SF News Hello Officer! It looks like San Francisco middle schools will be getting more full-time armed campus cops, courtesy of a $4 million federal grant awarded to SF last week. This Department of Justice grant would
SF News Me Love You Long NY Times The article has that arch tone of "oh those wacky Californians," but SFist would like to point out that those hotbeds of New Age, Granola-crunching, Yoga-posing Hippiedom, Nevada and Germany, have decriminalized prostitution
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fine Dining Returns to the Golden Gate Last weekend we got in touch with our inner tourist and took part in the rebirth of a San Francisco legend - the Cliff House. Since January of 2003 it has been largely
SF News The 700 Club Whether you like Barry Bonds or not as a person, you have to respect him (actually, be in awe of him) as a ballplayer. And since you probably don't ever have to have
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Count Through a labor intensive process, Count creates a collage of sound by layering textures of small noises and sounds. This unique thumbprint has led musicians with a similar aesthetic to work with Count
SF News Pepper Spray or Power Tools? A federal retrial began in San Francisco today over police use of pepper spray on nonviolent demonstrators. In the fall of 1997, images were broadcast nationwide of Humboldt County sheriff's deputies and Eureka
Arts & Entertainment What to Do This Weekend: Theater SFist isn't sure how we missed knowing about this in advance, except to say that small theater marketing is typically, shall we say, less than ubiquitous. But the San Francisco Fringe Festival is
SF News Garden Hose The City Attorney's months-long investigation into election coercion has confirmed that the now-defunct city organization SLUG (the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners) illegally coerced its workers to campaign and vote for Gavin
Arts & Entertainment Bonsaiiiii! The Bonsai Society of San Francisco will be holding it's annual auction this Thursday, September 9th at 7:30 PM in the San Francisco County Fair Building (Who knew it even existed?) at
misc Housing Bubbles Is it just us, or is it just sort of hilarious that a two-bed one-bath condo on 18th Street is being offered at $737,000 and a single-family house in Pacific Heights is
Arts & Entertainment Interview: 3-6-4-1-4-6-Fi-eeive! Take a break from reading SFist and dial 415-364-1465. The voice on the answering machine is that of Kate Pocrass, detailing this week's Mundane Journey. Described as an "eagerness to interact with strangers
misc Labor Week: Somewhere Over the Rainbow No discussion of the Labor Movement in food-obsessed San Francisco would be complete without a mention of Rainbow Grocery, our own "independent, collectively run, worker-owned and operated" grocery and general store. Rainbow's history
Arts & Entertainment Three Guys, a Girl, and Pizza Place Basement... SFist had a great time at , Impact Theater's ninth season opener. If you don't know Impact Theater, they're a Berkeley-based company focused on "producing new plays by emerging playwrights that are relevant, interesting,
Arts & Entertainment Gathering: The Magic The odds for regular San Francisco men hooking up this weekend in the Marina have just dramatically improved with the arrival of the Magic: The Gathering competition tournament at Fort Mason this week
SF News Putting Politics on the Back-Burner By now, hearing something referred to as "only in San Francisco" has been thrown around so much that it's almost not worth saying anymore. Every once in awhile, though, we come across a
SF News O Tannenbaum San Francisco has one less shady spot, as city workers stripped down a 100-foot pine tree in the Tenderloin. The pride and joy of city arborists, the tree was the only 'loin-area tree
SF News Somebody Pitch This to Ben Stiller When we first saw a t-shirt for an actual kickball league, we were pretty sure it was the coolest thing we had ever heard. After playing for several seasons, we can say that
SF News Do You Know The Way to the New San Jose City Hall? San Francisco's not the only Bay Area city rife with local political scandal! San Jose has been roiled for the last month about allegations that city officials worked a secret deal with local
Arts & Entertainment 'Zine Scene SFist has always been interested in the whole world of 'zines. We have worked in the publishing industry, and are fascinated with the idea of do-it-yourself (DIY) publishing. All you need is an
Arts & Entertainment You're Hired, San Francisco! Boo yeah! San Francisco's repping large on this season's Apprentice -- with not one, not two, but three 415 area contestants vying for the affection of Donald Trump. So John is a 2003
SF News Olympics Roundup It's finally time to get off the couch and get back to work. That's right, the Olympics are over, nothing went horribly wrong, everybody was smitten with being at the sites of the
misc Labor Week: Sex Workers Unite! [Ed. Note: Labor Day is not just the cut-off point for wearing white shoes - it's a day to honor the workers who make this country great. In our honor (we're workers too!
SF News Viva Hate SFist knew there was a reason we moved here! Recent polls show the Bay Area to be the most negative region of California, with 59% of people saying they think the state is
SF News Senate Leadership Stays by the Bay Yesterday the Democratic Caucus of the California State Senate voted to replace termed-out senator John Burton [D-San Francisco] with Don Perata [D-Oakland] as the new President Pro-tempore of the senate. Considered the 'second
Arts & Entertainment La Playa en Fuego Every Labor Day tens of thousands of geeks, nerds, hippies, frat boys and all other sorts of disaffected rejects pile into vehicles and make a pilgrammage to one of the most inhospitable places
