Arts & Entertainment The Examiner Spawns Another Paper In 2000 when the Examiner and Chron merged and the Examiner sold off, everyone was sure that the Examiner was not long for this newspaper world, especially after its disastrous beginning. Now, almost
SF News Your Commute: Casual Day The East Bay's Casual Commute just got a little more codified with today's Chron cover story about the cheapest way to get across the Bay Bridge. We've never been able to find a
misc SFGate Introduces RSS Feeds Virgil Porter forwarded us notice that SFGate has set up RSS feeds for some of their more popular coverage items. This means that we can link to and then snark on their coverage
Arts & Entertainment SFist Party Crash -- East Bay Rats' Fight Night If you don't know the legend of the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club, think of it as having an aesthetic somewhere between Mad Max and Edward Gorey. Rather than tricked-out Harleys with glitter
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Cynthia Lombard SFist always loves interviewing Bay Area natives. We feel that they are giving us the true inside scoop on the city. Cynthia definitely delivers on this count, but we feel her that her
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Luna Park Snark Gawker's all hot and bothered that Luna Park, the Valencia street eatery which expanded to hell-ay, is now making the move to the loisaida. That's right, it will soon join uber-good Katz's Delicatessen
SF News Right On! Back on Tuesday, Athletics Nation carried the third and final part of their interview with Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who is generally considered something of a genius in his field. Kos
SF News More Crazy Cartoon Hijinks So, in this particular episode, Buster goes to Vermont to meet a sweet little girl named Emma and learn about making maple syrup. Funny little thing about, Emma, however: she has two mommies.
SF News Tsunami Aftermath in Sri Lanka -- A Personal Experience Friend of SFist Hank Thomas forwarded this story by photographer Wyatt Gallery to us recently. It's a despatch from Wyatt's recent trip to Sri Lanka with friend and fellow photographer Kareem Black (pictured
SF News Oh No She Didn't Remember how we warned people that hell hath no wrath like a blogger scorned? Well, in the interest of all that is weird and interesting and fun in this blogosphere we share, we'd
Arts & Entertainment Light a Candle, Go to the Beach We'd like to take a moment to remind you that tomorrow will be officially one month since the Tsunami disaster. Friend of SFist HiMY SYeD is asking that folks drop by the site
Arts & Entertainment Kamau's Going to Yuk It Up Like It's His Birthday Kamau has been working it on the local scene, performing his own stand-up, writing his own plays, creating an internet cartoon, and being a notarized public (apparently, he's got the notarized skills to
Arts & Entertainment We've Got Big Balls The gala begins at the Opera House where there will be cocktail receptions, seated dinners, and a gala performance of among other things “Romeo and Juliet.” For the celebration, the Opera House will
SF News Hell Hath No Wrath Like a Blogger Scorned And the award for serving the news needs of people in trapped in caves, living under rocks, or named Rip Van Winkle goes to the Chronicle today: "The rise of easy-to-use software to
SF News President Boxer? And no offense to Senator Boxer, and not that she hasn't been doing things while in office, but really, this appears to be one of the first times she's made national headlines since
Arts & Entertainment SFist Party Crash -- SFMOMA 10th Anniversary The people are beautiful, the music is trendy, the booze is incredibly expensive. If you are an SFMOMA member, you would have received an invite for two in the mail, and you probably
Arts & Entertainment A Children's Book About Ganja? We weren't even stoned and we had to laugh. But after we had a chance to read an advance copy of It's Just a Plant: A Children's Story of Marijuana posted online by
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Olivia Ongpin As a lifetime resident Olivia has offered a few insights about the area to SFist. One question in particular got us thinking, is San Francisco too expensive, or is it just that SFist
Arts & Entertainment It's Abortion Protest Saturday There will be, of course, an anti-anti-abortion counter rally to be held in response. In fact, some pro-choice organizers are responding with all the love of open-mindedness and civil discussion that makes this
SF News SFist Loves a Protest Okay, San Francisco. Admit it. Protests are big old parties. There's people smoking pot, hooking up, screaming, cheering, dancing, drumming and maybe even breaking stuff. It's nothing to be ashamed of. The fact
SF News Britney Spears' Baby -- How Can We Help? In light of that big hullabaloo that's going down in D.C. tomorrow, something SFist is trying as hard as possible not to think about (we prefer the hand over the ears and
misc Out-Ward Bound Well, at least 2005 isn't going to be a total wasteland of thwarted progressive political dreams -- Ward Connerly's term on the UC Board of Regents is almost up! It's been a long
SF News Boxer Lambasts Rice Nothing like senate confirmation hearings to get the partisan juices flowing. Kos reports that Senator Barbara Boxer would speak her mind [link via 1115] as part of Dr. Condoleeza Rice's confirmation as Secretary
Arts & Entertainment JPG Magazine Debuts You can now purchase the first issue of JPG Magazine, created by local bloggerstars Derek Powazek and Heather Powazek Champ. This is an actual, printed book of beautiful photos culled from dozens of
Arts & Entertainment Hipsters Lend a Helping Hand The tsunami benefit show at 12 Galaxies last night was a huge success, with a packed house and great acts raising over five thousand dollars for the American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts.
