SF News Typhoon Just Misses Gavin Yes, the typhoon was named after the pungent fruit with the spikes on it -- do they not name typhoons in Asia after people? (The typhoon is also being referred to as Reming
Arts & Entertainment <i>Top Chef</i>: Ancient Secrets Of the Four-Hour Thanksgiving Salad Oy, gee. We're sick today. We feel like grade-A crapola, and it may color our review of the last episode of just a tad. Not to mention that we're about 10 lbs. heavier
SF News Eritrean Community Crime Shocker Murder victims-- who died after being shot via open fire in a third floor apartment-- include a widowed mother named Winta T. Mehari, 28, of Berkeley, her brother Yonas Mehari, 17, who lived
SF News This Week In Your Commute News First we turn to the water where an expected eight ferry terminals are to be built in the coming years to service all of those commuters who've moved far, far away from San
Arts & Entertainment <i>Top Chef:</i> No Clever Headline Needed When Michelle Bernstein Is Involved You may recall a bunch of bitching in our last review -- the short reminder is NOBODY WENT HOME. Well, as some even predicted, this week made up for that (at least in
Arts & Entertainment Stage Review: Edward Scissorhands Really, we hadn't planned on reviewing After all, we already signed off this week, in first person no less, and now we're back, talking like royals. (Seriously, I really did sign off of
Arts & Entertainment Front Porch Serving Southern Hospitality, Mission Style We have another new writer starting with us this week, SFist Christina. She's going to be doing sort of a jack-of-all-trades thing for us, starting off with this restaurant review. So, please welcome
SF News The Warriors: The season's first significant win Ahhh man that felt good last night. Playing like the playoff contender that we all want them to be, the Warriors notched their first significant victory of the season last night, polishing off
Arts & Entertainment Happy Friday, Everyone Hat tip, Andrew Sullivan of all people, who used this video to celebrate this week's election news.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV First up: The Amazing Race. We've never watched this show before until this season, and now we are . Go (local) Cho Bros! This week's episode sees our six teams flying from the island
SF News <strike>Everybody</strike> 50.34% Of District 6 Hates Chris When does the RCV count begin -- in the District 6 election! And as promised earlier, this week's episode is indeed titled: Everybody Hates The Wait. --Man, it sounds like we the Dalys'
Arts & Entertainment The Miniadventures of the Superfisters Sometimes, the GLBs can be a little mean when it comes to the Ts. Oh, sure, it's fine to be a butch lez or a fairy, but the minute you start taking hormones
SF News American Football Spectacular: Time For Cold Weather American Football The National Football League's Week Nine of the 2006 regular season is upon us here in the Bay Area, as well as the first tinge of wet weather. Curl up on the couch
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: A Little Mental at The Marsh We never understood how antidepressants could actually increase suicidal thoughts, especially in teenagers. How messed up is that? Well, Jennifer Berry is happy to tell you. After signing up for
misc Around The -Ist-A-Verse Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Review and Preview at Berekley Repertory Theatre The best theater experiences happen when you go in not knowing what to expect, and then the show blows you away. If you agree, then stop reading right now
SF News Bomb Threat at Diablo Valley College Diablo Valley College was closed today after two bomb threats were called in to the campus on Monday. Then, this morning, bomb-sniffing dogs were seen on campus sniffing around "an area of interest.
SF News (A Late) Swells By The Numbers Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 73. Total number of people pictured whom we recognize: 11. Minority count: 11. Not the same 11 whom we recognized. (15.3%
SF News Sandra Day "Jay Z" O'Connor O'Connor's doing a tour of the country -- she also recently sat on the 2nd Circuit (based in New York), and is planning on visiting the 8th Circuit (based in St. Louis). She's
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Horror and Blood at The Hypnodrome It appears the rumors of The Hypnodrome's demise were greatly exaggerated--or, the Thrillpeddlers got a stay of execution (aka "the landlord is selling the building"). That's good news for us,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: We’re Back! at Thick House Just in time to coincide with current events in North Korea (ahem) comes the world premiere of Gadget, a multimedia theatrical event based on images of and interviews with the
SF News It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas? Or maybe not. The snow started early this morning and continued into mid-morning, leaving three to six inches on the ground. All roads and passes were allowed to be open but chains were
Arts & Entertainment The Character-Driven Adventures of the Superfisters Perhaps it's golden-silly dialogue like "I've sworn many oaths in my day, to every being from Hoggath to Watoomb... but the first oath I swore was the Hippocratic." It's all just so freaking
misc Week In SFist: Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair! "Gimme head with hair/ Long beautiful hair/Shining, gleaming/Streaming, flaxen, waxen..." In 1906, we had the Big One. In 1989, we had Loma Prieta. In 2004, we had the Winter of Love.
SF News 49ers vs. The Raiders-- SFist Breaks it down SFist breaks it down and decides on a winner after the break