SF News UC Workers On Strike UC workers, ranging from janitors to food service workers, walked off the job this morning at all University of California campuses and hospitals. According to CBS 5, the American Federation of State, County,
SF News Silicon Valley Janitors On Strike It seems that over 1,000 custodial artists have gone on strike as of this morning at some of Silicon Valley's most prestigious hi-tech companies, including Cisco Systems and Apple, livid over a
SF News The Writers Strike Is Over!!!!!! Just moments ago, in a letter to its members, the WGA announced that writers have voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the “restraining order” and officially end the strike. The move
misc Possible Golden Globe Award Cancellation = Dwindling Will to Live Due to the continuing WGA strike, the Golden Globes look like they might - might - get the ax. (For all of you book-reading intelligentsia who claim to have TV sets only so
misc Week Around the -Ists A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Ten Commandments of Strybing Arboretum Don't shred! Don't skate! Don't scoot! Don't walk! (transitive) Don't play! Don't pluck! Don't trample! Don't feed! (transitive) All that adds up to "DON'T LIVE!" according to at least one vandal. The rules
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Charles Saufley of Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound Local psych-rock heavies the Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound pilot a cavernous, abandoned spaceship, where the ponderous echoes of Black Sabbath, Neil Young, the Stooges, and the 13th Floor Elevators reverberate through empty
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: December 3-8 Now that the bets are in (okay, so no one really cast any bets - how boring is that?), you can go to Cafe du Nord, tonight, to check out San Francisco's unsigned
misc Week Around the -Ists The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Barry Bonds-ish Actor, Ready for His Close Up HBO bought the rights to Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sport, the infamous book penned by Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. According to
SF News Critics Corner: WGA Strike PSAs It's not fair that our sister, LAist, gets all of the great writers strike coverage. Alas. But the Bay Area's own Sean Penn has joined the noble striking effort. He helped to create
SF News Truck Man Saves the Day By day he's an Alight Electric employee. By night? A Ford F-350 Super Duty hero. It seems that last night on the Golden Gate Bridge, John Beatty of Mill Valley saved the day,
SF News Pizza Delivery Gone Wrong What makes the story even sadder is that the deliveryman was a 38-year-old immigrant named Thanh Thach who became a U.S. citizen last September and leaves two children. He was working two
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #11 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Please Let Us Know What You Think About: 1. Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Lovesounds (Deluxe Edition): One
Arts & Entertainment The Day Of Stop Shopping Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, the day where big retail shoppers traditionally break even for the year! Traditionally considered the biggest shopping day of the year! Is it retail therapy? ....Or is
SF News Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Liberalist of Them All This didn't sit well with New Yawkers. Douglas A. Muzzio, a professor of public affairs at Baruch College, fought back and said, “Blame San Francisco. We're not No. 1.” So the NY Times
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #10 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: (There are no major standouts this week) 2. Enchanted - Soundtrack: We are thinking that the only
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Tagging in Broad Daylight on Haight Street Or perhaps he's a tagger refugee from the "bourgeois battle" at Warm Water Cove (), that "glorious urban wasteland" where "pretty whitegirls" don't work on their tans? You make the call. Amid concrete and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews... She Wants Revenge Judging by the audiences' volatile reactions, She Wants Revenge did everything in their power to give the audience what they wanted: a spectacle (with some music). About half-way through their hour and a
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom
misc Good Morning, Starchild-- the Earth Says Hello Starchild denied he was hooking in this particular case. In fact, he said this about the case: "we were not denying I might have committed prostitution on other occasions, we were just saying
SF News Day Around the Bay -- The WGA strike suuuuuucks. As does a fall season full of reruns. [The Bastard Machine, The Snitch] -- Vote tomorrow. Or whatever. [SFGate] -- No Googlephone? Then, what's the point of living?
misc Week Around the -Ists This past week, Phillyist got a little naughty, snapped a few pictures of Bigfoot (or maybe it was just a skinny bear...), and sized up the Sixers (the short version? Maybe next year)
SF News UPDATED: Muni's Guide to this Weekend: Dia de los Muertos, US Half Marathon UPDATE: Oh man! How could we have missed this one? There's also going to be a Falun Gong march! We're sick and tired of trying to figure out whether we want to make
Arts & Entertainment Short End of the Stick Okay, okay, okay. Here is some good news. We are giving away two copies of The Decemberists' The Crane Wife on vinyl. Also, if you haven't already bought their new EP, then do
