SF News Steriods: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally We do have to admit to being slightly thrilled that the one big fish in a stream of chum, Roger Clemens, got busted. His career just reeked of steroids and while Barry got
SF News SFist Blotter -- In the 3600 block of Waterbury Court way down in San Jose last night, a double shooting left one man critically injured and another man dead. According to CBS 5, "no arrests
Arts & Entertainment This Just In: Fall Out Boy's Van Not Invisible It looks like one of San Jose's most trusty traffic cops was also in a giving mood. The Invisible Children van got a parking ticket. They were parked illegally (see the red curb
Arts & Entertainment Boitano! + Manilow! = $27 in Convenience Fees :( But after you make the call or go online for tickets, you're hit with -something dollars in total fees. Is that a lot? Details after the jump. thirty
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Memorial Concert & Candlelight March Even though we're too vile to appear on screen in a film about his life, legacy, and popper sniffing -- no, we will not let it go, but thank you for asking --
SF News Pizza Delivery Gone Wrong What makes the story even sadder is that the deliveryman was a 38-year-old immigrant named Thanh Thach who became a U.S. citizen last September and leaves two children. He was working two
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Welcome back, little piggies, from your night of binge eating and sipping. (That is, if you were fortunate enough to do so.) Why not get up, out, and about tonight to work off
SF News Leno vs. Migden: the Aftermath Although we were much too busy with failed attempts at bit-part stardom to care about our civic duty this weekend -- a mistake we'll never make again -- we have read some interesting
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco International Animation Festival In a city littered with film festivals, few of them stand out. This is one of them. Starting this Thursday (11/6), the San Francisco International Animation Festival will sample a wide array
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Cabaret for Humanity: Cabaret isn't just about getting drunk while telling self-centered stories about your life. Sometimes they give back. One of the city's best venues is getting all benefitt-y on our
misc Week Around the -Ists This past week, Phillyist got a little naughty, snapped a few pictures of Bigfoot (or maybe it was just a skinny bear...), and sized up the Sixers (the short version? Maybe next year)
SF News BART Supervisors Oppose Newsom's War on Halloween Well, this is interesting. Today we received a (rightfully) irritated press release from Tom Radulovich, District 9 BART Director (co-signed by Chris Daly). It seems that he wasn't involved in the decision to
SF News Gap Kids: Made for Kids, by Kids As if Don Fisher doesn't have enough on his hands, now this: in addition to environmental carelessness and No-on-A-isms, the Gap founder can now add human right violations and child labor abuse to
SF News Two Bombs Found in SJ, Fremont Good Lord, people. It seems that we had not one, but two bomb scares yesterday. First, bomb no. 1: after stopping a car for a routine traffic violation in San Jose, police found
SF News Pete Stark Apologizes to Bush We sure are remorseful these days. First, Archbishop George Niederauer offered his mea culpa to the Catholic Church for giving Communion to the Sisters. Now Stark is getting in on it. After House
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Plumpjack caves in to Lights Out SF. [CurbedSF] -- Oh snap! "...if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Guide to this Weekend As previously noted, one of the best weekend guides in the city is produced by Muni and sent out exclusively to the press. (The PresidiGo, meanwhile, extends that courtesy to its riders.) So,
Arts & Entertainment Win a Pair of Tickets to See <em>Thin Air</em> ODC Theater welcomes Guggenheim Fellow Donna Uchizono and her New York-based dance company with its west coast debut,Thin Air. Hailed by the almighty New York Times as "brilliantly imaginative," Uchizono draws inspiration
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
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Tastes of the City: Help raise money for the George Mark Children's House in San Leandro by attending this culinary bash. Young and "philanthropic-minded" guys and gals meet and mingle while binge
SF News Smoking Ban: Belmont Wants Some Attention This seems a bit extreme. Getting fined inside of your own home. Then again, so is murdering God's innocent children with your vile second-hand smoke, right? RIGHT?
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #4 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. The Kin - Rise and Fall: The Kin, comprised of Australian brothers Issac and Thorry Koren, delivers
Arts & Entertainment It's Hard not to be Well-Dressed When Surrounded by Men in Leatherpig Outfits We were alerted to an alternative-alternative picnic happening at the Folsom Street Fair via the Finch Mob, a terrifying local gang of drug addicts. Apparently some folks are going to dress up , and
SF News Maria Shriver Visits the Tenderloin For Family Day Destination Turk Street in the TL, our First Lady Maria Shriver is coming to town to celebrate Family Day ("a day to eat dinner with your children"), and in part for "It About
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Fall TV Premieres Tonight Abandoned kids, wannabe models, sitcom groaners, socialite teens, and a screaming Brit. It must be Wednesday! Firstly, we have CBS's "Kid Nation," at 8 p.m., in which a bunch of kids are
