Arts & Entertainment Symphony In The Park It's the magic of music! The San Francisco Symphony comes back to Dolores Park for the fifth consecutive year for a free performance as part of their Summer In The City
SF News <i>The Economist</i> On Our City's Economy It's always interesting to take an "outside-in" look at our fine city, like when the L.A. Times wrote about the Haight a couple months back. This time,
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: "Increasingly Preposterous" The City Attorney's Office has filed a reply to Ed Jew's response to the State AG from last week that if you don't think he lives in
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Garbage Confirming what we heard yesterday, quote-unquote "District 4" Supervisor Ed Jew, along with Michela Alioto-Pier and Jake McGoldrick, showed up for yesterday's committee hearing to find out
SF News Garbage In, Garbage Out Over in the East Bay, the city of Oakland's filed suit against Waste Management, the garbage company that's locked out the local workers for 11 days now, and is
SF News Seeing Stars at the All-Star Game We love seeing these games on TV for reasons already spelled out, mainly because it's a great way to show off the city and our little jewel of a park. And
misc Fallen Idol, Mate: Sydney Falls, San Francisco Climbs Oh dear God. Sydney, Australia has locked itself in the bathroom with a razorblade, threatening to cut its wrist, because you just totally don‘t understand them. It seems after an eight-year
Arts & Entertainment 'VideoGate' Officer Andrew Cohen Doesn't Hold Back Officer Andrew Cohen made headlines in recent years for the videos he produced spoofing the SFPD. The videos were intended to be a humorous sendoff to former police captain Rick Bruce and poke
SF News It's All-Star Time Of course, it wouldn't be any sort of baseball event in the city without it becoming, at some point, not about the Giants or about the ballpark or baseball, but about
SF News Your Commute: Slowest Drives Bless the Chron's heart, they know kvetching about traffic is going to move a lot of papers on the newsstand -- so they go above the fold with their article about the
Arts & Entertainment Josh Wolf At Noe Valley Farmers' Market Recently announced mayoral candidate, activist Josh Wolf, began his quest for enough signatures to get on the ballot fee at the Noe Valley Farmers' Market on Saturday. It wasn't a
misc Week Around The -ists LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of
SF News Jesse Jackson to Save us all Only press conferences, snappy slogans, and celebrity do-gooding can save us now! From a recent press release: Rev. Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition plans to attend a call for peace at
SF News It's All Star Weekend The festivities surrounding the All Star Game, however, are a whole other matter. We're excited for the parties for which we are not invited, the FanFest and the Home Run Derby.
misc Josh Wolf's 10-Point Plan For The City The rumblings from a week ago have been confirmed: Josh Wolf, on his blog, has declared his intent to run for mayor. [Thank you to the reader that posted this in the Tips
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Nan Kempner's Closet at the de Young [Update: Gentle readers may wish not to click over to SFMIKE's Civic Center Blog for his take. Next time, tell us how you really feel, Mike! And take a video tour
misc Week Around The Ists What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to
SF News Day Around The Bay --Apple iPhone madness begins! That's a picture of the line in SF yesterday night by photo genius Steve Rhodes, who reported around 60 people in line by midnight. We're
SF News SFist Blotter Remember that couple we told you about that was stealing stuff from open houses? They got busted by the OnStar in their rental Hummer. Police won't reveal where they were, except
SF News Let's Talk About Parking Some More It's happening Monday, July 2, at SPUR's 312 Sutter Street headquarters from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Valet parking will be provided. Ha ha ha, just kidding! Here&
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, let's say the San Jose Metro. Hillary Clinton is not doing very well fundraising in Silicon Valley. Eco-trendiness is getting kind of old. What exactly does it mean
SF News The SF Board Of Supes Clown Show An old crank's written a piece for the SFGate today either decrying or praising (we must confess we can't quite tell) our current crop of city supervisors as "
SF News Surprise: Parking Garage Company Wants to Build LA-Style Garages in SF More room for cars means less room to house people -- and less room for housing means rent's going to get even higher. Not to mention: more cars means more traffic; slower
Arts & Entertainment Life at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic: Predictable, but not Always Lovely Here's a news flash for you: many of the people who live in the Tenderloin Housing Clinic have dispositions that are different from those who do not require assisted housing. In
