misc I Could Do With A Spot of Jolliness That is why you must ABSOLUTELY NOT participate in this year's Santarchy, which departs from Pier 39 at 11:30 tomorrow morning. Do not, under any circumstances, follow these instructions, which will allow
SF News Everything Else Results National They called the race for Feinstein like 5 minutes after the polls closed in California. Pelosi is not only going to win, she's going to be the next Speaker of the House!
SF News Saving Some Shoe Leather The old political shibboleth about releasing unpopular news on the afternoon of "take out the trash" Friday holds true again, as Gavin Newsom sneaks in a veto on Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's well-received proposal
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: David Kiddoo Who are you, what do you do, and where do you live? My name is David Kiddoo, and I live in Laurel Heights. I currently work as a project manager for a nonprofit
SF News Marina Progressives Stand Up! Alioto-Pier (our reigning champion in the SFist Hottest Supervisor contest) is basically running unopposed, with only one declared opponent, Vilma Guinto Peoro, whose interview with the Chron was tactfully described as "free-wheeling," and
SF News We Got an Earthquake Plan The 100 page plus plan includes details on staging areas using big, wide open spaces such as AT&T Park, Candlestick Park, Pier 48 and Crissy Field. Also listed are possible shelter
SF News Catching You Up With the Joneses -After Gavin vetoed the "Healthy Saturdays" initiative, the Board of Supervisors voted to see if they could override Gavin's veto but couldn't. Once again, the vote came down to a 7-4 vote, not
SF News Your Commute: Road Slowdowns Isn't it ironic? Don't you think? Our press-loving governor thought it'd be a fun stunt to sign a bill to reduce congestion at the always-jammed Caldecott Tunnel. Isn't it ironic, then, that as
SF News Ferry Accident People enjoying the nice weather on Saturday at Fisherman's Wharf got a nasty surprise as a Baylink ferry boat from Vallejo lost control of its steering and slammed into Pier 43. Nine people
SF News To Be Continued... Two stories from last week are still being stories this week, so we thought we'd update everyone on what the latest has been. First up, North Beach, where yet another big, fun festival
SF News Gavin Newsom Eats A Child! You know, they have some pretty awesome pictures of Hizzoner Mayor Newsom in the "Mayor's Photo Gallery" page on sfgov.org. We've been dying for an excuse to use this picture for weeks
SF News Everybody Hates Chris: The District 6 Election (Part I) This week's episode: Everybody Hates A Scoop! A super-secret source passed on the word that the Downtown Lobby has a new candidate to run against Chris Daly in the November 2006 election for
SF News Congratulations, Michela Alioto-Pier! Now Get Back To Work. Michela Alioto-Pier and her family are proud to announce that the supervisor for District 2 gave birth to their third child, a healthy baby girl, last night. They don't have a name picked
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Rising One hundred years ago this month, San Francisco survived an earthquake. You may have heard of it. Well, despite the odds (and the sky-high earthquake insurance rates), people keep moving here, and San
SF News Googling Gavin Go Chronicle! We were so pleased to see a piece of investigative local journalism on the front page of today's paper, as Verne Kopytoff digs into the relationship between Mayor Gavin Newsom and
SF News Things Fall Apart Now that worrying about infrastructure is so 2002 Strokes hot, everyone's starting to worry about the state of SF's infrastructure. We know that our streets are a mess, but that's not the half
SF News Newsom Pile-On (Post 1 of 2) Gavin Newsom's beleaguered this week! So beleaguered we're breaking it down into two posts! Newsflash one: The Chron reports that various city supervisors are annoyed that Gavin makes no effort to communicate with
SF News Bee Denied! We were all set to head down to the Pier 39 Theatre (which is also playing host to Menopause the Musical, we are not making this up) for the big event, when we
misc SFist Whines and Dines: Pier 23 Since this is the Year of the Dog, we decided to try out some Eastern Medicine and try some canine acupuncture. That’s right – acupuncture for dogs and cats, just without the new
Arts & Entertainment Cold Climbin' it Cali' Style was the Prologue of the inaugural 2006 Amgen Tour of California, a 1.9-mile individual time trial from Pier 1 to Coit Tower. The morning air was crisp and the streets glistened with
Arts & Entertainment The Tour Comes to Town Now that the San Francisco Grand Prix is no longer, this race offers Bay Area cycling fans their only chance to see the best road cyclists in the world battle it out on
Arts & Entertainment Classic Cars In The Rain So we're out on our lunch break, with no umbrella, trying to cross Market Street. , we grumble to ourselves. We look up, and -- hey, wow! A parade of classic cars coming down
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Tomorrow Dies Forever Today You'd think that for a city on a fault line, situated right next to the world's biggest proving ground for new technology, the Bay Area could come up with a better class of
misc For Sale on eBay: Fake Island Seriously, at the current high bid of $222,322, this thing is a steal for any San Franciscan. When was the last time you saw anything in The City at that price? It
SF News SFist Blotter Special Edition We usually run the blotter crime roundup on Tuesdays and Fridays, but we're sorry to say that there's been enough breaking news in the area that we're running a special edition today. Everyone's
