SF News Slow News Day News: Russian Hill Truck SNAFU Oh fun. Late this morning, a big ol'd truck rammed into a telephone pole, sending a gaggle of tourists into a photo-snapping frenzy. Russian Hill Handyman founder Rick Haelig has the details: At
misc Ask SFist: Parking in Nob/Russian Hill On viscous news days such as today, we reach into our inbox to see what readers have on their minds. Here's something: I’m now a car owner living in Russian Hill and
SF News Newsom Sells Bachelor Pad Sleep easy, San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom has, at last, sold his Russian Hill bachelor pad. On the market for over a month, the spacious and too tastefully decorated penthouse condo, if you
SF News Price of Newsom's Penthouse Condo Slashed A month after being on the market -- with an initial asking price of $3,200,000 -- Mayor Gavin Newsom's penthouse condo at 1101 Green Street #2001 has plummeted in price. According
SF News Toilet Torcher Foiled? San Francisco's Toilet Torcher is making national headlines. (Also, AP is calling him or her the "Toilet Torcher," to which SFist will take full credit, thank you. Ha ha.) And for some it's
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again: No. 21 We were beginning to think we our favorite arsonist hung up his bic. Not so. According to reports, it seems the Toilet Torcher has struck again, this time at "3:50 on Sunday
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again The porta-potty arsonist has struck again, this time at at the 1200 block of Washington Street during the wee hours this morning, according to reports. No was was injured, no arrests have been
SF News Toilet Torcher: #15 The Toilet Torcher strikes again! This time he or she has claimed their 15th porta-potty since November. The portable outhouse went up in flames last night at Union and Franklin Streets. This time,
SF News Toilet Torcher Lights First Match of 2009 Just when you thought the Toilet Torcher was a match striking terror to stay stuck in the halcyon days of 2008, he or she leaps into 2009 with aplomb. See, just this morning
SF News Russian Hill Apartment Fire Kills 1 One person was killed after a two-alarm fire torched an apartment building in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood this afternoon. The blaze, reported at 11:52 a.m., sparked on the second floor
misc Jeff in Market for New Car, According to Analysts "If you want to sell your car, call Jeff," said a sign tacked to a Russian Hill phone pole this weekend. There's a phone number attached, but here's what's weird: a little Googling
misc MUNI Underground We don't usually read the Op Ed pages of the Chronicle, because it's always either rehashed columnists from other papers or something like "give birth control pills to deer in Point Reyes" --
misc Blocker: 1200 Polk Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a regular series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist every other Wednesday, around the lunching hour (the timing of this
misc "Leg Bones for Baseball Bats" - 1902 San Francisco Chronicle Researching San Francisco history means spending way too much time sitting in the dark. In the library, we mean, staring at microfilm of old newspapers. Hours of scanning those scratched and blurry archives
misc Breaking News: Gavin Newsom's Town Car Scratched! Yeah, we could hardly believe the headline ourselves. Do people have no shame? We missed this one, but yesterday Mayor Gavin Newsom's town car was vandalized by a parolee. Outside Newsom's Russian Hill
misc Blocker: 1000 Broadway Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: An SUV for San Francisco Sidewalks How would you pilot six kids down Russian Hill? One foot on the brake, the other hopping like a kangaroo trying to keep up? Sounds like fun.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: No Photos Permitted. Really? Don't get arrested but do send your best shots into the Flickr and tag them "sfist". Click!
Arts & Entertainment Must John Barleycorn Die? Hey, tomorrow's Saturday. You were going to have a few stiff ones anyway, right? May as well have them at the John Barleycorn. From 1-5 p.m. tomorrow there will be a free
SF News The San Francisco-New York Neighborhood Comparison Table Quick -- which one of those pictures above is of Valencia Street in SF and which is of Williamsburg in Brooklyn? Bay Area blogger Overstated has put together his list of what New
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Brian Monnier of Yogic Motion And hey, we gotta giveaway too. Start off your new year right and enter to win a free month of unlimited classes at Yogic Motion. By SFist Leanne
misc SFist Rants: Curb Your Yellow Bus Elsewhere Our block circling antics have happened everywhere from Russian Hill and North Beach to Civic Center and SOMA, at varying days and times. However, we don't usually like to play the blame game
Arts & Entertainment Hey, At Least It's Free Now Friedman, who died last week, definitely has his intellectual cred. He's got a Nobel Prize fer crissakes. And he's definitely been a figure of major influence over the years. His economic viewpoints
misc Bay Blogger Special: Nicks Invade The City Last night Spot-On's Chris Nolan held a swanky fete at her Russian Hill apartment to introduce folks around. Lots of familiar faces were there -- Nick Denton and fellow Gawker Media minion Boi
SF News Farewell Joseph Owades Okay, one could argue that he didn't invent the computer or some new fangled gadget that changed the world. And he didn't come up with the cure for AIDS or polio or acid
