Arts & Entertainment P-Kok Closes; Kok Opens Funky, fresh Lower Haight boutique P-Kok will close shop at the end of May. Haighteration has the scoop: "Owner Pat Pkok tells Haighteration that she has decided to consolidate the store with the
SF News Little Outcry For Doomed S.F. LGBT & HIV Institutions While the battle cry for jesuit school's radio station gets louder and louder, the outcry over the closure over San Francisco's queer and HIV institutions grows quieter and quieter. (Except for a noted
SF News Google Share Prices Drop In a surprising move, Google's first quarter saw lower-than-expected earnings. This morning, shares were down $39.51 to $539. "But heavy spending on new hires and other investments crimped the bottom line, reports
SF News S.F. Approves Twitter Tax Break The San Francisco Board of Supervisors overwhelmingly approved the controversial Twitter tax break today, a move that (hopefully) will keep the microblogging service from fleeing the city. "The measure passed by the Board
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Company to Buy Pringles in $1.5B Deal Noted nut purveyors Diamond Foods, based in San Francisco, plan to purchase Procter & Gamble's Pringles for $1.5 billion. And we couldn't be prouder. Pringles are the best selling snack chip in
SF News Twitter Tax Break Issue Causes a Stir, Could End Up on November Ballot As the Board's Budget and Finance committee gets set to review the Twitter Tax Break (neé "Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion in Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area") this Wednesday, rumblings are afoot. A
SF News AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion Poor-reception phone carrier AT&T will purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for a cool $30 billion, it was announced over the weekend. While a regulatory review is in order, AT&T
SF News Starbucks in Talks to Acquire Peet's Coffee According to DealReporter, the superior Peet's Coffee & Tea is in talks with inferior Starbucks to sell itself to the Seattle-based coffee giant. "Though neither company has commented on the reported deal, Peet's
SF News Twitter Now Serves Over 1 Billion Per Week Five years after founder Jack Dorsey unleashed the first tweet ever - "inviting coworkers," is all it said - Twitter now racks up an estimated 1 billion updates a week. "Five years after
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>Top Chef: Just Desserts</em> Winner Yigit Pura Names New Pastry Shop In a recent interview with Food & Wine, Yigit Pura, San Francisco-based pastry chef and winner of Top Chef: Just Desserts, revealed the name of his upcoming pastry shop. He shall chrsiten it
SF News Castro Trader Joe's Deal Officially Dead Sad news, folks. (Or, if you hate change and/or traffic, good news.) Supervisor Scott Wiener has word that the much ballyhooed plan to get Trader Joe's to the Castro is dead. Via
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink NIMBY Watch: One Guy Keeps Tenderloin Cafe From Having Outside Seating, Nevius Steps In [Updated] Update (3/21/11): The conflict has been resolved! Everyone's favorite columnist, Andy Rooney C.W. Nevius, came out with an article this morning about Little Bird Coffeehouse's ongoing fight to obtain a
SF News Cliff House Street Vendors Don't Seem to Like Each Other Meanwhile out by the Cliff House, a "turf war" is raging between the (ahem) artisans who are fighting for sidewalk space from which to peddle their handmade jewelry, crafts and other assorted trinkets
SF News Things That Are Closed On President's Day Happy President's Day! Did you get the day off today? Employees working at the following businesses sure did: all government offices at the federal, state, county, or city level; the US post office;
SF News Dockers Update City Attorney Dennis Herrera is fighting back against Levi’s Guerrrilla marketing campaign promoting Dockers which showed up on sidewalks in the Mission and Hayes Valley yesterday: To answer Mission Mission Allan Hough’
SF News Levi's Markets Dockers On Valencia Street Using Sidewalk Graffiti Allan Hough at Mission Mission broke some startling fashion marketing news today: Levi's made a return to Valencia Street to pimp "their Dockers brand via some ugly typography and a Facebook URL." What's
SF News S.F. Handbill Laws Might Get Stricter City officials met on Monday in an effort to combat those pervasive delivery menus and nail salon fliers abundantly placed on our front doors that more often than not get blown in the
SF News Google's Eric Schmidt Nets $100 Million Although Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on his way out of the prized gig - company co-founder Larry Page, 37 (!), will replace Schmidt in April - he will be awarded $100 million worth
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink How Much Does It Cost To Open A Restaurant In S.F.? A lot. At least according to T.J. Jacobberger, general manager and partner of The Tavern at Lark Creek, it is. His "top-line estimates" on opening a new spoon in San Francisco are
SF News Richmond Neighbors Try To Keep PETCO Out PETCO, it seems, wants to open one of their Unleashed stores in the spot that used to house Walgreens at 18th Avenue and Geary. But Richmond businesses and residents aren't having any of
SF News Google Shakeup: Larry Page Takes Over as CEO An "unexpected shakeup" went down at Google today. Larry Page, company co-founder, will take over as CEO effective April 4. "Page, 37, is reclaiming the top job from Eric Schmidt, who had been
Arts & Entertainment Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Launches Record Label Speaking of classical music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is celebrating their 30th Anniversary in part by starting a record label, Philharmonia Baroque Productions. The Chronicle reports that the company's first release will showcase the
SF News Twitter To Leave S.F.? Currently residing on Harrison and Fourth above a Subway and next to a Whole Foods, Twitter headquarters is appropriately nestled in SoMa's tech-industry neighborhood. For now, anyway. "Media reports say that Twitter Inc.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Starbucks Explains New Logo If your entire world has been thrown off axis over Starbucks new logo, fear not, loyal patrons. The coffee mammoth will walk you through the change in a minute and a half long
