SF News Breaking: Medical Emergency Prompts BART Shutdown [UPDATED] [Update: BART has resumed normal service.] Yikes! Two of the five Bart lines have been shut down this afternoon due to a medical emergency on a train at the Embarcadero station. "The Richmond
SF News Breaking: 4-Alarm Fire On Pier 29, Site Of America's Cup Hawkeyed Emergency Scanner listener and unintentionally humorous tweeter @Emergency_in_SF is reporting that the roof of Pier 29 on the city's northern waterfront is on fire. ABC7 confirms the structure fire, which
SF News Police Activity Closes 101 Due to police activity, part of the 101 has been temporarily shutdown today. "On Monday, June 4th at 1:57pm, a severe traffic alert is in effect on northbound US-101 entering at eastbound
SF News SF Examiner Just Bought SF Bay Guardian? [Updated] Whoa. According to Rachel Swan at East Bay Express, the SF Examiner just bought alternative weekly SF Bay Guardian. "The owners of the San Francisco Examiner just bought the San Francisco Bay Guardian,
SF News Breaking: Suspicious Package Evacuates SFO Terminal [Update] Part of San Francisco International Airport was evacuated a little before noon today after authorities discovered a suspicious package in a screening area. The closure shut down Terminal One, boarding area C, the
SF News <em>Another</em> Underground Fire on Polk Street? Video footage via SF Appeal We received an alert from the handy AlertSF.org (where were you, Emergency_In_SF?!) that there was another underground fire that occurred several hours ago in the
misc Blood Diamond Scandal: Jennifer Siebel's Engagement Ring of Death! Oh Lord. Is this for real? From the SFist inbox this morning we received alarming news that Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel, like, totally hate Africans, or something like that. After the New
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After Blazers 105 Warriors 95- See what happens when everyone gets all giddy after beating the Spurs? They lose to the Trail Blazers. If you want to feel better, for those of you who
SF News Breakups, Facebook Style It seems the world of dating has moved beyond breaking up on post-its into the new world of breaking up via Facebook status. That's rough. Breakups are hard enough to go through without
SF News Your Oil Spill Update: Pelosi! Like the bad ass she is, occasional San Francisco resident and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has written to the "Homeland Security Department's inspector general requesting an investigation of preparation for and response
SF News Hostage Situation at Clinton Headquarters Update: Sen. Barack Obama's campaign office in Rochester and John Edwards' offices have also been evacuated. Our sister site, Bostonist is live-blogging the situation right now. Apparently, a man wants to "speak to
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Why, it's our very own SFist Rita kicking it in the comfy confines (and breaking down the latest season of Project Runway) over at SFGate. Awesome. [Culture Blog] -- Japantown's J-Pop Center,
SF News Cosco Busan Vessel "Arrested" Audet & Partners, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of commercial fishers and crab-based (?) businesses in San Francisco on November 20. Today on their site they claim the following, "Breaking News:
SF News It's Got to be the Indictment After Bonds' attorney issued a statement, calling malfeasance on everyone involved, except his client, and now wants to go after the Justice Department for doing all sorts of bad things to his boy. Bond's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Comedy, Darling: Sleepover!: Mary Van Note hosts a new monthly underground talk and comedy show, where the stand-up is done in pajamas. Cute! Breaking the hymen of this monthly party is gangbang
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Gavin Newsom's State of the City, Unfiltered What do you think was the most interesting part? Our mayor breaking the fourth wall by walking into the crowd? The litany of "audacious ideas"? The chart showing "Black on Black Gang Homicides"
Arts & Entertainment Today's Record-Breaking "Thriller" Dance: the Video Ta-da. whatimseeing.com has the images and video you've been waiting for: the Thrill the World Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance-off (as well as choice images of today's protest, by the way). We hope
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl
Arts & Entertainment Death Match: "Thriller" Record-Breakers vs. Antiwar Protestors As some readers have already pointed out, Saturday's collision of death at Dolores Park should prove interesting. With a bevy of corpses available for you to express yourselves, which one will you choose?
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Sia @ Fillmore 10/25/07 If you fell in love with Sia when you were bawling your eyes out about the Fisher family then Thursday's night concert is for you. Sia, our favorite Australian pop singer, is coming
SF News Smoking Ban: Belmont Wants Some Attention This seems a bit extreme. Getting fined inside of your own home. Then again, so is murdering God's innocent children with your vile second-hand smoke, right? RIGHT?
SF News 'Cause Perfect Didn't Seem So Perfect Some fantastic news! It's going to rain! One of the two topics we remotely even care about (the other being our hair) is the possibility of rain. Baptismal, cleansing rain! San Francisco seems
SF News American Football Spectacular: No Surprise * Seattle vs. San Francisco Sunday, September 30, 2007. 1:00 PM, PST. Week 04 The Surpriseless Battle This is it, the game that will tell whether the 49ers can seize the lead in
SF News UPDATE: Butt Biter Behind Plan to Split State's Electoral Votes Charles Hurth, city attorney for the tiny town of New Haven, Mo., is one of the main men behind the push to make California Electoral College votes more Republican-y, a confusing ploy that
SF News American Football Spectacular: Man(ny) Down Ahhh, crap. During this week’s practice, 49er OLB Manny Lawson tore an ACL and will be out for the 2007 season. This is a mighty blow to the nascent Niner defense, who
