SF News Get Back to Work, Slacker Arnold has vetoed two bills that would have expanded the Family Leave Act, which allows employees of medium to large companies to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave or 6 weeks of paid
misc Benefit for Irene McGee McGee has had a pretty rough time of it lately. First she got let go from her show on Free FM amongst rumors of all sorts of sexual harassment. And then her apartment
misc Connect With a Good Deed If you want to help out, head on over the site and choose a project you'd like to work on. Among other things, you can do street outreach, give legal help, serve food,
misc SFist Cares: Care Packages For Wounded Veterans Here's how: we've got Veterans Affairs hospitals of our own in the city. * You're for the war? Against the war? Sure, whichever; this is about supporting people who represent all of us. Here's
misc We're Hating Because we Care We're friends, right? Yeah, sure we are. That's why we've got to have this little talk. Look, we love you, of course, but we can't just sit idly by and watch what you're
misc James Kim Memorial Whether you knew him or were just moved by the Kim family tragedy this past December, the Kim family invites you to celebrate his life this Saturday in Golden Gate Park. The gathering
misc SFist Needs Your Help Friend of SFist, Julie, sent us an e-mail this morning about yet another assault, this time in the Marina. Believe it or not, the cops weren't that much of a help in this
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Talks to Lisa Congdon, Organizer of the Kim Family Auction. San Francisco wasn't the only place moved by the Kim family tragedy. People around the world followed the tragic story with bated breath as the events unfolded. For most of us it's hard
misc A Little Cuteness for Your Friday Just follow the link and the directions and you too can watch in. And for more information on how to adopt one of the dogs or cats, click here.
misc SFist Shops Locally and So Should You Below you'll find a list of some of the craft fairs happening in the bay area this December. Because when it comes down to it, wouldn't you rather do your shopping in a
misc Where Will the Children Play? Now, Parks and Rec won't necessarily act immediately. In fact, they've admitted that they do only what they can. But they still act if possible. Last month's crackdown on Golden Gate Park was
misc Auction for Congo So what's in it for you? Well, vacation homes in Provence, Tuscany, and Baja, all donated by their owners. If that's too rich for your blood, there are plenty of small budget things
misc Dine Around on Wednesday The interesting thing is that the main sponsor is Zephyr Real Estate, not exactly a company most people will have the warm fuzzies for. But whatever-- it's a great thing and for a
Arts & Entertainment Help Homeless Connect Connect The problem is that under the rules of Care Not Cash, most of their welfare money goes to their rooms with only a little bit left over to make ends meet. The eighty
misc (Clean) Up the Beach Anyone who wants to go, just show up at Crissy Field (603 Mason and Halleck Street in the Presidio) by 9 and they will assign your task and place to do such task.
misc SFist Cares ... Educational Funding Sucks Ok, so perhaps SFist's own Donor's Choose challenge isn't going to break any records (and we're not the best promoter's are we?). But that doesn't mean there's a flaw in the system... well
misc SFist Cares ... Give a Kid a Book Already This fall 3,700 Bay Area/Northern California disadvantaged youngsters, many of whom have never owned their own book, will take part in an innovative literacy program featuring a cast of centuries-old characters
misc SFist Cares ... About Yummy In Our Tummy Luckily, while we've been working on our tan other people have been working on more important things. Our inbox contains an email from one of our readers who's is rightfully proud of something
misc SFist Cares ... About Getting Your Ride Clean The AIDS/LifeCycle is coming up and one of the locals riding it sent us a message about a bike/moped/scooter wash this Sunday 11am-4pm on Market & Sanchez to raise money
misc SFist Cares - DonorsChoose Reader's Challenge We want to give you the opportunity to contribute to some of the projects of DonorsChoose through the SFist Cares Reader's Challenge. We picked some projects from local schools and hope you'll consider
misc SFist Cares ... About Winning Volunteers This week, rock dwellers, is National Volunteer Week and to help celebrate it, and encourage people to keep or start volunteering The Volunteer Center is holding a contest. The winner of this content
misc SFist Cares ... About Girls, Girls, Girls Why do we love them? It's right there on the home page: Their mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. That's frickin' awesome! Kids need all the help
SF News Your Commute: (408) 850-6125 Caltrain service is delayed in both directions this morning after a suicidal man jumped in front of a northbound train at Mountain View around 7:15 a.m. today. As of around 9:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares: It's a Motherf***ing Walk-Off! Oh snap! Someone's already done it. The St. Vincent de Paul Society challenged fashion design students from SFSU and FIDM to do just that and the results are really incredible. Take that Santino!
misc SFist Cares: Salute Your Volunteers! While we celebrate volunteers all year 'round, National Volunteer Week is officially April 23-29th. As part of this, The Volunteer Center will host its annual awards event "Hat's Off: A Celebration of Community
