Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Cone For You, Pooch Photo of a man and his dog, snapped in the Western Addition by Lynn Friedman.
Arts & Entertainment Of Course: Bay Area Now A Hotbed Of Pet Gyms In discretionary spending news, there's apparently a new trend afoot: sending your overweight "children" (which in San Francisco means cats and dogs) to pet gyms and enrolling them in diet and exercise programs.
Arts & Entertainment Barks And Bibles: Animals Blessed At Grace Cathedral The first Sunday in October marks St. Francis Day, a day when people take their animals to their nearest church for some much-needed God infusion, all in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
Arts & Entertainment And Now, A Photo For National Dog Day This weekend saw the return of "Dog Days" at AT&T Park, and it was a win all around. The Giants triumphed, hundreds of hounds showed up, and these two adorable pugs
SF News Windsurfers Rescue Puppy Stranded In The Bay A pair of windsurfers and a boat commuter (!) banded together Monday evening to rescue a dog found paddling frantically in the middle of the Bay. The pup, a labrador mix or mastiff, was
Arts & Entertainment The World Is Awful, So Here's A Fat Cat Squeezing Through A Small Doggie Door The Facebook murder pic and Oakland shootings, just to name two stories, have proven to be too much today. Harrowing, depressing, common. So with that, here's a video of a perfectly fat cat
Arts & Entertainment Barn Owls, Flamingos and Cat Burglars: Your Animal News Digest If you haven't noticed, we're avid followers of animal-related news in the Bay (we're far less interested in children, as evidenced by the city's demographic information). Here's a handy digest of Monday's animal-related
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Moving Day A loyal pup looks on as his owners pack up their Scott Street apartment and move on out, presumably to Oakland.
SF News East Bay Currently Experiencing A Rabid Bat Problem Alameda County health officials issued a warning Tuesday for Oakland residents to be on the lookout for rabid animals in the area near the Oakland Zoo after a teenage girl volunteer was bitten
SF News Video: Digg Founder Tosses Raccoon Down Stairwell To Save Dog's Life Over the weekend, Digg founder and Google partner Kevin Rose heard his dog, Toaster, "crying and yelping in pain" in the wee hours of the morning. Concerned, he went outside only to discover
SF News Creepy Meatball Poisoner Still At Large, 3 Dogs Sickened It's either a far-reaching conspiracy, or one very industrious (and creepy) dog-hater: the person(s) responsible for the trail of poisoned meatballs is still at large and has been hitting neighborhoods across the
SF News Warning To Dog Owners About Poisonous Meatballs Found In Twin Peaks Around the Glen Park/Twin Peaks/Diamond Heights area, residents have found cooked poisonous meatballs around the area, with at least one dog being rushed to the emergency room after consuming the meat.
Arts & Entertainment Internet Cat Video Festival Coming To Oakland Saturday Cats are Internet gold. No one knows why, and most people have given up trying to understand. Maybe we don't want to delve into the deep-seated psychological issues that still compel us to
Arts & Entertainment How Weird Street Faire Gem: Bespectacled Dog Reading We forgot to this one final gem from Sunday's How Weird Street Faire: a dog wearing glasses. Arf. Other images from the street festival here.
Arts & Entertainment Cloning is Kind of Weird, But Here are Five Cute Pet Clones! Pet cloning is a pretty controversial practice, requiring $50,000 - $150,000, dozens of dogs living in questionable laboratory care, and—some say—the naiveté of heartbroken pet owners missing their loved
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Russian Hill... Troy Holden snapped this shot of dogs waiting to get stylized at Russian Hill Dog Grooming. Also: ahhhh! *head explodes*
Arts & Entertainment STOP EVERYTHING: Puppy Bowl 'Puppy Cam' Is Now On! Live video from your iPhone using Ustream This just in: the Puppy Bowl "puppy cam" is on! And, boy, is the action intense. The players (i.e., loads of puppies!) were in the
SF News Dog-Throwing Tenderloin Mugger Wanted By SFPD A deplorable dog-hating mugger is still on the loose after he robbed a woman in her car on Leavenworth Street last Friday evening. According to Bay City News, the victim had done the
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Matt Cain At PAWS Gala Founded in 1987 in response to the devastating AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) provides over 800 clients and their 1,000+ companion animals each year with critical services
SF News Human Filth Shoots Dog During East Oakland Robbery Police need your helping finding the horrible human being(s) who shot a dog during an armed robbery. See, a little after 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of 41st Avenue,
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Over There! "We're Very Interested In Something That's Going On Over There" by Erik Wilson.
