Blue Bottle looks to expand in to selling bottled iced coffee drinks in stores, but you can get them now at the Ferry Building. [NBCBayArea] Big Nate's BBQ in SoMa becomes CatHead's BBQ.

In case you missed it yesterday: a tiny, insignificant earthquake gently reminded the East Bay that plate tectonics observes no holidays, especially not Boxing Day. [KTVU] The first apartment complex to go up

Here's a look at Warren Hellman's well-attended memorial service. And more reactions from the Chronicle's Leah Garchik. [Chron] [Garchik] Take a look at what's moving in to the former home of Modern Times

Santa Claus has been hanging out on the roof of the Academy of Sciences. Now he's going scuba diving in their aquarium. [RichmondSF] Whimsical urban swings appear on Valencia [UptownAlmanac] Still need to

It's basically a holiday weekend already, so you should definitely pick up that phone on your desk and dial (719) 26-OATES to reach "Callin' Oates", the emergency Hall & Oates Hotline. PRO-TIP: Press

Emeryville's public art and/or Holiday displays are surprisingly self-aware. [UptownAlmanac] Former Oakland Raider Bill Romanowski, arriving late to the bacon fad, goes nuts about bacon on air. [GrubSF] For someone who wants

In an amazing show of arm strength and holiday charity, a San Francisco Salvation Army bell ringer broke the world record for non-stop bell ringing. [CBS5] Leah Garchik brings us a holiday shopping

Jason Fox, Chef of Commonwealth on Valencia, defines the new San Franciscan Restaurant. [NYT] Santa will be at Green Apple Books in the Richmond tomorrow, and he would like it if you brought

Facebook is basically swimming in cash at this point, could earn enough this year to fill Mark Zuckerberg's pool with hundred dollar bills. [Gawker] SRO tenants leave the Mission's Gestalt House underwater. [UptownAlmanac]

The Guardian goes to the Westfield Centre to hang out in the food court with Modesto-based teen girl group The Prezcotts [SFBG] Pizza delivery man mugged in the Panhandle. Inquiring minds want to

Gary Scott Holland, the murderer who posed as a utility worker before killing a San Francisco publicist, gets the 50 years to life that he pled in to. [KTVU] Was CBS5 TV personality

In a Christmas miracle for fans of music from the 90's Green Day stepped in to save Live 105's Not So Silent Night concert after Jane's Addiction had to pull out. [Live105] People

Tony Hawk throws in 10 grand for the Mission and Duboce skate park. [SFAppeal] Schoolchildren snicker as Ed Lee makes a gaffe. [Twitter] Burning Man types throw art party, that guy with the

Here's what the BART map would (should?) look like if the system went to Marin (and Napa, and Sonoma, and Los Gatos) [MuniDiaries] Leopico, Cranberry Sauce and Teahupoo — three rehabbed sea lions — flopped

Rapper Drake was spotted dining with an entourage of 17 at Kokkari (a Willie Brown favorite). Drake & Co. reportedly ordered everything on the menu and spent the entire meal texting. [Garchik] Supervisor

Today's piece of investigative journalism: Alleged killer in Haight Street skateboard murder case confesses, still goes free. [SFAppeal] Chad Michael Murray, teen heartthrob, coming to Divisadero comic book store to pimp his graphic

Muni's Candlestick Park shuttle has become a haven for public drinking, basically. [Twitter] District Attorney George Gascón's hair spotted looking impeccable at the Human Rights Watch Voices for Justice Dinner. [SFWire] Hipster candidate

At least one motherly lawyer thinks McDonald's donations-for-toys tactic may not be legal. As if that were a real thing we should bother arguing about. [Grist] Mission girl seeking cooler friends. [Mission Mission]

The owners Duc Loi Supermarket in the Mission fed 450 people on Thanksgiving with a meal cooked by Mission Street Food's Anthony Myint. [Mission Local] 2012's Mavericks surf contest could paddle out as

Michael Bauer wonders: "How do I know if I'm really eating Halibut?" [InsideScoop] List of noteworthy Napa restaurants leaves off some noteworthy Napa restaurants. [GrubStreetSF] The early word on San Francisco's Umami Burger

The Fairmont Hotel unveils their largest gingerbread house ever. (It's 23 feet high!) [SFEx] Getty Spotting: Vanessa Getty seen wearing fashions at Barney's New York. [SFWire] The nail gun-shot red-tailed hawk is doing

The Richmond is getting two very lovely looking playground renovations. [RichmondSF] Another big Tenderloin drug crackdown leads to 42 arrests. [SFAppeal] Have you ever wondered what was behind the doors of SFO's Noise

Ironically ugly Christmas Sweaters are a fad we can deal with, but ugly sweater t-shirts? Now you're just being lazy. [SFWeekly] A chocolatier pops up in the Dogpatch. [SFBiz] Don't forget the Union

Stop talking shit about the Occupy Movement, says local columnist/comedian W. Kamau Bell. [SFWeekly] The Chronicle's Leah Garchik, always in fine form around the holidays, explains Godwin's Law and how it pertains

Fire-displaced ice cream shop Three Twins Ice Cream temporarily returns to the Lower Haight today to sling limited edition holiday flavors. PRO-TIP: A scoop of Egg Nog ice cream goes great in a