SF News GOP Should Get Hip To Geeks, Says Nate Silver Statistical it-boy Nate Silver has done what he does best and turned his always on-point analysis on the Bay Area's tech industry. Over on his FiveThirtyEight blog today, Silver debriefs the Republican party
SF News Lynette Sweet Ousted as BART Director By 25-Year-Old Zakhary Mallett Longtime BART board member and board president Lynette Sweet lost her re-election bid in a close race last week that's finally been called for her challenger, 25-year-old Zakhary Mallett. Sweet lost her long-held
SF News Video: Horrible California Woman Doesn't See A Problem With Her Racist Obama Assassination Status Update With one Facebook status update on election night, a California woman went from Cold Stone Creamery employee in the forgettable town of Turlock, CA to infamous racist under investigation by the Secret Service.
SF News Nancy Pelosi's Wine Country Home Burglarized Before Election On Monday afternoon, before being re-elected to her 13th full term in Congress, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi's Napa County home was burglarized in a curious midday break-in. Authorities from the local Sheriff's
SF News The Castro Partied Hard Last Night After Obama Win People poured out onto Castro Street last night after Barack Obama scored another four years in the White House. Meanwhile, the Mission was not nearly as jubillant as it was in 2008 when
SF News Berkeley's Sit/Lie Measure Fails Berkeley's Measure S, the liberal city's sit/lie measure that would've barred sitting on sidewalks in commercial areas between of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., tanked by a slim margin last
SF News London Breed Wins D5, Norman Yee Might Take D7 [Updated] In a race fraught with controversies, London Breed, executive director of the African American Art and Culture Complex, won San Francisco's District 5, which represents the Fillmore, the Haight, and Western Addition. Incumbent
SF News State Props Largely Failed, Except For Human Trafficking, Three Strikes [Updated] California as a state is following suit with many previous elections where, without extensive information or time to study the issues, the average voter here likes to say no to things. Propositions 31,
SF News Live: Watching The San Francisco Election Results Note: We'll be listing the winners up here at the top, scroll down for live updates and commentary. President & Vice President: As of about 8:25 p.m. PST Barack Obama has
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Neptune Society Columbarium... Built in 1898, the Neo-Classical columbarium is one of the last remaining cemeteries in San Francisco. It also served as a polling place today. Rad. But not as rad as our voting spot
SF News Sergey Brin Asks Election Winners To Withdraw From Their Political Parties "I must confess I am dreading today's elections," Google cofounder and CEO Sergey Brin wrote last night on his Google+ account in a post that calls for whichever candidate winning today's election to
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Tips for Coping With Facebook/Twitter Crap This Election Day You probably could have used this weeks ago, but the Onion News Network today brings you some words of advice for "surviving this onslaught of unbearable garbage" you'll be subjected today all Election
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Regarding Prop 37, Its Corporate Detractors, and Why It Probably Won't Pass Proposition 37, for those not keeping track, would make California the first state in the nation to require food manufacturers and farmers to label any foods containing GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. And
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink List: Election Day 2012 Freebies [Updates] Don't throw away that "I Voted" sticker or those ballot stubs! You can score some freebies or discounts today with them. Here is a list of stuff you can get, which we will
SF News More D5 Drama: Eliana Lopez Weighs In On 'Olague Bullies' In case you haven't heard, about 900 people are running for Supervisor in District 5, the district recently supervised by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, and temporarily covered the past eleven months by Christine Olague.
SF News It's Showtime: Go Vote After seemingly decades of campaigning, it all comes down to these last few hours. If you haven't yet sent in an absentee ballot or voted early at City Hall, get to your polling
SF News Mr. Nuts, A Tuxedo Cat In Fremont, Makes Important Presidential Pick As statistician Nate Silver continues to stoke the fury of the right, a hairier and cuddlier election-night soothsayer has emerged: Mr. Nuts. According to a breaking NBC Bay Area report, Mr. Nuts, a
Arts & Entertainment Nail-Biting 2012 Election Night Parties Election night will have us all on the edge of our martini glasses—and this election is razor-thin close in some cases, so please vote for God's sake—so cool off and watch
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Rupaul Calls Romney 'Unspookable' Logo and NewNowNext are airing an election special tonight (10:30 p.m., after Rupaul's Drag Race All-Stars: Untucked), hosted by out lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes, and featuring Ru him/herself. Listen as
SF News Ivory Madison: 'I'm Voting For Anyone On The Ballot Except For Christina' Hey, let's rip this scab off! Ivory Madison — the Good Samaritan torn apart by local tinfoil-cap-wearing wonks after coming to the aid of Ross Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, shortly after she was attacked
SF News D5 Candidate Julian Davis Gets Another Accusation Leveled Against Him [Updated] It seems a couple of women who've come in contact with District 5 supervisor candidate Julian Davis don't much care for his style of alleged sexual advances. Following on the claims made by
Arts & Entertainment Miranda July, Lena Dunham, Miss Ross' Daughter Film Pro-Woman 'You Don't Own Me' PSA A bushel of accomplished and amazing women came together to lip-synch to Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" (AKA, that song they sing at the end of The First Wives Club). It's adorable,
Arts & Entertainment Yes, KTVU 2 Will Air Game 7 Instead Of The Presidential Debate In a move that smacks of logic and sensitivity, KTVU 2 (the Bay Area's FOX affiliate) will air tonight's NLCS Game 7 between the Giants and the Cardinals in lieu of the presidential
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Parade of Conservative Paradoxes Here's a little moment in which we preach to the choir. That's you, San Francisco, and we even mean those of you who might call yourselves conservative but you aren't really because, well,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Get Your Presidential Sourdough Rounds At Feel Good Bakery Alameda boulangerie Feel Good Bakery are featuring Presidential Sour Rounds boasting images of presidential candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Each costs $20. If politics isn't the kind of thing you want emblazoned
