SF News Montag Supports McCain, Morgan Not Moved The Hills' slut, Heidi Montag, has come out as a staunch supporter of Senator John McCain for Prez. While this has shocked (shocked!) Hollywood to its core, and some are saying it's a
misc DANGER: Muni Cars Return to Claim More Victims Muni issued an alert yesterday afternoon that said simply, "Emergency - Powell line cable cars back in service." Oh no! Emergency! Cable cars unleashed on an unsuspecting public! Save yourselves! Run for the
misc <strike>November</strike> January Rain Got that parapluie? The Chron reports that the skies are going to open up starting tomorrow, with not one, not two, but three separate weather systems barreling on in from Alaska. They're expecting
SF News Calling Into Question Double Decker Bus Aesthetics Let's face it, underneath all of our progressive thinking and alleged altruism, we're a vain city. Thank God. After all, we are Californians nestled in a land of impossible waistlines and beauty. That
Arts & Entertainment Emerson String Quartet. We missed some of what he said, coverage was spotty up in the hills north of LA and once Phil starts talking, he's hard to stop. He just won't let a disconnected call
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Lick Fire We were coming back from our Labor Day we're-outta-here yesterday and saw this over the hills to the north. It was big enough that we turned on the radio to make sure that
SF News Another Earthquake! As we only learned from reading the comments on our whiny post about the weather, there was just an earthquake in Berkeley about 30 minutes ago. It was a 3.0, centered near
Arts & Entertainment From The 'Why Isn't Everyone Worried About This' File The way Wired's Noah Shachtman sees things struck us as astonishingly clear and pragmatic. "The Lawrence Livermore lab, outside of San Francisco, already has a pretty iffy security record -- barely-armed guards, affairs
Arts & Entertainment Locals Help Rescue Beached Limo Potrero Hill, Connecticut and 18th Street/Image credit: Tien Chiu While not nearly as worrisome as this type of beached creature, we came across this image that helps prove why limousines and the
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like
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 Why Does 511 Suck So Much? Get ready to go down a transit rabbit hole. Last time we wrote about the crapfest that is 511.org, one of our commenters placed blame on military contractors. So we dusted off
Arts & Entertainment Cycling: RSVP Dates for 2007 It's just getting too dangerous out there on the pavement these days isn't it? Time to head for the hills. Mountain biking is a grass-roots sport that is only about one bake sale
Arts & Entertainment I'm From Rolling Stone We finally got around to watching MTV's "I'm From Rolling Stone", the Almost Famous-meets-The Hills-meets-The Apprentice reality show about six twenty somethings who get "the internship of a lifetime": a summer associate position
Arts & Entertainment Your Guide to Tonight's State of the Union Address Yes, tonight is the State of the Union speech which means it's a good time to do something that doesn't involve watching TV. But to help you survive tonight, here is the Official
SF News Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Us? Republicans, on the other hand, having nothing else to go on right now, are using Nancy's name in vain more and more as we get closer to the election. Check out this column
SF News Tora, Tora Taxi Commission Nevermind. So, then what is it we keep hearing about the SF Cab Commission? Why has this usually obscure governmental backwater suddenly become the latest source of gossip, intrigue, and petty name-calling? Well,
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Cockbyte: Masters of Machinima</i> Sorry to be crude. "Red vs Blue," if you're not familiar, is sort of sketch-comedy series made by dubbing dialogue on top of pre-scripted game footage. We'd estimate that Sunday night's screening was
SF News Arnie in Accident On Sunday, the Governator was rushed to the hospital after a motorcycle accident in Brentwood. Everyone involved is okay, but the Governor now has himself a big, fat lip and fifteen stitches. What
misc SFist Answers: New Year's Special A reader of SFist Answers writes in anonymously: This year, I'm celebrating my last under-21 New Years Eve. What fun things can the local twenty year old chick do to bring in the
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The G.O.A.T. When the A's left the Bay Area for nine games against Tampa Bay and Cleveland, we at A's Brand Baseball wrote: Such a break from major league competition could be just what the
misc It's Hard to Leave Your Heart in San Francisco Now, there might be some of you wondering how could this be? How could the city that gave us the Summer of Love, the Winter of Love, and that damn Tony Bennett song
Arts & Entertainment GTA: San Andreas Review - San Fierro Edition [Be sure to check out the coverage of Los Santos on LAist!] We loved the last Grand Theft Auto, Vice City. The eighties music and cars, the neon glow of faux deco, the
Arts & Entertainment The Soundtrack Alone is Worth Fitty Bones! There are video games that are popular with gamers - Counter Strike, Half-Life, Halo - and then there are video games that become cultural phenomena. The audience is drawn not so much by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Weekend Getaway - Marin Headlands It's hump day, which means it's time to start planning that trip out of the city this weekend. Last weekend, SFist had a car, so we decided to take a trip across the
