misc Photo du Jour 312 Think twice, is right. How very bad you must feel right about now. You can always try helping her, and many like her, by donating to the Coalition on Hobos (keep the Street
SF News Layoff 5,000 State Workers By Friday, Says Schwarzenegger Sad news, California state employees. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked his administration to "send 5,000 layoff notices to state workers Friday," according to an unnamed source close to Arnold's budget plan. The
SF News Techies File For Bankruptcy, Too Area bankruptcy filings have gone up 50% in the first quarter of 2009, compared to last year, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Records at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Jose
SF News "Concept-Based" Bookstore Babylon Falling Closes Nascent San Francisco bookstore Babylon Falling is closing its doors, according to SF Weekly. "After two short years in business," says BF's site, "Babylon Falling will be closing its doors for good at
SF News Sashay Away: "Top Reporters" Leaving SF Chronicle Alas, it has arrived. Today is the deadline for the Chronicle buyout. If the ailing publication can't get rid of 150 jobs by 5 p.m., the paper will start layoffs next month.
SF News Your Day in the Suffocation of Democracy's Oxygen In today's installment of "No One Cares About This Story, So Shut Up and Do Your Job, Journalists," artisan newspaper publication The New York Times -- which is having its own economic problems
SF News Unemployment Benefits Extended Today, the California State Senate "passed legislation that will extend benefits to the unemployed by 20 weeks, sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the first bill involving money from the federal economic stimulus package," according
SF News Sacramento Tent City Coming Down With coverage on Oprah, followed by countless other media stories on the Third World-ish homeless camp, Sacramento's 'Tent Camp' will officially close over the next few weeks. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who's clearly
SF News Parkway Speakeasy Theater Shutters this Sunday Now for some truly sad news,.Catherine and Kyle Fischer's Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland is closing its door for good after 12 years. Here's the missive sent out today to fans of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask SFist: Food Stamps? An anonymous reader writes SFist with the following urgent request. Do you or one of your writers know how to apply to get for food stamps? Might make a good post. Funny enough,
SF News SF Chronicle Management Cut? Insiders at SF Chronicle, according to SFBG, say that "it wants to cut 150 union workers, most of them in the newsroom." Egads. That is to say, half of the newsroom would be
SF News Disastrous Metreon to Become Ferry Building 2.0? After the Metreon proved to be an inarguable disaster (e.g., shops, feel, maneuverability, clientele, warm fuzzies), the awkward steelish complex at Fourth and Mission is attempting a comeback. According to the Examiner,
SF News Virgin Megastore to Close in April The Virgin Megastoe at the corner of Stockton and Market will be closing its doors in late April, according to KCBS. This comes on the heels of Virgin announcing the closure of two
SF News Hearst Threatening To Sell SF Chronicle Holy smokes. This just in: the SF Chronicle is (practically) up for sale. Word is that "if they don't sell it, they'll shut it down." No deadline communicated yet. The following memo was
Arts & Entertainment SF Blues Festival Canceled Although the event has been running every year since 1973, the founder of the San Francisco Blues Festival has canceled the event for 2009 and the foreseeable future. San Francisco Blues Festival founder
SF News Your Official California State Worker Layoff Notice "In the face of a $42 billion budget shortfall, and still no budget, measures are needed to preserve the State’s cash." And with that begins the official layoff letter sent out to
SF News Schwarzenegger set to send layoff notices on Tuesday Budget or not, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is all set to send layoff notices (warnings) to 20,000 state workers. According to the Sacramento Bee, "those with the least seniority among the approximately 100,
SF News Metreon's PlayStation Store and SonyStyle Store to Close Coming as a surprise to no one, Sony plans on shutting down the PlayStation Store and SonyStyle Store at the Metreon complex. As near to the heart to PlayStation fans as the Apple
SF News KRON 4 (Young Broadcasting) Files for Bankruptcy KRON 4's parent company, Young Broadcasting, (finally) filed for bankruptcy today, according to sources. KRON, once the Bay Area's NBC affiliate, has been for sale since last year. Most recently, Young Broadcasting Inc.
SF News Senate Passes Obama's Economic Recovery Plan President Obama's controversial economic recovery plan passed the Senate, and is now on its way to House-Senate negotiations. According to AP, "Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and
SF News Job Losses Largest Decline Since 1974 More grim news from the employed sector. According to the Chronicle (not AP!?), "January's payroll job losses were the steepest one-month decline since the end of 1974 when the nation was battling another
SF News State Controller Buys $2M Worth of Furniture First Wells Fargo Bank can't attend annual "employee recognition events," now state employees can't get new chaise lounges. It seems the same day the governor vetoed the Democrats' budget proposal, John Chiang, the
SF News Rought Times Hit Noted VFX Production Company Based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Orphanage went from a small visual effects company in a matter of 10 years with over 160 artists creating effects for more than two dozen
SF News Dining Out's Death: January '09 Eater is a fantastic spot to read what's opening and hot in the Bay Area's gastronomic scene. We all know that. But these days, and we really do hate saying this, it's pressing
SF News Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Forces State Workers to Take Unpaid 'Vacation' Days Going against the wishes of state workers' unions that said the governor's plan to save $1.3 billion with unpaid time off was both illegal and unconstitutional, Judge Patrick Marlette ruled this morning
