SF News San Francisco's Big Brother Cinéma Vérité Sucks, Claim Critics And speaking of cameras... While Chicago has seen crime rates plummet to their lowest numbers in over four decades due to the windy city's Big Brother program, San Francisco's
misc Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BART (but You Aren't Allowed to Know About Muni) Muni declined to comment when we asked them why they weren't participating. So we'll have to assume it's because their engineers are already in way over their
SF News Day Around the Bay * First eco-friendly homeless shelter opens its doors. Glamour, glitz, green. [Oakland Tribune] * The Mayor uses Muni funds to pay his posse. [SFGate, N Judah Chronicles] * Speaking of which, buy your "The
SF News Penn to Hit Castro Bars as <i>Milk</i> Shooting Starts Undergoing a procedure to erase 30 years from its face, the Castro neighborhood is going retro, circa 1978, for the filming of Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic, Milk, which starts
misc Gavin Plays Extreme Makeover First there were raises given to staff members who were also given spiffy new job titles. Total cost of all this is will be around $500,000 over the next 18 months, money
misc Week Around the -Ists * Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye. * Shanghaiist was shocked to
misc Breaking News: Gavin Newsom's Town Car Scratched! Yeah, we could hardly believe the headline ourselves. Do people have no shame? We missed this one, but yesterday Mayor Gavin Newsom's town car was vandalized by a parolee. Outside Newsom&
misc Blood Diamond Scandal: Jennifer Siebel's Engagement Ring of Death! Oh Lord. Is this for real? From the SFist inbox this morning we received alarming news that Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel, like, totally hate Africans, or something like that. After the New
misc Gavin Newsom: "We're All Geeks" Says you! In an effort to diffuse to the sheer horror of being labeled a "dork," "techie," "queer," or even "local artist," recently San Francisco
SF News Outbound N-Judah Hits Pedestrian An elderly woman was struck by an outbound N-Judah this evening around 5:45 p.m. at 9th Avenue and Irving Street. Over at N-Judah Chronicles, fittingly enough, Greg Dewar was
SF News Norman Hsu Gets Three Years In the Slammer Denied. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu - who helped raised cash for Mayor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Fiona Ma, Hillary Clinton, and the victorious Barack Obama - was sentenced to three years in prison today for
misc Dis of the Year -- Wired vs. Tesla Motors. Future: Tesla 2.0? We’ll bring you up to speed about what's happened since our previous post, (oh the hate mail that generated -- use the Comments Section instead people, that’s what it’s
SF News Gavin Newsom & Jennifer Seibel to Tie the Knot Here she comes, Kimberly II. According to the Gate, "SF Mayor Newsom engaged to be married." Ta da. It seems that our former hard-partying stallion of a mayor "spoke
misc Ride Muni for Free All Night Long On New Year's Eve Mayor Gavin Newsom says that one of his "top priorities is to ensure that every San Franciscan has a safe and happy New Year. Riding Muni is a smart and green way
SF News Escaped Tiger Kills SF Zoo Visitor A tiger mauled two visitors and killed another at the San Francisco Zoo today. Tatiana -- the same Siberian who mauled its own trainer last year, ripping the flesh from her arm in front
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
misc Dennis Kucinich's Brother Found Dead Perry Kucinich, the brother of Democratic Prez candidate Dennis Kucinich, has been found dead according CBS 5. His other brother, Larry, found 52-year-old Perry at his Cleveland home at around 9
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Taxing Soda Whether you call it soda, pop, or cola, you'll have to pay more to buy it if Gavin Newsom gets his way: Matier and Ross report that Mayor Newsom is thinking
SF News Call Off Your Old Tired Eth-- Oh, For A Golden Shower I Charge $250, Baby The Mayor shot down the legislation. saying that "legalization of prostitution would be a terrible mistake," because of...bad stuff happening around security gates, or security cameras, or something like that.
SF News How Dry I Am: Three Bay Area Cities Some of the Most Shitfaced Congratulations, Oakland (29th), Fremont (32nd), and San Francisco (34th) -- you made it on the top 50 drunkest cities in the U.S. list. At least, according to the December issue of the body
SF News Don't Count Gary Cloutier Out Just Yet But seriously, folks: the two-term city councilman smells treachery afoot. And with good reason. According to the Chronicle, it seems that "the vote count included at least one discarded ballot and
SF News Vallejo Mayoral Recount Crowns Osby Davis the Winner Well, well, well. Well. It turns out that after a recount and by a mere three votes, according to the scroll across the screen on during the People's Court, the new
misc Vallejo Mayor Disgusted By Folsom Street Fair But that's the entire point! Anyway, RicardoSF tells us in the comments section here that: In January's issue of The Advocate in the Rants & Raves section -- unavailable online
misc Harvey Milk Mural at 575 Castro Given's owner, Nick Romero, commissioned this mural for his store to memorialize the slain city supervisor. (Other than a sidewalk plaque in front of the store, that wasn't much
SF News Gavin Newsom: Chubby Chaser Gavin wants your fat. According to Renewable Energy Access, yesterday our dear Mayor implemented a new program that will collect fats, oil, and grease from the city restaurants free of charge.Why? So
