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Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So earlier today, we heard that Alex Tourk resigned as Gavin's campaign manager. It was a bit curious, a bit odd, but these things happen, although whenever somebody mentions that they are leaving

Week in -Ists

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by

<strike>Swells</strike> Fake Question Time By The Numbers

There's no Swells society column today! Sad! So we're doing a Fake Question Time By The Numbers instead. Number of people in attendance: 200. Number of chickens: 6. Number of times Angela Alioto

SFist Goes to Gavin's Townhall Meeting

This morning, we dragged our flu-ridden butts all the way out to the Richmond hoping to see what had all the makings of a circus. We didn't get it. What we got, instead,

Political Junkie: Thin Veneer Of Something

Sulky, sulky -- Gavin Newsom was sober and mad after yesterday's Board of Supervisors inaugural ceremony, which the Chronicle tactfully described as having a "tone of political contentiousness running just beneath a veneer

Shorter Gavin in the Examiner

As we all know, Gavin is up for re-election this year (and why 2007? Aren't big elections supposed to be in even-numbered years? Is this one more "only in SF" type of thing?

Happy Days Are Here Again?

Now for those of you thinking "wha?" here are the reasons given: -My, look at how clean downtown looks -Look at all those happy, smiling shoppers shopping -Aren’t those fancy, schmany restaurants

Who Wants To Run For Mayor?

We'd have a sad face too if the Chron came out against our position on Question Time, some mayoral pipsqueak in Santa Clara was out to eat our Niners lunch, and our chief

The Homeless. Again.

Here comes the numbers (mostly compared to 2004), according to the Mayor: -4,800 less homeless people -2,600 homeless individuals were put in supportive housing -87% reduction in people claiming cash payments

Enter Sandman

A man was found buried to death by sand on Ocean Beach this morning. Apparently, he was sleeping on the beach and, well, we actually have no idea how this happened, it's all

Arts & Entertainment

The Glide Red Carpet

is based on the true story of a homeless man in San Francisco named Chris Gardner who turned his life around in the 1980s with the help of Glide Memorial and became a

Now We No Longer Have Our Chocolate Bus

Yesterday, the order came down that the strips that gave out the smell were to be taken down. That meant those things were up for a total of one day as they just

Arts & Entertainment

The Gothamist Adventures of the Superfisters

After two issues, "Pirates" is shaping up to be a really gorgeous book, with a sort of headstrong style that reminds us of Jamie Hewlett (the artist for Gorillas and Tank Girl). Rival

Libraries-- Cesspool of Sex & Violence

Why do we bring this story up? Because KGO, Channel 7, sent their very own I-Team out to investigate our libraries and discovered that, well, bad things happen there. And you know what?

Arts & Entertainment

Help Homeless Connect Connect

The problem is that under the rules of Care Not Cash, most of their welfare money goes to their rooms with only a little bit left over to make ends meet. The eighty

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

SFist Book Report: The Chron's Homelessness Series

Where we summarize reports written by actual media sources because they're really important but we don't feel like we're in any position to be able to comment on them! The Chron revived its

Amos and Arnie

Strangely enough, word is also getting out there that Amos is on the payroll of the Governor as a political consultant. Hmmmm...you wouldn't think...no, not even possible. Brown is saying that

Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Us?

Republicans, on the other hand, having nothing else to go on right now, are using Nancy's name in vain more and more as we get closer to the election. Check out this column

SFist Has Something Nice to Say About MUNI-- <a href= http://www.sfist.com/archives/2006/08/11/we_have_something_nice_to_say_about_muni_no_really.php>Again</a>

But anyways, to make a long story short, this guy gets on at Haight Street and tells the driver he's only going to go for a stop or two because he's just looking

Political Junkie: New Hairstyles, New Races

Well, we're pleased as punch to say that someone has risen to our challenge! Look how more regressive Matt looks! You can practically see him chasing the homeless out of San Francisco now,

Political Junkie: Hair Of The Mayor That Bit You

Yes, folks, it's true -- the floppy-haired Matt Gonzalez look sported by Mayor Gavin Newsom was for one day only. Awwwwwww! We're back to the swept-back, visible-comb-lines-through-the-front (scroll down), crunchy-gelled 'do you all

But It's the Haight Man.....

The urchins in Haight Street sure are in the news a lot these days. First there was the super-excellent story in this week's SF Weekly. But of even more significance is that Gavin,

Our Eyes...They Burn...

When they saw us, the guy just turned around with not even a look of surprise in his face and stared back. Like a raccoon. No "oops, we just got busted" face or

HANC Hampers Whole on Haight

At a meeting last Wednesday of the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association (the People's Front of Haight Ashbury), the owner of the property, Mark Brennan, announced that Whole Foods wasn't going to move into