SF News How Will Today's Prop 8 Ruling Unfold? A ruling in the federal Proposition 8 trial will be announced later today. Prop. 8 backers fear Judge Walker will rule against the same-sex marriage ban. Civil rights supporters fear it could be
SF News Gray Davis > Arnold Schwarzenegger According to a new Field Poll (pdf), California voter give Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "the lowest rating for a sitting governor in more than 50 years," trumping Gray Davis as one of California's worst
SF News Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction: Right or Wrong? BART cop Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter today. Do you agree with the jury? Do You Agree With Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Verdict?survey software Read SFist's continuing coverage of the verdict
SF News Whitman and Brown Tie In Governor's Race, Says Field Poll A new Field Poll (PDF) released today claims that gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown are now in "a dead heat." SF Chronicle reports, "Brown leads Whitman 44 to 43 percent in
misc Why Aren't You Visiting Your Friends In Oakland? So. Your friends decided to buy property in Oakland. Great. And, you promised you'd visit often. In fact, you swore to it well over a year ago. But? You never made the 10
SF News Poll: Will Newsom Resign? Rumors are percolating that Gavin Newsom might, as a SFist commenter Manys pointed out, pull a Sarah Palin. That is to say, he could very well resign. Or not. No one can say
SF News Scene From a Clinton-Newsom Gathering This begs for some sort of poll. Here you go: 0(polling)
misc Outer Sunset Emerges Victorious On Wednesday, SFist asked you to vote for your favorite foggy neighborhood, pitting the Sunset against the Richmond. Over 1,500 votes came in. The winner, creaming her competition my miles, was the
misc Sunset vs. Richmond Speaking of the Inner Sunset... The Mission and SOMA are the new Marina and North Beach. That is to say, they're dead. Finished. Crashed. Burned. No survivors. The Avenues are in, the Streets
SF News MS-13 Proves To Be Scariest, Slowest Gang In SF MS-13 sorority sisters Danilo Velasquez,, 28, and Luis Herrera, 18, were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Moises Frias Jr., a Daly City college student. It seems the two members
Arts & Entertainment Bevan Dufty Wants Floating Pink Cloud Above Castro In addition to the meth cloud that hangs above Beck's Motorlodge -- we kid! sort of. but not really. -- Supervisor Bevan Dufty would like to create a pink cloud that would float
misc Poll: And Your Next California Governor Is... Last night, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom "officially kicked off his campaign" for governor of California 2010. That is to say, you'll see even less of Newsom over the next year or so. If
SF News Poll: How Special Was Your Election? The most exciting thing about today's special election was, well, we don't know if anything was exciting about it. Especially when compared to the November election, which was brimming with sexy black men
SF News Poll: What Will All of That SF Chron Management Do All Day? While editorial staff gets pruned today, we're hearing from Chronicle guild members that "No one thinks they're gonna go through with any manager layoffs." (Update: Lesley Guth, Chron manager, was laid off this
misc What Should Replace Crouching Spider? Louise Bourgeois' bronze spider sculpture is leaving the Embarcadero at Pier 14, ready to nest in Houston where it will be part of a private collection. Aw. While there's no word yet if
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vote for Your Favorite Girl Scout Cookie Girl Scout cookies season is upon us, and we are all better for it. Well, most of us are. A gaggle of Burlingame Girl Scouts were injured earlier this month after a truck
SF News Prop 8: State Equally Divided on Inequality According to a Field Poll of 761 registered voters, "48 percent of those surveyed would support a new ballot initiative repealing Proposition 8, while 47 percent would favor keeping the ban in place,
SF News State Voters Don't Like Gavin Newsom Aw boo. It's one thing for locals to hate on San Francisco Mayor Newsom -- let's face it, most of you Bay Area types are out-of-state Asperger's Syndrome cases who zombieishly loathe anything
SF News Nominations: Hug a Journalist Day, 2/15 Ever hug a bottle of cheap vodka caked with cocaine residue? That's what hugging a journalist is like. And this Sunday, Feb. 15, is Hug a Journalist Day -- at least according to
misc Why Are You at Work Today? Really, why are you working this week? Because, let's see, we have two work days (today, tomorrow), one kinda work day (New Year's Eve), and another alleged work day on Friday. But if
misc Wish Your Were Dead Pool: the Winner We asked you to decide on what Bay Area institution you would like to see die in 2009, and you overwhelmingly chose the Church of Scientology to go bye-bye. (Please don't kill us,
misc Wish Your Were Dead Pool: the Poll OK, the list is huge. But who knew you all wanted to see so many business get the boot?! Anyway, we've narrowed it down to local businesses, more or less, so, please, pick
SF News Day Without a Gay Protest Photos, San Francisco, 12/10 Tonight's Day Without a Gay protest seemed peaceful compared to those just over a month ago when Prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban, passed. Although cops in riot gear gathered on Market and
misc Poll: Bay Area News Team Showdown During a post-Thanksgiving dinner game of Apples to Apples -- which could very well be the best board game invented, ever -- the hostess turned to me and said, "You know who I'm
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guide to San Francisco's Douchiest Bars Last week Eater asked its readers for their opinions on the "douchiest" bar in San Francisco. Readers went nuts. Inundated with drunks aching to voice their thoughts on the most annoying watering hole,
