misc Tiger Beat: Dennis Herrera vs. Mark Geragos -- It's On! What useful information could these cellies contain? Contact numbers and pictures, maybe? It seems like a fair idea that representatives from the office of Mark Geragos (a Fox News Loser of the Week!
misc Here Comes the Rain Again While not on par with Christmas Day tsunamis, this storm is pretty nifty, huh? Golden Gate transit buses have stopped, power has been knocked out to hundreds -- yes, hundreds! - of thousands
misc Tiger Attack Update: Witness Account Says She Saw Taunting, Teasing Damn. Ing. An eyewitness has stepped forward, giving her account of what she supposedly saw on Christmas Day at the SF Zoo. Jennifer Miller, who visited the now infamous park with her husband
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items
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
SF News Emergency 911 Tapes of SF Zoo Tiger Attacks Released Less than a week after the fatal tiger mauling at the SF Zoo, much of the news that has (slowly) unraveled from the Christmas Day tiger attacks has been disheartening. From the downplayed
SF News SF Zoo Emergency Procedures Not Followed, Says the Chron Uh oh. According to the cats over at the Chron, an "18-page 'Emergency Procedures' manual, written in 2006, spells out what zookeepers, guards and even the receptionist in the main office are supposed
SF News San Francisco Zoo Tiger Tatiana, the Feline Polygraph It has been revealed that the uncooperative, tiger-mauled Dhaliwal brothers received a phone call from Carlos Sousa Sr. on Christmas Day when Carlos Jr. failed to show up for Christmas dinner. The father
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
SF News John Doe 116: SF Zoo Tiger Attack Victim 17-Years-Old Update: The murdered teen has been identified as Carlos Sousa, Jr. As the investigation continues into Christmas Day's gruesome tiger attack at the SF Zoo, it turns out that the guy killed by
misc SFist Tonight Oakland Interfaith Gospel Ensemble: This awe-inspiring gospel ensemble from "the other side of the Bay," noted for its "interfaith, multi-racial, and multi-cultural" makeup -- will get you in the mood. The Christmas-y mood,
misc See Joe Alioto Veronese. See Joe Run. Run, Joe, Run He hasn't gotten the attention that a few others in the race have, but that will probably change soon for 2008 and beyond. So, see Joe Alioto Veronese here.
misc SFist Tonight -- Unsilent Night: New York-based composer Phil Kline’s holiday concert creates "an outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes. It’s like a Christmas caroling party except that [you]
misc SFist Photo: Christmas Decorations We saw this house the other day while running in Noe Valley, so it seemed appropriate to go back today and snap a photo. The decorations are on a scaffold next to the
misc OMG, You Love Him! Or Do You? We just think it's funny that the top-selling album of the year is a Christmas album. A Christmas album?! How can it be the top-selling CD when you only listen to it for
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. SF Dish, where AMEX cardmembers can dish about restaurants. Stylized Sculpture, at the Asian Art Museum. Hoovers, where you
Arts & Entertainment What's Your Favorite Christmas Movie Scene? We've watched Meet Me in St. Louis every Christmas Eve for the past million years. Perhaps an obvious choice, but nonetheless, Judy Garland's heart-wrenching version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas reduces
misc SFist Tonight -- Colors of Christmas: Oh yeah. You know you want to hear this KOIT-ish night of soulful holiday tunes live at Davies, right? Well, we sure do. Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, Ben Vereen,
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
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kenneth Ryan Kenneth Ryan, Prop Master of the San Francisco Ballet has undergone and SFist interview below. As a San Francisco native he’s got all kinds of good tips about the city. As someone
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV So, on the previous episode of "Project Runway" we lost our last local, Chris March, when he created a "shoulder pads"-inspired jacket that would have made Joan Crawford cry. We were on
misc Week Around the -Ists A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 12 Granted, Gap, Inc. will one day tenderize, marinated, season, sear, let rest, carve, and then eat your first born -- that is, if they are in fact as diabolical as we're led to
Arts & Entertainment Is This A Holiday Tree, Or is It A Winter Tree? Here are the rules for the inside of City Hall, per Messrs. Matier and Ross: "First up, let's get the name right: It's not Christmas, it's either the "holiday season" or the "winter
