Arts & Entertainment And We Can See Those Fighter Planes Of course, this means there'll be the attendant complaints about noise and from the leftier side of the political spectrum, cries of glorification of the military and this is San Francisco and wasted
SF News Gavin's Adventures In Babysitting We can't wait to read the transcripts of Gavin's text messages to the city hall high school interns next. "Do I make you horny? Also -- why don't we have solar powered parking
misc Week in -Ist Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They also seem to be concerned about which subterranean
SF News Gas Guzzling Government <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo-goos>Goo-Goos</a> Lest you think every politician is running around driving gas guzzlers, 27 out of the state's 120 lawmakers now get to smugly tell everyone just how much gas mileage they get these days
SF News But It's the Haight Man..... The urchins in Haight Street sure are in the news a lot these days. First there was the super-excellent story in this week's SF Weekly. But of even more significance is that Gavin,
SF News Emporium Reopening The new Westfield will host the city's first Bloomingdale's (which will be the largest on the West Coast), a fancy Burke-Williams day spa, will connect to the current San Francisco Centre mall (with
SF News Political Junkie: Now That's More Like It! .....well, hooray! He's back! Slipped into your Saturday paper, there's a report that Daly, the current head of the budget and finance committee, has told Gavin Newsom's aide Noelle Simmons (we're sure he
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Joe Mangrum When he’s not attempting to get every single resident of the Mission to fight him, Joe makes art (maybe you’ve been lucky enough to see some of his stuff around the
Arts & Entertainment Where's Our SFiS? Editor & Publisher reported that the t-less "SFiS" will feature writing by SFisT cult fave society writer C-Big, fashion editor Sylvia Rubin, and feature writer Carolyne Zinko -- and it was supposed to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Little Star Is Born Oh, and the one waiter we talked to needs to be re-trained: we asked if it was as good as the divis shop, and he replied: the menu is the same. He should
SF News I'm Your Turbine Lover What was announced was the usual first steps in any sort of big thing-- doing a study and forming a committee. So Leal announced that money is being set aside for a study
SF News North Beach is Italian For Even Less Fun After cracking down on the North Beach Street Festival and the Jazz Fest, it looks like the Powers that Be are all set to crack down on North Beach itself. At issue is
SF News Everybody Must Get Stoned Actually, it's not calling for decriminalizing but something almost along the lines-- declaring it "the lowest law enforcement priority." This would put it on the same level as other non-enforced crimes such public
SF News Your Commute: Tying Up Traffic There's a report that a MUNI bus managed to snarl all the traffic on 580 after getting in an accident with a big rig? Sure, we can believe a MUNI bus tied up
SF News Hit-and-Run Driver, Day 2 The police are continuing their investigation of Ohmeed Popal and his deadly series of hit-and-run accidents in Fremont and San Francisco yesterday. Here's the latest: The Chron's put together a chronology of events:
SF News Driver Hitting Pedestrians The police caught a driver in a black Honda SUV in Laurel Heights, at Laurel and California Streets, where he'd hit two people (one who died). A child was also struck and suffered
Arts & Entertainment Now That's An Amazing Race! Apply here before September 15 to be one of the 50 4-member teams selected to "race from the Museum across the city in search of fame and glory with only eight hours, 100
SF News Talking Trash In other garbage news, the City of Oakland is complaining about the trash accumulating in the DIY Bordertown Skatepark, built by skateboarders and legitimized by CalTrans last year. Bordertown is now faced with
SF News When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? The story of the ex-spouses running against each other for city council in Daly City re-ups the sordid factor as Frank Berlanga, whose ex-wife Leah accused him of running for the seat in
misc Craigslist Encounters: Underhanded Dealings! Do you hear it? Listen close... An evil "Mwaaahahahaha" laugh emanating from an unnamed City of San Francisco Agency as they attempt to block the spread of information "which reflected negatively on the
SF News San Francisco Cabs In The News Again Presently, San Francisco Taxi rates are $2.85 to get in the door, plus 45 cents per 1/5 mile or minute of waiting or delay. The controller's office is recommending an increase
SF News Hey, We Can Finally Go To The Doctor! In 2007. As SFist Jon detailed for us, the 200 million dollar/year plan will cover uninsured (but employed at a level that disqualifies them from MediCal) San Francisco residents for care they recieve inside
Arts & Entertainment Dirty, Dirty Bloggers Q: Are you going to be trading up, a la One Red Paperclip? A: I wasn’t, but after pondering this question for the entirety of my morning commute, I decided that I
SF News The Bubble Taketh Away, And The Bubble Giveth Okay, so it’s not a great time to flip your house, and rents are rising, but there are still some real estate developments that are not bad news. Retail rents across San
SF News Still Going for the Gold If you're waiting with baited breath to see if we become an Olympic city, don't. The USOC will decide first whether to even put together a bid in the fall (they're not sure
