Arts & Entertainment Things That Should Horrify You: A 10-Year-Old's Stripping Schedule We tend to ignore Kickstarter-related missives as a general rule, but local filmmaker Hima B.'s recent email regarding funding for her new documentary took us by surprise. She features an
SF News 15-Year-Old Oakland Boy Shot, Killed On Tuesday night, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Oakland near the Coliseum. Hadari Askari "was shot about 8:08 p.m. in the 6700 block of Leona Creek
Arts & Entertainment Does San Francisco Need A Dutch Urban Cycling Infrastructure? By Alissa de Vogel Amsterdam is frequently and enthusiastically heralded as the best city in the world for cyclists, and for good reason. The entire city and outlying areas are covered with physically
SF News Elderly Woman Attacked In Golden Gate Park For Scolding Bothersome Youth An 82-year-old woman landed in the hospital with a life-threatening head injury after a 40-something jerk pushed her to the ground near Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park on
SF News Alleged Gay Rights 'Icon' Larry Brinkin Busted For Child Porn Larry Brinkin, a local gay rights advocate, was busted on child porn charges Friday. According to reports, the man was an "icon" of sorts within the LGBT community; however, this is
SF News Teens Punched, Burned With Cigarette During Mugging A triplet of horrible men around the ages of "25 and 35" brutally mugged a pair of teens Monday night in the city's Western Addition. Near the intersection of
Arts & Entertainment Mission Playground: Now Open For Playtime We mentioned it in passing last week, but in case you missed it, and because we just took our own photo: The newly redesigned and spiffed up Mission Playground, on Valencia near 20th,
Arts & Entertainment Priscilla Chan Bought Wedding Dress Under Fake Name, Saves Children's Lives Powerful yet starved socialites, we're done with you. (Not really!) Please step aside and collect your schwag bag on the way out. We have a new obsession, and her name is
SF News North Carolina Pastor Suggests Parents Beat The Gay Out Of Their Kids Crazy person Sean Harris, senior pastor of the Berean Baptist Church in North Carolina, delivered a terrifying sermon on Sunday to his congregation suggesting that parents "crack" their fey sons'
Arts & Entertainment Dolores Park Playground Parents Now Want A Fence To Keep Out <strike>Gays</strike> Dogs We've discussed before our trepidation about the infringing upon gay space that happened when that new Dolores Park playground got renovated and drastically enlarged. Though most of the gay beach remains
SF News Supes Propose Change In Muni's Stroller Policy As City Insider reports, Supervisors Chiu and Elsbernd are reconsidering Muni's decades-old policy regarding strollers on the bus in an effort to keep families from fleeing the city at the
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Why Do Dads Get The Shaft? By D. Hanousek You may or may not have noticed that two weeks ago, I took the day off from writing . I wasn't going to talk about it because I'
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'It's Getting Lonely Out Here' By D. Hanousek Maybe it's the nonstop rain or the traffic on 101. Maybe it's the news that one of my SFUSD-champion parent friends is pulling her kids
SF News With Barely Any Kids In S.F., That Dolores Park Playground Is Opening Soon New census figures only confirm what we already suspected: There are barely any children left in this town to use that oversize playground they just built for them, which is using up practically
SF News Oakland Elementary School On Lockdown [Updated] Maxwell Park Elementary (4730 Fleming) in Oakland is on lockdown, with students being evacuated, after a neighbor reported seeing a man with a shotgun roaming around the area. No reports of any injuries
Arts & Entertainment Beeper Easter Egg Hunt For Blind Kids How cool is this? Midtown Terrace Park will hold an Easter egg hunt for children who are blind or visually impaired. Presented by the Blind Babies Foundation, plastic eggs contain beepers that emit
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Valentine's Day Is For School Kids By D. Hanousek If my husband walked in the door after work carrying a dozen red roses and a box of chocolate, I would roll my eyes and maybe even throw up a
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'Ignorance Is Bliss' (By D. Hanousek) Yesterday, a close friend pregnant with her first child posted a link on Facebook to an article about a mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to
SF News San Jose Amber Alert Issued For 11-Year-Old Girl [Updated] Police issued an Amber Alert this morning for a missing 11-year-old San Jose girl. Her name is Taylor Vo (Asian, 5'3") and she was taken at around 1:
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Don't Want To Be Your Friend' (By D. Hanousek) After changing park benches three times over the weekend, I realized that I have a confession to make. I don't want to be your friend. Sure, we both
SF News 12-Year-Old Boy Wounded During SF Shooting A 12-year-old boy was injured during a shooting on Saturday in San Francisco's Hunter's Point neighborhood. "A 23-year-old man was shot and a 12-
SF News $25,000 Reward Offered In Fatal Shooting Of 5-Year-Old Oakland Boy A five-year-old Oakland boy died at Children's Hospital late Friday night after being struck in the neck by shots fired from a car passing by his family's
SF News Pathetic Woman Steals Gold From Children As Mercury News reports, shameful San Jose resident Sandra Lizbeth Contreras-Velazquez was arrested last week for allegedly befriending about half a dozen elementary school-aged girls in order to sneak away with
SF News What's Your Slavery Footprint Number? You may not think that slavery is still a major problem worldwide, and you'd be wrong. As Oakland-based Slavery Footprint can show you via their handy web-based survey, you
SF News 8 Shot In Oakland, Including 1-Year-Old Baby [Video] A little after 6 p.m. on Monday night, eight people were shot in West Oakland, including a one-year-old baby. The shooting occurred on the 700 block of Willow Street when
