SF News Friday Night Lights Above NorCal Freak People Out, Were Actually Just Space Junk What appeared to be a fleet of invading space alien ships above Sacramento and much of Northern California Friday night spurred plenty of Cloverfield chatter, but it was apparently just flying, discarded parts from the International Space Station.
Arts & Entertainment PHOTO: S.F. City Hall Shows Its 49ers Pride In honor of making the 49ers making the playoffs, San Francisco City Hall dons red and yellow (gold?) hues. Fancy. (Photo by Erik Wilson.)
SF News Regarding The Cool LED Light System On The New Bay Bridge Span The Bay Lights have gotten plenty of attention on the western span of the Bay Bridge, but the same engineer who got those installed worked on the high-tech, permanent lighting system on the
SF News Asiana Pilot Says He Was Blinded By Flash Before Crash While details about the cause of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 continue to unfold, Lee Kang Kuk, the pilot of the 777 Boeing that killed two and injured dozens, told federal crash investigators that
Arts & Entertainment Video: Tron Bicycles Will Soon Take Over the Mission Jeff Bridges in Tron, 1982: he won us over with his raffish charm and weird bodysuit. Now Mission Bicycle wants his sweet lightbike, too. The Valencia Street purveyors of bikes for city cruising
Arts & Entertainment Remember: Twinkly Bay Lights Sculpture Debuts Tonight Scores of parties (none of which the staff at SFist has been invited to, damnit) are happening tonight around the Embarcadero in honor of The Bay Lights, which begins in just a few
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In The Castro... This house, located on Castro between Duboce and 14th Street, lights up the night each year during the holiday season with this beautifully bombastic display.
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On A Crane... ...a Christmas tree of light was born. (Photo by Mark.2000.)
Arts & Entertainment Video: See the New Light Installation on the Bay Bridge Getting Tested Installation has begun on the new light sculpture thing we told you about in September on the cables of the Bay Bridge. It's an LED art installation by artist Leo Villareal, and it's
Arts & Entertainment Free Bike Lights Given Out Starting Tonight In an effort to keep cyclists safe and splat-free during our post-daylight savings months, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will hand out free bike lights starting tonight
SF News Astounding, Awesome Bay Bridge Light Sculpture Project Announced Former Mayor Gavin Newsom and still reigning Mayor Willie Brown announced a glorious new light project that's set to make everything better. Why? Because tiny LED lights make everything better. Inspired by the
SF News Meanwhile, On The New Bay Bridge... Light poles illuminate the new east span of the Bay Bridge during a system lighting preview by Caltrans on Thursday. AP notes. "The custom-made lights will create a safer driving experience for motorists
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Embarcadero... Your average hippie/Burning Man dance of light (is there a technical name for this kind of routine?) turns into a spectacular shot of enveloping violet waves and glimmer care of this photo
Arts & Entertainment Photo Call: Show Us The Bay Area's Best Holiday Lights Display This time of year, landmarks and destinations alike are dressed in their most festive attire, such as the Christmas trees you'll find at both Union Square and Ghirardelli. But the best displays are
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 News Illuminating Lower 24th Street If you've alcoholicly stumbled home down the lower half 24th Street during the wee hours of the night, you know that the area needs more than another cafe, ice cream vendor or sandwich
misc Dim Bulbs in San Francisco? In an effort to conserve energy, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced legislation yesterday that "would prohibit downtown commercial buildings from leaving the lights on after hours," according to reports. If passed,
SF News Free Bike Light Giveaway Tonight Free bicycle lights will be handed out at five service stations throughout San Francisco tonight. This is all a part of "Light Up the Night," a darkness awareness event, if you will, brought
SF News Will You Turn Off Your Lights for an Earth Hour? Tomorrow, March 29, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. millions of people will turn of their lights to make a statement about climate change. It's all a part of Earth Hour,
misc Your Perfunctory Super Bowl Post Just some random scribbling on a game that is still reverberating through our hungover, overstuffed brains.... -One of our pet peeves in any sort of sports movies/TV show is that no matter
misc Photo du Jour 36 (Check out the actual chin scratching occurring, lower right, at an intelligentsia event. Har!) Here we have novelist Dave Eggers at the National Book Critics Circle nominee announcement at City Lights. We're in
misc It's Got to be the Morning After Why does every radio station go on commercial break at the same time? Is it some sort of conspiracy in which Clear Channel makes it so you won't be able to switch to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Red Meat: God bless the Rickshaw Stop. And if (s)he existed, he totally would. Why? For many reasons. Take, for example, the fact that they often have extraordinary talent gracing the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The Pipettes: This all-female, British, Phil-Spector-sounding band gains more and more popularity by the day. See them tonight so that by next year when they're too big for SF venues, you can
