Beach Blanket Babylon pays tribute to our NFC Champion 49ers. [KTVU] Fairweather fan? Here are some smart things to say during the Super Bowl. [TheAwl] Forget vinyl, flexi-discs are the hot new obsolete

Alex Smith prays for sweet release. [Chron] Dispatches from New Orleans: Calm amid the media day chaos. [Grantland] Artist Wendy McNaughton brings us an illustrated history of Pier 70. [Pier70Community] Mexican Fernet exists

The Super Bowl is the exclamation point of America. [TheAwl] San Francisco's railroad tycoons were richer than you could ever hope to be, had awesome houses on Nob Hill. [Curbed] The Mission remembers

Yes, that legal notice about class action settlement with Facebook is real, but chances are the $20 million funds will go to charity. [Forbes] SFO renaming debate hits new heights as Chronicle commenters

Twitter released a thing called Vine yesterday. It allows you to post six second videos. It is either GIF-like or the best thing that Twitter ever did. [Gizmodo] [TechCrunch] Africa Fries are the

We know how SFist readers feel about the Taxis in San Francisco, but how do public radio listeners feel about them? Take a look around The Forge, a new pizza joint in Oakland's

Celebrity sightings! Joe Montana had dinner with the wife and kids (and a sidecar) at Jasper's Corner Tap. And Saul Baronsen/Mandy Patinkin's beard showed up at Universal Cafe. Meanwhile, Delroy Lindo was

Bullitt/Tonic/Dr. Teeth bar crew opening another bar in the Solstice space on Divisadero. Brace yourselves, Pac Heightsians. [GrubSF] Castro Street goes under the knife, getting a couple improvements to widen the

Chronicle columnist and older gentleman Carl Nolte gets in on the microhood thing, discovers Safeway Flats in the southern Mission. [Chron] Almanac Beer and Dandelion Chocolate have a new biere du chocolat. We

Sacred Space: the Guardian pokes around the brand new SFJazz Center space in Hayes Valley. [SFBG] And it would be nothing without the food: here's the menu at Charles Phan's South, located in

George Gund III, the original owner of the San Jose Sharks, has died after a battle with cancer. [KTVU] Sweet Bar Bakery announces their opening in Oakland with a "Thriller" flashmob, although we

Redwood tree crushes house in Larkspur. Cue sad trombone. [Chron] The Weekly reviews Christopher Owens' Lysandre, a too-short album about a too-short romance. [AllShookDown] The battered Great Highway is getting some much needed

Scenes and thoughts from last Friday night's march for solidarity in the Mission. [MissionMission] Is the Lower Haight a coffee desert? [Haighteration] Swan Oyster Depot's Tom Sancimino discusses celebrity appearances and a fish

New Mission Theater and Alamo Drafthouse development approved in hilarious Planning Commission moment. [UptownAlmanac] Four Barrel's Divisadero outpost The Mill will open in February. [GrubSF] Less than a year after opening, the Inn

Willie Brown describes his meals at Rich Table and State Bird Provisions, two celebrated restaurants notable for their lack of tablecloths. [InsideScoop] Development watch: New Mission Theater project heads to the Planning Commission

Blue Bottle's James Freeman lists the five crimes against coffee. Pro-tip: Coffee machines are crap. [Food&Wine] Gov. Jerry Brown is already done with his treatment for prostate cancer and he's "rarin'

Local drugstores have a new appetite for dining. [Chron] Meet the man who had sex with a dolphin (and then wrote a book about it). [SFWeekly] Lone wolf still roaming California all by

Former newspaper rivals agree: SF Examiner owner Todd Vogt's plan to buy up SF publications is a good thing. (Although we still haven't heard which, if any, newspaper Vogt plans on buying.) [SFAppeal]

District Attorney drops subpoenas of twitter accounts related to Occupy Oakland protests. [SFEx] Muni 2013: Now what? [N-Judah] Entire mail collection box stolen from Alameda Street. [CBS5] Man accused of Potrero Hill stabbing

Looking for opportunities to bring back that ball gown in your closet? Babe Scanlon explains how to pull off the the Walk of Shame Brunch. [SFAppeal] Surprise! Facebook only paid about 0.3%

It is now a crime to picket at a funeral, and other new California laws in 2013. [SFEx] Some handwringing over who Mayor Lee might appoint to District 4 Supervisor — assuming current Supe

The San Francisco Public Library does not have bedbugs, says the San Francisco Public Library. We'll still be finding an alternative place to pee when we're in Civic Center, thank you very much.

In 2012, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed change their reputation. (Note: Article appears alongside an image of a toilet.) [Griffin/SFEx] Newsflash: vehicular traffic poses a risk to cyclists on Valencia

Thousands of East Bay residents lost power early this morning after someone crashed the car into a telephone pole. [KTVU] Meanwhile, in the city signal problems are causing Caltrain delays and another reminder

Pro-carnival, Anti-saloon: Hayes Valley was a pretty bustling neighborhood in 1911. [Hayeswire] The rad motorized Santa sleigh that's been delivering joy through the Mission is apparently not street legal. [UptownAlmanac] As Bar Bambino