SF News R.I.P. Queen of Mean Although the billionaire hotelier once allegedly (the help is never a reliable source) uttered the words "only the little people pay taxes," Leona Helmsley today paid her biggest tax bill of all, breathing
Arts & Entertainment nugget o' history: Anniversary of a Flesh Wound The violent melodrama characterizing the recent murder of a journalist investigating "Your Black Muslim Bakery" has conjured the entire Bay Area history of political violence into our memories. Dan White, James P. Casey,
SF News August Muni Payout: $131,695.06 The biggest payout is $47,500 to a guy who broke his ankle when the bus lurched forward before he could sit. Ouch. The driver in question was Daniel Johnson, driver number 1324.
misc Week Around the -ists Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one
misc When Apple Sends You a Lemon, Make Lemonade We had been a proud, satisfied owner of an Apple PowerBook for a little over two years (and a blue-and-white G3 for five years before that) when it all went quickly downhill last
SF News Tenderloin Housing Clinic Moving to Evict Documentarian? Update: See Paul's comment below about why they had to do what they did, and what they're doing about it. Are there quiet, law-abiding people on Sixth Street? Sure, but it's hard to
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After Giants 9 Braves 3-So some of y'all might be wondering, what's up with calling Tim Lincecum "the Enchanter." Well, ever since he came up and started dazzling, there's been a bit of a
SF News 8.0 Earthquake Hits Near Lima, Peru Obviously, this isn't local (though we did get a small East Bay "jiggle" this morning) but definitely of local interest: it seems, according to KRON 4, a 8.0 earthquake hit "90 miles
SF News We Have a Weiner! So why Brooklyn? Well, it's a little bit of a non-sequitor and we like non sequiturs. Also, because baseball is about tradition and the passing of baseball lore from father to son and
SF News Stalker: Dorks Are Sometimes Scary As reported in the Chronicle today, Marlon Pagtakhan, 29, a Burlingame nerd and "rabid text messager," -- who was arrested several years ago for stalking Seven of Nine/Kirsten Cohen's bitch enabler --
misc Blocker: 000 Sussex Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
SF News Local Fire And Brimstone (If By Brimstone We Mean Generalized Trouble) Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After Braves 5 Giants 4- Just to catch everyone up, the Giants got sand kicked in their faces by the Pirates, Matt Cain’s sack got even sadder, and Rajal Davis continued his quest
Arts & Entertainment Carmel Hell: 71 Miles' Midsummer Travel Tip/Warning Who doesn't love a weekend jaunt to Carmel? Well, those of us who can afford it, anyway. What's more, those of us who can tolerate its cloying horror. John Vlahides, co-founder and executive
Arts & Entertainment De-Union-ification At The Tribune Well, first the MediaNews conglomerate moves the Oakland Tribune from its iconic downtown Oakland tower (at left) and then they take away recognition of the Tribune's Newspaper Guild labor union. MediaNews claims they're
SF News Ask a MUNI Driver This week's installment: Bus comfort, back door hard-ons, and -- surprise! -- no official MUNI policy. When do you decide to make an effort to try and affect things on the bus (telling
Arts & Entertainment Selections from <em>LA Times</em>' Critical Mass Article Too much ink has been spilled and too much bandwidth used to praise/bury Critical Mass in length. Now the LA Times gets in on the action. We'd love to break it down
SF News Blue Angels Committee Vote As promised, non-mayoral candidate Chris Daly's proposing his nonbinding resolution to ban the Blue Angels from flying over San Francisco at the Governmental Audit and Oversight Committee meeting today. Daly, who's been working
misc Top 5 Comments of the Week Hey, everyone -- once again, it's your contributions that have put the sheen on the apple that is SFist. Check out your editors' picks for Top 5 comments of the week -- and
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Creators of The Thing If you can’t wait that long we have two suggestions. The first is to read the interview below in which you will find that Will and Jonn have a lot of great
SF News Bring in Those Cans, San Francisco We (sort of) hate to say "we told you so," but it looks like our obsession with the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association's focus on trash cans was just the tip of the iceberg on
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
misc Ask SFist: Italian Dining What about you? -----Original Message----- On 8/10/07, Hungry For Hot Italian wrote: Hi SFist, I wanted to know if you could recommend a nice Italian place to eat around between the
