SF News Gavin Newsom Appears On <em>Simpsons</em> 20th Anniversary Special Last night FOX aired a Simpsons 20-year review -- which was heavy on the white, male, GenX talking heads, even though scores of XX-chromosome types equally adore the popular cartoon satire -- featuring
SF News Karel Comes Back To SF Radio On Monday Good news, radio listeners. Karel, the single-named, visibly homosexual radio talk show host, plans on coming back to the San Francisco airwaves next Monday. Rich Lieberman has the scoop, reporting that the "late
SF News SFBG To Seize SF Weekly's Rent Check? Here's a morsel of alt weekly-vs.-alt weekly news to fill your belly: last Tuesday local alt weekly SF Bay Guardian was "granted its motion to intercept the income of the SF Weekly.
SF News KGO-AM, KSFO To Enter Bankruptcy By December's End Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, noted as "the third-largest radio broadcaster in the U.S." and owner of San Francisco's KGO-AM 810 and KSFO 560, will file for bankruptcy by the end of the year,
SF News Breaking: Chronicle Rents Space to Other Companies Holy smokes, are you sitting down for this one? Are you sure? Because: SF Chronicle is renting out space to tech companies. Did we just blow your damn mind? Didn't think so. Since
SF News NBC Picks Up Troubled <em>Trauma</em>? While it was initially rumored that NBC might kill the ratings-challenged Trauma, word is NBC decided to pick up the medical/explosions show. Deadline Hollywood reports: On its first airing, the Peter Berg-produced
SF News Making More Money Than Ever Before, Current Plans Massive Layoffs What's being described as a "major bloodbath," both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Current offices plan on snipping 80 employees, which will bring their entire staff to somewhere around 300. This comes
misc Blogging Protip: Thwart SFGate's Copy/Paste Sneakiness Under the impression that online internet world wide webloggers are swiping their golden nuggets of wisdom without linkage, SFGate recently infused their site with inane cross-scripting nonsense that automatically adds a url link
SF News 2012 and <em>2012</em>: Real Sticker Graffiti or Clever Movie Marketing This sticker was spotted on a bus stop at Union and Van Ness this morning on a 2012, advertising what seems like a site with a serious discussion of Mayan mysticism, Maya-Portal.net.
misc Quote du Jour: Jon Carroll On Newsom SF Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll had this to say this morning regarding Gavin Newsom and the discreet charm of underage men. "When you elect boyish charm, you also get boyish behavior." In related
Arts & Entertainment SF Views Talks About the Election, Starting at 4 Still in its embryonic stage, please join SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor at 4 p.m. today for SF Views, live from the stained heart of SOMA! It's an interwebs
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meredith Brody, <em>SF Weekly</em> Part Ways A "polarizing" figure in the SF food community, Meredith Brody was a memorable one during her tenure at SF Weekly. Yesterday, Eater tell us, Brody parted ways with SF Weekly. Brody's writing was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>Top Chef 7</em> Open Casting Call, 10/18 Although we find this season particularly listless -- for reasons we can't put our finger on, exactly -- Top Chef will return for another cycle of fast-paced cooking and egregious under-salting. And with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>Gourmet</em> Magazine Ends Run After 70 years in print, Gourmet magazine will call its November issue its final one. While rags like Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country (oh, come on, the latter is nothing short of genius;
SF News Energy 92.7, Dead Yesterday, rumors were swirling like a tweaker with glo-sticks that Energy 92.7, the city's preferred dance station with a gay bent, will come to an end. Turns out said rumors are, sadly,
misc <i>Vice</i>'s Guide to San Francisco New York publication of note Vice -- that glossy, in-your-face magazine that features stinky Brooklynites wearing too-tight clothing and interviews with depressed music bands -- has come out with a very special San
SF News Wall Street Journal and The New York Times to Print SF Editions Here's some days-old news for you to chew on, folks. In a move that has some editors at The Chronicle defecating in their hermetically-sealed bubble, both The Wall Street Journal and The New
SF News KTVU's Ross McGowan to Retire Next to La King, Ross McGowan is one of our favorite local on-air personalities. Why? Because he smolders. Also, that low, appropriately condescending voice of his makes "Mornings On Two" that more special.
SF News Vanity Fair's Dominck Dunne Dies Hollywood producer and Vanity Fair scribe Dominick Dunne died today at 83. Self-described as a "a high-class Zelig," Dunne is best known for writing about the "courtroom travails of the rich and famous.
SF News More Chronicle Layoffs While news of another batch of layoffs at the Chronicle isn't particularly newsworthy in this economy, the California Media Workers Guild posted the following missive yesterday. Chronicle Unit Chair Michelle Devera issued the
misc Proof the Public Averted BART Strike On Sunday, if you recall, there was no BART strike, a surprise twist that all but crippled Bay Area media. The unanimous (and somewhat iffy) angle on the strike aversion was that you,
SF News Salon Clips 20% Of Its Editorial Staff In an effort to become "more of a true Web publication," the AP English class of the interwebs, Salon.com, laid off six editorial staff members. CEO Richard Gingras confirmed to Gawker that
SF News Turmoil and Strife at KRON 4? SFGate 'City Bright' Rich Lieberman has word that, behind the joy that is Darya Folsom and Gary Radnich in the morning, turmoil is brewing behind the scenes at KRON 4. (Which would make
misc Scenes from a 'Trauma' Shoot NBC's gripping drama Trauma did a little bit of filming at One Bush this morning. While there were no choice star-sighting on the wattage level of SF First Lady Jennifer Siebel -- remember:
SF News <i>Chronicle</i> Commits a Fashion Don't by Chris Jones Once again, the San Francisco Chronicle, has rendered the local populace awestruck and scratching their heads in bemusement. It would appear that the Chron put together a crack team of
