SF News "City Bright" Lieberman On Michael Savage Tonight SFGate "City Bright" scribe Rich Lieberman just wrote to us to ask if SFist would mention his appearance on Allen Ginsberg's ex-lover's radio show. (Sure, we like the guy. He's interesting. He wears
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: <i>San Francisco Magazine</i>'s Best of the Bay Party Our favorite society photog, Drew Altizer, has dipped his toes in iIl linguaggio del cinema (which, for those of you not in the know, รจ universale), and his latest effort is this surf
misc What's the Name of Your Movie. Mission Film Shoot? SFist Jonathan sent us this image of some sort of movie shoot happening in the Mission today. He explains, "There's a huge film shoot setting up on Valencia between 20th and 21st --
SF News Chris Daly Move Watch 2K9: Nevius, Kids, and the Right Kind of Hypocrisy Yes, it's an inflated news story, if you can call it that. Just like San Francisco politics, it's a story that interests and affects journalists and their wonk pals more than the average
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Really, What Would Brian Boitano Make? Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Brian Boitano makes his Food Network debut next month. Taking a cue off of that South Park song that made him a household name, it's called What
SF News Pro-Marijuana Ad to Air Today In an effort to get Californians safe access to affordable mary jane, the above pro-marijuana commercial will air on "several cable news channels and network broadcast affiliates" in LA, Sacramento, and the Bay
SF News No Kidding Sad news, handful of you. The Printed Blog, the newspaper (leaflet?) that plucked items from the world wide web and printed said posts on paper, is now dead. Founded by Josh Karp six
SF News <i>SF Chronicle</i> Unveils New Look For those of you who still read print editions of newspapers, did you happen to see San Francisco Chronicle's latest makeover? To be blunt, it looks downright lovely. The font, the sharper images,
misc Bravo PR Caught Astroturfing SFist to Whore Out Horrid Teens Is Bravo's new show, , about a gaggle of vile, murder-worthy teens so poorly received that they have to resort to spamming a site like SFist? Seems so. See, yesterday on SFist, the following
SF News Husbands of Laura Ling and Euna Lee Speak Out Last night. before a vigil for Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who are currently serving a 12-year jail sentence in North Korea for illegally crossing the border, the inmates' husbands
misc Chancellor at "NYC Prep" School Livid About Bravo Reality Show In non-SF news: Did any of you catch NYC Prep last night? If not, let us explain it to you: NYC Prep follows around a group of Dwight School students who will be
SF News Quote du Jour: White People Everywhere The Appeal has a searing new feature called "What's Bothering Michael Petrelis Now?," filling readers in on what's pissing off San Francisco's most important always-present/entertaining queer activist. This time around, Petrelis had
SF News LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Will Not Run for Governor Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa revealed Wolf Blitzer today that he will not run for Governor. "The answer's no. I make that decision because like I've said many times, I love the city
SF News Peter Getty Responds to SFist's Getty Death Wish Oh wow. OK, don't be jealous, but one Mr. Peter Getty, it seems, responded to SFist's little ol' post about their new business venture: web-logging for SFGate. Behold: The decision to disable comments
SF News Women Brag to KMEL About Violent Beating While we typically roll our eyes at comments and opinions that call for the death of people who do stupid things, this is one case we might consider. You see, two ladies who
SF News Quote du Jour: "Matt Gonzalez" Want to hear more about a self-indulgent dilettante? Can you stomach another online writer who prattles on and on passive-aggressively about their alleged accomplishments? One who went to Ivy League schools you couldn't
SF News Analog Dies Tonight Over 3 million people, and an estimated 600,000 Bay Area residents, aren't prepared for today's analog assassination. See, digital TV will reign supreme at midnight tonight. And unless you want to end
SF News KRON 4's Gary Radnich BloodWatch 2K9 Continues SFist's post on Gary Radnich's on-air blood loss made it on KRON 4 News this morning via the loverly Darya Folsom. (Woo hoo! Even though they don't read us! Ahem.) The newsteam (who,
misc KRON 4's Gary Radnich Bleeds On the Air God, we love KRON 4 so very, very much. Here one reason why. (Not seen: Darya Folsom almost retching over Radnich blood.) Thanks, Matt Baume, for sending this our way!
misc Top Ten Bay Area News Anchors? City Nights (or whatever it's called) web-log writer Rich Lieberman came up with a (definitive?) list of the top-ten Bay Area newscasters. While they are "in no particular order," he lists the anchors
SF News Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster Wants an Apology from South Carolina Boom. Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, in his most recent blog post, fires back at a South Carolina AG after he "accused craigslist, and [Buckmaster] personally, of engaging in criminal acts." See, after AG
SF News Sign of the Times: Print Publishing Where The Onion used to be on Cortland in Bernal Heights. The Onion, as SFist pointed out last week, ceased print editions in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
SF News Chronicle (Reporter) Doesn't Believe In Publishing News That Hurts Their Feelings We're almost certain that more esteemed colleagues like Steven T. Jones and Joe Eskenazi didn't come across a request from a Chronicle reporter to unpublish their items on yesterday's involuntary layoffs But we
SF News Poll: What Will All of That SF Chron Management Do All Day? While editorial staff gets pruned today, we're hearing from Chronicle guild members that "No one thinks they're gonna go through with any manager layoffs." (Update: Lesley Guth, Chron manager, was laid off this