SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Man Dies While Fixing Supper Yet another to skip the sauteing and hit the Salt House, CHOW's Joyce Slaton has word that an Anderson, South Carolina man died this week after he stabbed himself while cooking. According to
SF News Gary Gygax, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Dies Laughing Squid broke the news that game designer Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (1974)/co-founder of Tactical Studies Rules, died today at the ripe age of 69. According to LS, his
misc Photo du Jour 65 Since we'd hate to give this year's most alarmist story its own post, for fear the pandemonium will spread, we'll just stick up a nifty little shot of a python and tell you
SF News Double Equine Death Result of Collision, Not Foul Play The death of two horses found at a Solano County ranch last Saturday has been ruled accidental. It seems that they "died after they collided, breaking their spinal cords," and not because of
SF News Concrete Slab Slays South SF Construction Worker 50-year-old Chiu Chun Wong of San Lorenzo was killed yesterday after a 15-ton section of concrete came toppling down on him. Ouch. According to the Gate, the fatal workplace incident occurred at "J.
misc Bay Area Bands Head to Coachella 2008 We instantly checked to see who was "headlining" the event and the six biggest names are: Jack Johnson, the Verve, Raconteurs, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Roger Waters, Love and Rockets and
misc Murderous N Judah Streecar Drags, Kills Pedestrian N Judah Chronicles' Greg Dewar will not be pleased. And neither will the rest of you. Just weeks after colliding with a 90-year-old woman on the corner of 9th Avenue and Irving Street,
misc SFist Tonight Information Society: Remember these guys? No? How about now? They perform along with Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Spellbound (a Siouxsie tribute band), DJs Decay (Death Guild), Shindog (New Wave City), and Callum McGowan (Retrowerks)
SF News Mavericks Goes Long There was no sign of Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerard in the waves off Pillar Point on Saturday, but 24 of the world's ballsiest surfers were there to test their
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Endgame --Resignation is irrevocable --Ed cannot hold office in SF for 5 years. (Is Burlingame city council still up for grabs, though?) --No admission of guilt by Ed (so will this come in for
misc Day Around the Bay Wee: Yellow Cab slip 'n' slide. [WhatImSeeing] The Glas Kat returns this week! (Death Guild fans of Walnut Creek the Bay Area, rejoice!) [Eater] Kill 'em with kindness. [BeyondChron] Novelists are smarter than
misc The Year in Albums: Looking Forward to 2008 A few of our favorite seasoned artists will release new works, along with new talent on the horizon that we're impatiently anticipating (even some local bands!), so check them out: 1. Sia, Some
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 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,
SF News From 100 To 97 Well, the bad news is still that we've hit a 12 year high for homicides in the City and County of San Francisco, with two weeks left to go in the year. On
SF News Congrats, Now Your Lives Are Over, Too! Convictions In Iko's Murder. Two brothers and a friend (ages 16, 15, and 13) were convicted in juvenile court today of first-degree murder. While neither of the three rapscallions was the actual shooter, they were found guilty
SF News Have You Seen This "Person of Interest?" Well, have you? (And just what's on his hoodie?) The owner of this visage is wanted for questioning related to the shooting death of Jose Rivas, 20, of Antioch. His bullet-riddled body was
SF News Tina Turner's Abuser/Rapist/Svengali Dies at 76 Well, holy hell. Ike Turner died today. The rock et roll pioneer and hardcore curmudgeon died today in San Marcos, San Diego. He made a name for himself after discovering a young Tina
SF News How Dry I Am: Three Bay Area Cities Some of the Most Shitfaced Congratulations, Oakland (29th), Fremont (32nd), and San Francisco (34th) -- you made it on the top 50 drunkest cities in the U.S. list. At least, according to the December issue of the
SF News Monster Fall at Monster Park Egads. A man fell to his death yesterday at Monster Park after falling 20 feet from the upper concourse area of the stadium to the concrete mezzanine below. Scary. And sad. According to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Entree Is Dead; Long Live the Hors D'oeuvre Three square meals a day is finished. Heartiness plunged to its death from the Golden Gate Bridge. The entree, sadly, is dead. At least according Kim Severson of the New York Times it
SF News Another Train Hits Another Man On Another Cell Similar to the fatal accident that happened in November, another pedestrian -- engrossed in a phone call, ignorant as to what was happening around him -- was stuck and killed by a train
misc Harvey Milk Mural at 575 Castro Given's owner, Nick Romero, commissioned this mural for his store to memorialize the slain city supervisor. (Other than a sidewalk plaque in front of the store, that wasn't much to let customers or
SF News Update: Fatal Bay Bridge Accident Inconveniences Westbound Traffic Update: all lanes are now open. It seems that "a box truck, from a business called 'Diet to Go'...drove directly into the back of the big rig," killing the box truck driver.
SF News Port of Oakland Death Non-union member Edward Hall, 47, was crushed to death by a tractor-trailer at the Port of Oakland. It seems that a driver (accidentally) backed into Hall last night as he was working. This
