SF News Elsewhere in -istville Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get
SF News A Real Keeper Oh, you did not go there, Mr. John Claassen! This Oakland-based attorney (now in solo practice, previously affiliated with the law firm of Skadden Arps) is suing online dating site eHarmony. eHarmony won't
SF News Barry's Big Lawsuit Blocked Or something like that. In the suit, Barry asked not that the book be banned, but that he get all the proceeds from it. Well, not him exactly, but a charity of his
SF News Newsom Pile-On (Post 1 of 2) Gavin Newsom's beleaguered this week! So beleaguered we're breaking it down into two posts! Newsflash one: The Chron reports that various city supervisors are annoyed that Gavin makes no effort to communicate with
SF News Guess What? Peeing in Public is ILLEGAL It's all rooted in the case of David McDonald, who was arrested and searched by Oakland police while urinating in a Berkeley parking lot. At the time, the office charged McDonald with littering
misc Late Registration Looks like the UC Registrar's going to have to cut some refund checks -- $33.8 million worth! A San Francisco court has ruled that the UC's fee hikes for professional students were
SF News Suspect in Fat Tone Murder Captured Andre "Mac Minister, Choppa, Chop" Dow, the prime suspect in the Fat Tone's murder was captured yesterday in a San Francisco apartment, by SFPD SWAT and FBI agents. There was a standoff for
SF News There Oughta Be A Contest State Senator Joe Simitian (pictured at left) has announced the finalists for his "There Oughta Be A Law" contest, where state citizens can submit their proposals for a law that California needs. You
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Rice Retiring Again (Probably) Okay, we didn't watch Dancing With The Stars last night because we were watching ladies' figure skating, but we understand that the inevitable is about to come down on our boy Jerry Rice.
SF News The Heartbreak Of Reply-All There are so many good reply-all stories: the person in the office who accidentally distributes their snide response to an office-wide email; the fun-loving fake email sent to #ALL PERSONNEL from the computer
SF News SFist Tech Labs: Un-American Activities Fitting in with the internet theme of the proceedings, Lantos invoked Godwin's Law and compared the companies' compliance with the Chinese government with IBM's compliance with Nazi Germany in World War II. (Link
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Jimmy and Judy</i> High praise indeed! While we had hoped to see the film on the big screen at its IndieFest premiere on February 4, when we heard that Edward Furlong and Rachael Bella, the stars
SF News Spies On Us The ACLU is trying to find out why the student's groups were targeted and when, as well as what else is out there. Seriously, if Quakers are targeted, who will be next? The
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Free Tibet Ars Technica covers a few other Google-related stories this week: Ken Fisher gives his review of Google Video, his disappointment with the service, and what he thinks is the company's reasoning for introducing
SF News Root, Root, Root for the Seattle Team The resolution was kind of a half-joking (although one never knows in this city) attempt to help out sports bars which apparently have been hurting this year due to a lack of good
SF News Prop H On Hold Funny, we've never heard of the NRA a waiting period before. San Francisco and the NRA have agreed that the city will voluntarily delay enforcement of Proposition H for two months to allow
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tech Labs: OK to Play We're happy about the injunction, and not just because it guarantees kids will be able to develop the skills they'll need to survive in an increasingly zombie-slaying and drug-dealing economy. The bigger picture
SF News Too Bad, So Sad Somehow, they managed to screw up and not get enough signatures to qualify their initiative to amend the state constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage. They needed 598,105 signatures, but they didn't get
SF News Boxer Drops the "I" Word Boxer says she got the idea after speaking with John Dean at a public discussion. Dean, of course, knows a whole lot about illegally eavesdropping on people and lying to cover it up.
Arts & Entertainment Big Changes at Tribe.net The very definition of a 'chilling effect' on free speech is when legislation or enforcement of new laws are so potentially onerous that people and organization self-censor out of fear and potential liability.
SF News Breaking: Federales Raid Another Pot Club In addition to marijuana plants, agents confiscated growing equipment, bulbs, utility bills, tax documents, financial records and photographs from the Smiths' home, the couple said. Steve Smith said he suspected the agents had
SF News There Is No Generic Tamiflu! Any other "Law and Order" fans reminded of the show's episode entitled Fluency upon reading about the fake Tamiflu seized at a South San Francisco post office? Tamiflu is one of the two
Arts & Entertainment Kimberly Guilfoyle Fox? Well, Eminem is back with his on-again off-again Kim, but SF's sporadic First Lady's now not only on the outs with Gavin but now also with her employer, Court TV. Matier and Ross
Arts & Entertainment Santarchy Grips San Francisco They respect no law of man or God. They hedonistically pursue pleasure and merriment at all costs. They look fantastic in red and white. They are the legions of Santas who have gathered
SF News SchwartzenWatcher Goes To Austria Europe, of course, has banned capital punishment for years. As has much pretty much most of the Western world, as well as pretty much most of the rest of the world. Which is
