Arts & Entertainment The Baby-ry Coast There are lots of kid-friendly events this weekend and beyond. Flax has all sorts of art classes (scroll down and see list of events at right) for the kiddos, including cartooning classes for
SF News Toddler Falls From San Jose Apartment Window Now that your editor is a proud godfather, we lay awake at night worrying about the some billion dangers out there facing little children, which are EVERYWHERE. (Hence parenting magazines, which have turned
SF News Salinas Couple Arrested for Attempting to Sell Infant Outside Walmart A Salinas couple faces child endangerment charges today, according to the Chronicle, after they allegedly "tried to sell their 6-month-old baby for $25 outside a Walmart store." While riding high on meth, Patrick
misc The Baby-ry Coast The San Francisco Public Library has come up with a great idea: The Family Pass, which is available through December 31. The pass can be checked out for a week at a time
misc The Baby-ry Coast Be sure to check out the rad Star Wars pregnancy announcement above (via Offbeat Mama). In other film news, Babies, a brilliant-looking French documentary filmed from the perspective of four babies in four
SF News Potential "Child Predator" Really Was Just Doing Pull-Ups Everyone can all rest easy now. The alleged potential child predator who was spotted suspiciously lurking/doing pull-ups at Mountain Lake Park has been identified and deemed harmless by SFPD. The suspect, whose
SF News Potential Child Predator at Mountain Lake Park, Says SFPD UPDATE: SFPD has questioned and cleared the suspect of any wrong-doing. Sightings of the potential child predator at Mountain Lake Park have been officially confirmed by SFPD. A reader let us know that
SF News Beware of Alleged Pervy PT Cruiser-Driving Lurker at Mountain Lake Park UPDATE: SFPD has questioned and cleared the suspect of any wrong-doing. The following warning has been circulating throughout various parenting lists regarding a lurker at Mountain Lake Park in the Richmond. As always,
misc The Baby-ry Coast Seeing so many kids and parents at yesterday's public education rally reminded us of how great it must be growing up in a place like the Bay Area, aside from the whole aforementioned
misc The Baby-ry Coast Thanks to all the commenters who offered positive feedback on the launch of our kid/parent-centric column last week. Keep the tips coming! Last week, we learned about a great blog written by
Arts & Entertainment <em>Children of the Fillmore, 1952,</em> Photography Exhibit Opening on Saturday Veteran San Francisco photographer Gerald Ratto will exhibit his rarely seen collection of photographs, Children of the Fillmore, 1952, which he captured with his Rolleiflex camera while a student at California School of
SF News SFPD Sketch of Suspect Who Stabbed Boy on Muni Released SFPD has released a sketch of the man suspected of stabbing 11-year-old Hatim Mansori a couple of weeks ago on Muni in an unprovoked attack. Here's the description again: Witnesses described him as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurant Bill Tells Family What Waiters Thought of Daughter Eater reports on a couple of cheeky British waiters who deserve some sort of award. See, on August 30 over in the UK, two-year-old Molly Craig was acting "restless" at Halifax, West Yorkshire
SF News 11-Year-Old Muni Stabbing Victim in Good Condition, Attacker Still on the Loose Hatim Mansori, the young boy who was stabbed on Muni last week is now in good condition, but is still unable to keep solid foods down. He's also afraid to leave the hospital
misc SF Zoo Searches for "Alexis," Budding Philanthropist, Gorilla Lover, Origami-Maker Thank you to the kind tipster who warmed our hearts with this story from Kron 4/Bay City News. The San Francisco Zoo is searching for a young girl named Alexis who visited
SF News Elementary School Teacher Accidentally Sends Sex Tape Home with Students Twenty-four Isabelle Jackson Elementary School students in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, went home on the last day of school last Friday with a DVD that was supposed to contain a year in review
SF News Young Vallejo Girl Shot In Bed Vallejo police say a three-year-old girl was shot as she slept in bed with her parents. The incident occurred on the 500 block of York Street early this morning. According to reports, the
SF News 3 Oakland Kids Shot in Broad Daylight During a bout of gunfire at the intersection of International Boulevard at 65th Street yesterday afternoon, a 1-year-old girl, a 4-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were shot and wounded in broad daylight.
Arts & Entertainment Finally, Some Prop 8 Leaders Who Aren't Afraid of a Little Fight Back in October, the Yes on 8 "people" challenged California's Superintendent of Schools, Jack O'Connell, to a debate about gay marriage. According to Yes, even the remotest possibility of learning anything about gay
SF News Kid Hilariously Utters Filthy Word on TV at National Spelling Bee (By Joe Kukura) From the “We’ve watched this twenty times over today” department, footage from last night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee where little Sameer Mishra above thinks he’s been asked
SF News National Spelling Bee Hits the Fan Today and Tomorrow (By Joe Kukura) If you’re anything like us, you’ll get unnecessarily riled up woot-woot-ing for the Bay Area in any kind of regional representation-structured contest. If there’s a competition and
SF News Breaking News: Hipsters And Code Pink Takeover Market And Montgomery Our buddies over at Curbed just received word that things are getting zany at Market and Montgomery, gangland territory for the messenger community. In yet another of moment of annoying and effective-free protest
misc But When is Spinster Appreciation Day? Anyway, next Sunday (the 13th) will see a bunch of museums and attractions offering free admission for kids who can prove that they live in SF. Some are pretty cool (the Musee Mechanique,
misc BART Sets New Holiday Record Via Noisy Children Compared to the same time last year, this week BART saw a 20% jump in riders traveling to SFO during the Christmas week. How was this done? Well, according to reports, the dramatic
misc Family <Strike>Missing</strike> Found! In The Sierras Can you believe it's been a year since James Kim died in the Oregon mountains? We're very sorry to pass along the news that another Northern California family is missing in what we're
