SF News Crazy San Carlos Lady Ducks Out of Court, Jumps Bail, Gets Found Two Months Later 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Dickerson, who was convicted for robbery in November, tried jumping bail by running away during a court recess. She was awaiting sentencing for robbing a San Carlos home two years
SF News Five San Bruno Families, One Burlingame Lawyer, Bring New Suits Against PG&E Five new lawsuits were brought against PG&E in San Mateo County Superior Court yesterday, with five families affected by the September 9 inferno suing the utility for unspecified damages as well
SF News Carsonist Comes to SFO Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year (or this recent string of 12 arsons in Berkeley), but just on the
misc Crazy Boyfriend Of New SF Planning Director Sets Fire To Firehouse We're a little late to this story, in part because we spent all day yesterday trying to separate out the hilarious comments from the offensive ones on SFGate.com (it looks like the
SF News Doubling Fines Along 19th Avenue Might Somehow Solve Everything State Senator Leland Yee introduced a bill in the State Legislature this morning that, if passed, would see traffic fines double for violations occurring along the deadly strip of San Francisco road known
SF News Speier To Fill Lantos' Seat Making her move at juuust the right time, Jackie Speier is a shoo-in to fill Tom Lantos' seat by April 8 if she gathers a majority of votes in a special, pre-primary election.
misc San Francisco Congressman Lantos, RIP Congressman Tom Lantos died this morning from esophageal cancer at the age of 80. He represented most of the Sunset, as well as a big chunk of San Mateo County. He was the
SF News Norman Hsu Gets Three Years In the Slammer Denied. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu - who helped raised cash for Mayor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Fiona Ma, Hillary Clinton, and the victorious Barack Obama - was sentenced to three years in prison
misc Tom Lantos Stepping Down Lantos, who turns 80 this year, is a Holocaust survivor, chairs the House Committee on Foreign Relations (that's gotta be an interesting gig), recently attacked Yahoo for releasing user names to China, and
misc Et Tu, Walgreens? Other than hawking some of the cheapest yet most breakable electronics around, we simply refuse to believe that Walgreen's can do wrong. Just walking thought their aisles of colorful and affordable products makes
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Where Will You Go This No-Halloween? The hallow'ed New York Times seems to think that no souls, not even "costumeless outsiders", will show up for "Nightmare on Castro Street." Mmmm. Well then, where else is there to go? The
SF News Have You Seen This Fugitive Fundraiser? Fundraiser, five-head sufferer, and possible one-time kidnapping victim Norman Hsu skipped his San Mateo County Superior Court appearance this morning and is now the lam! He is wanted for a 15-year-old felony warrant
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cheap, Loud, And Drug-Laden: Taqueria's Owner And Chef Busted There aren't a lot of reviews out there for Lol Tun Restaurant, on Folsom between 19th & 20th streets. The folks participating on Yelp generally say the food is good and cheap, but
SF News Day Around The Bay --Picture of a woman collecting bottles from people in the iPhone line by reader zombie. Thanks for sending them in, zombie! [ZombieTime.] --Four murders in San Francisco this weekend, 10 murders throughout the
SF News SFist Blotter Remember the Berkeley journalism student that got in the car accident that killed author David Halberstam? The San Mateo County DA's charging him with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter (the same charge for which the
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Early Bird What's Ed Jew doing today, now that he's been excused from jury duty? This has got to be the first time anyone's been to get San Francisco jury duty, ever. --The Chron's got
Arts & Entertainment Local Realtor Weighs In On Wilting Newspaper Biz A realtor called Chris Iverson was commenting on the "death of the newspaper industry" over at the 3 Oceans real estate blog. You may think "who the hell is this guy" to comment
misc Teachers In E. Palo Alto School Dist. Going To Be Slightly Less Underpaid Ahh, teaching. That difficult, underpaid profession. We're totally behind those who are bringing future generations up to speed with the world being better compensated. Unfortunately, the salary typically given to this profession is
SF News Now That's What We Call an "Undercover Mission" The cop in question is San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks. Munks and Undersheriff Carlos Bolanos were both caught up in a police sweep of a bunch of brothels right outside of Vegas.
SF News She Sells Sanctuary A recent wave of immigration sweeps (or, as Indy Bay calls it "Gestapo Immigration Raiders") is creating a bit of a fuss not only in San Francisco but throughout the Peninsula and East
SF News Norovirus Outbreak The bug is definitely not that dangerous, although it can be if found in the elderly. It has still led to one of the healthcare facilities, Bonnie Brae Terrace, to be quarantined and
