SF News Pelosi V. Sheehan Someone else viewed as unbeatable has a hail-Mary opponent from the progressive left -- and we're not just talking about Gavin Newsom and Chris Daly! That's right -- the stridently anti-war soldier's mom
SF News Day Around The Bay -- No official Halloween bash happening in the Castro, anywhere in SF. Hmm, this will be interesting/scary to watch come 10/31. [Chron, The Snitch] -- One dies in crash on the
SF News Republicans Also Want You To Cut Your Hair, Hippie Associated Press' Scott Lindlaw reports that at yesterday's federal building grand opening, as Nancy Pelosi was in the middle of playing the time-honored role of ribbon cutter, "anti-war protestors" audibly chanted such gems
SF News And We're Off (Sheehan Runs Against Pelosi) Let the vanity runs for offices begin: Tenacious Texas trespasser and brilliant anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan just promised to maybe, possibly, perhaps make a run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if our current
Arts & Entertainment Think This Way Celebrate independence by celebrating mind-control! Go check out the one-day-only "PROPAGANDA III WORLD TOUR" (it's capitalized in all of the PR materials, so you know it's legit). They've collected hundreds of political posters
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today It's the Fourth of July! Streamers! Bunting! Brass bands! And in San Francisco.... the opening of the hotly-anticipated SF Mime Troupe production in Dolores Park! The acidly-political theater group (note: , though it would
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight --You've got Tara from in a straight-gay love affair and a movie about Tibet, both at 7 p.m., at the Roxie. --Microcinema screenings at 111 Minna, on the topic "Is Perception Reality?
Arts & Entertainment Iphigénie en Tauride This season was the last that Rosenberg planned (before her successor at the helm, SF Opera general director David Gockley tweaked it a bit), and the operas on display during the short summer
Arts & Entertainment McSweeney's Has Good Stuff To Read For Cheaper Than Usual We usually keep things pretty simple around here -- so if you want something a little more literary, there's a plethora of clever, quirky, smart, and wonderful writing at McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and
Arts & Entertainment Opposition To The War At The Berkeley Edge Fest This year, the Edge Fest is featuring a musical theater piece by Paul Dresher called , based on a short story by Italo Calvino, about a king that clings to power for fear of
SF News Swells by the Numbers SFist Rita is out of town for work, so we are donning our tiara and gown for this weeks Swells analysis. Tra-la-la! Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column:
SF News SFist Blotter A San Bruno family is looking for their missing father -- Noah Myoung, a 60-year-old Korean limo driver, left home for a job at 7 p.m. on May 1 and hasn't been
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies And next up, the SF Weekly. Know why? Because SFist was voted READERS' CHOICE BEST BLOG!!!!! Yay! We're so excited! Thank you, SF Weekly readers! There's no link for the Best-Of readers' choice
SF News SFist Blotter It's a tough biz, the tourism industry -- the cops had to break up a fight between the Bush Man, the Clown Man, and the Fisherman over who got to work what turf
SF News One Mile Better Ain't Enough Truckin' For 'Moonbeam' Jerry Brown, our recenty elected State Attorney General and St. Ignatius College Prep alum, isn't afraid to take the Bush Administration to task for its weak stand on fuel efficency for SUVs, minivans
Arts & Entertainment The Philistine Interview: There Has Got To Be A Twist, S'got Such A Supple Wrist. Still, he keeps coming back to his roots here in the Bay, and will perform this Friday, May 11 at 8pm at the Florence Gould theater and the day after, Saturday, May 12
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: Peter Morgan and <i>The Deal</i> We'd been wanting to see ever since we saw The Queen, and it did not disappoint! We're grasping for analogies here! It's like the Godfather, only about politics! It's like Amadeus, if Salieri
Arts & Entertainment Don't Blame Us, We Voted For... John Kerry! The former presidential candidate was in town the other day -- and how things have changed. Before, he was greeted by Bruce Springsteen, roaring crowds representing about 48% of the voting
SF News Your Commute: Oy Vey Part Deux So those stories out there saying the commute this morning wasn't so bad didn’t quite tell the whole story . Turns out there were some problem spots out there, just not throughout the
SF News What Would Mike Brady Think? The types of buildings were listed in five categories: religious, residential, commercial, historic, and civic. To decide the winners, the AIA had a secret meeting in a dark tomb somewhere and drew lots
SF News A Little Piece of the Puzzle The little part of the story involves the ex-Prosecutor Kevin Ryan and his replacement, Scott Schools. Now Ryan was one of the eight attorneys let go in the purge, although there doesn't seem
SF News Now the Entire State Hates Our Freedom Laugh now, but when we hand over the state to Osama, we'll see how things go. Just envision Disneyland turning into Talibanland and having Space Mountain become Jihad Mountain where animotronic Mullah's throw
SF News Mumia's Not Going to Free Himself, You Know The big thing was the "Die-In" which blocked traffic on Market Street when a bunch of protestors feigned death in front of DiFi's office and lied in the streets. They then went into
Arts & Entertainment How Did We Miss This? Our favorite Fox News anchor, Kimberly Guilfoyle, worked the runway for the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection, at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. The fashion show raised awareness for heart disease in
SF News The Warriors: 10 Things I Hate About You Warriors, baby, we need to talk. With Monday night's double kiss off -- a demoralizing loss to the Nuggets in Denver and the news that Baron Davis is going under the knife --
