SF News Political Junkie: Now That's More Like It! .....well, hooray! He's back! Slipped into your Saturday paper, there's a report that Daly, the current head of the budget and finance committee, has told Gavin Newsom's aide Noelle Simmons (we're sure he
SF News Pink Jam Because nothing says potent political protest like causing traffic, the gals at Code Pink marched along the Golden Gate Bridge today disrupting traffic. Of course, this is one of those things that turn
SF News Don't Answer The Phone, Don't Open The Door Friday's incident at the Cloyne Court co-op involved a recent graduate from the stats department, who was found unresponsive in the dorm room of a friend he was visiting. An autopsy is scheduled
SF News So You Think You Can Dance (Gavin) Well, look who's in imminent danger of violating the curfew for the kids under 13! Here's a picture of Gavin Newsom cutting a rug at District 4 candidate Doug Chan's kickoff event, first
SF News Gavin Gets Tough on Crime The measures will cost $3.7 million which means the Board of Supervisors have to weigh in on it. This is where the fun begins because the Board have been pretty cranky about
SF News Gavin's Back! So Mayor Gavin Newsom can't be bothered to show up for a police commissioner meeting or deal with MUNI, the taxicab commission, or the Dept. of Building Inspection -- but he's so there
SF News We Are the Coach Gone Wild So last Saturday, this 36 year old father is watching his thirteen year old son play youth league football in Stockton. The 36 year old father is also an assistant coach on his
SF News Hit-and-Run Driver, Day 2 The police are continuing their investigation of Ohmeed Popal and his deadly series of hit-and-run accidents in Fremont and San Francisco yesterday. Here's the latest: The Chron's put together a chronology of events:
SF News Driver Hitting Pedestrians The police caught a driver in a black Honda SUV in Laurel Heights, at Laurel and California Streets, where he'd hit two people (one who died). A child was also struck and suffered
misc East Bay: Animals Gone Wild Contra Costa Times columnist, Sarah Jacobson, writes about a raccoon cocktail party on the front porch of her Pittsburg home in the wee hours of the morning.And while we would disagree with
SF News Across The -ist Network Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a
SF News When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? The story of the ex-spouses running against each other for city council in Daly City re-ups the sordid factor as Frank Berlanga, whose ex-wife Leah accused him of running for the seat in
misc SFist Rants: When the Olympics Committee Comes A-Calling We’re considering booking our dream vacation now if the Olympic Games will be in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles or Chicago in 2016. Maybe it's a chance to try apartment or
Arts & Entertainment Castro Halloween Update: Donna Sachet Speaks When last we fretted over matters Halloweenish, Bevan Dufty was the only major community leader to take a stand regarding the annual event that most observers agree can get just a wee bit
Arts & Entertainment Journalist Josh Wolf Jailed for Video Screw getting Dooced, Josh Wolf has set the blogger bar a bit higher than getting fired. He's been jailed. Judge William Alsup, presiding over a federal grand jury case investigating the attempted burning
SF News 21 Jump Street, Oakland We're kind of intrigued by this story -- remember that ill-fated anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland, where Oakland cops shot a bunch of people (one in the face) with wooden pellets?
Arts & Entertainment The Legal Reader Takes A Bite Out Of Crime Bay Blogger alum The Legal Reader's got quite a claim to fame now -- he helped capture Darren Mack, that guy in Reno who stabbed his wife, shot the family court judge that
misc Unskinny Bop This is actually part of a long standing battle in the city over the private booths. Critics have called them exploitive as club owners make it so the women who work in the
SF News Welcome Back Blotter The South SF police and Humane Society had to intercede for an unfortunate man overwhelmed by 80+ rabbits last Friday. He had apparently bought two rabbits two years ago for his son's school
SF News We Won't Let The Fire Be Started Just in time for Summer Solstice, there's a new No Fun fracas going on. See, there's this tradition where people go to Ocean Beach and do the bonfire thing. It's like Burning Man
SF News <strike>John Haggett</strike> Jack Neeley The man to your left is a cabdriver named Jack Neeley, not rogue cop John Haggett -- and he's richer by an undisclosed amount after settling his lawsuit with the Chronicle for their
Arts & Entertainment Straight from Death Row: Damien Echols’ Art Auctioned at 111 Minna Tonight To give you some background: Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were once three young boys in rural Arkansas who happened to listen to heavy metal and wear black. Shortly after three
SF News Bay Area Representatives Representin' In the first round, Pelosi is up against a tough challenger, #1 seeded Cynthia McKinney. McKinney is the Tupac quoting, police beating congresswoman from Georgia who is, for all intents and purposes, bat
SF News Craigslist Encounters: Things We Expect In The News Arrrgggghhh. Sometimes that is the one reasonable response to what people write about Craigslist. Of course we realize that due to network effects Craigslist will reach a critical mass in a city and
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Favela Rising</i> Arriving at Baycat, the Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology, about forty minutes prior to the San Francisco premier of "Favela Rising," we hadn’t banked on the sellout crowd. Fortunately,
