Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: The Mysterious CHP 11-99 Foundation So that's the mystery. Do these license plate holders (in conjunction with the ID cards) get people out of speeding tickets they would otherwise get? Mmmmm. People who drive fast in $100k vehicles
SF News Day Around The Bay --Check out Ross Mirkarimi's Gavin hair! Didn't someone else try this too? --When is a dognapping a terrorist act? (Hint: animal rights activists may be involved). --Apple TV isn't doing so well --Tapioca
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For Digg's Kevin Rose You know who Kevin Rose is, right? He used to be on television quite a bit. Now, he's all over the podwaves, co-hosting, behind the scenes, and making guest appearances. And he's the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight Of course, we've never understood the tremendous popularity of NASCAR racing, so we'll admit we aren't the demographic for this, but even if we DID enjoy watching cars driving around in circles for
SF News If the Public Paid For it, Does That Make Wal-Mart Public Property? According to WMSW, California ponied up about $50 in taxpayer-funded gifts to the Arkansas company, in exchange for which those towns got giant megabox shopping extravaganzae. And also, lots of uninsured people --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Muni's F-Market Line - Steel is Real Update: You commenters are always so clever - this worker could be a volunteer, instead of a Muni employee as we had originally assumed. Thanks!
SF News Day Around The Bay --Another shooting in District 5. And a man robbed at gunpoint in the Sunset. --Jerry McNerny, the man who unseated Pombo, is having a fun time in Congress. --Yikes! A guy took a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight As part of the National Queer Arts Festival, graphic artist and memoirist Alison Bechdel is speaking at Michelle Tea's Radar Reading Series at the SF Public Library tonight! We've been huge fans of
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy The unit has been around since 1999, created to handle mostly fare evasion or Proof of Payment "POP" starting with a group of approximately 20 persons-all transfers from other places in MUNI and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Food Section Round Up Duck meatballs from the Oakland Tribune. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. It's short but suh-weet. SF Chronicle: Breaking bread with neighbors
Arts & Entertainment Contest! Free Passes To the SwapSF Clothing Swap! SwapSF is a fun freecycling group where people can embrace new things without spending a lot of money to get them -- so bring your gently-used clothes to the Phritzery from 12-3 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Presidio Terrace, S.F.'s Gated Community The specific reason at the time was the prevention of members of the "Mongolian race", meaning people of Japanese or Chinese heritage for the most part, from "invading" the area. Racial covenants might
Arts & Entertainment Ratatouille Done: It's all up the Audiences Now At some point in 2003, we were at a meeting of the local puppetry guild (because that's the kind of rough crowd with which we roll) and someone mentioned that they'd done some
Arts & Entertainment Opposition To The War At The Berkeley Edge Fest This year, the Edge Fest is featuring a musical theater piece by Paul Dresher called , based on a short story by Italo Calvino, about a king that clings to power for fear of
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Laura Veirs Best show you've ever played and what made it great? Our last gig in Paris at La Maroquinerie in April 2007. The place was packed with 400 fans who knew all the words
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Like "Pirate Master" for instance! This show screams executive pitch: "It's 'Survivor' meets Pirates of the Caribbean!" But being that we're only (semi) fans of one of those (the one without Johnny Depp)
SF News Stabbing At Local Club The Chron's reporting that two people were stabbed outside the club Loft 11 on 11th and Folsom around 1:30 this morning. Apparently at the Loft 11 "Famous" Sunday night party, a fight
SF News Swells By The Numbers Number of people pictured whom we recognize: 2 -- Charlotte Maillard Shultz and a way-too-skinny-looking Vanessa Getty. Minority count: 6 (10.9%). Getty v. Traina: 1-7. Big ups to C.Big for the
misc Week Around The -Ists Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but
SF News Day Around The Bay --Well, it's official -- Halloween in the Castro is done. We look forward to chaos this October 31 when people show up anyways and no one's expecting them. --No African-Americans in the Bay
Arts & Entertainment Arcade Fire Show, 6/1/07 Good God, it was cold out last night. On our trek up to the Greek Theater in Berkeley to see Arcade Fire in the first of their two gigs in the area, we
SF News Your Commute: 880 Sucks The Most The results are in! What local highway is the worst to commute on, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Committee? Congratulations, 880! You win! I-880 between Fremont and Oakland won the coveted "Most Unreliable
SF News The Pitter-Patter of Obamian Feet The campaign's San Francisco Walk for Change starts this Saturday, the 9th, in Dolores Park. "...hit the streets for the Walk for Change National Canvass being organized by grassroots supporters of Barack Obama.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Bikes, Cars, SFPD, Enforcement Actions As has been discussed recently, it's seems the S.F.P.D. has some stepped-up traffic safety enforcement actions going on these days. SFist Reader Kate told us about what she saw yesterday
