misc Bomb Scare at Bayer Building in Berkeley Berkeley police responded to a menacing looking suitcase sitting in front of a Bayer AG-owned building on Seventh Street between Dwight and Parker. Jackson West informs us that said drug company has
misc Crack Monkey This ancient picture (1999!) of this contributor blasting a wallie off this sketchy bump-to-wall was taken on 15th Street, between Mission and South Van Ness. He was 20-years-old at
SF News Genentech Goes Roche? South San Francisco biotechnology company Genentech, makers of some of the world's most boring prescription drugs ever (e.g., supplementary growth hormones Protropin and Nutropin, clot-busting pill TNKase, non-Hodgkins
misc Where Have All the Crackheads Gone? Yesterday we mentioned how we often see lots of crack being smoked in the boarded-up window across the street from our Tendernob window. But after thinking about it some, we realized we
misc Photo du Jour 163 SFist James caught a crack smoking couple over on Stevenson Street (near Market) this morning. Aw.
misc And So It Begins Aside from Juanita More's party at Bambuddha Lounge, the Frameline Film Fest, KRON4 fag hag Jan Wahl's coverage of the parade, the meth cloud that will hover above Beck&
SF News Bay to Breakers Race Course Liquor Store Locator By Joe Kukura Our Bay to Breakers coverage – which kicked off this morning in a post so drunk and confused it had to be deleted – continues without shame as we direct you to
misc Tweaked Anti-Meth Campaign Posters Gay men and uppers go together like peanut butter and chocolate. It's just the way God wanted it. But that hasn't stopped Joel Schumacher's "I Lost
Arts & Entertainment SF Cannabis Awareness Day This Saturday We had no idea. In addition to the How Weird Street Faire, happening this Saturday from 11:11 a.m. to 5:55 p.m., and the Inline Skating Marathon (for reals?), which
SF News RIP: Father of LSD, Albert Hofmann Speaking of Santa Cruz, the inventor of LSD, Albert Hofmann, died on Tuesday at his Switzerland home. He was a ripe 102. The Swiss chemist happened upon lysergic acid diethylamide-25 way back
SF News Missing Santa Cruz Teen Found "Gorked" Young whippersnapper, Santa Cruz resident 18-year-old Matthew Rosenberg, called his mom on Monday to tell her he had "tripped, broke his leg and was lost" in the Santa Cruz
SF News Buzz-Killing UCSC Officials Puts the Kibosh on 4/20 Perhaps due to the many squares of acid or complete the lack of sex, we don't remember UC Santa Cruz demigods coming down so hard on 4/20. But SFBG'
Arts & Entertainment Have Your Virginity Taken From You at Tomorrow's Queer Prom Gay mafia don, Marke B., has word that the Powerblouse (TM 71Miles) is hosting a prom night for all of you homosexuals who weren't able to attend your senior prom. The
SF News Fruit-Flavor Infusions Makes Cocaine Even Livelier As if cucumber- and celery-infused vodkas haven't rocked your world enough, the latest trend in intoxication is fruit-flavored blow. The DEA has come across loads of the sweet treat,
SF News Favorite Story of 2008 So Far Boing Boing's wonderful things camp up with this beauty. Antonio Patrinostro, 43, was busted by cops last week after "ramming three cars and causing minor injuries" while driving up
SF News We Lost Sonoma County to Meth, Drug Bust Biggest In Years What's brilliant about Wine Country is that it's secretly a methamphatimine-making hot spot. No amount of police presence and Fume Blanc tastings will change that fact. Take, for
misc I Lost Me--and Faith In Drug Awareness Campaigns--to Meth Speaking of methamphetamines, the above campaign unleashed the typical brouhaha in the bent community: to chastise or not to chastise speed users? This most recent ad campaign--a four-month media blitz produced
SF News Colored Crack Lightens Up the Holidays Asked by TSG if he had ever seen drugs marketed in such a fashion, Mincks said that several years ago some dealers used food coloring to dye their crack red during the Christmas
SF News Breaking News: <i>Gilligan's Island</i>'s Mary-Ann Sentenced for Pot Possession Actress Dawn Wells -- i.e., Mary-Ann from Gilligan's Island -- was busted for smoking the doob, it seems. The Associated Press has the harrowing, mary jane-fueled details: On Oct. 18,
SF News Make It Work, Bonds Judge Tells Prosecutors Today a federal judge told the prosecutors to "re-craft its perjury case against Barry Bonds." The judge on the Bonds case, Susan Illston, claims that they "improperly lumped multiple
SF News Huge Bay Area Meth Ring Bust Your weekend just got a little sleepier. Ten locations, including two in San Francisco, were busted today in connection with a methamphetamine distribution setup that went from San Francisco and the Bay Area
misc Breaking News: Baseball is Full of Effing Cheaters Former Senate Majority Leader (and current Boston Red Sox director) George Mitchell just announced the results of his 20-month, $20 million investigation into allegations of widespread steroid usage in baseball. The long-
SF News Migden's Gal Pal Is Also Bonds’ Shark Carole Migden's girlfriend (OK then, "wife?" We refuse to use the sterile and patronizing "partner") Cris Arguedas, it seems, now must deal with yet another San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 06 It's like two SFist Finds in one day, isn't it? Lucky you. And you all have been so clever and creative with the images you tag "SFist"