Arts & Entertainment SF Views Talks About the Election, Starting at 4 Still in its embryonic stage, please join SF Appeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor at 4 p.m. today for SF Views, live from the stained heart of SOMA! It&
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>Top Chef 7</em> Open Casting Call, 10/18 Although we find this season particularly listless -- for reasons we can't put our finger on, exactly -- Top Chef will return for another cycle of fast-paced cooking and egregious under-salting.
misc Scenes from a <em>Trauma</em> Shoot: SOMA Today, a Huey Helicopter parked right on Norfolk at Folsom next to Wish. The fine folks at Trauma have been filming in the area all week. Here's a shot of the
SF News <em>Trauma</em> Street Closure: Folsom Folsom between 11th and 12th Streets will be closed today in order to produce another explosive episode of Trauma. If you need to dart down Folsom this afternoon, expect delays. In related Trauma
Arts & Entertainment Live-blogging the Premiere Episode of <em>Trauma</em> Tonight marks the first episode of NBC's Trauma, filmed right here in San Francisco, an hour-long drama about paramedics and explosions. Oh, and Jennifer Siebel Newsom will, we think, be
Arts & Entertainment <em>Trauma</em> Premiere Block Party in North Beach Tonight For those who want to join together to watch tonight's premiere of the likely ironically epic Trauma, which was filmed in San Francisco, you're in luck. North Beach'
Arts & Entertainment Local Crooner Spencer Day On <i>The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</i> Current and/or former San Francisco crooner Spencer Day (his Facebook lists him as living in both San Francisco and Topanga Canyon) will appear on tonight, making this evening's show an
SF News KTVU's Ross McGowan to Retire Next to La King, Ross McGowan is one of our favorite local on-air personalities. Why? Because he smolders. Also, that low, appropriately condescending voice of his makes "Mornings On Two"
misc "Trauma" Shoot: Duboce Park NBC's somewhat anticipated fall drama series "Trauma" filmed a presumably nail-biting scene in Duboce Park yesterday, one that involved a helicopter landing (!) and Halloween decorations (!!). NBC Bay Area
misc Russell Evicted from "Big Brother" Although Julie Chen described Russell as being a "Mixed Martial Arts Fighter from San Francisco," this hot-tempered Commercial Real Estate Broker from Walnut Creek was evicted from the Big Brother
SF News View From the Bay On-Air Talent Co-Hosts Regis/Kelly Sadly, we failed to catch this morning's episode of LIVE with Regis and Kelly!. We're sad because View from the Bay's Janelle Wang helped Regis with hosting
Arts & Entertainment Ask SFist: <i>Mad Men</i> Viewing Parties? In lieu of posting the actual question -- we've received several written and oral inquires regarding the matter -- we'll just go ahead and ask: are there any Mad Men viewing
SF News Turmoil and Strife at KRON 4? SFGate 'City Bright' Rich Lieberman has word that, behind the joy that is Darya Folsom and Gary Radnich in the morning, turmoil is brewing behind the scenes at KRON 4. (Which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anthony Bourdain Wears Thin God. Anthony Bourdain. What's going on, dude? You've turned into that guy. You know, the guy in class who tries too hard to look punk. The reality show contestant
misc Scenes from a 'Trauma' Shoot NBC's gripping drama Trauma did a little bit of filming at One Bush this morning. While there were no choice star-sighting on the wattage level of SF First Lady Jennifer
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Really, What Would Brian Boitano Make? Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Brian Boitano makes his Food Network debut next month. Taking a cue off of that South Park song that made him a household name, it'
misc Bravo PR Caught Astroturfing SFist to Whore Out Horrid Teens Is Bravo's new show, , about a gaggle of vile, murder-worthy teens so poorly received that they have to resort to spamming a site like SFist? Seems so. See, yesterday on
SF News Billy Mays Found Dead Billy Mays, 50, famously loud and bearded informmercial spokesman, died this morning. (Egads! First Ed, Farrah, Jackson, now this. Too much to bear, folks.) According to reports, Mays finished wrapping up an Oxiclean
misc Chancellor at "NYC Prep" School Livid About Bravo Reality Show In non-SF news: Did any of you catch NYC Prep last night? If not, let us explain it to you: NYC Prep follows around a group of Dwight School students who will
SF News Analog Dies Tonight Over 3 million people, and an estimated 600,000 Bay Area residents, aren't prepared for today's analog assassination. See, digital TV will reign supreme at midnight tonight. And unless
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Master Chefs Compete On Tonight's <i>Top Chef Masters</i> As SFist Deborah and your editor took advantage of Orson's first-ever lunch service today (we both recommend the fried chicken sandwich on parmesan bun, complete with expertly fried dark meat
SF News KRON 4's Gary Radnich BloodWatch 2K9 Continues SFist's post on Gary Radnich's on-air blood loss made it on KRON 4 News this morning via the loverly Darya Folsom. (Woo hoo! Even though they don'
misc KRON 4's Gary Radnich Bleeds On the Air God, we love KRON 4 so very, very much. Here one reason why. (Not seen: Darya Folsom almost retching over Radnich blood.) Thanks, Matt Baume, for sending this our way!
misc Top Ten Bay Area News Anchors? City Nights (or whatever it's called) web-log writer Rich Lieberman came up with a (definitive?) list of the top-ten Bay Area newscasters. While they are "in no particular
SF News Newsom on Rachel Maddow "If you are flipping through the channels. I will be on Rachel Maddow at 615 PST," read Mayor Gavin Newsom's prefered form of communication. And so he was, doing
