SF News Rally at City Hall Protests SF's Hosting of the Olympic Torch A small protest was held at City Hall yesterday by 400-plus pissed off Tibetan immigrants, honoring the 49th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against China, but also San Francisco's hosting of the Olympic torch.
misc SFist Finds: VJJ Then we found ourselves thinking, what if this were just another penis drawing -- we probably wouldn't even bother posting it. Penis drawings are a dime a dozen, but vagina drawings such as
misc Week Around the -ists Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called
misc Super Smashing Tourney Tournaments will be held in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with the winners of each city going to finals in New York. San Francisco's chance at playing will be on February 23
misc Why, Starbucks, Whhhhyyyyyy??? So what exactly does that mean? They're closing up shop because the higher-ups have decided that your favorite barista has been serving you pure swill for coffee these past years. Starbucks wants to
Arts & Entertainment Valentine's Day Pillow Fight! Piff! Pow! Zwap! On Valentine's Day at precisely 6 p.m. at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco will play host to its third annual public pillow fight. And they're looking for a few
Arts & Entertainment (Belatedly) Celebrate Shrove Tuesday! At iHOP! For what it's worth: "In celebration of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP, one of America's favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and
SF News Punitive Funding Cuts for Berkeley's Shocking -- Shocking! -- Leftist Tone? Republican (it goes without saying) Assemblyman Guy Houston of San Ramon wants to slice off more than $3 million in state funding from Berkeley for their stance against Marine recruiting. He will introduce
misc Lower Polk Neighbors Unite Tonight Hey, it's another Polk post, folks! We're thankful to Flickr user Lulu Vision for giving us a heads-up in the SFist Contribute section regarding tonight's Lower Polk Neighbors meeting with SF Fire Department
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (1966): We were going to start throwing shade at the overall ineffectiveness of political satire -- which, by the way, The Battle of Algiers is
misc Remember: BART Gives Away Free Fair Trade Coffee Tomorrow Tomorrow is BART Rider Appreciation / Thank You Day, and you, dear BART riders, will reap the benefits. The people at TransFair USA will give away 50,000 coupons for a shot of fair
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Rocket, Wisely, and the Fits: It's an all-pop night, kids. Rocket, an LA-based band that mixes sexy '60s barely-legal innocence with "'70s decibel-damaging boulevard beat, combined with '80s glam wham swagger," headlines tonight.
misc Day Around the Bay "Static and squat," declares John King on the new residential tower, Soma Grand. And it only gets worse, beautifully so. [SFGate] Have a sumptuous yet refreshing woodchuck, raccoon, or squirrel recipe? Send it
SF News Your Damp, Rough Weather Forecast Surely looking to turn us all into latter-career, Catalina-vacationing Natalie Woods, it looks like the rain will fall down (and wake our dreams) and won't stop until god knows when. Flooding, high winds,
misc Name That Film Shoot We're guessing it was for a commercial of some sort. They filmed a Quaker Oats commercial from the roof of our apartment building a month or two ago, and there were as many
Arts & Entertainment Happy Birthday, Pooch! You'll want to see other, um, microphones, too, when the provocative Angela Gheorghiu, who we were so smitten with in La Rondine, comes back for more Puccini via La Boheme. It seems that
misc Livermore Cockfighting Ring Busted It nice to see that the farming and ranching traditions of Livermore's past live on to this day. You see, seven men were nabbed this past Sunday in connection with a cockfighting ring
misc Barge-Bridge Boink Update: Its Name is "Cascade" (Chortle) What a pretty name for a barge, yes? Morning fog, it seems, has temporarily delayed the investigation into yesterday's Richmond-San Rafael Bridge fender bender. Last night, while being guided by tugboats, the Cascade
misc Radiohead to Play in San Francisco Lace up those Converse and get ready to scratch those chins, Radiohead fans. They're coming to San Francisco! When? No clue. Where? We can only assume the Empire Plush Room, of course. But
misc Second Bay Area Storm Fails to Deliver, Critics Claim Even though more power outages are affecting PG&E customers in the Bay Area due to today's storm (chortle), you would hardly believe it. Where's the vim and vigor of last week's
misc Electronic Frontier Foundation's 17th Birthday Bash Speaking of Boing Boing, they have word that Electronic Frontier Foundation - the "first line of defense" in our right to free speech, privacy, awesome innovation, and consumer rights - is having a
misc This Week in Le Rock: Jan 7 - 13 Nash is only playing three other shows in the US - two in New York and one in L.A. You also won't be able to see Nash for a long time. It
misc Photo du Jour 26 Seeing as how we're ashamed of and grossed out by almost every bodily function imaginable, if you want to see the uncensored image above, featuring canine fecal matter adorned with a US flag,
SF News Early '08, New Tiger Security at SF Zoo Goes Into Effect As seen in the graphic above (pulled from the LA Times), and because of last week's fatal attacks, tiger security improvement is needed. Soon. In 30 days, according to the Gate, SF Zoo
misc The Real Drama Queens - <i>Marie-Antoinette</i> One of the greatest misunderstandings in the history of US cinema -- oh please, as far as repeated viewings go, Ordinary People is a superior and more devastating film than Raging Bull --
