SF News Shake It A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Hercules area of the East Bay around 10 a.m. this morning. But we didn't feel anything here in San Francisco, how about you? This report
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Upper Playground Upper Playground is the real San Francisco treat, with apparel, accessories, lit, and art that has that safely countercultural vibe. Pick up a vintage polo for the office cool guy, a FIFTY24SF t
SF News Merry Christmas! Here's Your Pink Slip We've had a soft spot for Macromedia since our days hanging out in Multimedia Gulch (you know, back when it was Multimedia Gulch and not just "that neighborhood around the stadium"). We know
SF News All We Hear... Is Video Gaga ....video goo-goo, video blah-blah. Even as people continue to debate whether Officer Andrew Cohen's now-notorious film project, involving African-American officers eating out of dog bowls and Charlie's Angels parodies is racist/sexist, in
misc SFist Raves: Food Loving Fund Raising Not only could you score a food photography lesson with local cookbook writer Heidi Swanson who took the pretty picture on the left, you could win a $200 voucher towards dinner at feted
misc H. Brown & Anti-Semitism "For taking one for the team in fighting Donald Fisher pretty much alone. I feel almost responsible because I kept writing about the Jewish cabal of Fisher & Shorenstein & Blum & Goldman
misc The 'Fisties: Best Burrito Rita: Let the burrito debates begin! Lincoln/Douglas rules! (I have absolutely no idea what that actually means, but doesn't that sound all high-school debate-team-y?) RESOLVED: that Papalote has the best frickin burrito
SF News We're Still Poor, How About You? The California Budget Project* today released a report that "examines how the Bay Area’s workers and their families have fared before, during, and since the boom and subsequent bust." Their findings (beware,
SF News TechConnect Public Hearing Sasha at Left In SF did liveblog the event, which you can watch on SFGTV here [RealPlayer]. We have to commend kicking it off with a good old, single-source, un-verifiable rumor:Google proposed
Arts & Entertainment Gays Love Cowboys? Who Knew! We hate to admit it, but all this modern mania for has simply passed us by. At this point, we're dreading the inevitable trip to the Embarcadero to watch the damn thing, borne
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: the Abduction from the Seraglio. While some of the singers sounded better than others, the leading roles impressed us. The tiny theater does not require the stronger pipes to fill a larger space, the same way we sound
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ted Weinstein Ted Weinstein is a fierce proponent of the Bay Area’s literature scene. He is also good at getting the authors he represents to finish their manuscripts. His methods are a trade secret,
misc SFist Answers: New Year's Special A reader of SFist Answers writes in anonymously: This year, I'm celebrating my last under-21 New Years Eve. What fun things can the local twenty year old chick do to bring in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: an American Tragedy We saw the Met's new production on Monday, and one thought sprung to our mind: there is an East Coast-West Coast divide that would make the gangsta rappers proud. Oh, we are not
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight...Except Not We think we know what it is. "Killer Instinct" has been cancelled. You say you didn't even watch the show? So how could its cancellation have anything to do with your deep depression?
SF News Week 14 NFL Preview The biggest, most compelling reason to watch is that it is now official--the Rai-duhs have a new QB. Yep, it's Tui time as Marvelous Norv Turner has announced that Marques Tuiasosopo will indeed
misc SFist Rants: Get Outta My Face When I'm Shopping! We don't put up with telemarketers, yeah? There's all these fancy "do not call lists" and all that kind of stuff. You can even post a "no solicitors" sign on your door. But
SF News SFist Tech Labs: We've Got a Report Due On Space That scandal, plus a less intense scuffle over the history of podcasting and the influence of vee-jays thereon, prompted Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales this week to change the site's policy and accept new
misc SFisting: Sex Machines Slideshow: The Squeaky Thing Gets the Grease With San Francisco as the home of Survival Research Laboratories, the birthplace of Combots and Robolympics, and the location of Fucking Machines secret lair, we have to wonder just what is in that
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Memento Press Memento Press provides us with the best of both worlds, allowing you to upload or send photos to them, for placement in a variety of books, calendars, and cards. They're highly focused on
SF News Will We Get What We Paid For? His base pay will be $298,000, but he has eligibility for up to "$337,000 when all compensation is taken into account." We got excited hearing that last bit, thinking "maybe they'll
Arts & Entertainment Happy Holidays from SFist: Win a "Zatch Bell" DVD! What works well in Japan sometimes doesn't exactly translate over here. "Zatch Bell" passed its hundred-episode mark overseas, but it's made a much more modest splash stateside. The story concerns a race of
SF News The Perils of Pelosi So we have a political party, the Dems, in a Catch-22: don't propose anything and get criticized for not having a plan only to then come up with a plan and get criticized
misc Win Passes To See <i>Hoodwinked</i>! The San Francisco Film Society is hosting a special screening of at the Clay this Sunday the 11th at 7:30 p.m., and we have passes to give away to you! Hoodwinked,
