SF News Jury to Scott: Murderer! The verdict is in, and it doesn't look good for Scott Peterson. He probably should have left for Mexico while he still had a chance (granted, the cops had been tracking his car
SF News Proposition It II - Election Boogaloo As Lionel Richie would say “Karamu, fiesta, forever/Come on and sing along." Proposition 63- Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes Above $1 Million. This measure basically calls for funding
SF News Jay and Silent Bob in Hayward Snootchie bootchies! This scenario playing out in Hayward is so Kevin Smith, you'd think we lived in New Jersey. So this 18-year old (let's call him Jay) and his quiet 17-year old buddy
Arts & Entertainment Grand Theft Auto Stolen Well, we have some interesting developments regarding the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Seems the game has been leaked and is now all over the internet. That's right - rather
SF News Sausage King Could Cook Stuart Alexander has been convicted of three counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted murder and the special circumstances of public employees on the job and a multiple homicide. Whew. You
SF News And They're Out of the Fajitagate! If you've been living under a rock for the last year, then you'll have no idea what we're talking about. But then we had enough trouble getting DSL in our home, so it
SF News Wild Kingdom So it turns out that one of the main draws of the Almaden Valley subdivisions in San Jose are their proximity to beautiful nature -- squirrels, birds, deer, and every now and then,
Arts & Entertainment While You're At It, You Can Pay Your Late Fees Too For those of you who love the antiquarian hunt, there's also a separate section for the "Best of Book Bay," with rare and unusual books (between $20 and $250), including the first ever
SF News Calling All Libertarians SFist loves the healthy California lifestyle like anyone else. We love being outdoors, eating healthy foods, getting our exercise. But we also love drinking and smoking. Is that a crime? That seems to
SF News Warrant Issued in Murder of Timothy Griffith The San Francisco Police Department has issued a warrant for the arrest of Rafael Antonio Cuevas, who is suspected of being the man who murdered Timothy Griffith after the Giants game on Friday,
SF News Get Some Balls [] The big news in San Francisco over the weekend was, of course, Barry hitting home run #700. Oh, and the Giants are still up by a half game in the pennant race, but
SF News Giants Fan Killed In all the (justified) glory for Barry Bonds hitting the big seven-oh-oh, there's some sad stories as well. A Giants fan was killed after the Giants beat the Padres on Friday night, in
SF News Gettin Jiggy With It While drinking some beer and reading some of our favorite blogs, we stumbled across this Reuters item linked to from The Wit and Wisdom of Martin Van Buren, who generally has the ability
SF News Hello Officer! It looks like San Francisco middle schools will be getting more full-time armed campus cops, courtesy of a $4 million federal grant awarded to SF last week. This Department of Justice grant would
SF News Postpartum Depression Wow, here's an extremely sad story with which to start your week. A new mother in West Oakland, apparently suffering from postpartum psychosis, went into a bedroom with her 3-month-old, sealed off the
SF News Sausage King on Trial SFist's coworker spent weeks in Oakland's jury pool waiting to find out if he would have to serve on a jury for five months. He couldn't talk about the case until he finally
SF News Your Commute/SFist Blotter Growing increasingly worried about safety, the union representing MUNI bus drivers have requested that the SFPD provide them with a dedicated police force. MUNI currently has 1 sergeant and 10 officers assigned to
Arts & Entertainment Indie Jones 12 years and 6487 albums after making a seminal appearance on MTV's "Sex in the 90s," Lou Barlow, performing as Sebadoh, returns to San Francisco for a night of indie rocking at Bottom
SF News Love and Human Remains Many of SFist's friends - and some of us at SFist ourselves, have been known to complain about the paucity of eligible straight men in the Bay Area. So we're sad to say
misc Bless the Beasts and the Children SFist is going to take a bold stance and say that we feel cruelty to animals is wrong. And ever since reading Watership Down as a child, we have felt a special afinity
