misc First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net Tonight's event at prestigious UC Hastings law school is history but you might know somebody who could benefit from the issues that were discussed. For example, many San Franciscans don't take advantage of
misc Feed The Hungry, Everyone! Feel that? Why, those are your heart stings being tugged care of us and this cool little guy over here on the right. (Who like totally did not just make us completely tear
SF News Ask a Muni Driver And away we go. {Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for anything except my opinion as a MUNI driver, San Franciscan, and daily passenger just like the rest of you sorry sods
SF News Tony Hall's Old Red Garter Maybe Tony Hall needs to put a yellow sticky on his campaign credit card and label it "FOR CAMPAIGN USE ONLY" -- the SF Ethics Commission has decided to proceed on charges against
misc Locked Out in the City: What to Do? We lucked out this time, but it got us thinking, What would we do if there is a next time we find ourselves out of our abode with no keys, [update] no money,
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After Blazers 105 Warriors 95- See what happens when everyone gets all giddy after beating the Spurs? They lose to the Trail Blazers. If you want to feel better, for those of you who
misc Haight, Gutterpunks, and Dogs As we passed by, the dog lunged out and clamped its jaws on our friend's leg. The bite broke no skin, but it scared the hell out of our friend. She told us
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After the Dustup Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start: when Alex Smith got injured, there was some back-and-forth about whether or not he was healthy. While this was going on,
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
Arts & Entertainment Buy Handmade This Holiday In case you missed the packed ReadyMade party last night or were too distracted by all the cute people and free drinks to actually get any holiday shopping done here are some more
SF News SFist Blotter -- In the 3600 block of Waterbury Court way down in San Jose last night, a double shooting left one man critically injured and another man dead. According to CBS 5, "no arrests
SF News It's Almost Christmas! Give The Gift Of A...MUNI Pass? We were trolling around on the Interweb the other day and caught notice of this banner ad, which immediately depressed us, given that: 1) Somebody at MUNI thought that monthly passes make an
SF News MapQuest Gas Prices [Insert Flatulence Reference Here] In order to prevent witnessing further gas station signage hilarity, MapQuest (remember them?) has a nifty cheap station location feature. Basically, it maps out gas stations in your neighborhood/city by price. In
SF News Where Have All the Good Budget Times Gone? It's kinda like on the "the Wire" when the outgoing Mayor decided to get revenge on the guy who beat him in the Mayoral Race by not telling anyone that the educational system
SF News Pizza Delivery Gone Wrong What makes the story even sadder is that the deliveryman was a 38-year-old immigrant named Thanh Thach who became a U.S. citizen last September and leaves two children. He was working two
misc Thankful For Your Pets? Since this is the perfect time of the year to make a donation, we thought we'd help out those animal lovers among us by providing a list of local animal-related charities and nonprofits
Arts & Entertainment The Colbertese Falcon Applause to John's Grill owner John Konstin, who decided to put some money into the arts. When the Maltese Falcon replica displayed in the restaurant was stolen earlier this year, Mr. Konstin offered
SF News Cry of the Fishmonger: Sharks Lobby to Play the Coyotes Every Game This November is a big month for all the teams in the Pacific division, as they spend the entire month playing their division opponents. The Sharks have shaken off their lackluster play to
SF News Surf's Up! Beaches Reopen The sands of Marin and San Mateo have officially reopened to the public. (We recommend hitting the beach in the fall. There's something luxurious about walking on the beach, bundled up in winter
misc Good Morning, Starchild-- the Earth Says Hello Starchild denied he was hooking in this particular case. In fact, he said this about the case: "we were not denying I might have committed prostitution on other occasions, we were just saying
SF News Carole and the Case of the $397,000 After paying up last year for disclosure violations, Senator Carole Migden is once again under investigation for not disclosing or itemizing credit card charges that total $397,000. According to the LA Times,
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After Seahawks 24 Niners 0 -In light of the news of the death of Dick Nolan, we feel a little icky about being negative and snarky about the Niners. Poor Mike Nolan. So, instead,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: A Tale of Two Beaches, San Mateo vs. S.F. But this was the scene less than 10 miles (as the un-oiled crow flies) to the north at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. These people appear to be the trained crewmembers who are getting
SF News Groovy, Odd Scam Hitting the Elderly Okay, we're not exactly sure how this works, but it's...bizarre. Seems that a trio of scammers are preying upon the elderly Chinese American community in SF (no, not Ed Jew). What's interesting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Eugene Robinson By Frances Reade Eugene Robinson has been the leader of S.F.'s most dangerous art-rock band Oxbow since 1989. We don’t mean Oxbow is "dangerous" as in "Tipper-Gore-no-likey." We mean "dangerous"
