misc Video: SF LovEvolution Muni Train Hijacked By Teens Adam Jackson shot the above video that shows scores and scores of youthful types heading to Saturday's SF LovEvolution/Love Parade bash at Civic Center. We don't know how they crammed their lithe
SF News Bunch of Blood on Civic Center BART Platform Though small bits of blood on the ground are not a rare sight in the Civic Center/Tenderloin environs, we felt we should mention a not-insignificant amount of spilled plasma being mopped up
misc Man Describes "Nightmare" of Living at Civic Center Hotel ca. 1979 This man, whose name we believe is Bob, grew up in Vallejo and moved to San Francisco in 1979 to pursue his dreams of being a postal clerk and (possibly) becoming a liberated
SF News Photos: State Budget Cut Protest Leads to 17 Arrests So many protests causing a ruckus at Civic Center / City Hall these days, it's an embarrassment of riches, photo-wise. Today, we present to you Steve Rhodes' choice set of images shot at yesterday's
misc Photo du Jour 432 Scene from yesterday's budget rally to, like, help save public health. Read more about it over at SFBG.
SF News Prop 8 Forum at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Tonight Speaking of Prop 8, there will be a public forum tonight at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. If the mood should strike, you can attend to make your feelings heard on gay marriage and
SF News Scenes from this Morning's Civic Center Simulcast of the Inauguration SFist's Jonathan Hunt is live at Civic Center this morning where hundreds thousands have gathered to watch the Inauguration live.
SF News Non-Terror Wreaks Non-Havoc at Civic Center BART Protest Remember how there was supposed to be a protest cum riot at Civic Center tonight? "The kids in Oakland know how to party. Let's show them they are not alone," they puffed chest-ily
SF News School of the Arts to Move to Civic Center? School of the Arts (SOTA) might make the move from carefree-but-boring Twin Peaks to the gritty-yet-colorful Civic Center hood. The public performing-arts school, which bases student admission via auditions, needs $60 million to
SF News Anyone Else Heard That "Big Noise" at Civic Center? "Big noise at Civic Center 50 seconds ago," we were told at 9:54 a.m. this morning. "Sounded like a building falling down for about 4 seconds." Egads, anyone else hear this?
SF News Market Street Murder A man was stabbed to death early this morning on Market Street during a fight. On the 1200 block of Market (at Eighth Street), the unidentified male murder victim was discovered at around
SF News Muni Disability Disruption Delay SFist James sends us this photo, care of Matt Bellinger, of some packed albeit controversial Muni action that happened this afternoon during rush hour. Wheelchair man, it seems, demanded to get on per
SF News Scene from a Civic Center Station Muni Platform Taken at the Civic Center station, this (bloodied) gentleman came off an inbound train early this morning and collapsed. Anyone know what happened? Is he OK? Poor guy.
SF News "There's Supposedly A Bomb Threat..." What a soothing thing for a Muni bus driver to announce. What are we talking about? This: Civic Center Blog has a first-hand account a benign bomb threat that happened Wednesday at--where else?
misc MTA director Nat Ford is ebullient as he announces the launch of CatBus service Source: the ever-brilliant Jim Herd at the Anime Costume Parade.
SF News Homeless Memorial Plaques Matier & Ross were all over this nugget of news today: bronze plaques will be placed in locations where the city's homeless have died. The "memorials" will be placed in Chris Daly and
misc Have a Happy Year of the Rat -- Tết Festival in Little Saigon As far as the trend of naming smaller neighborhoods in San Francisco goes, Little Saigon (sandwiched between Civic Center and the Tenderloin) sounds pretty good. Anyway, it's a lot better than the name
misc Remember: BART Gives Away Free Fair Trade Coffee Tomorrow Tomorrow is BART Rider Appreciation / Thank You Day, and you, dear BART riders, will reap the benefits. The people at TransFair USA will give away 50,000 coupons for a shot of fair
misc Come Help BART Give Away Free Fair Trade Coffee! Mark your calendar: January 31, 6:00 to 9:00 AM, at the more stations, like Embarcadero, Powell, Montgomery, and Civic Center, and maybe even a station in Oakland and Berkeley. Bene. Molto
misc Day Around the Bay -- Those rectangular glassy lofts on Folsom and Fourth Streets are, in fact, award-winning rectangular glassy lofts. Also, love the windows. [Curbed] -- What to do in SF when it pours. [Gridskipper] --
misc Homeless Death Memorial We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event: Tomorrow night the annual Homeless Death Memorial March takes place. A Day of the Dead,
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
Arts & Entertainment Butterfly 2.0 The current run of Madama Butterfly had deja vu written all over it again: same set; same soprano; Patricia Racette in the role of Cio-cio-san, the Japanese wife betrayed by the American officer;
