SF News We Like NextBus and We Cannot Lie http://www.nextbus.com/googleMap/test.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=31 Most buslines aren't on the system yet; if you enter a line that isn't wired, then the "Initializing Agency" message simply
Arts & Entertainment Entrepreneur ... Filmmaker ... and Space Tourguide "Master of the Romantic Thriller -- that's what I'm known for," James tells us. And indeed, it is difficult to think of any cinematic peers to his films, including (tagline: "Can There be
misc SFist Answers Rx Wow -- after faking answers to a few medical and psychological questions in our past few entries, we suppose people have been happy -- because these kinds of questions keep coming in! So
Arts & Entertainment Prince For A Day The media orgasmatron following Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla through their edge-free trip to San Francisco practically peed itself the other night as the royals on-deck chortled their way through that old chestnut,
misc SFist Cares ... About Your Health Did you get your flu shot yet? Most of the clinics up to the end of October were reserved for people in high risk groups. Now, anyone can supposedly get one. Of course,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mark Inglis Taylor Although the Anniversary show is already down, Lobot is still worth the trek to Oakland, and always has something to check out. Just make sure you go in to the warehouse with the
SF News Your Commute: Dum-Dum Sucker We've all thought about it -- but who knew someone had the Easter Eggs to actually go and ? CHP arrested a Petaluma man Wednesday on 101 in Marin for dressing up a dummy
SF News End Bagism Cheer up, San Franciscans; all of the cities problems have been solved! Yesterday, Gavin Newsom announced that he had made a deal with major supermarket chains to cut down on those plastic grocery
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Counts Down From 7-3-0 With less than a week to go before the Very Special Election, it's time to ponder the state's relationship with the Governor. Cause it's looking like the magic has gone from the relationship.
SF News Don't Vote For Pedro Maybe people will go vote if they find out that voting "no" actually has an effect. According to Jamie Court of ElectionWatchdog.org, voting "no" can be a good thing. Court writes that
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Billy, From Grateful Dogs Hey! Grateful Dogs is having an adoption event this Saturday from 12-3 at the West Portal Starbucks. Overcome your knee-jerk contempt for corporate coffee long enough to come and see some of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Makes You A Star It's probably an everyday thing for our pals at LAist -- you open an email and it's a request for folks to come staff a shoot. Well, we don't want to sound like
misc Halloween News Just in time for Halloween, Animal Care and Control has issued a renewed warning asking city residents to be careful about bats. San Francisco has seen five rabid bats over the last two
Arts & Entertainment The Art of Advertising Once, a long time ago, we worked at a film production office in New York City. The crappy part was labelling tapes, getting coffee for people and waking up at 5am to assist
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Just Like You They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if the same goes for intellectual property theft and encroaching on other people's business, then a lot of people should be feeling
misc Housing Bubbles: Luck Of The Draw Shirley Jackson, put down that rock! At 7:30 a.m. yesterday, the SF Redevelopment Agency hosted a low-income housing lottery that attracted over 4300 applicants. The SF Redevelopment Agency, along with Centurion
SF News Bright Lights, Big City Ooooh-weeeee-ooooooh! The Air Force is dismissing panicky claims from residents in the area that they saw some weird spooky lights over the cross on Mount Davidson last night. People across the state and
SF News Gavin Gives Good Speech So, yes, yesterday was Gavin's big State of the City speech. In a speech entitled "Why it matters to be a San Franciscan," a question that answers itself if ever there was, in
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Rufus, From Grateful Dogs This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the left side of the site, half-way down) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Rufus has a similar story
misc SFist Rants: La Cumbre Taqueria La Cumbre, on Valencia at 16th, is the kind of place people tell visitors to San Francisco to go to get some "real Mission Mexican." Heck, it's the sort of place we can
Arts & Entertainment Slightly Frightening Yvesdroppings Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. Female: So I Googled myself the other day. Male: ....and? Female: It was a to give that reporter my name at
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jill Tracy With Anne Rice only writing for God and "gothic" becoming synonymous with crazy teen killer, those of us who like our music how we like our coffee are left twisting in the dramatically
misc Doin' The Evolution Jeanne Caldwell, whose husband, Larry Caldwell runs an organization that sues schools over the teaching of evolution, filed the suit. Because it's for the kids, you know-- they might not be able to
misc SFist Cares ... About Sharing That's why we're big fans of Creative Commons. They've taken the complex legal nightmare known as the current copyright law and provided an easy way for us to say that we're hip to