Arts & Entertainment 'Touch Me': The Superior 49ers Song Can this be the theme for today's Super Bowl? Let's. "Touch Me" is a 1990 song by Italian group 49ers -- not to be confused with the other 49ers or, for that matter,
SF News House Passes 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal The House voted today to repeal the U.S. military's ban on LGBT service. Wednesday's vote, 250-175,"propels the issue to the Senate for what could be the last chance for now to
SF News Republicans Will Control House; Pelosi Goes Down Sacramento Bee and most of the major networks are reporting that the GOP will win the House majority. What's more, they're looking good in the Senate, but the night is still young. Unlike
SF News YBCA Announces Dream House Winner We're a little late getting this to you, but if you don't know yet, you will now. See, you did not win the Grand Prize drawing for the San Francisco Dream House Raffle.
misc This Branch is Now a Home: Girl Seeks Vacant Tree by Lisa Hix Like many people, Cari Zinter is looking for a place, a nice flat in the East Bay except she would prefer that flat to be a platform in a tree.
misc Photo du Jour 288 Photo by Matt Baume/SFist It's back. That house on Castro Street is - at last! - all dolled up for the holidays.
SF News Have You Heard About "The Plot"? Now, why the heck would all these Republicans go Democrat? This is part of "The Plot." Instigated by Rush Limbaugh, the theory is that Hillary Clinton would be easier for Republican fave, John
SF News Breaking News: Letter to Congress Claims Responsibility for Today's New York City Explosion Offices in Capitol Hill received a manila envelope with a letter claiming responsibility for today's bombing of a landmark military recruiting station in Times Square, NYC. Our parent site, Gothamist, tells us that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Man Dies While Fixing Supper Yet another to skip the sauteing and hit the Salt House, CHOW's Joyce Slaton has word that an Anderson, South Carolina man died this week after he stabbed himself while cooking. According to
misc Crazy Boyfriend Of New SF Planning Director Sets Fire To Firehouse We're a little late to this story, in part because we spent all day yesterday trying to separate out the hilarious comments from the offensive ones on SFGate.com (it looks like the
misc San Francisco Zoo Re-Opens Lion And Tiger Grottoes Join us after the jump for details, lots of interesting details, about the re-opening.
misc Pelosi Says Voters, Not Superdelegates, Should Decide Whether you're a pro-Obama gloater or you live in pro-Hillary Delegate Hub fantasyland, the next few weeks should be interesting. News about City College dedication after the jump.
misc It's Got to be the Morning After Warriors 120 Suns 118- No, Shaq Diesel didn't play, thus depriving ESPN hours of blathering, but he was spied by our overlord Brock at a hotel and was described as "very tall." Monta
Arts & Entertainment Rainy Weather: What to Do, What to Do, What to Do? (...a rainy day, in SF town.) Heavens, no! You don't have to stay at home this weekend just because of a few pregnant storm clouds looming overhead. And you most certainly don't have
misc Election Season Bumper Sticker Report: Let's Go Crazy Dear automobile driver/registered Democrat, We heart you. Love, us We found this over at Nature abhors a vacuum, and we couldn't be more tickled. This is usually the kind of image that
misc Tom Lantos Stepping Down Lantos, who turns 80 this year, is a Holocaust survivor, chairs the House Committee on Foreign Relations (that's gotta be an interesting gig), recently attacked Yahoo for releasing user names to China, and
misc Photo du Jour 20 Because, you see, we have a theme going on today. Topical, indeed. Image credited to WhatImSeeing.
misc SFist Photo: Christmas Decorations We saw this house the other day while running in Noe Valley, so it seemed appropriate to go back today and snap a photo. The decorations are on a scaffold next to the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur): Birds! We tend to think nothing of them here in the Bay Area - well, as far as the homely and picked upon poor pigeon goes -
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: December 17-23 Friday night you'll want to head over to Slim's to catch six bands: Perfect Machines, Fyre Away, High Like Five, the Paper Sons, Punch Face and Bob Hill Band. We're most excited about
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Punk Rock Karaoke": Damnit all to hell. We can't believe that we have to miss this: members of the Adolescents, Bad Religion, and NOFX perform live while "singers" drunkenly slur along, karaoke-style.
misc Anti-Gay Group to Exhibit Their Folsom Street Fair Doc/Repressed Desires for National Press Club O! What we wouldn't give to attend this press screening in Washington DC tomorrow! DCist has the pleasure of reporting on the anti-invert, pro-missionary sex group called Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH)
SF News Your Oil Spill Update: Pelosi! Like the bad ass she is, occasional San Francisco resident and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has written to the "Homeland Security Department's inspector general requesting an investigation of preparation for and response
Arts & Entertainment Boitano! + Manilow! = $27 in Convenience Fees :( But after you make the call or go online for tickets, you're hit with -something dollars in total fees. Is that a lot? Details after the jump. thirty
