Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews... She Wants Revenge Judging by the audiences' volatile reactions, She Wants Revenge did everything in their power to give the audience what they wanted: a spectacle (with some music). About half-way through their hour and a
SF News 3.7 Aftershock Wendy Tokuda looked mighty concerned and had the gall to interrupt Judge Judy just now, so: A 3.7 aftershock in San Jose just shook the ground of Silicon Valley. According to our
SF News Where Was SFist During the Great Quake of '07 Readers responded with light speed and razor-sharp accuracy (more or less) when it came to detailing last night's devastating -- body-wash-plummeting-to-the-earth devastating! -- 5.6 quake. We will all look back on October
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Back in the News Thanks to a 5.6 earthquake and tonight's "Will there be a Halloween in the Castro or not?" question plaguing the minds of locals and bridge and tunnelers alike, San Francisco is back
SF News Your Earthquake Review Either under the table for protection or hiding from someone sporting a fiendish fannypack-khakis combo, Catherine Kilkenny of San Jose's Willow Glen looks scared as all hell, doesn't she? Many people were. Last
SF News Whew, That Was Fun 9:30 Update: Things seem to be settling down. We're going to move the bulk of this post behind a jump. The only really big news at the moment is that there's a
SF News Oh These Little Earthquakes "A deep and powerful earthquake beneath the Pacific in the Northern Mariana Islands" sent waves a rollin', reaching as far as Emeryville today with a total score of somewhere between 3.8 to
SF News Happy Birfday BART Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the
SF News Another Earthquake! As we only learned from reading the comments on our whiny post about the weather, there was just an earthquake in Berkeley about 30 minutes ago. It was a 3.0, centered near
SF News Lunar Eclipse Of The Heart It's a day of relatively-unusual natural phenomena -- first the earthquake this morning and then, less than 24 hours later, there's going to be a total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse
SF News Shaking This Morning Earthquake! There was a small (2.4) quake centered in southeast Berkeley this morning at 3:13 a.m. No reports of injuries or damage, and, as you can tell from the light
misc Wow, a Whole $100,000. Gracias, America! We can only hope that every single news outlet has printed a typo when reporting the amount of cash the United States is sending Peru, which is still experiencing severe aftershocks. As the
SF News Day Around the Bay -- 8.8-foot-long Smart Fortwo cars in SF. Squash. [Chron] -- No surprise: Gap Inc. sales suck. (Hint: Burn all billboards promoting horizontal pastels.) [Examiner] -- Hayward murder-suicide.[Chron] -- Barry Bonds bash.
SF News 8.0 Earthquake Hits Near Lima, Peru Obviously, this isn't local (though we did get a small East Bay "jiggle" this morning) but definitely of local interest: it seems, according to KRON 4, a 8.0 earthquake hit "90 miles
SF News Ask Not For Whom Doyle Drive Tolls The city's been trying to get the money to fix the road for ages, and have finally gotten the feds to agree -- but the feds will only kick in money if we
SF News Local Fire And Brimstone (If By Brimstone We Mean Generalized Trouble) Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
misc Week Around The -ists This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going
SF News Did You Feel The Earthquake? No, you didn't dream it! There was a 4.2 temblor this morning at around 4:42 a.m., centered two miles east of Oakland on the dreaded Hayward Fault. It knocked out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Other events: --The workers united -- have a whole month to celebrate! July is Laborfest month, and you can celebrate today at a poetry reading about growing up working-class at City Lights (5
SF News BART Peers Into a Crystal Ball -New transbay tube -More stations in SF and extensions in the East Bay and in the Peninsula -More trains with more doors and no drivers. Also with flat screen TVs showing news and
misc Blocker: 000 Fair Oaks Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. Blocker, No. 1: Fair Oaks
Arts & Entertainment Honoring the 1906 Earthquake As usual, there was a bit of a commemeration of the '06 quake, although much smaller than last year's gala Earthquakepalooza. Instead of the thousands who showed up last year, there were only
SF News Leon Trotsky Previews the Upcoming Baseball Season You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in, you. To a man we are told is the smartest man in baseball, Tony LaRussa, who finally overcame years of being