Never underestimate the power of silly. Besides, not all theater has to be Theater. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford mix Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's existential
SF News "The Genius" Has Leukemia It was announced today that 49ers coach Bill Walsh, the architect of the Niners glory years (remember them?) has been battling leukemia for the past three weeks. Walsh said that a fungus was
SF News The Great Outdoors: El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve First off, let's clarify the name. It may be El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (ECM) on the maps, but in the hearts and minds of locals, it's known as Skeggs, which
