Arts & Entertainment Selections from <em>LA Weekly</em>'s Sean Penn Article We used to think we couldn't stand Sean Penn, but he never really did anything to deserve our ire. He's talented; seems to have similar political to ours; married to her, wonderful her;
SF News Day Around The Bay -- Cammerin Boyd killed by reasonable force, says jury. [Chron] -- Behold: the 54 million dollar SF home. Bow down before it, plebeians and renters! [CurbedSF] -- Argentina hosts the gay World Cup
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist saw national headlines soar this week with news about the Jena 6 in Louisiana and of a police taser incident at a John Kerry event. Locally, Hollywood protesters marched in support of
misc Week Around the -Ists Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant -
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Madcat Women's International Film Festival -- Frame by Frame: Experimental film festival's night focusing on animation, claymation, and digital shorts all directed by women. Starts at 8:30 p.m. at El
SF News SFist Blotter Do you have any information? A Fremont family is trying to get some answers about the circumstances of their father's mysterious death. The father suffered a heart attack at Van Ness and Market
misc Approved and Veto-Ready: Homosexual Marriage Gays of the Golden State: rejoice! For a few moments! State legislators approved "gender-neutral marriage" for the second time. And for the second time it bites its nails, waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City This week's show recommendations: Hurry up and head over to Amoeba at 6pm for a chance to see Okkervil River perform for free and then get a free, limited edition CD sampler when
SF News Day Around the Bay -- John O'Neill, the man killed last week by an N-Judah a J-Church train, died while saving his pup, Cappy. If there is a heaven, O'Neill is up there. [Chron] -- Spare the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Not only does this "Basie-esque" outfit perform lush jazz and blues tunes, but the chanteuse is pretty funny in between songs. Check them out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Hold Yr Horses": Vowel dismissive DJ Rchrd Oh?! spins electro, no wave, '80s, '90s, hip hop, disco punk, synth pop, and more tonight at this TL dive bar's gipster club night. Music
SF News Lunar Eclipse Of The Heart It's a day of relatively-unusual natural phenomena -- first the earthquake this morning and then, less than 24 hours later, there's going to be a total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse
SF News SFist Blotter Yet another pedestrian hit by yet another MUNI bus in the Richmond -- this time, the 1 California at 22nd Ave. Plus, Caltrain hit a car this morning too. More murder counts for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: MUNI vs. Pedestrian, Park Presidio Update Yellow police tape and a blue glove from a first responder at the northwesteast corner of the intersection of Park Presidio and Balboa We still don't know the cause of the fatal accident
SF News Meter Maid Assaults Escalate in SF The absurdity of SF's parking ticket-dispensing habits aside, this is awful. A year ago, we saw a couple of altercations on Valencia Street, with vile douche bags puffing up their flaccid feathers at
SF News SFist Blotter Huh -- remember that huge fight we all got into about whether or not to put cameras at high-crime intersections in SF? Turns out the cameras at the public housing sites are pretty
SF News Barack Obama Is Adorable!!! In Alameda Barack Obama!!! So adorable! The Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois stopped by our neck of the woods yesterday on a PR stunt community outreach project by the SEIU, where presidential candidates shadow a
SF News Day Around The Bay What a day, what a day, what a day... -- Man who killed cop in 2005 receives death sentence. [Chron] -- Dow Jones down. [Chron] -- Police raid Your Black Muslim Bakery, arrests
SF News If You Can't Beat 'Em: Change the Rules Thomas Hiltachk, a Sacramento lawyer with connections to the California Republican Party, is working on getting an initiative on the 2008 ballot that'll divvy up California's electoral votes by congressional districts. So the
SF News Megabus Megacheap The big draw are the $1 tickets (yes, you read that right, one dollar to go to LA) -- if you're one of the first four people to book on a particular bus,
misc MUNI Tales: 'That's Why It's Dangerous To Have Coffee On These Things' True story from a crowded J-Church this morning. We were sitting quietly, a little zoned out, holding the 20 oz. cup of coffee that we'd obtained at our neighborhood cafe with both of
SF News SF Doc Charged In Donor's Death San Francisco transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh was criminally charged on Monday with "dependent adult abuse." He's accused of prescribing way, way too man drugs to speed up the death of a developmentally-disabled
SF News Arnold Turns 60 California Governor, Leo, mad fondler, and kindergarten cop Arnold Schwarzenegger turns a still-sexy 60-years-old today. The Grandpanator will spend the big day dealing with the state budget (giggle) and quite possibly getting some
Arts & Entertainment SFFW Doesn't Want Bloggers' Coverage Beloved Jennine from The Coveted writes here about how this year’s San Francisco Fashion Week denied her and other bloggers precious invitations to cover the event or (worse) any of its VIP,
