SF News More on the Yale Choir Story The major source of controversy stems from the police response. According to the Chron, the police went to go check it out but deemed it not that much in a way of a
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Liz Hickok Why Jello? It actually started because I had been photographing scale models that other people had made. I’ve been a photographer for a long time. I was in Havana shooting and came
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Sculpture Competition SFist Jim (hardest working man in the biz!) sends along these pictures from City Hall, at the unveiling of the three finalists in the Harvey Milk sculpture contest. Harvey Milk is, of course,
SF News SFist Blotter (Wednesday Edition) So many crime stories of note today that we're running an off-cycle SFist Blotter! A casual carpool driver from Hercules was carjacked this morning. She picked up the usual crew of city-bound commuters
SF News The Yale Choir Story, Again First up, the cops. After the fracas, they detained four of the assailants but let them go. As of right now, nobody has been arrested as police are saying they're still collecting evidence.
misc Bay Area Wanderer: joy of life * Bay Area Wanderer: Mason near Eddy, San Francisco Between old brick-walled buildings, a muraled wood fence holds a parking lot. The guy keeping the lot seems to be talking to himself. Wait, is
misc New Year's Bash The facts appear to be these: The Baker's Dozen, an all-male (but not exclusively gay) chorus from Yale was asked to perform at the house of Reno Rapagnani, a retired SFPD officer and
SF News Political Junkie: Thin Veneer Of Something Sulky, sulky -- Gavin Newsom was sober and mad after yesterday's Board of Supervisors inaugural ceremony, which the Chronicle tactfully described as having a "tone of political contentiousness running just beneath a veneer
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Old Forms In The New City * Bay Area Wanderer: Sansome near California, San Francisco Walking north as dusk settled in, suddenly columns lined up beneath the taffy-pulled pyramid.
SF News Not a Good Day to Be Leaving the Office Chen is stopping over in SF on his way to Nicarauga for an inauguration. Seven months ago, he was denied a request to enter the U.S. and was told he had to
misc Bay Area Wanderer: M_TINEE * Bay Area Wanderer: Market and Mason, San Francisco Headed down Market Street to Taqueria Can-Cun. Crazed people, drunk people, stoned people, business people. Scent of plywood wet with urine. An old moviehouse held
Arts & Entertainment Wanna Buy a House? What can you expect? Well floor plans and pictures and asking prices for the homes of such noted celebrities as Larry Ellison (his Japanese temple home is up for sale-- it's only $16
misc Well Wishes To Norman Yee San Francisco school board president Norman Yee remains in intensive care after being hit by a car on 4th and Bryant the day after Christmas. However, he's in stable condition after undergoing two
SF News No Aids Quilt Just Yet But first, the back story. Quilt founder Cleve Jones was at one point made the "Founder for Life" of the Names Project but was let go in 2004. It was Jones who started
SF News There Ain't No Party Like a Pelosi Party If the sun is shining a bit brighter and the birds are chirping a bit chirpier it could only be because today is a big day-- as of this posting, our little Nancy
SF News American Football Spectacular: On Acculturation Yet the 2006 season-ending upset over the Denver Broncos meant so much more the Niners: it revealed a team that believes in themselves. And believes in their coach's plan for the future. Before
Arts & Entertainment The SF Assassination Attempt on Gerald Ford With the death of Gerald Ford has come renewed interest in the various events in his life, including (for SFist's purposes, anyways) Sara Jane Moore's attempt to assassinate him in San Francisco on
Arts & Entertainment A Little San Francisco History On PBS Every now and then, we try to watch the national news so we'll get the jokes on the Daily Show the next day. So, even though Comedy Central's fake news outlets are on
Arts & Entertainment It's Sketchfest Time For those who don't know, San Francisco Sketchfest was started six years ago and is about two weeks of performances by comedians, comedy troupes and improv groups. This year's show includes not just
SF News Recycling Your Christmas Tree Well, you're in luck! The godlessness of the town of San Francisco is offset by its environmental zeal -- so if you've got a tree you need to get rid of, drag it
SF News Oakland's New Last-Minute Mayor Yeah, we don't remember any dramatic hand-on-the-Bible or inaugural speechifying either -- it turns out they threw together a somewhat slapdash inauguration when someone realized that the Oakland city charter required Dellums to
SF News You Had To Be There The problem was that before there was no way of tracking who was attending and who wasn't. Besides the fact nobody really saw the records as they sat in the commission offices, the
SF News New Rules The biggest one is an increase in the minimum wage, from $6.75 an hour to $7.50. Next year, it'll go up to $8. In San Francisco, however, the minimum wage is
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Talks to Lisa Congdon, Organizer of the Kim Family Auction. San Francisco wasn't the only place moved by the Kim family tragedy. People around the world followed the tragic story with bated breath as the events unfolded. For most of us it's hard
misc Bay Area Wanderer: The First Morning * Bay Area Wanderer: Balboa and 42nd Ave, San Francisco Homeward-bound down Balboa, the first morning looks like a success. Blue overhead and crisp to the skin. A foghorn sounded off in the distance.
