Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'This Is Halloween' Light Show Hey, folks! Halloween is just around the corner. What are you planning on going as for the big night? We might dress up a ghost, the color purple, or this. Or maybe even
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Ranked No. 1 for Trick or Treating On Thursday, real estate site Zillow will officially announce that San Francisco ranks tops when it comes to trick or treating. San Francisco climbed to 2nd on the 2010 list, trailing behind Seattle,
SF News Halloween Home Decor Barred for SoCal Sex Offenders Like the plot to a John Waters movie, Riverside County supervisors voted to ban sex offenders from decorating their homes with holiday accents and leaving lights on during Halloween night. "They also cannot
misc Video: Halloween Fight at East Oakland Denny's On Halloween night in always-peaceful East Oakland, a fight broke out at a local Denny's. We're not sure what's going on here, exactly, but it sure looks exciting! The psycho dressed as Candy
SF News Photos: S.F. Supe Candidates' Halloween Costumes Here are four candidates running for supervisor sporting Halloween garb. (Cadidates not featured here, calm down. We breezily lifted these images from said candidates' Facebook pages. We'll post more if and when they
SF News 9 Shot In Halloween Party Mess In Oakland Just after midnight Saturday, a gunman opened fire on the crowd at a big costume party at this historic Sweet's Ballroom in downtown Oakland. Nine people were hit in all, and all are
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The 20th Annual Farley's Pet Parade Troy Holden was on the scene at the rather damp 20th Annual Farley's Pet Parade in Potrero Hill this afternoon. The dogs were not amused, but they sure looked cute! Bummed you didn't
misc Don't Forget: Critical Mass Tonight ... And it's Halloween Critical Mass at that. Don't try to get anywhere in a hurry come 6:30 or 7:00... (Pics from last year.)
SF News Reminder: Halloween In the Castro Still Cancelled Here's a cheery reminder that, if you plan on heading to the city's colorful Castro to eat fun-size snickers and drop acid, Halloween in the city's gay district isn't happening. Once again, Halloween
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dropping a 1,169lb Pumpkin Onto a Car From High Above Found by the fins folks at Laughing Squid, here's what it looks like when you drop a 1,169lb pumpkin onto a Pontiac. Ta-da.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Poll: Halloween Candy Showdown Final Four Yesterday's Halloween Candy Showdown semifinals proved fatal for some, victorious for others. In the Chocolate/Caramel/Coconut/Peanut Butter/Nougat category, sweet-on-salt tastes proved too irresistible for readers. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups creamed
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Events We're not short on choices for this weekend's Halloween festivities. Let's get to it! PARTIES Trannyshack Halloween: For everyone who misses the Castro Halloween street party, the 4th Annual Trannyshack Halloween, featuring best
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Poll: Halloween Candy Showdown On Sunday night, costumed children with makeup on their faces and murder in their eyes will come knocking on your door begging for high fructose sustenance. Unless you want an egg-covered door or
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend Thrill The World: It's finally here. Join thousands of people around the globe in breaking the World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller on Saturday. Hayes Valley Farm Halloween
misc Nothing Says Metal Like Halloween: San Francisco Metal Show for (most of) October by Erick Pressman Hey kids, it's October, and what better way to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead than by getting your face melted off by the most brutal live music San
SF News World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off In Half Moon Bay On Monday, "hundreds of spectators' gathered in Half Moon Bay to judge the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, the annual precursor to Art & Pumpkin Festival happening on Saturday and Sunday. "Using forklifts and
SF News S.F. Giants Playoff Fever: Pumpkin Giants at Jr. Field Photographer Frankie Frankeny spotted these adorable pumpkins (is it appropriate to use "adorable" when referring to such radical badasses as the Giants?) adorning the Willie Lee McCovey statue at the Jr. Giants field
SF News Halloween '09 Turnout Smaller In Castro; Bottle-Service Types Still Came Out ABC 7 has this report about Halloween in SF, sans bridge traffic, and it turns out business was still strong at places like Rouge on Polk (which has $500 bottle service at the
misc Photos: Critical Mass Halloween Friday's Critical Mass was particularly colorful this month in celebration of Halloween. We saw the group go by outside A.C.T before the start of Mamet's November, and the theater crowd was
Arts & Entertainment Satanic Children Invade Cole Valley It's that time of year, when creepy kids (and a few scary adults) invade Belvedere Street in Cole Valley and show those amateurs who used to haunt the Castro how it's really done.
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Events If crowded bars and flashmobs aren't your thing, check out this short list of fun events taking place on Saturday, brought to us by FuncheapSF. FuncheapSF also recommends perusing Haunted Bay for even
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Scenes from Castro Halloween '07 On Halloween night of the first year that the Halloween kibosh began in the Castro, 2007, KRON 4 provided this coverage from the scene. There is an amusing bit with a very drunk
misc Those Life-Size iPhone Dorks and 9 Other Supremely Expensive Halloween Costumes NBC Bay Area has a cute gallery of a number of extremely involved and expensive Halloween costumes, including those guys who constructed two functioning, human-sized iPhones, and a guy who made a working,
