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Donna Sachet Returns To Gay Pride Parade

Moments away from writing a curt post about the lack of Donna Sachet covering this year's Gay Pride Parade, the fine homosexuals at the Bay Area Reporter report that, wait, yes, Sachet will

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Humorless Food Network Buys Parody Domain Name

The fine ladies at FoodNetworkHumor.com recently learned what folks in the Bay Area have known for eons: most foodies lack funny bones. Case in point, the Food Network, in anticipation of its

Style-ist Star Sighting: Jay Nicolas Sario

by Chloé Harris "Love you on Project Runway!" No, no, just kidding. We would never say anything so humiliating. But just what is the proper entrée to approaching Jay Nicolas Sario, the Project

ABC Filming Pilot in SF, But What About Bravo?

SF Examiner has details that ABC is filming the a new police pilot in SF. It's called True Blue. It will star Scott Foley, Marc Blucas and Theo Huxtable. And we can't imagine

Photo du Jour 600

In honoring of filing his final story today, we present to you retiring KPIX reporter Hank Plante. (Read Plante's exit interview, if you will, over at SF Bay Guardian.)

MTV Real World's Puck Hospitalized After Serious Crash

Puck (nee David Rainey), MTV Real World: San Francisco's grubby bike messenger, is "hospitalized in San Diego following a terrifying car wreck that left the reality star and his 8-year-old son seriously injured,

Newsom On Bill Maher Tonight

Back on the campaign trail, Mayor Gavin Newsom sent out the following Twitter message. Ahem: "@GavinNewsom: About to head down to LA. Going on @BillMaher tonite to talk health care. Catch me live

TV Stations Find Michael Savage Ad Too Offensive

Performance artist and controversial radio host Michael Savage is screeching mad at local SF television stations. It seems, according to Rich Lieberman, some of them are refusing to air a spot he shot

SF Views: Fauxnique/Monique Jenkinson

Please, please, please join SF Appeal Editor Eve Batey and your SFist Editor as we welcome bone-shatteringly important guest Monique Jenkinson. Also known as Fauxnique (former Miss Trannyshack, one of 7x7's 'Hot 20')

SF Views: Bay Area Serial Killers

This week, please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your very single SFist editor as we chat with Beth Spotswood about high profile Bay Area killers. David Carpenter, Cary Stayner, Zodiac Killer,

KRON4 Loses Traffic Helicopter

Sad news for fading local news/infomercial network KRON4. Rich Lieberman has word that the former NBC affiliate lost its traffic copter. "As usual, its a money deal," Lieberman points out, going on

Gavin Newsom and Bill O'Reilly Face Off Tonight

Gavin Newsom will appear on The O'Reilly Factor today, FOX's anti-everything show hosted by the affectedly conservative, sexually-harassing Bill O'Reilly. SF Examiner reports: The mayor will do his best to discuss several jobs-related

SF Views Talks About Proposed Muni Cuts

Please join us today as our cohost SFAppeal editor Eve Batey and your SFist editor talk to Matt Baume, (author of the this gem on Muni employees' salaries, creator of the helpful Muni

Conan O'Brien Postpones Tonight's SF Appearance For Obvious Reasons

Slated to appear at tonight's SF Sketchfest Tribute to Conan O'Brien, the ginger talkshow host has postponed his SF gig: SF Sketchfest's a href="http://www.sfsketchfest.com/schedule/">breaks the bad

San Francisco's Silver Fox, Mark Ibanez, Jumps To Anchor Chair

Mark Ibanez, KTVU's resident sports talking head, will be making a temporary move on Monday to the the anchor's desk. Rich Lieberman reports that the sports anchor will be filling in as anchor

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Spew Your Gastronomic Prowess On <em>Check, Please! Bay Area</em>

We love us some Leslie Sbrocco, the host of Check Please! Bay Area. She looks like someone with whom we would want to get drunk. Maybe that's because she's an award-winning author and

Gavin Newsom Appears On <em>Simpsons</em> 20th Anniversary Special

Last night FOX aired a Simpsons 20-year review -- which was heavy on the white, male, GenX talking heads, even though scores of XX-chromosome types equally adore the popular cartoon satire -- featuring

Holiday Log Returns to TV36/KTVU!

From 7 a.m. to noon on Christmas Day, KTVU 36 will air the famous holiday log, which will set your TV set ablaze while KOIT easy-listening holiday tunes coo softy in the

SF Views: The Epsiode Where We Drink

No guests today. Just SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor. God help us. Oh, and we might drink during the episode. And by "might" we mean "for sure." Har. Heh. Yeah.

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Quote du Jour: Padma Lakshmi On Her Back

The phenomenal Dino-Ray Ramos met with Glitter star Padma Lakshmi, who visited Neiman Marcus SF recently, to talk about her new line of jewelry. The Top Chef hostess reveals -- at least! --

NBC Picks Up Troubled <em>Trauma</em>?

While it was initially rumored that NBC might kill the ratings-challenged Trauma, word is NBC decided to pick up the medical/explosions show. Deadline Hollywood reports: On its first airing, the Peter Berg-produced

SF Views Talks About Newsom and City Hall, Starting at 4

Today, SFAppeal's Eve Batey and SFist editor Brock Keeing join wonk scribe Chris Roberts to chat about City Hall and current (as of now, we think) San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. It'll be

MTV Remote Control' Host Ken Ober, Dead

Brace yourselves, Gen Xers. Ken Ober, host of MTV's beloved Remote Control, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles. "No cause of death was immediately known," reports CNN. In addition to

SF Views Talks About News of the Week, Starting at 4

Please join SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor at 4 p.m. today for SF Views. We'll be wear different outfits, so, you know, there's that. Also, our guest will be

Making More Money Than Ever Before, Current Plans Massive Layoffs

What's being described as a "major bloodbath," both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Current offices plan on snipping 80 employees, which will bring their entire staff to somewhere around 300. This comes