Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Red Meat: God bless the Rickshaw Stop. And if (s)he existed, he totally would. Why? For many reasons. Take, for example, the fact that they often have extraordinary talent gracing the
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Girl fight! [KGO] -- Barney's -- like its irritating X-Mas holiday window display this year -- is full of green, self-righteous crap. [Curbed SF] -- Mark Zuckerberg might be the next Bill
SF News Polk Street Fire Kills Two Two people were killed this morning after a single-alarm fire broke out at the Star of India restaurant on Polk and Broadway. "The kitchen was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived," said
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Built in 1911, the Tower Theater is up for sale. Again. [Curbed SF] -- Fatal Bayview fire still under investigation. [SF Examiner] -- Jew's attorney asks, "More time, please?" Look, the only
SF News Spare the Air, Won't You? The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is calling all ye Bay Area residents to spare the air tonight by refraining from lighting a fire or using other wood burning appliances. (Does that
SF News SFist Blotter -- A Vallejo husband and father, Kevin Owens, 41, went though with a murder/suicide pact (with himself, we guess) on Friday night. He shot and killed his wife, Stacey Owens, 38; wounded
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Golem: Sadly, this has nothing to do with The Lord of the Rings' heroin addict creature. Joyously, this has everything to do with the fact that this is a mist rocking six-piece
SF News UPDATE: Teen Shot to Death Inside Metreon Megaplex Although almost every single one of you have fantasized about doing it at some point -- especially on 24th Street, where for some inexplicable reason people ooze down the street like lava --
Arts & Entertainment First They Came for the Fire-Juggling Clowns, and I did not Speak Out ... "It was so hard to see busloads of police marching through an empty Castro," says one Castro resident, and another adds, "I was in tears last night." The buzzword for the evening seems
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After -It appears Scott Ostler was not the only one to start the Mike Nolan Death Watch. Over at the Merc, Tim Kawakami started the clock up too. On KNBR, the natives are getting
SF News Day Around the Bay -- They're not mad at you, they're mad at the dirt: unkempt offices at the Chronicle and elsewhere. [SFBG] -- Fire danger in Mill Valley. Hot. [SFGate] -- More on Milk Club Migden
SF News SF Man Arrested in Connection with Bayview Convent Fire How do you solve a problem like an Mathew Hinz? This morning the 18-year-old fire-starter was arrested for setting ablaze the Good Shepherd Convent, on 10/13. The front and back doors were
SF News How to Help Your Fellow Californians/Fire Victims As of now, six people have died and more than 500,000 people are in "mass migration" over the mind-numbingly destructive wildfires happening all throughout Southern California. It is, for lack of a
SF News SoCal Ablaze Whether you like it or not, SoCal is a part of us. So, this one is going out to our lower half: stay safe, San Diego and SoCal. Fueled by disgusting, freakishly warm
Arts & Entertainment Kurt Masur There were two highlights to the evening: an impeccable Totentanz by Franz Liszt with Louis Lortie soloing at the piano. As a composer, Liszt was much more an innovator than we give him
misc Blocker: 100 Taylor 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. View the map of all
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #5 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. The rage of fire is completely encapsulated in the first EP with its screaming vocals and huge guitar
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: New Yorker Writer Alex Ross So Alex Ross has a new book out, , which covers the history of 20th century music in his trademark accessible-musicological style, and he'll be in town to promote the book this week. Ross
SF News Original Joe's Gets Burned Bad Oh brother, this sucks. Original Joe's in the Tenderloin fell victim to extensive fire damage this afternoon after a blaze broke out, spreading to the first and second floors of the building. No
SF News SF's Continuing Crime Fiesta: Bus Stabbing No signs of slowing down: Someone was stabbed on a MUNI bus at 16th and Mission today a little past 1 p.m. this afternoon. "One person was transported to a hospital with
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Fog City Notes has a crush. Also, our favorite Little Debbie outlet, Rainbo discount bread store, is closed. Dude. [Fog City Notes] -- Castro residents are scared poopless want more info about
Arts & Entertainment Beirut's Jason Poranski Jason Poranski (he’s in the red t-shirt) plays guitar, ukulele, and mandolin in Beirut and was kind enough to answer some questions for us about the band and tour. Why the name
SF News Fire at Downtown SF Apple Store (Or Not) Scanning Some Life this morning, we see that the Stockton Street Apple Store caught fire on Sunday morning at around 11 a.m.-ish. Or at least something inside the glassy box was
misc Week Around the -Ists Chicagoist knows what it's like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman's out and Griese's in. Maybe all that
