SF News Bikes 1, Cars 0 The "Healthy Park's Initiative" (that title polled much better than "Traffic Congestion Saturday!") now goes before Gavin who gave this definitive response: "There's a chance of a veto. There's a chance I support
Arts & Entertainment Bedbugs, Bedbugs, Whatcha Gonna Do? But by the morning of the 27th, my arms, legs and other parts of my body were full of bug bites (I took some pictures of the bites). As I was sitting on
misc SFist Raves: Ranch 99 Fry Your Own Fish Our vegan co-editor and labor-activist editor-at-large are going to kill us, and snide food snobs are already saying, "It's ," but our parents call it Ranch 99 (like our relatives call it King Burger)
SF News Happy May Day It warms our red hearts to see workers marching here at home and around the world on International Workers' Day, otherwise known as May Day. Protests and demonstrations happened from Berlin to Indonesia,
SF News It's a Municipal Horn of Plenty If it's the Board of Supes you're looking to subscribe to, you've got to navigate through "Video on Demand" (even if you're seeking audio, not video), then click "Board of Supervisors," and then
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the East Bay Express: Vote for SFist in the EBX Readers' Poll! We love the chicken holding a sword with its foot in this week's Dream Comic. A company that
misc Win Passes To <i>One Last Thing</i>! On the face of it, this premise is a debatable one, but since we haven't seen the movie we're not going to (publicly) comment further. Far be it for our misgivings to stand
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Lower City</i> We were thankful that our friend, a native of Salvador, Brazil, quickly agreed to see "Lower City" with us. We never doubted the raw beauty of her hometown, and the film confirmed what
misc SFist Cares ... About Winning Volunteers This week, rock dwellers, is National Volunteer Week and to help celebrate it, and encourage people to keep or start volunteering The Volunteer Center is holding a contest. The winner of this content
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF Opening Night: <i>Perhaps Love</i> Such was our feeling at last night's opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival, which kicked off with the North American premiere of . The marathon began with San Francisco Film Society Executive
SF News San Francisco is Being Invaded! You may have already noticied the surprising tactical move to seize local public transportation, or the advance battalions who've landed on the Embarcadero, sending skirmishers down Market street. Word is that their supported
SF News Beer And Movies Eventually At The Red Vic The Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi-penned ordinance goes into effect immediately, but the Red Vic still had several hurdles to leap. We spoke to the Red Vic's Martha Beck, to see if we could be
misc SFist Cares ... About Girls, Girls, Girls Why do we love them? It's right there on the home page: Their mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. That's frickin' awesome! Kids need all the help
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Al's Diner So Ame, the somewhat new restaurant in the Home of Al Gore, aka. the St Regis hotel, looks like a wet otter, with a see-through wooden partition with wavy patterns that they went
SF News Set Your Alarm For 5:12 A.M. We're just trying to spare you some panic tomorrow morning, folks -- if you hear bells and sirens at 5:12 a.m., no need to wonder about the cosmic coincidence of an
SF News Fight For Your Right To Party Party One of our readers just forwarded along an email announcing the creation of a new political animal in town -- not the Green Party, not the Democratic Party (and the press release seems
SF News Your Commute: (408) 850-6125 Caltrain service is delayed in both directions this morning after a suicidal man jumped in front of a northbound train at Mountain View around 7:15 a.m. today. As of around 9:
SF News EarthLink and Google Alliance Wins The San Francisco WiFi Race Next up: EarthLink and (less prominently) Google will begin contract negotiations with San Francisco. It's too soon to tell what the end result will be (unless you're Kimo Crossman, who hasn't been that
Arts & Entertainment SF Rising, Part Two Thanks for sending in more earthquake-related events, guys! There's so many that we're doing another post of upcoming events! Keep 'em coming in and we'll keep posting them. Don't forget, the big anniversary
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Rising One hundred years ago this month, San Francisco survived an earthquake. You may have heard of it. Well, despite the odds (and the sky-high earthquake insurance rates), people keep moving here, and San
SF News Only Happy When It Rains Well, at least Shirley Manson from Garbage is happy: it's still raining and we've got more rain predicted, off and on, for the next two weeks. Thanks to the persistent rain, newscasters have
SF News Asian-American Democrats Have The Power Saturday, Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and about 400 Democratic Asian American party activists and officials filled the halls of the San Jose Marriott to attend the Asian American and Pacific Islander Democratic
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Norooz Mobarak The Iranian New Year is traditionally celebrated on the vernal equinox, which was this Monday. San Francisco, though, always fashionably late, is throwing its Norooz party tonight at City Hall. Iranian-American Ross Mirkarimi
SF News Your Commute: On The Bright Side, No Bomb Threats (Yet) Commuters cannot get a break -- it's enough to make you answer those ads you see tacked up on telephone poles, "earn money while working at home." Today's traffic woes included a fatal
