SF News Google-Owned Robot Maker Ruins Christmas With War-Machine Dogs Pulling Santa's Sleigh Just in time for Christmas, maker of futuristic robots for the US Military, Google-owned Boston Dynamics, has unleashed a video that is sure to crush all visions of sugar plums dancing in heads
Arts & Entertainment Madrone Art Bar Apologizes After Crazed 'Critic Santa' Bounced From Bar All was not visions of sugar plums this past weekend at Madrone Art Bar, as the watering hole was forced to eject a belligerent Santa for berating clientele with condescending art critiques directed
SF News USPS Once Again Wants Your Help Answering Children's Letters To Santa The United States Postal Service is attempting to bring a little joy to the hearts of children, and they need your help. This year marks the 103rd anniversary of USPS's Operation Santa, a
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Deflated Santa Oh dear. Santa's down for the count. Photo by Gerard Livernois.
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: SantaCon Invades Union Square, Peace Of Mind Thank the Lord above that your fragile SFist editor was stuck in OC last week and not here in SF. Why? SantaCon, that's why. Like a holiday-themed Bay to Breakers going from village
Arts & Entertainment Behold The 12-Foot Santa Yoda Made Entirely Of Legos Over the nippy weekend, loads of children and adult Star Wars fans helped construct a 12-foot Santa Yoda in San Francisco's Union Square. The wondrous creation, being dismantled as we speak, helped support
Arts & Entertainment Scenes from the LEGO Santa Yoda Construction in Union Square In Union Square today, a 12-foot tall by 10-foot wide Santa Yoda made entirely out of LEGO bricks is underway. Here are some scenes of the Yoda erection (ew) in progress. As of
misc Here's Our Dirty Santa on The Tonight Show As we mentioned yesterday: current Lefty O'Doul's Santa-in-Residence and former Macy's Santa Claus, John Toomey flew down to LA yesterday to appear on the Tonight Show. A little over three minutes in to
misc Desaturated Santa Blows San Franciscans Minds For the second year in a row, the brilliant BrodyQat stunned SantaCon revelers and spectators with her Desaturated Santa Costume. No, it's not Photoshopped! Says BrodyQuat on Reddit: "It's a custom grey Santa
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Late '90s Santa Cruz band the Huxtables headline a night of "fun rock" tunes. Take, for example, the song their dedicated to Dungeons & Dragons, "Dungeon Master," which they had to revise
SF News Sheriff's Deputy In Fatal Bicyclist Crash, Asleep at the Wheel? Alas, it was not a good weekend for cyclists of the Bay Area. The sheriff's deputy that accidentally crashed into three cyclists in Cupertinio over the weekend -- a collision that killed Olympic
SF News Is Your Little Blessing a Tagger? God, sometimes we love Orange County. It's such a parody of itself at times, which we admire. Especially when it comes to brilliance like the following found over at Laughing Squid. You see,
SF News SHAC7 Claims No Responsibility for UCSC Researcher Attack We just made contacted with a member of the reportedly elusive SHAC7. They told us the following: No--we are not responsible. In fact, the only knowledge we have of the whole ordeal is
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
misc Local Media Nothing But a Bunch of Cockteasing Bitches We hate shit like this. 66-year-old Santa Clara ice cream man Santokh Singh Sajan made some dirty comments to underage ice cream patrons the others day. Sounds bad, right? And according to the
SF News SFist Blotter Police believe that a Santa Rosa man, who recently stabbed himself with a homemade spear just seconds before the fuzz burst through his front door early Sunday morning, is possibly connected to last
misc Welcome to Dickipedia! Described as a wiki of stupidheads, jerks, and self-awareness-free men, the Wikipedia parody site lists notable dickslices such as homecoming queen murderer O.J. Simpson; sexist boor Donald Trump; the Gisele Bundchen-impaling Tom
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 Spanning the Globe to Bring You the Constant Variety of Sport -Bud and Donald went to Washington yesterday for the annual brow-beating on baseball by congress. Taking the most heat were the Giants, who were shame-shame-shamed (shame of fools) for not doing anything about
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
misc It's Baaaackkk.... Yes, by popular demand, San Francisco Film Society's SF360 FILM + CLUB will once again bring you the one, the only, "Trapped in a Closet" sing-along, the awesomest sing-along this side of the Buffy
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items
misc SFist Tonight Oakland Interfaith Gospel Ensemble: This awe-inspiring gospel ensemble from "the other side of the Bay," noted for its "interfaith, multi-racial, and multi-cultural" makeup -- will get you in the mood. The Christmas-y mood,
