SF News FBI Lists SF as ‘Attractive Target’ for Terrorist Attack on New Year’s Eve The FBI says that the Israel-Hamas war has “created a heightened threat environment” for domestic terrorist attacks in multiple U.S. cities, and San Francisco is listed as one of those cities that is an “attractive target.”
SF News SFPD Bolsters New Year's Eve Security Over Terror Fears Like in cities across the globe tonight, San Francisco police are preparing as best they can for the possibility of a terror attack in the wake of the November attack on Paris and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Notables, Readers Share Their First Meals Of 2013 Padma Lakshmi munched on Danny Bowien's fine fare at Mission Chinese (in either NYC or SF, presumably the former) ordering several dishes. Seems like a bit much, but that's Padma for you. As
SF News S.F.'s First Homicide of 2011 Yesterday San Francisco's first homicide of 2011 occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Tenderloin at Turk and Taylor Streets. The victim has been identified as Larry Lacy, aged 20, who was sitting with a
SF News First Bay Area 2010 Newborn Goes to San Jose San Jose won bragging rights last night for having the first baby born in the Bay Area in 2010. While Rosa Lee, born at California Pacific Medical Center's California campus in SF, entered
Arts & Entertainment March in the Chinese New Year Parade with API Equality There's a lot to love about SF's fantastic Chinese New Year parade -- and a lot of love the parade as well. Marching for the fifth time in a row this year is
SF News Police Warn of Lunar New Year Crime Wave What with Chinese New Year approaching, which officially begins Monday, SFPD are warning Richmond District residents to be on the lookout for "extortionists, robbers and burglars, who may prey on those stocking the
misc Week Around the -ists Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called
misc 2008 Chinese New Year Parade in S.F.: Year of the Rat Photos of nunchaku, Superman, pageant winners, and a guy unafraid of a little rain after the jump.
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend: The Chinese New Year Isn't Done With You Yet Good grief, this Chinese New Year business sure does go on for a long time. This weekend, it's a New Year Parade and a New Year Community Fair that'll be tying up traffic.
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend But it's not all blocked onramps and gas stations this weekend! There's also some bus reroutes, courtesy of the delightful YMCA Chinese New Year Run on Sunday at the Chinatown YMCA (855 Sacramento
Arts & Entertainment The SF Symphony Rings In The Year Of The Rat However -- those of you who fear Chinese opera, take heed! The and the guzheng will be played. The concert is on Sunday Feb. 10, 4 p.m., at Symphony Hall, with tickets
misc Interview: Misako Inaoka One such is artist Misako Inaoka. We stumbled onto her website a few months ago, and were pleasantly surprised to find out she was located here. We like the way Misako’s work
misc Ask a Muni Security Guy How do you handle food on MUNI? Technically it's not allowed but everyone kind of does it. It's basically ignored. We've had good luck with cooperation for the most part. We tell the
misc Blood Diamond Scandal: Jennifer Siebel's Engagement Ring of Death! Oh Lord. Is this for real? From the SFist inbox this morning we received alarming news that Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel, like, totally hate Africans, or something like that. After the New
misc SF Nightlife Violence Summit Violence at SF nightclubs has been all the rage this year - all nine days, that is - and now a summit is being held this month in order to curb the violent
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 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
misc Last Minute New Year's Eve Picks In Your SF Neighborhood So, it's the eleventh hour and you've decided against crushing up a couple of Ambiens into a mug of fume blanc and calling it a year. Instead, you've turned that frown upside down,
misc This Week in Le Rock: Dec 31 - Jan 6 Friday - after the hangover finally lifts and you realize that you already effed up your New Year's resolutions - join us at The Independent where we will be hanging out, bluegrass style,
misc Radiohead Serves Up NYE Performance of <i>In Rainbows</i> on Current TV Moby must be sick with envy over this one. Tonight the "unconventional young network," Emmy Award-winning Current TV, will air a taped, private, hour-long Radiohead concert on New Year's Eve (and on New
misc Sausalito = Free Rides on New Year's Eve! What Up, SF? It seems residents of Sausalito can get a free ride during New Year's courtesy of the city. They'll have two vans ferrying people about. How nice. Read all about in the MSM either