SF News SFO-Bound Brothers Arrested for "Brutally" Attacking Pilot Jonathan and Luis Baez, two brothers from Holyoke, Massachusetts, were arrested late Wednesday after assaulting a pilot on a flight bound for San Francisco. En route American Airlines Flight 1755, a flight attendant
SF News Massachusetts Sues Federal Government Over DOMA The state of Massachusetts has sued the Federal government over the Domestic Marriage Act, claiming that it discriminates against the people, namely gay folks, who want to wed. According to the , "the lawsuit,
SF News In His Own Words: Gavin Newsom On Same-Sex Marriage Separate Is Not Equal by Gavin Newsom Four years ago, when Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon and more than 4,000 other couples said "I Do" this country took an irrevocable step toward securing
SF News This Is the Trash That's Going to Win? Check out the anti-gay truck motoring around town today. Isn't it adorable? Fortunately for it, it lacks any "anti-oak tree" or "pro-Marine recruitment" signage, which would've really pissed off locals Bay Area do-gooders.
misc Week Around the -ists Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called
misc Week Around the -Ists Torontoist discovered their city's most ridiculous holiday lights setup, with 80,000 lights and two––two!––synchronized music routines. Naturally, they snagged a video. Chicago tragically loses one of its most recognizable neighborhood
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
SF News Just Shoot Us Sadly, the website is a little confusing -- a lot of , and their plans for implementation are alarmingly sparse. And what's the difference between "Not Aware" and "Don't Know"? Navigating through the poll
Arts & Entertainment The Dirty Ol' Fall Tour Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers and special guest MoZella October, 4 2007 Cafe du Nord (2170 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94101) Cost : $12 All Ages Photo courtesy of flickr user: caitlinbango
SF News IDs for Immigrants? Gavin says he's on board with the proposal and will get his administration on it. He also says that he's prepared for the criticism to come his way and doesn’t care. Hey,
misc Week Around The -ists After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did a little research and found that Massachusetts bridges could use a little help. But Bostonist brightened up considerably when they discovered they could drink themselves silly
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Happy Kitschy Crafting. One of our personal favorites this year was Leah Kramer's 'The Craftsters Guide to Nifty, Thrifty and Kitschy Crafts'. Kramer, a craft maven by every definition of the word, is responsible for starting
SF News World Peace, One Stomach At A Time Destination Dinners officially opened for business just about a month ago. Lisa runs it from her home. She's a big thinker with ambitious goals that go beyond the scope of typical business objectives
SF News Second Time's The Charm Ah, the most agonizing time of the year for a certain group of local lawyers is upon us -- the annual releasing of the results from the February California state bar exam. The
misc Bottom of the Coffee Pot: A Few Leftovers In the nearly year and a half we've been doing coffee-related writing here on SFist, we've taken a number of pictures that we've heretofore been unable to shoehorn into one of our "Trimethyldioxypurist"
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Goes to the Stones Concert So you get a bunch of free Stones tickets and a luxury box to see them opening night at Fenway handed over to you by some company out of the kindness of their
SF News Patriot Act Author Questions Supreme Court, Bush Adminstration We'll admit it, one of our favorite political blogs is written by a Republican. That's right, we said it. Hey, it's all about 'balance' here at SFist, if not moderation. Shades of gray,
SF News Winos Rejoice Over Supreme Court Ruling Okay, guess that should read "Wine Connoisseurs," or "Oenophiles" as the Supremes did not rule that food stamps could now be used to purchase Thunderbird, Cisco or Night Train. Instead, they ruled that
SF News Medical Marijuana Case Goes to the, uh, Highest Court; Massachusetts Gay Marriage Case Doesn't Meanwhile, the Court will hear arguments today in , a medical-marijuana case that started right here in the Bay Area. In 2002 Angel Raich of Oakland, who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor (among
SF News Matchbox Nineteen Well, it's about time! Assuaging his secret girlie-man worries that he's not a governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger finally got his personalized booby-trapped letter. With Schwarzenegger, now 19 governors have received letters addressed from the
