SF News Where Everybody Knows Your Name Oh wait, that's "Battlestar Galactica." Where were we? Oh yeah, so the question everyone is wondering is what's with all the homeless people who came here from elsewhere? Why do they keep on
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco's new 311 telephone service. The city of San Francisco officially kicked off its new 311 telephone service today. That means that you can simply dial these three digits (or 415-701-2311 if you are calling from a non-415
SF News Number of Homeless People Up. No Down Yes, the numbers are up 2% from the last time the city did the census in 2005 (6,377 now compared with 6,248 then) but that's 28% lower than 2003 when that
SF News Cracking Down on Parking Scofflaws First up, cracking down on handicap placards. Turns out those handicap placards are all the rage these days, as they seem to be everywhere. According to statistics, the amount of those handy-dandy blue
SF News San Francisco Steps Up and Gives 110% San Francisco unveiled some shiny new plan to win back the affections of the Niners yesterday. The plan includes a redevelopment of Candlestick Point and Hunters Point and features a new stadium for
SF News News Of The Gavin: Late, Delayed, and Cancelled Late word: What? Gavin Newsom lied to us! At the last Fake Question Time, Gavin clearly told us that the next "town hall meeting" would be in April and address the issue of
Arts & Entertainment Dan Noyes vs. Matier & Ross Somehow, Andy Ross got his hands on Dan's e-mails to Benefits Magazine head honcho Tim Gaskin and then contacted Dan to get a comment. Which Dan did and then to show he's got
misc SFist Cares: Care Packages For Wounded Veterans Here's how: we've got Veterans Affairs hospitals of our own in the city. * You're for the war? Against the war? Sure, whichever; this is about supporting people who represent all of us. Here's
SF News Everyone is A-Otay Not that we'd want to give him any ideas, however. In the not-so-happy side are homelessness, crime, and housing, all of which were listed as concerns. According to the pollsters crime wasn't even
SF News What's With These Homies Dissing My Girl? So Gavin is proposing setting up community courts to help do something about those "quality of life" things. The problem being is that nothing is really done about people pissing in the streets
misc Thank You For Smoking The ordinance, however, isn't going down easily. Many people, including non-smokers, are thinking the measure is a little too harsh. Says a flak for the California Apartment Association, “we are in no way
SF News Up, Up and Away In My Beautiful Taxi The reason for all this is health care. The Taxicab Commission was tasked with the job of coming up with a health care plan for all of the drivers out there. The plan
SF News Don't Rip Up Your Muni Passes Just Yet But wait. The Examiner, a local advertising flier, quotes Gavin thusly: "It's so much more complex than that." Oh. And when we spoke to Muni to get their side, they just directed us
SF News Today in Cadavers The bodies in the mortuary were moved to another mortuary in Novato. Also in cadevar news, two men were arrested for taking cadvers from UCLA and selling them. Man, we just aren't checking
SF News Try Not To Catch on Fire For the Next Hour or so How's your water pressure right now? Reports are coming in from around the city that sinks and lavatories are running dry. One source tells us that the city water department was doing some
SF News Don't Be A Litter Bug So today, Gavin introduced a new campaign to stop littering. This time, the campaign will be mainly educational as that appears to be the problem. We don't understand why people wouldn't think littering
Arts & Entertainment Vivienne Westwood At The DeYoung We weep tears of gratitude every time Drew Altizer sends along his pictures -- they're always so good, and he's always having such a fun time in the city! Last Saturday, Drew was
SF News SFist's I-Team Report on City Proclamations Burrito Day Barry Bonds' Entourage Day Kate Should Totally Hit Jack Day No, Kate Should Totally Hit Sawyer Day Save Sean Preston & Jayden James Day Transgendered Native American Anarchist Day Journey With
Arts & Entertainment Workin' for the Weekend Friday, March 2, 2007 Earlybird Special: Fukwerk Fridays @ 111 Minna Roll up your sleeves and loosen your tie with loungy beats and discounted booze -- and hey, check out the art of Brazilian
misc Here We Go Again You know, even we're thrown for a loop on this. The proclamation came the day of a gala event (link NSFW) at the city's War Memorial for the company. The event was held
Arts & Entertainment Interview Redux: John Vanderslice Hopefully you've gotten your ticket to check out John Vanderslice at the Independent tonight as part of the Noise Pop festivities. If not.... get it now. To help remind you of why you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The East-Bay Pizza Round-Up: Cheeseboard, Zachary’s and Gioia But as we continue to search for the perfect pizza true to our east coast roots (our hearts belong to New Haven, CT brick ovens), we are happy to report that what we’
Arts & Entertainment Hail Fellow Well Met Check out the hailstone that SFist Jim captured on film at around 9:07 p.m. in the Haight! In his poetic phrasing, "bigger than a bb, smaller than a lemon drop." This
SF News A Hella Good Fight Over a Helipad First the details. In 2003, the San Francisco’s Health Commission approved a plan to build a helipad on SF General. The target date for an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was 2005. It
SF News Leno v. Migden: It's On! Gavin, Schmavin -- bored now. Call us when a shorn-headed Gavin goes bananas outside Kimberly Guilfoyle's house and starts whacking an SUV with a bright-green umbrella! (Maybe Britney was just looking a little
