SF News Too Bad, So Sad Somehow, they managed to screw up and not get enough signatures to qualify their initiative to amend the state constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage. They needed 598,105 signatures, but they didn't get
SF News Fourth Runner-Up Gavin's number five! Gavin's number five! Mayor Newsom came in fifth in this year's World Mayor Awards -- a markedly better showing than last year, where he came in "less than 1500 votes
SF News No-Host Bar If this were an Evite, a bunch of people in San Francisco would be frantically changing their responses from "yes" to "unfortunately, something's come up," for Memphis, TN Democratic representative Harold Ford Jr.
SF News And Now For Some Wet Hot Juicy Religion It was almost a year ago that someone put our names on the mailing list of "Faith: The Bay Area's Lay Catholic Newsletter," and it's been an eye-opening couple of months. For example,
SF News Oh Really, O'Reilly? As you might imagine, Bill O'Reilly's comments about our fair city deserving a terrorist attack managed to raise a few hackles, including Chris Daly's, who was so angered by Bill's hot-headed comments that
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Watches Arnie & George When we last saw our favorite Republican bigwigs, Arnie and George, they were having a bit of a problem getting together. Twice, during the President's extended and ill-fated vacation, he visited our fair
SF News Your (Substitute) SchwarzenWatcher Approval levels in the 36 percent range -- are we talking about Bush or the California governor? What's the SchwarzenWatcher got cooking today? The governor's veto-happy! It's not just gay marriage, either --
misc Arnold Screws Fags The really big news, though, is that He Who Must Not Be Named decided that he would be vetoing AB 849, the gay marriage bill. After being approved by both the Assembly and
misc Domestic Partnership Law Affirmed Sunny day! The California Supreme Court affirmed without comment the state appellate court's decision that the California domestic partnership laws do not violate the "marriage is between a man and a woman" Proposition
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: Tammy Faye: Death Defying Tammy Faye was present for Frameline's screening of the new documentary, and the audience ate her up. She got a standing ovation just for walking into the house before the movie started (is
SF News Patriot Act Author Questions Supreme Court, Bush Adminstration We'll admit it, one of our favorite political blogs is written by a Republican. That's right, we said it. Hey, it's all about 'balance' here at SFist, if not moderation. Shades of gray,
Arts & Entertainment Somebody Up There Likes Us Awwww. We're feeling all soft and snuggly after reading this sweet Gawker post that says kinda nice stuff about San Francisco! Apparently, a reader contacted them, requesting "more features about why San Francisco
misc Niners Apologize Long-time readers of this site may remember a certain, um, "so-best fixation" we had on a certain picture of our mayor and his then-wife, in happier times. Well, it looks like Niners PR
SF News Bye, Janice! Well, now that fourteen moderates in the Senate managed to resolve the fili-bunker-buster impasse of the last two years, Bush looks like he's gotten his way, at least with conservative ladies. (Conservative office
SF News The 49ers Gone Wild Ace public relations director Kirk Reynolds, pictured in the photo still of the video, created it and stars in it. Surprisingly, he is now currently looking for a new job and for the
misc Re-Assessed Breaking news: Mabel Teng has resigned as the San Francisco assessor. After a sunny start as the face of gay marriage, Teng was facing increasing scrutiny over her, um, unorthodox hiring procedures in
SF News Gavin Goes on the Offensive After being blamed for the re-election of W., made a virtual pariah in the Democratic Party, and befriended by Angelina Jolie all for letting a few gay people marry, you would think that
Arts & Entertainment SF Indie Fest: Born in a Barn We bring this up because, for much the same reason, it's so easy -- even for us permissive, enlightened San Franciscans -- to look askance at an adult who likes to dress up
SF News Get Off Your Ass...Or Whoever's Ass You're Currently On As everyone knows, gays and lesbians spend their free time seducing children with tales of cross-dressing necrophiles. But for the first time ever, they'll be taking a break from all that on Sunday,
SF News Oral Arguments End in Gay Marriage Court Case After last Thursday’s nice, legalistic hearing on the legality of gay marriage, Friday’s hearing, the last of the two-day hearing, took a turn to the not so nice as the two
SF News Mazel Tov, Gavin It’s been quite a year for the Gavster. Elected by a slim majority, Gavin let a few gay people get married and the next thing you know, he’s blown up across
Arts & Entertainment Torontoist the Good Even though we only just now figured out what to get Londonist for Christmas, we here at SFist are only too happy to add another family member to the holiday list - Torontoist
Arts & Entertainment The Other Mag SFist admits to having something of a nerd crush on Annalee Newitz. We've been reading her Techsploitation column in the Bay Guardian (also found on Alternet.org and in the San Jose Metro)
