SF News We Want a Catcher, Not a Belly Scratcher After last season’s spirit-crushing, totally maddening season, Giants’ fans from around the Bay, like kids sitting on Santa’s lap, have all been screaming the same thing: “We want reliever! We want
misc SFist Cares... About Kids & Christmas Really poor sweater choices by aged aunts notwithstanding, SFist usually makes out like a bandit at Christmas. And, we feel, we give as good as we get, having, of course, purchased all our
Arts & Entertainment Rising From the Depths... Nothing caps off a day at the office like the site of a misunderstood monster stomping the corporate towers of Tokyo. When we watch Godzilla we can almost imagine what it must have
misc Get Ooey and Gooey in Oakland Thursday night the Museum of Children's Art in Oakland is presenting a hands-on workshop for parents with small children: "Ooey Gooey Night: The Making of Creative Messes." From the museum's Web site: "Young
Arts & Entertainment The Condition of the Working Class in Redwood City We've been playing EA Games practically forever - they're one of the biggest makers of both PC and console games on the market. But it seems all is not well in Redwood City
Arts & Entertainment SFist Is Giving It Away For Free It's come to this. We don't know if it's a failure of the imagination or simply a lack of inspiration, but we're just not getting enough questions to fuel the acerbic wit machine
SF News Introducing SFist Listens This week SFist Mary Lynn recommends the following as a means of coping if you haven’t yet fled to Canada and are down about four more years of W: "Tragedy" by the
SF News O Canada! Election results got you down? Considering bolting like those kids in Red Dawn did after their high school was taken over by the Russians? Stop looking at guide books for Switzerland and Sweden!
SF News At Least We Have the Warriors While all may to be lost here in the Bay Area, at least we can all take solace in the fact that the Golden State Warriors are opening their season tonight at the
misc The Essefficist Votes It's election day Q & A. Whoo hoo! First, let's hear from loyal reader Redd Harrington: Kerry! We love that guy! Thanks, Redd. You're a trooper. And from loyal reader Frog Dog: Dear
SF News Going Cheney at the School Board The SF school board, never known for its collegial atmosphere, reached new Dick Cheney levels of incivility at last Wednesday's meeting (.pdf agenda), where school board member Heather Hiles (at left) dropped the
Arts & Entertainment Grand Theft Auto Stolen Well, we have some interesting developments regarding the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Seems the game has been leaked and is now all over the internet. That's right - rather
misc Animal Beat It's high time for a roundup of Bay Area animal news! (Does anyone know when Animal Cops San Francisco is going to start? We're dying here!) Lock up your tasty dogs and kids!
SF News One Ball to Rule Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them shocker- the man who “caught” Barry Bonds’ home run ball #700, Steve Williams, is now being sued over possession of said ball. Remember in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory how whenever one
SF News Local Man Looks on in Horror as Ninth Inning Collapse Costs Giants a Crucial Game in the Standings SFist had high hopes for a series sweep for the Giants throughout last night's game against the Astros, but the bullpen had different ideas. Taking a three-to-two lead into the ninth inning, the
Arts & Entertainment Party on Valencia Guilt-Free SFist is proud to be a product of public high school. Not only did our sports teams lay waste to the local private schools (well, except for the Catholic schools), we beat them
Arts & Entertainment Dancehall Dustup Reggae in the Park! A fun event sponsored by Global Exchange, where college kids can wear multicolored hats, bob their heads arrhythmically to the beat, and support their favorite anti-gay artists! Well, maybe
misc The Essefficist Needs Your Help We here at the Essefficist, SFist's weekly question-and-answer/advice column, have been striving to bring you honest answers to life's nagging questions for the past couple of weeks now. However, we're a little
SF News Hey -- You Never Know! If that flashing $100 million lottery sign on the other side of the B of A clock on 101 had you dreaming like it did SFist (if SFist won, we were going to
SF News I Guess I Can't Wear Those Red Pants Anymore Making your world a little more paranoid, the reports that gang wars are back in the Mission. The (red-wearing) Norteno gang considers the South Mission their turf, while the upstart (blue-wearing) Sureno gang
Arts & Entertainment Too Cool for School Man, the entire Bay Area publishing community seems to be jumping on the DJ instruction phenomenon. First it was the East Bay Express with their "School of Scratch" feature. The next day the
Arts & Entertainment Indie Jones 12 years and 6487 albums after making a seminal appearance on MTV's "Sex in the 90s," Lou Barlow, performing as Sebadoh, returns to San Francisco for a night of indie rocking at Bottom
SF News Walk This Way Those of you who were bipedal in 2002 will probably remember almost every day that year, there was someone getting hit by a car on 19th Avenue or a child getting hit by
