SF News Day Around the Bay -- Democrat fundraiser Norman Hsu is on the run! [Chron, KGO] -- Fred Thompson to run for Prez. [CBS5] -- Now more than ever before, San Diego sucks. [CBS5] -- Cruising, it seems,
misc Giraffe Dies in Vallejo RIP Makonnen Now this is an RIP we’re real sad to be writing. 2-year old Makonnen, a giraffe at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo died early this morning in a barn
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight coarse language = a wee bit NSFW -- The Boys in the Band: Mart Crowley's work, which takes place one night during a birthday party, details what happens to the gays after leaving the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Lick Fire We were coming back from our Labor Day we're-outta-here yesterday and saw this over the hills to the north. It was big enough that we turned on the radio to make sure that
misc Week Around the -Ists Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. As LAist melts away in their
SF News SFist Blotter Bad series of news items for the SFPD -- the rookie cop who accidentally shot himself at a party earlier this month when trying to demonstrate tips on gun safety was legally drunk
SF News Day Around the Bay Larry Craig's police interrogation audio -- Senator Larry Craig still a lying homosexual. [Examiner, via AP] -- Tony Hall calls it quits. [Chron] -- Jackson West's last column for now. Good luck on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Food Books For Labor Day We also enjoyed some of the essays on cooking and eating alone in Jenni Ferrari-Adler's Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, particularly Steve Almond's hilarious anti-snotty take on how to make a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: A Dahlia says, "Good Morning, Sunshine" This post is just for decoration - that's it and that's all. After the jump, a riot of color, fire trucks, Ferraris and busy bees. Click on over!
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next, the SF Weekly. [For some reason, they haven't updated the website at the time we're writing this. We'll try and add the links in when they update their site. Does this have
misc 18th Street/Guerrero Fire Hydrant/Geyser Pics Some choice pictures of the fire hydrant at 18th Street and Guerrero that popped a little before 4 p.m. this afternoon. Word on Guerrero was that someone's car brakes gave out, causing
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Tzssss: Golden Gate Bridge gets branded. (They won't really have billboards on the bridge, but who would want to see tasty Pizza Rolls high above, or why Sally Field stays so ramrod
SF News Your Commute: BART Delays; Fire In Embarcadero Just in time for the Friday commute -- a MUNI fire has closed the Embarcadero station. BART trains are going through without stopping, the Chron doesn't know what's going on with MUNI. The
Arts & Entertainment A Bi-Transgender Fight Namely, the Chasing Amy Social Club (which you may remember from Gay Pride this year, complaining about the lack of bi visibility at the Pride Parade) has gotten called out by local literary
SF News Blowing Up Acid In Hayward Dry picric acid is apparently very sensitive to shock and friction, and can explode like dynamite. This one article we found says it blows up when you drop a 2 kg weight on
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After Cubs 5 Giants 1- And so it was that the Enchanter was dealing: eight innings, no runs, seven Ks and most amazingly, only eighty eight pitches thrown. He was breezing so free and
Arts & Entertainment The Gallant Pussycat. Well, we won’t spoil the story, but thanks to the performance of the Merola program apprentices, the light comedy did fire, and on all cylinders. We found it gutsy for these aspiring
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Large Lake Tahoe fire under control. [Oakland Tribune, via AP] -- Small Presidio fire controlled, injures no one. [Examiner, via BCN] -- Two SF hit-and-runs kill two. [Chron] -- Carlos Cruz, 25,
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City There are no less than three fantastic music festivals all taking place over the weekend of September 14-16. What gives? And how do we choose? Since we live in the bay area, perhaps
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Verified Identity Pass. Scary. But kind of cool. [Chron] -- Mark Leno, the scribe. [SFBG] -- After yesterday's fire in the Castro -- or as the Examiner still calls it, "Eureka Valley"
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
SF News Day Around The Bay -- Bush, Nixon; Nixon, Bush. [Beyond Chron] -- Bill's Song: Walsh remembered. [Chron] -- Tim Goodman on Nancy's return in Weeds. Also, Mary-Louise Parker is just awesome, period. [Chron] -- SF tries killing
Arts & Entertainment More Daylight Shootings Yes indeed, there was another one: yesterday in the early afternoon at Div and Grove. A reader passes along these pictures and reports that no one seemed to have been injured from the
