SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's On: LA vs. SF Burritos LA Weekly baits San Franciscans in Ask Mr. Gold's most recent column. Erica, a Los Angeles-based reader, writes in to ask about her "friend in town from Berkeley"
misc Brave ABC Affiliate Protects Los Angeles from Televised Homosexual Menace Remember the other day, we told you about a bunch of new TV ads about how gay families can actually be pleasant and likable? Well, you'll be glad to hear that
Arts & Entertainment Finally, Some Prop 8 Leaders Who Aren't Afraid of a Little Fight Back in October, the Yes on 8 "people" challenged California's Superintendent of Schools, Jack O'Connell, to a debate about gay marriage. According to Yes, even the remotest
SF News Fires Prompt Schwarzenegger to Declare State of Emergency in Santa Barbara County Dozens and dozens of mansions in Montecito & Santa Barbara went up in flames last night. There is no ETA for containment of the massive fire, which started a little before 6 p.
SF News Earthquake Clips: Big Brother, Judge Judy Since there's no reason every other blog and MSM outlet out there gets to milk yesterday's 5.4 LA earthquake and not us, check out these two pieces of
SF News <del>5.8</del> 5.4 Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles "A Strong Earthquake Has Shaken Los Angeles," or so says this jarring single headline on CBS 5. You know anything more? We'll update as soon as we do. Update
misc "Stupidest Bike Lane in America" Found in LA Slate magazine claims to have found the "stupidest bike lane in America"... down in LoCal, of course. We here at SFist like to think that a bike lane is a bike
misc Size Does Matter: Transbay Terminal Is So Big The Library Tower (AKA the U.S. Bank Tower) in Los Angeles could soon be the second tallest building west of the Mississippi thanks to San Francisco's proposed Transbay Terminal. While
SF News Governor Gavin Newsom? It looks like Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a stab at running for Governor of California in 2010. In addition to the gaggle of Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Gov. Schwarzenegger after his
Arts & Entertainment <i>Girls Rock! The Movie</i> Premieres Tonight at Embarcadero The film also opens at Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley today, with a grand opening event tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m., featuring performances by campers As Ifs and Shattuck Cinemas' band
misc Jenny Craig, Not a Girl's Girl Well then. Does the same go for The Biggest Loser? Because we love that show.
misc Super Smashing Tourney Tournaments will be held in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with the winners of each city going to finals in New York. San Francisco's chance at playing will be on
misc Week Around the -ists * Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade. * Barack Obama drew 20,000+ ahead of Seattle’s Saturday caucus. * Londonist
Arts & Entertainment New Global Monopoly Game Leaves Its Heart Elsewhere Though this may amuse a smattering of transplants who neither want this city to grow nor evolve into the world-class city it secretly is, a new global Monopoly board is coming and
misc Contest: Melee @ Slim's 01/18/08 Until June, from sunny Phoenix, traveled to Los Angeles in hopes of a record deal. Obviously, at first, they got lost in the mix, but promised themselves that if they didn't
SF News R.I.P.: Brad Renfro Troubled star of one of our (well, you editor's) favorite movies, Apt Pupil, died today. According to the godly folks over at TMZ: The 25-year-old actor was found dead
misc SFist Finds: Vintage Muni Transfer I spent the holidays with my mother in Los Angeles, who collects rare first-edition books. While I was visiting, she opened "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (circa 1930) and an old
misc Week Around the -Ists * LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). * Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that "godless," "
misc SFist Tonight * No Single Left Behind: Depressed at the thought of being single for the rest of your life? Then, go get a cat or eight. Sheesh. Or, better yet, attend this seminar where,according
misc Deposit Your Unwanted Newborn Here on Howard Street Most states have similar rules. The slogan: "no shame, no blame, no names • sin pena, sin culpa, sin peligro." Our CA law has had its ups and downs over the years.
misc And the Winner Is.... The South Bay gets it. California's High Speed Rail Authority picked the Pacheco Pass as the future route for the 200-mph train that will help you get from SF to
Arts & Entertainment Painting, Exercising, and Blending Drinks With a <del>Stripper</del> Burlesque Dancer And then things like this make us fall in like-like with Los Angeles all over again. This brings up a good point, what happened to intriguing public access shows in San Francisco?
misc Week Around the -Ists The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There
SF News RIP: Evel Knievel The motorcycling-riding Johnny Knoxville of his time, minus any homoerotic subtext, Evel Knievel died today at the wonderful age of 69. He passed away after years of suffering from "diabetes and
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom
