SF News Mayor Ed Lee Snubs Supermodel Niki Taylor Hey, everybody! Guess what? Niki Taylor is in town. She's here to give San Francisco money. Because we're broke, that's why. Who is Niki Taylor, you ask? Well, first of all, shame on
SF News San Bruno Still Deciding How To Distribute Donations Four months after the San Bruno blast, city officials are still trying to figure out how to best distribute the $395,000 worth of donations to the victims. The issue is pretty complicated
SF News Christmas Giving Around Town On Christmas Eve, Lefty O'Doul's collected 15,000 toys for the annual Firefighters Toy Program, and many more toys were dropped off at local fire stations or picked up and delivered for free
misc St. Anthony's Seeks Scarves, Other Donations Bay City News reports via the Examiner that the St Anthony Foundation's 23rd Annual Curbside Holiday Donation Drive started this morning. They're accepting clothing, food, toiletries, and other items to be handed out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC I: The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco presents Christmas Crap-Array 2010, which showcases soloists and ensembles performing "the kind of raunchy, hilarious songs and skits that have become their signature style"
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Food Banks Need Your Help KGO reports that food banks across the Bay Area are struggling to meet the growing demand for donations. San Francisco Food Bank's demand has risen a disheartening 32% in the past year, and
SF News Proceeds of George W. Bush's <em>Decision Points</em> Going to S.F. Veteran's Hospital Upon hearing that, many moons ago, former First Lady Barbara Bush presented a young George W. Bush with a horrifying fetus-in-a-jar lesson about abortion, both Babs and Dubya instantly turned into the most
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tony's Pizza Napoletana's Ed Hardy Pizza Boxes Before you nut all over the place, let's get something straight: the real Ed Hardy, from what we hear, is a super cool guy. So cool, in fact, he would never refer to
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend ALL WEEKEND: The annual Iranian Film Festival will showcase independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world. Vintage enthusiasts can be found at the Vintage Fashion Expo
Arts & Entertainment Yogis to Raise Money for Charity at Justin Herman Plaza on Sunday Head over to Justin Herman Plaza at 10 a.m. on Sunday for a free, three-hour yoga class to benefit four yoga charities, as party of the global Yoga Aid Challenge. But be
Arts & Entertainment Get a Fancy Haircut, Benefit San Bruno Fire Victims, NEXT Wednesday Update: The event is next Wednesday, September 22. We apologize for the error. Union Square's Johnny Bueno Color Studio (166 Geary St., Suite 1005) have kindly organized a fundraiser to benefit San Bruno
SF News Help a Mother Out, Blood Centers of the Pacific, at Capacity with Donations Help a Mother Out received such a tremendous amount of donations benefiting San Bruno fire victims over the weekend that they've halted their drive. Additionally, Blood Centers of the Pacific have also received
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Comedy for Kids With Autism This Saturday night, Jenny McCarthy comes to S.F. to espouse her favorite subject: children with autism. Hilarious, right? No, not really. In fact, autism affects one in every 90 kids. Alas. But!
SF News UPDATED: Annual AIDS Walk Raises $3M Sunday's 6.2-mile SF AIDS Walk pulled in more than $3 million. An estimated 25,000 participants showed up to help raise much-needed funds for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and care. This comes
Arts & Entertainment Get Bagged by Giants at <strike>Seals Stadium</strike> Safeway Today Bay City News reports via SF Appeal that San Francisco Giants players Aaron Rowand, Jeremy Affeldt, team president Larry Baer, and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda will be bagging
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Help the Hungry at 'Taste of the Nation' Fundraiser, Thursday, 4/29 Before you shove another maple bacon donut down your richly-textured gullet, remember: people are still starving in America. Even in San Francisco. (Look for further than Civic Center on a Monday night to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BENEFIT: Head over to Elixir tonight for the Drink Up for Rocket Dog Rescue fundraiser, and get served by guest bartenders/local internati (we just made that up) Eve Batey from SF Appeal,
Arts & Entertainment Rock Benefits for Haitian Relief There have been a lot of benefits for Haiti in recent weeks that we missed. Here are a few upcoming events, in which all of the proceeds will go to various charities. Tomorrow,
SF News Another Easy Way To Donate To Haitian Earthquake Relief This one is super simple. If you'd like to donate to Haitian relief efforts -- the country experienced a 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, resulting in at least 50,000 deaths, widespread destruction
SF News Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's Cap Sells For $5,800 Last week SFist told you about Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's pilot hat, which was being auctioned off for charity. Today, after 68 bids, Sully's hat managed to pull in $5,800. The money will
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Urgent: SF Food Bank Needs Your Help We know. Money is tight. Very tight. But people are starving in San Francisco. Not just the homeless, but people you might even know. People close to you. Your friends and family and
misc Help Children Have a Merry Xmas While Receiving a Lap Dance SF Weekly brings us some merry/horny news: the fine folks over at Market Street Cinema (a strip joint as seen via their NSFW site) are now accepting new unwrapped gifts for Toys
SF News Helping Disaster Victims in Pacific, Southeast Asia Bay Area communities are organizing efforts to help victims of the four disasters that struck the Samoan Islands, the Philippines, and Indonesia this week. Below are a few places to drop off donations.
Arts & Entertainment Thursday: All You Can Eat, Drink, for $20 While Helping Kids Park Merced presents the 2nd annual SF Weekly DISH, a night of food, drink, and music, featuring bites and cocktails from 30 restaurants and tastings from 10 wineries. Partial proceeds will benefit the