Arts & Entertainment Sigh It's basically over, folks. Maybe some lawyers can pull this one out of their collective asses, but the man over eighty percent of San Franciscans voted against is probably going to be our
SF News Yoohoo! Over here! Hello! The Scott Peterson case is going to the jury tomorrow. The prosecution gave its closing statement on Monday and today the defense wrapped up their case. A rebuttal is expected this afternoon with
SF News Get Ur Geek On - Election Style If you're not stationed in front of the tube or out on the town (without WiFi) might we suggest monitoring the election via the innerweb? There's all sorts of resources out there, whether
SF News Let's Play BALCO! For a trial that's supposed to be leak proof, this whole BALCO mess is leaking all over the place. In response to charges of misconduct brought on by details of the investigation leaking,
SF News Suffrage For All It's true that the main goal of the Vote or Die campaign seems to be to get celebrities to wear shirts that say Vote or Die on them. But that doesn't mean you
SF News For the Love of The Game -- And Cash The dude who got Barry’s 700th homerun ball back in September put it up for auction on Overstock.com (and drew a winning bid of—wait for it—$804,129). SFist was
SF News Total Eclipse of the Moon Today's weather predicts the norm of partly cloudy, which should make for eerie effects on the blood red moon. To find exact times of the eclipse near you, check out the Navy's Lunar
SF News Temporary Reprive for Local Theaters Update and Clarifications: Thanks to Jerry Threet, legislative assistant to Supervisor McGoldrick, for his great follow-up! He noted that the primary sponsor of the ordinance to create a CU process (as described below)
SF News Proposition It Seriously, reading through all the ballot initiatives is one, big-huge time suck. While we were waiting in line at a store over the weekend, we heard one guy behind us talking to a
SF News You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth? San Francisco rejects Cheney's politics but continues to embrace his sunny demeanor in the face of conflict, with the school board issuing a reprimand at its meeting tonight over the pottymouth outburst at
SF News Rainy Days and Mondays Don't put away those unattractive waterproof shoes just yet -- more rain is expected to hit the area starting around tonight. Good for you skiers, not so good for us plebes who don't
SF News Going Cheney at the School Board The SF school board, never known for its collegial atmosphere, reached new Dick Cheney levels of incivility at last Wednesday's meeting (.pdf agenda), where school board member Heather Hiles (at left) dropped the
SF News Sold on Solar Fossil fuels are sooo twentieth century. Crude oil is way over fifty bucks a barrel, a gallon of gas is nearly three dollars, there's a war raging in a country with the second
SF News The Gentle Art Sfist has steered clear of Santa Cruz ever since we heard the fictional city of Santa Clarita was based on Santa Cruz. But this weekend, you're far more likely to say that something
SF News Jay and Silent Bob in Hayward Snootchie bootchies! This scenario playing out in Hayward is so Kevin Smith, you'd think we lived in New Jersey. So this 18-year old (let's call him Jay) and his quiet 17-year old buddy
Arts & Entertainment Chaos at the Chron SFist has been sitting on some insider dope regarding shakeups at the San Francisco Chronicle. It's a delicate situation, because we don't want to compromise our sources, but we want to inform you
SF News Political Road Rage It's no secret that people tend to display their political leanings on their car bumpers, and it's also no secret that emotions are running high. SFist will also confess that when we see
SF News Sausage King Could Cook Stuart Alexander has been convicted of three counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted murder and the special circumstances of public employees on the job and a multiple homicide. Whew. You
Arts & Entertainment FIGHT!!! One of the reasons we read the weeklies is because, thankfully, we live in a town big enough for two of them. They don't always see it that way, however - the relationship
Arts & Entertainment No, Please, Not Our Precious TV! So you're sitting there at a casual restaurant, sipping a beer or munching on french fries, and over your date's shoulder is a television that just happens to be playing an episode of
SF News And They're Out of the Fajitagate! If you've been living under a rock for the last year, then you'll have no idea what we're talking about. But then we had enough trouble getting DSL in our home, so it
SF News Last Day To Register to Vote Hey! You! Did you just turn 18? Did you just move? Are you 20,000 loud? Are you going to vote or die? Well, here's your chance -- today's the last day to
SF News Barry's Bad Week After this weekend, it's going to get harder for us Giants' fans to try and live in our shiny, happy denial land in regards to Barry Bonds and this whole BALCO mess. While
SF News Coming Out Party Shares started trading today on a hot IPO. Or should we say hott IPO. No, it's not some Richard Branson venture, technology firm or national retailer. The buzz on this offering is about
SF News Shhhhhhhh You might want to express your support for our city's striking laborers with just the big smile and the thumbs-up for the next few days: the police have started fining people who honk
