SF News Quit Whining About Crime For those of you who take one look at a Craigslist posting for a room in the Bayview and think to yourself, "It's too dangerous," it may be time to reevaluate. Fact is,
SF News WWJD? Okay, so SFist isn't always as impartial as we'd like to be. We're bloggers - our prejudices are bound to shine through from time to time (well, okay, always). With all this talk
SF News Explosion in Walnut Creek Two construction workers were killed and two others remain missing after yesterday's huge explosion in Walnut Creek. A third person is still unaccounted for, but they think he might be an injured man
Arts & Entertainment All You Need Are Yellow and Green Earbuds for the Burning Spear Edition [] Yesterday afternoon, Apple introduced a special edition iPod - we figured Steve Jobs might have iPod news hiding up his sleeve. The black and red U2 Special Edition comes with a poster and
SF News Busy Day Marcia, Marcia, Marcia -- oh, we're just the good ol' reliable Bay Area in Election 2004, no one cares about us -- no one's wooing us, no one's filling up our airwaves with
SF News You May Not Be Able to Buy That Hummel Figurine SFist was finally looking forward to some ad revenue from BlogAds when we noticed an AP story noting that San Jose's PayPal, a division of eBay, is experiencing glitches in the wake of
SF News Wild Kingdom So it turns out that one of the main draws of the Almaden Valley subdivisions in San Jose are their proximity to beautiful nature -- squirrels, birds, deer, and every now and then,
SF News Some Follow-Ups Mimi the pregnant toe-licking Japanese Chin dog has been found, wandering University Avenue in Palo Alto. Since being taken home, Mimi has mostly been hiding in a closet. The City of San Jose
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist -- A Porn Star? SexSmarts consists of having players or teams answer questions having to do with all areas of sexual pleasure. The cards used fall into one of four categories -- Bodies, Dirty Talk, Carnal Culture,
SF News 5.9 Earthquake The quake was felt as far north as San Francisco and Santa Ana (though SFist must confess we were so engrossed in Wonkette this morning that we didn't notice a thing), and it
SF News Cuckoo for Locoweed Now, we're not knocking public schools in the slightest by relating this story. A student at San Jose's Overfelt High was sent to the principal's this Monday for her strange behavior. In the
Arts & Entertainment Pimp My Ride Those of you longing to start airbrushing flames on or supergluing action figures to the side of your car, it's your weekend! Starting today through Sunday, it's Art Car Fest 2004! Intended to
SF News My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Yard A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the South Bay today. The epicenter was in Saratoga, around 9 miles from San Jose City Hall (presumably the old one, not the new one with its
SF News SFist Monday Morning Quarterback It's an exciting time for football fans, as the NFL preseason was wrapped up and the college season got off and running. In case you were busy at the beach, out of town
SF News Drumline In keeping with our previous commitment to root for San Jose State football this season, SFist notes that the beleaguered Spartans will be hosting Morgan State University, a historically black university on Sept.
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 The Other Mag SFist admits to having something of a nerd crush on Annalee Newitz. We've been reading her Techsploitation column in the Bay Guardian (also found on Alternet.org and in the San Jose Metro)
misc Coyote Ugly South Bay residents are seeing significantly larger numbers of coyotes moving into their residential areas. So far, 12 cats and 2 dogs have been killed in one Los Gatos neighborhood, and neighbors report
SF News Go Spartans! San Jose State has formally announced that it will continue not to decide whether or not it will continue to field a Division I-A football team this year. SJSU football has a 110-year
SF News Oye, Futbol! Things aren't looking good for professional sports in San Jose. It seems that because of dismal attendance and the lack of a new stadium, the Anschutz Group is looking to sell the San
SF News Big Brother Will Let You Know That He's Watching You SFist is intrigued by SB 1841, which was passed yesterday by the California State Assembly with a vote of 41-29. This bill would require employers to inform employees if job site e-mail and
Arts & Entertainment Nothing Ever Happens in San Jose The San Jose Museum of Art plays host to the first major solo U.S. exhibit of work by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Citing influences such as Disney and Punk Rock, Nara is
SF News Can Finally See TV The FCC has finally come to the rescue of those of you who haven't succumbed to the Comcast cable juggernaut San Jose's Channel 11 has been given approval to build a new transmitter
misc Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo SFist has had zoos on the brain lately. We're three-fourths of the way through A Carnivore's Inquiry, where in which the heroine (or is she an anti-heroine? We haven't finished the book yet,
