Arts & Entertainment I Want 2 B Your Plover - Dogs vs. Birds in S.F. You've read about tomorrow's big City Hall showdown over the issue of unleashed dogs on Golden Gate National Recreation Area land. Part of this issue has to do with the 2 Western Snowy
Arts & Entertainment Mayor Gavin Newsom: Hell-Bent for Re-election Mayor Newsom toured part of the UCSF Children’s Hospital this morning during the California State Assembly’s Town Hall event hosted by Speaker Núñez. With girlfriend Jennifer at his side, he discussed
Arts & Entertainment Assessor-Recorder Swearing In SFist Jim stopped by the swearing-in for San Francisco assessor-recorder (and buzzed-about mayoral possibility?) Phil Ting last night and snapped these pictures for us. Yes, that is a subdued-looking Gavin Newsom, hiding in
Arts & Entertainment Octavia Boulevard: Recent beneficial changes You've read last week about the concerns raised over the intersection of Octavia and Market. Today, we thought it would be interesting to check things out after Friday's protest to see if driver
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Anti-war Rally - extended coverage Read about Saturday's parade below, courtesy of SFist Rita. Earlier in the day, there was a short rally with many speakers. See some photos after the jump.
Arts & Entertainment Octavia Blvd. protest, support for injured cyclist This morning a crowd of over 100 protested against the dangerous intersection at Octavia and Market Street. The injured cyclist is still hospitalized after being struck by a large pickup truck making an
Arts & Entertainment Octavia Blvd: A dangerous illegal turn every 3 minutes. Yet another morning commuter makes an illegal right turn onto the new freeway onramp at Octavia this morning. Monday's serious accident at the intersection of Octavia and Market is focusing attention upon drivers
Arts & Entertainment Bodypainting At The Westfield Mall Cool, in a Demi Moore/silver guy in Fisherman's Wharf kind of way! Thanks for sending these on to us, Drew! More pictures after the jump (and even more at Drew's website.)
Arts & Entertainment The Sea Lions are coming! Or rather, the sea lions are already here. And a few of them never left. Nevertheless, today marks the start of the 17th season of sea lions at Pier 39's K Dock in
Arts & Entertainment Blue Tie Alert! SFist Jim snapped this picture of Gavin Newsom swearing in the latest batch of city commissioners this afternoon. SFMike has his usual tart lowdown on the actual event -- along with more pictures
Arts & Entertainment Your Commute: Riding The T Third The T-Third is running in beta from now until April 1-- it's only running on weekends and every twenty minutes (though we waited about 45 minutes), but it's free if you get on
Arts & Entertainment MLK Day in S.F.: A Day On, Not A Day Off Speaker Nancy Pelosi shows off her new gavel at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast in San Francisco this morning. This was Pelosi's first time back in her home district after
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco: Winter Wonderland Icy steps covered the slopes of Twin Peaks this morning. See more shots of wintry S.F. after the jump.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to Macworld SFist's photo editor, Jim Herd went to Macworld to see what it was like. His report? Pretty geeky. But for those geeks who couldn't make it, here's some photos of the event.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Comet Hunter - Crikey! C/2006 P1, known as Comet McNaught to friends, viewed at sunset from Twin Peaks towards the west, "over" the Farallon Islands Look at the size of him! The brightest comet in the
Arts & Entertainment There's Going To Be Some Protesting Tonight Downtown is looking a little shut down today as those wacky Trotskyites broadly-arrayed leftists at A.N.S.W.E.R. are giving their answer to the Bush Surge (hey, that sounds like
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Sculpture Competition SFist Jim (hardest working man in the biz!) sends along these pictures from City Hall, at the unveiling of the three finalists in the Harvey Milk sculpture contest. Harvey Milk is, of course,
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Brown Caught Swearing There was more bible holding and swearing oaths today than a Pat Robertson "300 Club" revival as Jerry Brown also got sworn in today as the new Attorney General. Like the Board of
Arts & Entertainment It's Back to School Day for the Board of Supervisors Today was opening day for the Board of Supervisors as it were as today was the first day of work for 2007. First up? The voting in of a new President who happens
Arts & Entertainment The Funeral Procession SFist Jim Herd just got back from taking a couple of photos of the procession and funeral of slain police officer Bryan Tuvera. SFGate also has great photos of the funeral. Below is
Arts & Entertainment Lake Tahoe: Open for Business Olympic Valley, home of the Squaw Valley Ski Resort, showing a dusting of snow. After getting off to a slow start, it seems the ski season at the Lake Tahoe area is finally
Arts & Entertainment Holy Smokes, Look What We Found In Native American lore, the White Buffalo is a sacred animal. Born only rarely, they hold a place of great spiritual importance in several Native American relgions. This past weekend, leaders from several
Arts & Entertainment Chapeau! on Clement: Wow! The restaurant Chapeau! on Clement near 15th Avenue is a little cozy, like a narrow-bodied, single-aisle Air France Concorde jet. But also like the Concorde, Chapeau! has impeccable service and Gallic charm. This
Arts & Entertainment Digital Camera Test: $10 Walgreens Innovage Mini [Please see the note added to the end of this post for info about software drivers.] This straight outta Shanghai drugstore special advertises itself an eight-frame-per-second sports digicam. It's complementary metal oxide semiconductor
Arts & Entertainment Actual Celebrities Come To San Francisco! Yeah, we know, we're stuck here at SFist fetishizing weirdo wonks like Gavin Newsom and Ross Mirkarimi because we don't have any actual celebrities in town that we can follow around and talk
