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Where Have All the Fliers Gone?

Where have all the fliers gone? Long time pasting. According to the story, there's some dude who has been taking it upon himself to clean up the neighborhood by going around and tearing

Arts & Entertainment

Lynne Woosley Meets Stephen Colbert

Yep, it finally happened. The Mighty Stephen Colbert finally let us better know a district we actually know, that being "The Fighting 6th" of California. That district, of course, is Marin County and

Caltrans Wants Us To Go To Burning Man

Convenient for vacationing tourists who intend to stay in SF, this closure is inconvenient for those of us who live in the Bay Area who enjoy the City when the Burning Man brigade

Still in the Driver's Seat

This beating reminded everyone that there is-indeed--a real pennant race fomenting in the AL West. However, the Rangers should take a very hard look at the all-encompassing big picture scoreboard-the Athletics won that

Get Ur Geek On: Don't Call it a Comeback

It's been a while since we published a tech roundup. But the Internet turned 15 last Sunday, we got a new laptop from an entrepreneur and friend who'll be enabling this 'Fister's addiction

Downtown Business Interests vs. the Progressives: SFist Breaks It Down

If you have any understanding of San Francisco politics, or San Francisco at all, you have to have noticed that basically everything in this city breaks down to a battle between the "Downtown

San Francisco Cabs In The News Again

Presently, San Francisco Taxi rates are $2.85 to get in the door, plus 45 cents per 1/5 mile or minute of waiting or delay. The controller's office is recommending an increase

Hey, We Can Finally Go To The Doctor! In 2007.

As SFist Jon detailed for us, the 200 million dollar/year plan will cover uninsured (but employed at a level that disqualifies them from MediCal) San Francisco residents for care they recieve inside

Keep Your Hands to Yourself

Testifying for the proposed rules was members of the Commission on the Status of Women, currently residing in the top five of our "Things We'll Slash Out of the Budget for Being a

Arts & Entertainment

Regifting -- East Bay Public Art Edition

Public art is often the butt of jokes and viewed with contempt, along with performance art and washed up aging rockers on the county fair circuit. Whatever your feelings are about the role

Mountain Biking: Classic Downieville

Downieville, California. Deep in the heart of Gold Country. More than 150 years ago, the area was swarming with prospectors looking for gold. This past weekend, Downieville hearkened back to its pioneer days

Everybody Loves Livermore?

Money Magazine has published its annual list of "Best places to live" in these here United States, with the highest ranking Bay Area city coming at number 31. While we've never visited the

Your Commute Update

So MUNI claims that your morning commute from the Sunset should be okay today, after yesterday's debacle in the Twin Peaks tunnel. Turns out there was indeed a derailment (of an L train,

Shaking All Over

Okay, so we over-reacted a bit and unfortunately, our back is still smarting from the attempt at diving underneath the coffee table, but there was an Earthquake tonight. A 4.4 one in

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Journalist Josh Wolf Jailed for Video

Screw getting Dooced, Josh Wolf has set the blogger bar a bit higher than getting fired. He's been jailed. Judge William Alsup, presiding over a federal grand jury case investigating the attempted burning

The Bubble Taketh Away, And The Bubble Giveth

Okay, so it’s not a great time to flip your house, and rents are rising, but there are still some real estate developments that are not bad news. Retail rents across San

Fire Felipe?

So with the passing of the trade deadline, we have the answer to this weekends' big Giants' question-- wave the white flag or go for it. We're going for it. Unfortunately, we're going

Man Dies At Marathon

Apparently it's not totally uncommon for racers to die in marathons -- two men died during the LA Marathon in March, and in 2003, a 28-year-old died of dehydration during Bay to Breakers.

The Travails of Tristan

Of note is the resignation of the interim Taxi Commissioner and BFF of Heidi, Tristan Bettencourt. Tristan resigned after stories of past transgressions with the law were made public. In fact, Tristan seems

American Football Spectacular: Meet Your Oakland Raiders 2006 Draft Picks, "Mr. Irrelevant"

With training camp opened and the whir of footballs in the air, SFist is going to take a look at some of the people who'll be hitting tackling sleds in ninety degree weather.

21 Jump Street, Oakland

We're kind of intrigued by this story -- remember that ill-fated anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland, where Oakland cops shot a bunch of people (one in the face) with wooden pellets?

Cause They're Free...Free Falling....

Another day, another loss… We heard part of the game driving home from work and hoped to watch it at the gym only to discover that they were showing "Stargate Something-or-Other" instead. It

Muni Makes Us Drink (But This Time It's Free!)

First, come out for the Richmond Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Newsom and Supervisor McGoldrick, this Saturday, July 29 from noon to 2 at Presidio Middle School (450 30th Ave between Geary and

Bush's Lapdog Comes To Town

Blair gets out here today, is having dinner on Saturday with George and Charlotte Maillard Schultz (oooh, we hope Swells gets some good snaps of that one), hangs with Gavin Newsom at Delancey

Life Of Reilly

Interestingly, the only local news source that seems to be covering the story about Clint Reilly's attempt to stop McClatchy Co. from buying the Mercury News are the McClatchy Co-affiliated papers (which include