misc A Voyeuristic Blind Item I was scheduled to judge a "Halloween Underwear Contest", but the club owner gave the promoter, Sean Masters, the green light to let the party get as risque as he wanted...The party
Arts & Entertainment Deadly Juice Squeeze Things got a little ugly on Fifth and Mission yesterday, as the World Can't Wait protestors struck a blow against George Bush by tossing Molotov cocktails at the right-wing bastion of the San
SF News Finally, We Got Us Some Class Action In our email this morning, we saw a disturbing subject line: "Notice of Class Action Settlement. Please Read." "oh, s**t, who's suing us now?" we wondered. But the joke's on us --
SF News "Now that Gavin Newsom is single, who are you going to set him up with?" We had to go to the Television Without Pity recaps of The Bachelor to figure out which one new Niner Jesse Palmer was. Oh, yeah, that guy. We thought he was kinda hot
misc Win Passes to see <i>Come Fly With Me Nude</i> We here at SFist are looking forward to the The 21st Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, which runs from Nov 3-9 at the Kanbar Hall and the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco,
misc Halloween News Just in time for Halloween, Animal Care and Control has issued a renewed warning asking city residents to be careful about bats. San Francisco has seen five rabid bats over the last two
SF News Who is Kaiser Soze? On Wednesday we relished reading Matier and Ross's column about a brouhaha involving the San Francisco Film Commission. Seems that while shooting days in The City are up, all is not well between
SF News Gavin Gives Good Speech So, yes, yesterday was Gavin's big State of the City speech. In a speech entitled "Why it matters to be a San Franciscan," a question that answers itself if ever there was, in
Arts & Entertainment Election 2005: Interview with Jose Cisneros How would you work with the assessor to make sure that property owners are paying their fair share of taxes? The Treasurer’s office will continue to work closely with the Assessor to
misc SFist Rants: La Cumbre Taqueria La Cumbre, on Valencia at 16th, is the kind of place people tell visitors to San Francisco to go to get some "real Mission Mexican." Heck, it's the sort of place we can
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Tomorrow Dies Forever Today You'd think that for a city on a fault line, situated right next to the world's biggest proving ground for new technology, the Bay Area could come up with a better class of
SF News American Football Spectacular: p0wned-ership has its privileges Horrid. There are nearly no positives that can be taken from the 17 - 52 whuppin’ that Washington's football club put on our San Francisco 49ers in Week 07. Washington's squad simply cut
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Your Pre-Halloween Party Hey, the party's not till Monday, so check out some crazy characters hitting SF stages this weekend. Sure, go ahead and dress up: They've got bandits, Hollywood stars, a boy that looks like
SF News Good Enough for Government Work Hey, did you know that the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is thinking about speeding up transit on Van Ness by putting in dedicated bus boulevards? BUT WAIT DON'T CLICK ON THAT LINK
SF News Word Has It That Brenda Sometimes Says Yes How is it that our lives have come to resemble a Capital One commercial? "Be able to say 'No' clearly and easily, so that others are grateful and happy to honor your 'No,
Arts & Entertainment Take Back The Nap When SFist was a young child, we'd always get sent home from preschool with a note that said, "Did not nap today." Man, we didn't know how good we had it! Nowadays, what
misc For Sale on eBay: Fake Island Seriously, at the current high bid of $222,322, this thing is a steal for any San Franciscan. When was the last time you saw anything in The City at that price? It
SF News SFist Blotter Special Edition We usually run the blotter crime roundup on Tuesdays and Fridays, but we're sorry to say that there's been enough breaking news in the area that we're running a special edition today. Everyone's
misc SFist Rants: Our Mail Carrier We have lived many places in our 34 years on this earth, but we've never lived anywhere with more lackadaisical mail carriers than San Francisco. The list of rotten service we've experienced staggers
SF News We're Number Two! Man, New York wins everything! According to a study by Runzheimer International and reported on today by CNN, San Francisco is the second-most expensive place to live in the US, second only to
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdropping Girl with lampshade on head: "I feel like I need more balance in my life." -- The 33, upper Haight Ms. Safeway: "Would you like to give a dollar for the breast cancer
Arts & Entertainment <strike>Once More</strike>, With Feeling It's vaguely embarrassing to admit that there was a general buzz of excitement at SFist HQ when SFist Jon found out that counterPULSE Theater was staging a live-action version of the Buffy The
Arts & Entertainment A's Brand Baseball: Bill King, d. 2005 Holy Toledo. Bay Area sports lost an institution on Tuesday morning, when A's broadcaster Bill King passed away after complications to hip surgery. He was, the Chronicle says, "believed to be around 80.
misc Housing Bubbles: Pop Goes The Market and the Market Goes Pop It's time for our monthly housing market speculation fest, as the real estate housing numbers come in for September. Like 'NSYNC sez, it's dirty pop! (Out of charity for you, we won't do
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Dance and Theater Stage Fog doesn't have anything against dancers, and to prove it we're featuring some of our favorite companies this week, letting them mix it up with theater. After all, San Francisco is a
