SF News Oakland Police Fling Flashbang Grenade Into Crowd Helping Ailing Man [Video] As a woman man lies crumpled on the ground after a beanbag assault by Oakland police during last night's scuffle between the city of Oakland and Occupy Oakland, several bystanders and protesters came
SF News Apple Posts Entire Steve Jobs Memorial Online Filmed on October 19 at the Cupertino headquarters, Apple posted the entire Steve Jobs memorial on their site. It's available on Safari, so if you're using Chrome (like any rational, clear-thinking person) or
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/19: The Fine Art of Poisoning, HIV Community Mayoral Candidates Forum, ATA Film & Video Fest CABARET: The Conservatory of Flowers presents The Fine Art of Poisoning, a night inspired by San Francisco's "femme fatale for the thinking man" Jill Tracy. "Vacked by members of her Malcontent Orchestra, she
SF News 49ers to Make 'It Gets Better' Video? Now that the 49ers have made a Gloria Swanson-like comeback, hordes of folks have Ped Egg'd their crusty feet in order to jump on the bandwagon. Take, for example, the gays. Many have
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Herman Cain Sings Song About Pizza Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CO Herman Cain made headlines last week after becoming the GOP frontrunner for 2012. At last according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, anyway.
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Adam Pendleton And Deerhoof's 'BAND' SFMOMA's popular Now Playing Series kicks off tomorrow night with BAND, a collaboration between New York-based artist Adam Pendleton and quirky local/national gems, Deerhoof, which is described as "an unfolding artwork that
SF News Watch Pablo Sandoval Talk To His Bat Because comedic bits and facial hair proved more important this year than making it to the postseason -- yes, that's it, allow the bitterness to warm you like a Red Cross blanket --
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Terry Gilliam's Do It Yourself Animation Show Monty Python animator and noted film director Terry Gilliam (Brazil, 12 Monkeys) discusses his animation techniques on Bob Godfrey's Do-It-Yourself Animation Show in 1974. According to Cartoon Brew: "Godfrey’s show, which made
SF News Afternoon Bike Lane Cleanser: Lithuanian Mayor Flattens Parking Violators With a Tank [Video] In Vilnius, Lithuania, the Mayor has a unique way of dealing with folks who think driving a luxury vehicle gives them carte blanche to park in the city's bike lanes: Rather than dropping
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: "Hit and Run Hula at 38,000 Feet" San Francisco's beloved hula school, Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, who captivated hundreds of locals a couple of years back during their Hit and Run Hula flash mob throughout the city, including
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Can't Keep Johnny Down' by They Might Be Giants The guys who wrote the Malcolm in the Middle theme song, or whatever have a new song out. It's called "Can't Keep Johnny Down" from their upcoming album Join Us. Also, it's animated.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/13: 'Bill Cunningham New York,' David Bazan, Wet Hot American BoozeTube FILM: Bill Cunningham New York explores the life of "80+ Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist," Bill Cunningham, who's spent decades "obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York
Arts & Entertainment Contest Asks Participants Why They Choose to Live in Oakland A photo/video contest called "Why I Choose Oakland" will award the grand prize winners two round-trip tickets and lodging if they can deftly and cleverly captured why they choose to live in
SF News Facebook Video Chat Feature Unveiled Powered by Skype, Facebook announced a new video chat feature today. Which will be of interest to those of you who chat on Facebook, or to those of you who don't already use
Arts & Entertainment POV: Wide-Angle Camera Mounted on Firework Instead of a barrage of sunburst-firework videos for your viewing pleasure, this year we bring you Jeremiah Warren's clever ode to Independence Day. Strapping a wide-angle camera to bottle rockets (or something explosive
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: San Francisco in Flight Shot earlier this month by cameramen Mark Sandhoff and Chad Janusch using two wing-mounted and two in-cockpit HD cameras, San Francisco in Flight's high definition (and sunny!) flyover of the City by the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'I Want It (You Love)' By Dirty Cupcakes Well, this is fun. Local trio Dirty Cupcakes just released a video to their parenthetically-enriched single, "I Want It (Your Love)," which, among other things, features boy-on-boy kissing. So Pride-y! What's more, Allan
Arts & Entertainment Nine-Year-Old, ca. 1991, Lip-Syncs to Madonna's 'Vogue' [Video] Robert Jeffrey shared with the world this joyful lip-sync routine set to Madonna's triumphant "Vogue," which he performed in 1991 during a vacation with his parents. He was nine-years-old at the time. Jeffrey
SF News "Loving" and the Fight for Marriage Equality [Updated] Here's a little taste of the Proposition 8 hearing coming up on Monday in San Francisco -- high-power attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies (conservative and liberal, respectively) just released a video about
SF News Victim Captures Video of Oakland Rapist [Updated] A woman who was raped in her home on Tuesday managed to snap footage of her attacker before he fled the scene. According to the Oakland Tribune, the man broke into her home
SF News Video: Giants and the 'It Gets Better' Project Barry Zito, Sergio Romo, and Matt Cain are just a few of the San Francisco Giants who took part in the "It Gets Better" campaign, a LGBT anti-suicide project spearheaded by Dan Savage.
Arts & Entertainment Dodgers Fan Drops Kid for Foul Ball [Video] At the risk of dousing nail polish remover on the roaring flames of Dodgers-Giants rivalry, we don't think the father here, a Dodgers fan who drops his kid in order to catch a
Arts & Entertainment Pre-Rapture Palate Cleanser: The End of Days Depicted in Interpretive Dance In case you're not totally familiar with the events that will unfold before, during and after tomorrow's end of days, the pure souls at Beaumont First Assembly of God have laid it all
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival, Art Showcase at City Hall, and ATA/Other Cinema Screening & Benefit for Dara Greenwald CABARET: The San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival kicks off tonight with Love for $ale: A Sweet Talking, Street Walking Burlesque Cabaret, featuring an exciting and arousing evening of "hookers, hustlers,
SF News Alleged Illegal Search, SF Police Brutality Caught On Video The office of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released a video today showing San Francisco Police Department officers physically attacking an apparent bystander after (allegedly) illegally searching the room of a residential
