Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian. You know why? Because we were voted readers' favorite local blog!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you! We're pleased to be in such good company as
SF News SFist Blotter Phew, let's get to the less life-endangering stuff. Politicians! Matt Gonzalez's 2003 mayoral campaign team was fined $3300 for failing to provide donor information to the Ethics Commission (they said it was a
SF News San Francisco's Mayoral Pick Via the Old Gray Lady Here we have le Gav looking lover-ly while kicking it with some tired Ethel Merman tranny (excuse me, fabulous "Ethel Merman impersonator") in Jesse McKinley's stellar New York Times article about our personality-littered
SF News Day Around The Bay --Our city rules. [Examiner.] --Today's Matt Gonzalez Mayoral Candidate Magic Eight-Ball reading: Maybe yes. [Left in SF.] --The Punk Rock Sideshow at the Hemlock is hosting a benefit concert next Monday (July 16th)
SF News Day Around The Bay --They're laying people off at the Merc News too? [SFBG Politics Blog]. --A blogger gets sued for defamation in small claims court by a journalist who didn't like, among other things, being called
SF News Day Around The Bay --Ha! The guy to your right ran for mayor of Barcelona, and doesn't he look like Matt Gonzalez? By copatbark from the SFist Flickr stream. --John Edwards was in town at Google. So
SF News Day Around The Bay --The Golden Gate Bridge opened 70 years ago today! The Golden Gate Bridge RULES. --Hilarious cartoons of vacations gone awry by Don Asmussen. (Even more in the print edition!) --M&R admit
SF News Day Around The Bay --They took away the hazmat license of the company whose truck blew up the Macarthur Maze. We can't really disagree with that. --Oh no! Puddles the hippo has died. He leaves his bereaved
SF News Not Gonna Happen We always thought the Glover thing was merely wish fulfillment for a lot of people wishing that someone, anyone, would run against Gavin and carry the progressive flag. But Luke Thomas said the
SF News I'm Getting Too Old For this Sh--- Now the rumor was debunked earlier by Luke Thomas on Fog City who said it was a ploy to take heat off the Matt Gonzalez bandwagon. Matier & Ross, however, contacted Danny's publicist
misc Matt vs. Gavin: the Rematch? Fog City Journal is reporting that Matt Gonzalez has been in talks with a campaign manager, Nicole Derse, about running. We're all guessing it's for Mayor but who knows with Matt? We've heard
SF News Who's Defending Newsom Now! As promised -- when we find people defending Newsom, we diligently write 'em up in the column we call.... Who's Defending Newsom Now! Who's swinging for the mayor? --The mayor himself!: Before heading
SF News Your Daily Dose of Whatever Gate We're Calling It Talk about tension city-- here was the political rival of the Mayor chatting it up with the Mayor's ex-wife. And according to Matier & Ross, Kimberly signed off with these words: "all right,
SF News Let's Catch Up on Choirgate Anyways, not much has gone on in the past few days but there have been a few developments. First up is that police investigators flew down to LA over the weekend to finally
SF News Sean Hannity Is On The Case We actually watched this whole thing go down as we caught it while flipping through the channels. The whole thing was surreal. There was Hannity, one of the kids beaten up, his mother,
SF News Mayoral Race Poll Now that Gavin has stopped playing coy and moved ahead with his re-election plans, the question is who will step up to run against Mr. 80% Approval Ratings? It's the parlor game anyone
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Bevan Dufty I guess the first question should be is what is your reaction to critics who say you don't vote progessive enough for a progessive district? Many people view the Board of Supervisors in
Arts & Entertainment Bassists For Measure O The event's at the law offices of Gonzalez & Leigh, at 2 Shaw Alley, 3rd Floor (off Mission between 1st and 2nd), and Ross Mirkarimi's expected to be there too. We don't know
misc Political Junkie: New Hairstyles, New Races Well, we're pleased as punch to say that someone has risen to our challenge! Look how more regressive Matt looks! You can practically see him chasing the homeless out of San Francisco now,
misc Week In SFist: Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair! "Gimme head with hair/ Long beautiful hair/Shining, gleaming/Streaming, flaxen, waxen..." In 1906, we had the Big One. In 1989, we had Loma Prieta. In 2004, we had the Winter of Love.
SF News Political Junkie: Hair Of The Mayor That Bit You Yes, folks, it's true -- the floppy-haired Matt Gonzalez look sported by Mayor Gavin Newsom was for one day only. Awwwwwww! We're back to the swept-back, visible-comb-lines-through-the-front (scroll down), crunchy-gelled 'do you all
Arts & Entertainment Up With Peoples' There'll be speakers, lunch, live jazz, and breakout discussion groups on anti-gentrification, violence prevention, and elections/campaigns. Look how much fun they had last year! $7 if you buy tickets in advance, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Contest: Win Tickets To The Bitch Magazine Auction! As part of its ongoing 10th anniversary celebration, local nonprofit indie publication Bitch Magazine is throwing a benefit silent auction this Friday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Women's Building (18th
SF News Former SF Supervisor Dies Bierman was 82 years old; she was first elected into office in 1992 at the age of 68. She had just been appointed by Newsom to the Port Commission two weeks ago. She
