SF News Yahoo In Fight with Dead Soldier's Family Way back in May, Slashdotter dacar asked "What Happens To Your Data When You Die?" Your computer, your web accounts, your password-locked digital devices would all be rendered useless to your surviving friends
SF News SFist Macworld Lunchbreak Because of the potentially inclement weather, we were confused as to where the meeting place would be. We tried Chevy's (hey, Jason, the hostess there wanted me to tell you that they only
SF News Gwen Araujo Murder Trial Update Last we'd heard, in June of last year, the jury ended in a deadlock on all three defendants, resulting in a mistrial. Though a number of subsequent developments were reported in the Chron
SF News Macworld Rumors Abound on Internets Yes, you're seeing what you think you're seeing -- the trademark white earbuds of the iPod sprouting from the head of our President. All the better to block out the sound of Iyad
SF News Smoke 'Em If You Golf 'Em Funny little thing about this law, though- it actually calls for the banning of smoking in every city park except one, the public golf course. Turns out that a high percentage of golfers-
Arts & Entertainment Squatters' Rights The ongoing landlord-tenant dispute known as the Rent movie negotiations flared up once again, with Chris Columbus's production team claiming they were promised free use of the facilities on Treasure Island, and the
SF News City Stops Slacking Sowers The news story that got the ball rolling was an investigation into the state of various local parks. There was the usual interviews with upset neighbors at the lack of any sort of
SF News Take Action for Tsunami Relief Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay
Arts & Entertainment Gimme Indie Books Good news for city readers -- Berkeley indie bookstore legend Cody's Books is following in the lead of its across-the-street neighbor Amoeba and opening a branch in San Francisco. Cody's has signed a
SF News If at first you don't succeed.... Now what, you might be asking, is the difference between his last attempt, which made it all the way to the Supreme Court before being dismissed, and this one? This time, he's got
SF News Drink When He Says "Special Interests" "In these State of the State speeches, governors often begin by listing their accomplishments of the past year. I will do the same. The year before I took office as governor, California had
SF News Doing More Shortly after the terrible tsunami in the Indian Ocean, SFist Mary-Lynn put together a great SFist Cares feature. But as the extent of suffering has begun to become fully apparent, we felt that
SF News Buh-Bye Rumors are already flying about possible replacements, with Pete Carroll, head coach of the National Championship winning USC, leading the fray. Sources say the Niners have already contacted him for an interview. Which
SF News Gavin and Kimberly Break Up We're legitimately sorry to have to report this -- really, not because it's been such easy fun (and we'll probably have to retire the so-best picture now too), but because it's really very
SF News Denny's Stabber Freed (For Now) Amber Oberholtzer, the 21-year old woman who stabbed 16-year-old Frankie Mead to death on New Year's Day in Fisherman's Wharf, was freed last night while the DA continues to investigate the situation. (If
SF News SixApart and LiveJournal, Sittin' in a Tree For some reason the blog-centric news is coming thick and fast in the new year. Wasn't but a few hours ago we caught that Om Malik has exclusive information about a possible purchase
SF News Googlers Frugal? So if you're a nerd, then you were probably snickering over the blatant lack of understanding and glaring innaccuracies in Sunday's 60 Minutes web-themed episode. Snicker, glurck, hehehehe. Kottke called local search guru
SF News Ew, Ants It just keeps raining and raining and raining -- and we all know what rain brings: besides lovely May flowers and extended flight delays, rain in San Francisco means.... ants. When their dirt
SF News 'Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost Nothing like cashing in on the hype surrounding the murder of your adulterous lover's wife to restore your karmic balance. Of course, only the cosmos can apportion karma, and we're sure there's a
SF News Remembering Robert Matsui Walking dejectedly back to the first day of work in 2005, we noticed that the flags in town are flying at half-mast in honor of Sacramento's Democratic congressman Robert Matsui. Matsui, who had
SF News This Old House As we said, there's nothing legitimately wrong in what the Giants are doing, and as die-hard supporters of the Orange & Black we're okay with the Giants searching through the sofas looking for
SF News Monday Morning Quarterback Well, we're damn glad this season is over. Best performance of the year goes to Cal, even if they did get upset by Texas Tech in San Diego last week. Fact is, this
SF News Oral Arguments End in Gay Marriage Court Case After last Thursday’s nice, legalistic hearing on the legality of gay marriage, Friday’s hearing, the last of the two-day hearing, took a turn to the not so nice as the two
SF News Remembering Daniel Price Almost exactly one year ago, a normally-jaded San Francisco was stunned by the news of a man shot to death on Gough Street. Daniel Price was escorting his wife home from a Christmas
SF News Mazel Tov, Gavin It’s been quite a year for the Gavster. Elected by a slim majority, Gavin let a few gay people get married and the next thing you know, he’s blown up across
