Mission Hill Saloon is changing hands and becoming another member of the Thieves/Dear Mom portfolio. Big changes in the works for a dive bar with a lot of character. [Uptown Almanac] Two

Northern Mission residents, here's a handy excuse you can use when you're late to work today: My alarm didn't go off because a PG&E transformer exploded in my neighborhood overnight. [BCN/

"It's a trap!" - The Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub interviews the Berkeley man behind Star Wars' beloved Admiral Ackbar. [Chron] The building damaged in the 4-Alarm fire in the Lower Haight a couple months

Rose Cliver, the oldest remaining survivor of the 1906 earthquake passed away over in Novato the weekend. She was 109. [Chron] [BCN/Appeal] Chuck Nevius wonders: "Does anyone care about ranked choice voting?

Tim League, the founder of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, takes us inside the New Mission Theater, which (as you know) will become a 5-screen cinema under the Alamo Drafthouse banner. [Drafthouse] via

The Penthouse Club opening in March will (sadly) not include mega-porn star Jenna Jameson, but will include several other, slightly dimmer porn stars. [GrubSF] Celebrated local chef Charles Phan (he of Slanted Door

Please enjoy these vintage photos of all the long-gone San Francisco landmarks we miss so much. [CurbedSF] Paul Simon will headline San Francisco's biggest charity event of the year, The Black and White

L'Oreal clean gel user Gavin Newsom misses being our mayor. Well, yeah, duh. Obviously. [Chron] Hipster Jack Russell window tosser won’t face charges. [SF Appeal] Clement Street neighbor protests the lack of

The new East span of the Bay Bridge gets an official opening date: Labor Day 2013. [Chron] Patricia Unterman gives you her last-minute Valentine's dining plan. [SFEx] A defense attorney for the Muni

Oakland taco truck owners arm themselves. [KTVU] San Francisco's taxi fleet: the cleanest! [BCN/Appeal] Mad cow disease strikes San Rafael. [CBS5] Artist David Choe discusses gambling for Facebook millions with Howard Stern.

In case you didn't notice when you couldn't see three feet out your window this morning, there's a fog advisory out today, so be careful on those bridges. Also: high surf! Watch for

The new East Span of the Bay Bridge is meant to last at least 150 years from when it opens. The New York Times walks us through all the engineering that will help

Prepare yourself for watercooler chatter by reliving all the best and worst commercials from yesterday's overhyped sportsfest. [Slate] Gisele is pissed that her husband's wide receiver is such a screwup. [CBS5] This week,

Where do transplants come from? Curbed investigates and apparently "go back to Kansas" is not exactly accurate. [CurbedSF] An early morning rollover crash on the Bay Bridge is the reason you're late to

Even Gavin Newsom feels like the media is picking on Ross Mirkarimi. [SFWeekly] In media news, the Bay Citizen is maybe, possibly, sort of in talks to merge with the Center for Investigative

Are you ready for the insufferable Facebok IPO "news" frenzy today? [Gawker] A tale of two Occupy movements: Oakland and Miami [TheAwl] The Examiner gets in the Super Bowl spirit, reminds that Tom

What's coach Harbaugh doing now that the season's over? Golfing, of course. [Chron] David Lynch has a new advertisement for coffee. And it's as terrifying as you'd expect. [GrubSF] A fight over whose

Gunfire in Hayes Valley injured one victim Friday evening, after a day of seemingly random shootings in surrounding neighborhoods. [Haighteration] A bicyclist was struck by a car on Fell Street in the Panhandle

Missionites are totally over pool tables in bars. Make way for Canadian Billiards, the latest table-based bar game to captivate the neighborhood's short attention spans. [MM] [UptownAlmanac] Brace yourselves, coffee fetishists, for the

SFO's swank Terminal 2 now includes a free Yoga Studio. Which will surely be used only for yoga and nothing else. [CBSLocal] Meet Gordon, the Lower Haight cheesemonger. [Haighteration] Four Barrel coffee kiosk

Delightfully old-school Examiner Crime reporters accused of going soft. [SFWeekly] A look at the upcoming Dolores Park improvements. [MissionLocal] Sonoma County has a sewage problem. [CBS] Local newsman Sal Castaneda and others recount

How many Michael Bauer-approved hamburgers did Nopa sell last year? The answer is 22,500. This SFist editor ate at least five of those. [InsideScoop] A suspicious briefcase closed down Turk Street in

Anchor Brewery and Brooklyn Brewery made a friendly wager on the NFC Championship game. If the Niners win, Brooklyn Brewery tour staff will have to pour Anchor Steam and wear 49ers' jerseys for

An (ahem) hipster streaker, wearing nothing but Chuck Taylors, was busted at 17th and Valencia last night. [Mission Mission] Speed check in place out in the avenues after car accident leaves a Honda