SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Madonna Thanks to Sweet Melissa, watching the Board of Supes meeting today so we didn't have to (hey, did Michela Alioto-Pier clear her schedule out and make it in?), who reports the following from
SF News Michela Alioto-Pier Misses Another Meeting Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? That's right, everyone's favorite supervisorial class-cutter, District 2's Michela Alioto-Pier, missed yet another committee meeting on Monday. That's not really newsworthy in and of itself -- but what is newsworthy
Arts & Entertainment Go Catch A Fish 'THIS BIG' Today and tomorrow only, Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39 is playing host to a 25-foot-long, two-ton salmon called "Fin." It's part of the traveling road show by an organization called "Save
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today It's the Fourth of July! Streamers! Bunting! Brass bands! And in San Francisco.... the opening of the hotly-anticipated SF Mime Troupe production in Dolores Park! The acidly-political theater group (note: , though it would
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Donations It's been awhile since we had some Ed Jew news! Lying low, huh? So we stopped by edjew.net today to check out the reports about the District 4 supervisor's legal defense fund.
SF News Day Around The Bay --Who owns the new East Bay Express? [the EBX's 92510] --Oh, Newsom's all for foot patrols. [KCBS.] --The Bike Coalition and Ross Mirkarimi want lights at Fell and Masonic. [Examiner.] --Wanna pay someone
SF News The Best Defense Is A Good Offense (Chris Daly) We're hearing word about today's Board of Supes meeting! So apparently Michela Alioto-Pier, without naming Chris Daly specifically, was going on and on about the need for civility at the Board of Supes,
SF News New Coke: The Chris Daly Fallout --Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is going to reintroduce a code of conduct for behavior before the Board of Supes. You may remember she introduced a motion to censure Daly for saying "f*** off" at
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Around The Districts Nothing too new to report on the Ed Jew got arrested front this morning, but the Chron did survey all the other Board of Supervisor members for their reactions. Let's go in order!
Arts & Entertainment City Creating Halloween Containment Zone? Whoa whoa whoa. What's that about the waterfront? Well, the Rincon Hill blog says that Halloween might be forcibly migrated to Pier 32, according to "Scuttlebutt," which we assume is the gay version
SF News Something to Read During Your Long Long Bus Ride ...the book tells the story of the Key Route’s transbay lines from the handsome 1903 wooden interurbans to the famous 1930s Bridge Units, the ornate Key Route Pier, the ferryboat fleet, and
SF News What's Up With Your Board Of Supes? Look at that fresh new picture of your 2007 San Francisco Board of Supervisors! Chris Daly even showed up this time! So what's the gang up to these days? (Besides Chris Daly; he's
SF News Joe Joe Alioto Alioto District District 3 3 Well, there's now two more vying for elective office -- and hey, check this out. According to Fog City Journal, Joe Alioto is running in District 3, and Joe Alioto is running in
SF News War is Over if The Board of Supervisors Want It And look, it might be working too-- today the Senate is actually considering a resolution on having a phased withdrawl starting in 2008. We wonder if Harry Reid was finally moved to get
SF News WiFi Is NoFi At this PointFi The question seems to be a matter of who should run the WiFi-- should a company control it or should the city run it they. The key hitch to having it built and
SF News Today, On <i>As The Gav Turns</i>... First off. Alcoholism is a serious problem and we hope Gavin Newsom (.pdf) gets help and support. Second of all. Blue tie alert! (see picture from this afternoon at right.) We're tag-teaming in
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond Strollin' * Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond near Bosworth, San FranciscoCafes, little music stores, and families out for a stroll.The late afternoon light cut the hillside into squares.More like a small town than a
SF News Swells By The Numbers More balletomania! We've read so much coverage of the 74th SF ballet opening night gala, we're starting to expect to see ourselves in these pictures! Number of people pictured in this week's Swells
SF News Get Your Puppets Ready We don't know what the protest will include, but we're guessing lots of chanting in rhymes, big-ass puppets, a few Free-Mumia signs and Frank Chu. Can't forget Frank Chu. Actually, some of the
SF News The Flu Boat The trip over didn't quite set a course for adventure, however, as several days after setting out to sea, an outbreak of the norovirus hit the boat. The norovirus is a nasty little
SF News How'd Question Time Go? Well, we're sorry to report that everyone's day jobs managed to succeed where Wade Crowfoot did not -- namely, in preventing anyone wearing a chicken suit from gaining access to the city's very
SF News Hub This For those who've taken MUNI all the way down, a lot of buses (the 10, 30, 47 and 49) kind of end up there as it's a bus hub. It's one of those
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
SF News Other Things That Happened Today Sorry, we've become so obsessed with the upcoming Fake Question Time and those Yalie a capella singers that got beaten up that we totally didn't cover any of the other city news from
SF News Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Skyscraper A bunch of developers have gotten together and proposed building some really fracking huge towers in the SOMA district at 1st and Mission We're talking taller than any other building in the city