SF News Sewage Spill Dumps 2.7 Million Gallons Into the Bay After an alert system SNAFU failed to notify workers at a Marin County treatment facility about a sewage overflow on Thursday night, the San Francisco Bay is now the proud recipient of 2.
Arts & Entertainment New Global Monopoly Game Leaves Its Heart Elsewhere Though this may amuse a smattering of transplants who neither want this city to grow nor evolve into the world-class city it secretly is, a new global Monopoly board is coming and San
misc Week Around the -Ists Gothamist went to the scene of the Trump Soho construction collapse, which left one construction worker dead and others injured (an indirect culprit - Manhattan's hot real estate market, causing rushed construction jobs)
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that "godless," "atheist," and "commie"
SF News Norman Hsu Gets Three Years In the Slammer Denied. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu - who helped raised cash for Mayor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Fiona Ma, Hillary Clinton, and the victorious Barack Obama - was sentenced to three years in prison
misc Tom Lantos Stepping Down Lantos, who turns 80 this year, is a Holocaust survivor, chairs the House Committee on Foreign Relations (that's gotta be an interesting gig), recently attacked Yahoo for releasing user names to China, and
SF News SF Zoo to Remain Closed Tomorrow, December 27 Just like the headline says, folks. The SF Zoo will stay shut tomorrow, Thursday, December 27. (And we promise you some tiger-free news shortly. We've run this so far into the ground, it's
misc SFist Photo: The Cosco Busan Hits the Road In the words of SFGate.com, Drive Safely, Cosco Busan. Update: So far, so good. The Coast Guard shows us footage of the cruise out of the bay here.
Arts & Entertainment Don't Forget to Vote in the <i>Bye Bye Busan</i>® Contest! Today is your last chance to enter the contest by submitting a comment with your guess of the date and time the Cosco Busan will eventually sail through the uprights of the Golden
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Straight Hardball Goodbye, Ed Jew's attorney Steven Gruel! The revolving door that is beleaguered former District 4 Supervisor Ed Jew's legal team spins once again, depositing the pugnacious Mr. Gruel on the street and leaving
SF News Cosco Busan Vessel "Arrested" Audet & Partners, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of commercial fishers and crab-based (?) businesses in San Francisco on November 20. Today on their site they claim the following, "Breaking News:
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Oh dead God: "Hearts in San Francisco" returns. Sweet cuddly baby Jesus, help us all. [Curbed SF] -- Prop A passed. And? [BeyondChron] -- Siamese Conjoined twins separated. Pft. Please. Wake us
SF News Ew: 58,000 Gallons of Spilled Fuel Close SF Beaches After yesterday's fog-induced Cosco Busan/Bay Bridge crash -- resulting in 58,000 gallons of fuel and 8,000 gallons of "heavy-duty bunker fuel oil" spilling into the Bay -- Baker Beach, Crissy
SF News Yahoo to Jailed Journalist's Mom: "Um, Sorry" House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos threw down some serious shade today. "While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are pygmies," he cried, shaming two senior Yahoo officials. Why? Because
Arts & Entertainment Aliza Cohen's <em>Bundles & Passages</em> After living in Shanghai for several years, 27-year-old Bay Area artist Aliza Cohen returns home to boast her new series, Bundles & Passages, featuring work that reflects her feelings of time-honored culture shock
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Say G'Bye to All These Phone Chargers But that will change soon. Our corporate overlords have teamed up with the government of China to standardize cell phone chargers. Say hello to your little friend - it's called micro-USB. Cho kawaii!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Fall TV Premieres Tonight The only premiere tonight is yet another season of "Survivor," and this time it's "Survivor: China," which is kind of cool, we guess, although we always seem to prefer the seasons that are
Arts & Entertainment Industry And Horror At The Movies Did you love and its idyllic aesthetic view of the world? Well, take that and give it a twist of despair -- famous art photographer Edward Burtynsky went to China to take some
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Nan Kempner's Closet at the de Young [Update: Gentle readers may wish not to click over to SFMIKE's Civic Center Blog for his take. Next time, tell us how you really feel, Mike! And take a video tour of the
SF News Cathay Pacific's 7 Hour Delay Passengers reported there was no food or water and no information about the delay, while Cathay Pacific claimed everyone was happy and sleeping like lambs. They did let some folks off at around
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Drop by Books Inc in the Castro for a reading with local author Dr. William Lipsky from his book, Gay and Lesbian San Francisco. 7:30pm, 2275 Market St. Planning a vacation to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today --The heart of rock and roll is still beatin' -- at Stern Grove this afternoon. It's HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS!!!! The free show starts at 2, but we assume folks'll be lining
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Leaving Work Early First of all, a big sloppy THANKS! to SFist MattyMatt for yesterday evening's Oh No Ed Jew news update! We were out. So what's the latest on Tapioca Ed for today? Well, he
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Two Houses Thank goodness the Chron got those pieces translated! The Chinese newspaper Sing Tao reported that the Sunset house appeared "sparsely decorated and furnished." On Monday, when the Chron drove by the Sunset house
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Guess Who's Back? It's time for fun again! ABC 7 is reporting that District 4 Supervisor Ed Jew is back from his trip to China. Is he staying in Burlingame or District 4 tonight? To recap
