SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Racist San Jose Panda Express Sued By Feds According to the Associated Press, a San Jose Panda Express is in a world of trouble after allegedly discriminating against Latino employees. "Federal officials are suing a San Jose Panda Express, accusing the
SF News Andy Potts Wins Fourth 'Escape from Alcatraz' During Sunday's Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, wherein swim a mile and a half swim in the murky Bay, followed by a 18 mile bike ride and a 8 mile run, Colorado Springs' Andy
SF News Runner Who "Died" at 2010 Bay to Breakers Completes This Year's Race If you recall, at last year's Bay to Breakers, there had been reports of a runner collapsing from a heart attack at the finish line, and many at the scene said he had
Arts & Entertainment Map: Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Map 2011 View 2011 Bay to Breakers Booze Map in a larger map Each year SFist makes it a tradition to post your much-loved Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Map -- by way of Joe
misc Map: Race and Ethnicity, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley Eric Fischer created this map (click to enlarge!) based on race and ethnicity. He explains, "I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what
SF News New Rules for Bay to Breakers Just like last year and the year before that, Bay to Breakers organizers promise to enforce new rules. These stricter rules will, hopefully, stop non-registered participants (like Gavin Newsom) from crashing the course
Arts & Entertainment Congratulations, Bay to Breakers Winners! SF Citizen was on the ball and snapped shots of the winners of this morning's race. For the second year in a row, Kenyan long-distance runner Sammy Kirop Kitwara, who, interestingly, is a
SF News Felony Charges for White Separatists' Alleged Attackers Donnell Allen, 42, a black San Francisco resident, and Kelsey Musgrove, 19, a white female from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were hit with felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and conspiracy, and
SF News St. Mary's College Instructor Disciplined for "Ol' Man River" On Monday, St. Mary's instructor Louis Lebherz was ordered to apologize to his class and complete diversity training after instructing a student to sing a certain song from Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat,
SF News "Deeply Disturbing" Noose Scribbled On Bathroom Door at UCSC Next to never flushing, anus shaving in the mirror, coded toe-taping on the floor, and other hygiene-free experiences -- daily occurrences at your SFist editor's alma mater -- another shocking incident happened inside
SF News Asian Home Ownership Up; African-American Down by Amy Crocker Asian home ownership in the Bay Area has risen over the last ten years. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the top ten surnames of home buyers in 2009
SF News Muni Bus Brawl Prompts Race Relations Chat Putting aside the fact that the ladies, if you will, involved in the infamous Muni bus fight lacked moral character, tact or basic human decency, community leaders hosted a panel discussion and media
SF News Justice of Peace Denies Interracial Couple Marriage License A dimwitted justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, recently denied an interracial couple a marriage license. Why? Like we need to tell you why. But we will: said justice of peace,
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via Allan Hough of Mission Mission: "I haven't seen a black person in like a week. (I've been in the Pacific Northwest for like a week.)"
SF News Quote du Jour: White People Everywhere The Appeal has a searing new feature called "What's Bothering Michael Petrelis Now?," filling readers in on what's pissing off San Francisco's most important always-present/entertaining queer activist. This time around, Petrelis had
Arts & Entertainment Bay to Breakers <s>Liquor Store</s> Energizing Station Locator View image Seeing as how SFist almost ruined this year's Bay to Breakers race (you're welcome!) after posting this map indicating places to buy hooch along the race route -- which resulted in
misc BYOBW: Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race (Photos) Originally held on Lombard Street, the BYOBW (Bring Your Own Big Wheel) Race has since moved to the somewhat more (or less?) twisty terrain on Potrero Hill at Vermont and 20th streets. This
SF News Bay to Breakers to Remain Boring, Sanitary Bay 2 Breakers Mash-Up from Melissa Griffin on Vimeo. Yesterday, there was some sort of emergency Bay to Breakers Board of Supervisors meeting. The annual race of booze and public pissing -- which
SF News Ross Mirkarimi Says Yes to Nudity, Floats in Bay to Breakers San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi spoke to Matier & Ross about the new Bay to Breakers rules, telling them that "there is no reason to go this far ... Nudity and floats are part
SF News Anti-Bay 2 Breakers Rally at City Hall, Thursday, 2/19 Since more people have taken the time to air their disapproval (7000+ on one Facebook page alone, according to SFCitizen) of ING’s new rules for the Bay to Breakers race than have
SF News New B2B Rules Prompt Outcries of Anguish, Anger Now that boozing, urinating, and nudity have been banned from the ING Bay to Breakers race, a run famous for boozing, urinating, and nudity -- seriously, we're sorry; this is partially our fault
SF News New Rules for Bay to Breakers 2009 will go down as the Year of the NIMBY. Take, for example, ING Bay to Breakers, which has released a new set of rules for the typically willy-nilly San Francisco marathon. New
SF News Richmond Police Admit Ignoring Hate Crime Report Richmond police admit ignoring the racially-motivated beating of Brandon Manning, whose crime report sat unnoticed on the desk of a sergeant who was "absent for several days." Fortunately, though, police finally looked at
SF News Protest Over BART Shooting Turns to Riot Several hours of violence erupted Wednesday night as demonstrators at "smashed storefronts and cars, set several cars ablaze and blocked streets in downtown Oakland." The riot started after a protest was held at
SF News Ralph Nader Slams Obama as an "Uncle Tom," Manages to Shock Fox News Fox News anchor Shepard Smith interviewed crazy old man Ralph Nader the other night, chatting about, among other things, labeling President elect Barack Obama an "Uncle Tom." Really. A terse Smith tsk-tsk'd Nader,
