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Bernie Ward Officially Fired

Former Catholic priest and KGO 810 AM host Bernie Ward was finally fired, ending his working relationship with the station. This stems from last year's federal indictment of child pornography charges that befell

SFist Finds: Vintage Muni Transfer

I spent the holidays with my mother in Los Angeles, who collects rare first-edition books. While I was visiting, she opened "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (circa 1930) and an old San Francisco MUNI

American Football Spectacular: Donohue's Deceit, Garcia's Return, And Delicious Garlic

With the perpetual rebuilding process that is the San Francisco 49er franchise, every so often an old part of old successes will cycle back through SF. This Sunday, Gilroy’s second-most-favorite export returns

Defy Newsom And Face His Wrath

We like one of the SFGate commenters' take on the sitch: hit by a car "after getting thrown under the bus by Newsome [sic]." We hit the recommend button on that one! You

BART Will Know When You're Sleeping, Awake, Riding the Last Car

With a cool $5.4 million in new state bond money, according to the Chronicle, "BART will upgrade and expand its security camera system" to the likes of which you've never seen before!

Tenderloin Housing Clinic: A Gang Member was General-Managing our Hotel, Extorting and Assaulting our Clients

Defendant is ... the former general manager of the Mission Hotel ... THC discovered defendant had been involved in criminal activity, including extortion, assaults, and threats of violence ... The conduct is ongoing. Yikes. Turns out,

BART's New General Manager Is A Dame

Gasp! After 11 hard, long years of phallic rule by Tom Margro -- who left to head the toll operation in Orange County, so let's all say a prayer for him -- our

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

3 Questions For A Gelato Slinger

The other day, we told you our impressions of Naia Gelateria (nutshell: pretty good overall; you should particularly dig it if you enjoy having a ton of varieties to choose from). We wanted

...And They Have a Plan

In order to do this, we'll need to do things like go bike riding instead of driving, use car pool lanes, plant more trees and keep those trees that we have from dying,

Homeless in the Park, I Think It Was the 4th of July

Mayor McDreamy himself went to take a tour of the park and said the park was "looking good" and talked about how this is going to be an ongoing project. He also said

American Football Spectacular: "Return And Repose"

It's Week Three of the National Football League's 2006 regular season. Here's what happening with your Niners and Raiders. * Philadelphia vs. San Francisco Sunday, September 24, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 03

I'm Your Turbine Lover

What was announced was the usual first steps in any sort of big thing-- doing a study and forming a committee. So Leal announced that money is being set aside for a study

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Gastronomique: Combing the Beard's Results.

Our side of the country still hold its own in the award count. Running in the 100m dash of these Olympics, Thomas Keller won a gold medal for Outstanding Restaurant. That means the

Third Street Rail Service Still Almost a Year Away

We're getting pretty antsy, waiting for service to start on Muni's fabled new Third Street line. It was originally supposed to be operational when, like, 2005? And the delays just keep mounting. The

Courtyard Marriott Employees Paid Less than Minimum Wage

Last Wednesday, word got out about a class-action suit being brought by Gonzalez & Leigh on behalf of employees at the Courtyard Marriott in San Francisco Superior Court. Originally filed September 23rd, the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Gastronomique: You Can Ride Our Tail Any Time

Last week’s roundup covered quite a few places in the Mission: Pizzeria Delfina, the resurrected Window, the Thai-French fusion at Baku, dim-sum at Big Lantern, and Crazy Sushi. We thought it was

Voices of Dissent are Bickering at KPFA

Well, if you were looking for material to parody lefty activists, look no further than the recent strife over at KPFA's offices in Berkeley. Want your lawsuits, your conspiracy theories, your anonymous mudslinging

New BART Head Goes Crazy

Before everyone gets all excited that doing all of this might halt the proposed fare increases, Luce writes that it won't prevent the increases from happening this time around, but that it will

Arts & Entertainment

Reminder: 'Shoot-In' Tomorrow

We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has offered their stories, thoughts and support in this matter. We were honestly expecting maybe half a dozen people to show up tomorrow, but now

Right On!

Back on Tuesday, Athletics Nation carried the third and final part of their interview with Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who is generally considered something of a genius in his field. Kos

City Stops Slacking Sowers

The news story that got the ball rolling was an investigation into the state of various local parks. There was the usual interviews with upset neighbors at the lack of any sort of

We Feel Your Pain

At the beginning of the year, our earnest Boy Wonder of a Mayor said that in the spirit of sharing the pain of the inevitable budget cuts, he would cut his own salary

Hurrah and Huzzah for Chronicle Watch!

We may kid the Chronicle every once in awhile, for, oh, laying people off, getting rid of good columnists, and shoddy editorial standards, but sometimes you gotta give credit where credit is due.