SF News Photos: President Obama Visits San Francisco Unlike the Clinton administration, where Bill and Hillary enjoyed hogging the tables at The Slanted Door, San Francisco isn't used to seeing the POTUS in the city. George W. Bush rarely, if ever,
misc Webcomic About SF Startup Scene Launched by <em>Twitter Wit</em> Author Nick Douglas, former Gawker and Valleywag scribe/Twitter Wit author, created a glorious new comic about a nascent online internet e-web venture in San Francisco. It's called Big Damn Deal. Douglas kicks things
misc 1862 Map of San Francisco Eric Fischer came across this nifty map of San Francisco from 1862. We can't stop looking at it. Amazing stuff. Too small? No problem. View it in a larger size for more detail.
misc Quote du Jour: David Byrne on San Francisco David Byrne -- the tall guy in ivy league favorite Talking Heads/the man behind the score of The Last Emperor -- wrote in last week's about the perfect city. San Francisco was
misc <i>Vice</i>'s Guide to San Francisco New York publication of note Vice -- that glossy, in-your-face magazine that features stinky Brooklynites wearing too-tight clothing and interviews with depressed music bands -- has come out with a very special San
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "San Francisco Polyphony" by György Ligeti Off the tops of our heads, we can't think of too many classical/chamber pieces written in honor of our fair city. This one, 1973's "San Francisco Polyphony," is by Hungarian-born composer György
SF News SF and Oakland A.M. Shootings Early Saturday morning, a 16-year-old girl was shot on the 3400 block of International Boulevard in Oakland. According to reports, after OPD officers saw a car driving "erratically" a little before 1:30
SF News San Francisco Mean, But Not as Mean as LA, to the Homeless According to the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless, who just released a report cloyingly titled "Homes Not Handcuffs," San Francisco is the seventh meanest
misc The Lights Coming In and Out at SFO This glorious shot comes to you from noted photographer exxonvaldez. He captures "[r]unway 1 departures from San Francisco International Airport between 10:22pm and 11:38pm on June 27, 2009, as seen
SF News SF Gay Pride Photos Here are some images of today's San Francisco Pride festivities. Wee! Be sure to check back throughout the day. SFist will be updating images of the parade and party at Civic Center. Also,
SF News Why So Low, Murder Rate? This year's murder rate -- which, as SF Appeal notes, the mainstream media cannot agree upon; it's 18 or 19, depending on who you read -- is kind of low. In fact, as
Arts & Entertainment Fight Over Naming 40th Anniversary Woodstock Concert in SF This year marks the 40th anniversary of the peace-, love- and mud-fest known as Woodstock, and organizers of a free, commemorative concert in San Francisco are being threatened with a very un-peaceful and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's On: LA vs. SF Burritos LA Weekly baits San Franciscans in Ask Mr. Gold's most recent column. Erica, a Los Angeles-based reader, writes in to ask about her "friend in town from Berkeley" who loves burritos but is
SF News Earthquke Hits Bay Area, Centered in Morgan Hill Reports are coming in that there was a mild earthquake felt in San Francisco. We felt it too, but it could have been our the washing machine in the spin cycle. "I believe
misc Happy Birthday, Frank Chu Lawrence Ferlinghetti isn't the only San Francisco luminary celebrating today. It's also Frank Chu's birthday! The Bay Area's favorite protester, for years Frank has been walking the streets of SF with his sign
Arts & Entertainment Local Trekkie Upset About Scale of Buildings in Futuristic San Francisco This Star Trek fan is indignant over the CGI-inflated San Francisco in the 24th Century depicted in the trailer for the upcoming Star Trek movie. As he rightly points out, any San Franciscan
SF News Shooting in the TL An unidentified gent was shot while hanging out in the Tenderloin on Monday night. The victim was plugged at Ellis and Jones streets sometime around 8 p.m. at t Ellis and Jones,
Arts & Entertainment Images: WonderCon '09 San Francisco played host to comic convention WonderCon. It's like ComincCon, only smaller. This year's convention saw, um, colorful fans of illustrated dramas, cartoon, furry sex, and explosive imagination converge at Moscone Center.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Comic Book Tiki Bar Crawl with Darick Robertson Since you've heard that the irreplaceable Tonga Room is in danger of being made into condos(!!!), and the WonderCon convention is in town, what happens when the two are combined? Tiki bar crawl.
misc Today In San Francisco History: The Emperor's Reign Ends On the reeking pavement, in the darkness of a moonless night under the dripping rain, and surrounded by a hastily gathered crowd of wondering strangers, Norton I, by the grace of God, Emperor
misc Today in San Francisco History - "Demon of the Belfry" goes to the gallows Timecapsule: January 7, 1898 The most notorious criminal of San Francisco's Gilded Age was executed 111 years ago today. Sure, Jack the Ripper had set a certain tone for serial killing just a
misc "'rabbit, rabbit' on the first / I hold my breath" "I wanna remind you that [today] is the first of the month and it's customary to say 'rabbit, rabbit' before you say anything else. Think about that, write yourself a note. Alright, have
misc American Football Spectacular: Great 49er Mustaches: Kevin Fagan Defensive end Kevin Fagan and his mighty mustache helped hold the line for George Seifert's boxer's-mentality 3-4 defensive scheme during the zenith of San Francisco's 1980s power. Fagan served stolidly in the d-line
misc American Football Spectacular: Great 49er Mustaches: Roger Craig Roger Craig was one of the most versatile running backs the NFL has ever seen. A perfect fit for Bill Walsh's short-passing offensive system, in 1985 Craig became the first man to gain
misc Today in San Francisco History - the First Cliff House Burns Timecapsule: December 25, 1894 On Christmas Day, 1894, the first San Francisco Cliff House burned to the ground. As the Chronicle poetically reported the next morning, San Francisco's most historic landmark has gone
