misc Window Plummets from 555 California Street, Kills No One Kearny Street (at California) was closed for over an hour this afternoon after a window came off of the former Bank of America building, falling to the ground from the 38th floor. No
misc SFist Photo: Red Skies at Night, Kite Surfer's Delight Oh we warned you. We gave you all the signs. RSAN 'n stuff. And now it's here. OMG, a blustery day! Actual weather in San Francisco, complete with an omninous-looking Storm Warning flag
misc The Offies 2007 Tickle, Delight If you have a free second - provided you have finished reading each SFist story and clicking on every one of our advertisers, of course - checkout the Guardian's "Offies" of 2007 -
misc Grote Kunst Voor Kleine Mensen: Chocolade haas Speaking of animal cruelty, the third chocolate bunny murder almost brought us to tears. Of laughter, sorrow, or both we're still not sure. This film, above, is described as "an episode from the
misc SFist Tonight Michael Pollan: Come hear this foodie sensation talk about his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, in which he suggests that you should not "eat anything that your great-great grandmother
misc Adachi's "Path to Redemption" for Gangbangers In what's turning into a slapfight between elected attorneys over civil gang injunctions, public defender Jeff Adachi recently sent a proposal over the Board of Supes that, according to the Examiner, "would give
misc So So Many White White Tigers SFist Jim reports that he went to the reopening of the San Francisco Zoo today, where he snapped the picture, above, of the tributes being placed at the zoo's tiger statue, and which
misc Goodbye Nick Swish It appears that the Billy Beane Player Emporium is still open for business as Beane just traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for a bunch of prospects. The house-cleaning continues. Swisher batted
misc Drunken BART (Sort-of) Attack Caught On Film In our continuing Orwellian coverage, we present to you a BART fight captured on tape, which happened after midnight on New Year's Eve. Really now. We expect this kind of behavior on the
misc Stellar Science Fiction Reading: io9 Rejoice, space believers! For there is finally - yes, finally! - someplace you can go on l'Internet to read about such sci-fi-ness (excuse us, "science fiction-ness" for all of you purists) ranging from
misc Feel the Rain on Your Skin Get out your brellies, Wellies, and slickers - the rain is on its way. Meteorologists are expecting the rain to start falling this afternoon. Expect high winds and heavy rain. Flooding is a
misc Tiger Attack Update: Witness Account Says She Saw Taunting, Teasing Damn. Ing. An eyewitness has stepped forward, giving her account of what she supposedly saw on Christmas Day at the SF Zoo. Jennifer Miller, who visited the now infamous park with her husband
misc Caught: Public Urinator Just as we were shutting down our computer at work circa 5:03, we turned around to find a (non-homeless appearing) man urinating behind a vehicle parked at the Olivet University Student Union
misc SFist Tonight (1981): Based off of Daniel Odier's novel of the same name, this fun and stylish French thriller revolves around a postal worker's obsession with an opera star. After he makes a bootleg tape
misc Blow, Gabriel, Blow In keeping with today's weather/music theme, ladies and gentlemen, Miss Patti LuPone. And her hair. Seeing as how this has been the only SFalert for the past 3.5 months or so,
misc Photo du Jour 25 Our favorite lady in San Francisco. And the future Mrs. Gavin Newsom. We're just saying. Vanessa's image goes to John O'Hara / Chron; Seibel's goes to Chris Stewart / Chron
misc SFist Blotter San Francisco started the year with a bang. Literally. 1/1: The title of First Murder of 2008 was snatched up just a few hours after midnight. An unidentified man was shot to
misc <strike>November</strike> January Rain Got that parapluie? The Chron reports that the skies are going to open up starting tomorrow, with not one, not two, but three separate weather systems barreling on in from Alaska. They're expecting
misc Nolan 2: Electric Boogaloo Ending a few days of speculation, it was announced that as expected, Mike Nolan will once again be prowling the sidelines in his spiffy suit as head coach of your San Francisco 49ers.
misc Tom Lantos Stepping Down Lantos, who turns 80 this year, is a Holocaust survivor, chairs the House Committee on Foreign Relations (that's gotta be an interesting gig), recently attacked Yahoo for releasing user names to China, and
misc Welcome to the Brave New World of Orwellian Parking Meters San Francisco, you're going to love it! See you (literally - the Party has tapped into your webcam) after the jump.
misc BART Delays This Morning What better way to celebrate the new BART fare hikes than a 30 minute train delay on the first official day of work in 2008? It kind of threw the new train schedule
misc Bay Area Wanderer: First Frolic Of 2008 * Bay Area Wanderer: Rockaway Beach, PacificaRang in the new year with seafood and beachwalking.Sometimes you've gotta get your frolic on. This was one of those times. Hello, 2008.Photo by the talented
misc La Photographie du Jour: Bienvenue 2008! Well by now the smoke has cleared from our New Year's celebration (and just in time, as today is 2008's first Spare the Air Day). This was the scene down at the waterfront
