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So Fresh and So Clean

San Francisco just received a grant of $1.8 million dollars that will go to helping clean up the streets in certain neighborhoods. The program, called the Community Corridor program, is already being

Arts & Entertainment

The Curtain's Chris Cohen

Chris’s band, The Curtains, has a new album out which you can check out here. Even if you’ve never heard of Chris, or The Curtains, you’ve likely heard of local

Don't Recycle Those Mailers!

Since Greg doesn't live in an even-numbered district, he's asking in particular for any good Districts 4 and 6 mailers, or anything "freaky" from District 8 -- but will accept all your flyers

SF Cable Cars: Not Climbing Halfway to the Stars Today

Tourists looking for that oh so wonderul, oh so expensive cable car ride today were disappointed to discover that the Hyde Street and Mason Street cable cars were down this morning and still

Your Commute: Friday Woes

Officer Cakebread is all over the news today -- earlier, he came to our attention when he was reporting that a sideswiped moving van flipped over on the westbound lanes of Highway 92

The Haunted Ghost Tour

On a chilly Sunday night in front of Coffee to the People, we met our genial tour guide, Tommy, an honest-to-goodness ghost hunter, There were only two of us on the tour, but

Bomb Scare

An alert gardener noticed a 3 foot by 1 foot yellow tub with a wire coming out of it, on top of a bottle and some liquid, and called the authorities. The police

Big Ballot, Big Ballot, Talk About Bum Cakes, Out State's Got 'Em

Let's look at the ballots we've gotten so far. The state ballot this year clocks in at 192 pages, same as the city of San Francisco ballot. Let's see, that's...eight...carry the

Ask And Ye Shall Receive (And by "Receive," we Mean "Get F**ked")

Attention Caltrainiacs: don't plan on taking the N line home this evening, because it's not running like it used to. Ever-vigilant Muniwatcher Jamison has informed us that some wacky car-driver done gone crashed

Holy Cow! Macha Gets The Ax in Oakland

However, A's fans really shouldn’t be surprised by this move. Macha has historically bugged certain players to the point of inspiring mutiny. Terrance Long, a very likable outfielder of the Giambi-led crew,

American Football Spectacular: AFC West Beatings Ahoy!

* San Diego at San Francisco Sunday, October 15, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 06 The Battle Of The Sans OK, after battling back against the Raiders and winning the Battle Of The

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Local Loses Colbert's Green Screen Challenge

For those of you who don't watch the "Colbert Report", Stephen has been running a green screen challenge where he asked members of the Colbert Nation to add all sorts of computer effects

Let's Go See Some Art at SF Open Studios

His first correctional glasses offered Mark a new view of the world, inspiring his obsession with imagery and illustrations. During his downtime on early tours with DEVO, he began illustrating on postcards to

SchwarzenWatcher: Big Mouth Strikes Again

Now why would somebody running for office say something so dumb? After all, rule #1 of running for an election is to try and not piss off people whose vote you want. Well,

The Athletics Pounce on Twins: One to Go!

The Oakland Athletics this afternoon showed why this year’s team is infinitely grittier and more determined than playoff teams of years past. This collection of misfits and guys barely above the legal

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Old School, New School: The SFist School Board Interviews

Introduce yourself, and tell us what you currently do. For the last seven years, I have been an independent contractor with the City and County of San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department. My title

Greetings and Salutations

But wait! Don't erase us from your bookmarks just yet! Eve maybe going to greener pastures, but Rita is not going anywhere. Nor is any other of the SFist gang. As for what

American Football Spectacular: "Walking Wounded"

It's Week Four of the National Football League's 2006 regular season. Things have been tough. How’ve you been? Here's what happening with your Niners and Raiders for this October 1st.< * San

Who Really is Rob Black?

See, Rob joined the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and traveled to several third world countries to try and bring democracy to them. It didn't go so well. Or, at least, a

Gas Guzzling Government <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo-goos>Goo-Goos</a>

Lest you think every politician is running around driving gas guzzlers, 27 out of the state's 120 lawmakers now get to smugly tell everyone just how much gas mileage they get these days

Has Anyone Seen this Man?

Yes, it's only been a few weeks into the main part of the campaign for Governor, that being after Labor Day, but questions are already being asked about whether Phil's campaign is either

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Put Your Life in Yvesdropping's Hands

Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. And! If you think you might forget your Yvesdropping, you can just call our special new Yvesdroppings voicemail hotline and leave

Our Weatherman Makes Good!

You guys remember our emeritus weatherman, SFist Ted, right? Well, when SFist Ted wasn't licking a finger and holding it up to find out what direction the wind's blowing, he was running everyone's

American Football Spectacular: <a href=http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blackalicious/shallowdays.html>"I Just Keep Movin' On, Movin' On..."</a>

* St. Louis vs. San Francisco Sunday, September 17, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 02 The Battle Of The Incompletes And no, we're not referring to a glance at our college transcript. These

Your Commute: Wire Woes

Well, on the down side, they're now charging so much for cable cars ($5) that no one wants to ride them anymore. On the up side, no one's going to be able to