misc <i>Hot Bay Area Olympians:</i> Ben Wildman-Tobriner (By Joe Kukura) The 2008 Olympics kick off tonight, and SFist is all over it! We mean, like, really disgustingly all over it -- as in, people are going to be talking behind
SF News Anti-China Protester Falls From Chinese Consulate Roof In SF Oops. A lady who staged a faux hanging from the roof of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco today "to protest human rights abuses in Tibet" was taken to a hospital after she
SF News A Scene From Today's Tibet Rally Supervisor Chris Daly speaking in UN Plaza today, drenched in ivory. Hot.
SF News Olympic Torch Route to Go Through Berry Street? While we can say for sure where the torch route will go tomorrow--KTVU confusedly announced the "official map route" during today's noon broadcast and KPIX interviewed a fake Bono, so we can't be
SF News Watch Today's Tibet/Olympic Torch Protest/Rally/Star Sighting/Melee Live Watch live video from Olympic Torch - Live Feed 1 on Justin.tv Can't make it to today's Tibet rally? Well then, check out the live feed above, or head over to justin.
SF News Olympic Flame Arrives With Cool Insouciance The divisive Olympic flame arrived in SF today all the way from Paris (how chic!) under a shroud of security normally "reserved for head-of-state visits." It touched down at SFO with no protesters
SF News Newsom Changes Olympic Torch's SF Route In light of today's Golden Gate Bridge scaling/protest incident, Mayor Gavin Newsom--according to Brittney Gilbert at CBS 5's Eye On Blogs--"announced the route of the Olympic torch has been changed from
SF News Breaking News: Tibet Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge Currently three protesters are climbing the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge, attempting to hang up a sign on the bridge in protest over the Olympic torch run through San Francisco, which is
SF News Before the Unfurling Jim Herd, currently at the Golden Gate Bridge, sent us the above shot, taken just before the (pretty damn brave) protesters unfurled their messages. Check back here for updates on the situation going
SF News Olympic Torchbearers Revealed, Da (Former) Mayor to Run Photo credit: Jim Herd At 74 years young, today former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was named a torchbearer for the controversial Olympic flame's San Francisco tour. The tireless--yes, tireless!-- advocate for
SF News Protesters, Get Those Signs Ready: SF Olympic Torch Route Revealed! There was something about China oppressing Tibet, San Franciscans not liking that and how running around with an open flame supports people being killed. All kidding aside, the protesters are srsly going to
SF News No Torch For Chinatown Mayor Gavin Newsom released a few details yesterday regarding the Beijing Olympic Torch jog throughout the city . The route will include areas around the Ferry Building and AT&T Park, but not
SF News Rally at City Hall Protests SF's Hosting of the Olympic Torch A small protest was held at City Hall yesterday by 400-plus pissed off Tibetan immigrants, honoring the 49th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against China, but also San Francisco's hosting of the Olympic torch.
misc Week Around the -Ists Gothamist went to the scene of the Trump Soho construction collapse, which left one construction worker dead and others injured (an indirect culprit - Manhattan's hot real estate market, causing rushed construction jobs)
misc Snow Report: Call In Sick What with last week's and (and presumably this week's) manic storm activity, John Vlahides at 71Miles reports that this week is week to play hooky. Reporting that the Sierra Crest is "dumping over
misc Week Around the -Ists Torontoist discovered their city's most ridiculous holiday lights setup, with 80,000 lights and two––two!––synchronized music routines. Naturally, they snagged a video. Chicago tragically loses one of its most recognizable neighborhood
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond asks why's everything got to be a public/private thing around here. Also, they hate the new Don Fisher museum. A poignant letter about the failures
SF News Day Around The Bay -- The jarring, devastating, Lohanesque Midgen-behind-the-wheel 911 tapes will shock you. Only not so much. [Chron] -- Randy Shaw has it that the glowing, science fiction-y Transbay Terminal choices aren't nominees at all,
SF News Day Around The Bay --Beer and wine are okay for the North Beach Festival next week, but no hard alcohol. --More folks are getting laid off from the Chronicle. The Chron has launched a Portraits In Grief-like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Other events: --Bowling for Rhinos! It's like the name of some kind of ska band, but it's actually a benefit for the zoo. $25 gets you two hours of bowling and pizza at
Arts & Entertainment Lake Tahoe: Open for Business Olympic Valley, home of the Squaw Valley Ski Resort, showing a dusting of snow. After getting off to a slow start, it seems the ski season at the Lake Tahoe area is finally
SF News Arrivederci Olympics The twist here is that one of the reasons for the Olympic bid was so Gavin could piggy-back a new football stadium onto the bid. Money would come from the USOC to help
SF News Ranked Choice Election Results-- Not Just For District 6 Anymore You know, we kind of like this ranked voting thing. And not just because it saves us from run-off campaigns which tend to drag the election cycle out longer than a plot-line on
SF News Halloween 2006 Online Discussions Other blogs discussing the situation were the Chron's NWSCHIK blog (does that stand for "Newschick?") and SF MetBlogs. MetBlogs also sent us to the LGBT blog Pam's House Blend. Some other folks making
misc SFist Rants: When the Olympics Committee Comes A-Calling We’re considering booking our dream vacation now if the Olympic Games will be in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles or Chicago in 2016. Maybe it's a chance to try apartment or
