SF News Extreme Animal Rights Activists Attack UCSC Faculty Member? Pro-life animal rights group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty is being accused of taking part in a break in of a UC Santa Cruz faculty member, whose research using animals "sheds light on the
SF News <strike>Love</strike> Moth-Killing Spray Is In the Air This Summer The little-known proposal to wipe out the light brown apple moth, which if it became established could destroy the region's agricultural industry, has developed increasing opposition among some residents who fear for their
SF News Your Damp, Rough Weather Forecast Surely looking to turn us all into latter-career, Catalina-vacationing Natalie Woods, it looks like the rain will fall down (and wake our dreams) and won't stop until god knows when. Flooding, high winds,
SF News Crystalline Water Ice Particles Fall from the Sky Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount
misc Mavericks Surf Contest: It's On Twenty-four of the world's most bitchin-ass surfers are waxing up and on their way to Half Moon Bay for the 2008 Mavericks Surf Contest. Shore stars like Shawn Rhodes, Greg Long (San Clemente
Arts & Entertainment It’s on Post-Consumer.com The recently-released website post-consumer.com is addressed to “anyone who has played or attended an indie rock show in Santa Cruz between 1999-2004.” We did! We were there! We remember the tall, handsome
misc Caltrans Cares So Much, They'll Bury Fido For You CBS5 recently uncovered Caltrans secret pet cemetery -- somewhere along eerie Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz mountains -- where they simply bag, tag, and toss little fluffy over a cliff. Gross. Caltrans,
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Bans Rich, Smooth, Satisfying Smoking In Public Spaces Today, the Oakland City Council voted to ban smoking in "ATM lines, parks and other public places," which is smurfy, health-conscious, makes the bitch behind you at the ATM line stops her self-righteous
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Same-sex marriage bill OK'd, ready to be TKO'd by Arnold. [Chron] -- Obama in SF! [Examiner, via BCN] -- Boom! Bomb threat forces Southwest Airlines jet back to Oakland Airport. [CBS5] --
misc Wossamotta U? The Latest U.S. News College List Hey, everyone loves a list, right? Especially those ranking institutions of higher learning. The yearly U.S. News & World Report list is out -- any wagers on how local schools did? And,
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond asks why's everything got to be a public/private thing around here. Also, they hate the new Don Fisher museum. A poignant letter about the failures
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: What? MORE letters about Rainbow? Matt Smith threatens to derail Newsom's gubernatorial campaign if he doesn't do something about parking. Rape awareness campaigns in the Castro. Cover
SF News SFist Blotter The SFPD arrested the guy who murdered the anti-crime activist in the Haight, Joe Konopka, in an S&M session gone wrong. They believe Konopka, who was found handcuffed, choked to death
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV On "Pirate Master" Nessa continued her flirting with fellow pirates who were open to it. Sean and Jupiter were not, and deemed her conniving, vowing to have her cast adrift at the next.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV On "America's Got Talent" a local dance troupe called Hot Pink Feathers failed to impress the judges with their Carnaval-inspired gyrations. See the YouTube clip above for a sample. Santa Cruz dancer Shauna
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV There were a lot of locals in the world of reality TV this week! "America's Got Talent" included an audition from an East Bay music teacher named Michael Strelo-Smith. He had an OK
SF News Day Around The Bay --It's the 100th anniversary of the Santa Cruz boardwalk! --They've more or less decided on the next school superintendent for San Francisco. He's going to face a possible strike by the teachers when
misc Ranking Bay Area High Schools So Newsweek's come out with its rankings of "the top public high schools in the country," and the Bay Area has 9 10 schools in the top 300: Magnet school Lowell High in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Artist Paul Madonna In artist Paul Madonna's weekly comic series All Over Coffee, San Francisco architecture—and coffee—seem to be the main characters. Beautifully detailed drawings of SF scenes, combined with disembodied voices that almost
misc Won't Somebody Think about the Falcons? Several days ago, two falcons, George & Gracie moved from their tony climes in lower Market and set up shop on the Bay Bridge where they just recently laid some eggs. This, said
SF News Stormy Weather But that's not the only repercussions from the storm. Sadly, a man was killed when a tree was knocked over into their home. For a few minutes, we saw that happening to us
misc Craigslist Encounters: Very Slow, Very useful Time and time again we've been struck by how stuck in the mud Craigslist is. On one hand this is completely nice, in that American Gothic, old-timey, nothing ever changes way. Yet on
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Selected Shakespeare San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Free Shakespeare in the Park returns with starring the magnificent Julian Lopez-Morrilas as Prospero. (If you haven't seen this man in action, you're missing out.) Local director Kenneth Kelleher
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Blog Round-Up We were going to blame our missed post on Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Summer Shower Albert, but you see how that went, so we have to level with you. We were in Orlando last
Arts & Entertainment War! It was a typical day on the front. A battle was brewing, but people continued to live their lives, knowing that the day might well be their last. Women in hoop skirts made
