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
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Michele Alaniz Michele has some serious Bay Area credentials. She loves The Mummies and Needles and Pens. By the time you're done reading the interview below you'll know at least one way to make smoke
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
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend Our beloved Balboa Theater hosts Noir City, San Francisco's Third Annual Film Noir Festival. The festival kicked off this afternoon with Somewhere in the Night and Side Street, and will bring us 29
SF News Armageddon It What with the tsunami and the upcoming inaguration, disaster scenarios are all the rage. To help calm down an unsettled world, the German Reinsurance company, Munich Re, has come out with a list
SF News Gwen Araujo Murder Trial Update Last we'd heard, in June of last year, the jury ended in a deadlock on all three defendants, resulting in a mistrial. Though a number of subsequent developments were reported in the Chron
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Over the Counter With the Trimethyldioxypurist Much like our experience in Boston, the nasty weather lately speaks to the needs of convenient caffeine. With buses running behind, traffic slowing, or possibly just a desire to stay home and keep
SF News Take Action for Tsunami Relief Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay
Arts & Entertainment Interview: DJ Neta DJ Neta is a Bay Area native who is actually happy to provide guidance on how a non-native might pass as a native. After reading her interview below you'll understand that if we
Arts & Entertainment <em>The Darwin Awards</em> Having never been to a movie set before, we were entertained by watching the multitude of techs and runners standing around drinking coffee and communicating via walkie talkies. Apparently there is a lot
SF News Year of the Iraqi Woman? The meeting will reportedly be less about how to campaign than how to run a legislative office. It is unclear how openly candidates will run for office; despite Pentagon assurances that the overall
Arts & Entertainment Macworld Blogger Lunch It's January, which means it's time for the long awaited Macworld SF. Nothing like gadgets and booth babes to get the geek blood flowing. If you haven't had your fee paid by your
SF News The Giants Pitch in For Tsunami Relief While it's kind of tempting to snark on some of this- The Insider's big story today was what the stars were doing to help out, including an interview with Clay Aiken on the
SF News Craigslist -- Newspaper Killer We’ve often thought of Craiglist as being many things- place to buy furniture, place to look for apartments, and a place to try and find casual sex, but there’s one thing
Arts & Entertainment New SFist Contributor: Matt Baume First up is Mr. Matt Baume. Although one reason he cites for moving to SF is an "urgent" need to leave LA, its becoming clear that he loves the Bay Area for its
SF News It's Raining Rain Ah, it’s raining today and for those of us working, nothing quite sums up the first day back after the holidays like it being grey and miserable outside. It looks like it’
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
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Zak Nelson Zak works for Heyday Books which specializes in books about California. For any of you scrambling to buy last minute Christmas presents, Heyday titles might be the ticket. Zak's given SFist so many
Arts & Entertainment In the Bored Room What should have been an exciting finale full of spit and vinegar in the boardroom, instead turned into an endless series of "spontaneous" "Kelly is the greatest," and "Jennifer, booo!" comments from, seriously,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Black Box is Beautiful Don't get us wrong, we love elaborate theater sets and admire the craftwork and imagination that go into creating them -- there's something oddly sweet about an intricately built space that will be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker While we don't want to seem a shill for any business enterprise, Scharffen Berger's catchphrase of "America's Finest Dark Chocolate...From Bean to Bar" is really pretty accurate. This is damned good chocolate,
SF News Local Yachtsman Attempts Round-the-World Solo Cruise Tough day at the office, and no time to even read the sports section. So when we finally hopped the Muni home, we were happy to see on the bottom half of the
SF News SFist Cares ... About Keeping People Warm Certainly, one of the cardinal rules of living in San Francisco is ... layer, layer, layer. You can't spend any time here without encountering the famous microclimate - beach weather on one block, a
