SF News Ginger Rapper "Syko Sam" Allegedly Bludgeoned Victims Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III of Castro Valley, the aspiring GANGSTA URBAN HIP-HOP RAP artist known as "Syko Sam" who allegedly killed four people in a small Virginia town (including his wildly naive
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In Being Michael Madsen, the titular star "turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, and troubles." Crafty! The film
misc An Ode to Jack London While mincing down Third Street to AT&T Park to catch some tasty waves, we came across the most darling bouquet of fresh flowers, above, lying on the sidewalk. While trying to
SF News Tony Hall's Old Red Garter Maybe Tony Hall needs to put a yellow sticky on his campaign credit card and label it "FOR CAMPAIGN USE ONLY" -- the SF Ethics Commission has decided to proceed on charges against
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Start the Egg Nog <i>Now</i> This is the story behind the best egg nog--and the best egg nog traditions to accompany it. First, we must explain that this recipe is . It was a secret when Mr. George P.
SF News Pizzas Recalled (Thank God the Pizza Rolls Are Okay) Granted that most you fresh food philosophers won't even know what we're talking about right now; you can thank your delicate palates and/or lactose intolerance for that. Feel free to tune into
SF News Victory is Very Nearly Ours The winning city gets ten cute hybrid taxis. To Gavin's credit, whether we win or not, he's pledged that the city's entire fleet will be hybrid by 2011. And we bet we'll be
SF News Kenneth Eng Arrested However, we pleased to pass along the latest news about Eng: He's been arrested. He was arrested in Queens a week or so ago for threatening to kill a neighbor and her dog,
SF News Shooting At Fresno State The shooter, Jonquel Brooks from Hayward, is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. From the information the police have released, Brooks got in a fight with three men (all of whom
SF News City College Locked Down Sadly, because the Virginia Tech shootings have, in a perverted way, inspired copycats, City College today was shut down because a copy cat threatened to start shooting students. This all happened this morning
SF News College Basketball: How Was Your Weekend? The first weekend of the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments is in the books -- are you still alive in your office pool? Not if you took the Road to the Final
misc It's a Hard Knock Life in California To determine all this stuff, the people behind the study, the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (got that?), factored in things like level of income, types of families, language and education.
SF News Your Commute: One Dollar More While the extra money will go to retrofitting, the new snazzy Bay Bridge suspension bridge redesign is what triggered the increase in the first place -- you may recall that when Schwarzenegger tried
misc Irony of Ironies Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think? This, of course, comes from the party that gave us Mark Foley, and the methamphetamine man-massage loving religious leader. The one that's been running against gays and
SF News Today's the Day Did we mention that we know we're wrong? Nevertheless what happens here is more important because while the possible defeat of George Allen will be a good thing because it'll make us less
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Smith Ray Liotta is another. His heist drama "Smith" premieres tonight on CBS at 10 p.m. If you have hopes that this heist series will do more for the genre than last season's
SF News Mountain Biking: Classic Downieville Downieville, California. Deep in the heart of Gold Country. More than 150 years ago, the area was swarming with prospectors looking for gold. This past weekend, Downieville hearkened back to its pioneer days
Arts & Entertainment SFist Unintentional Party Crash: Wired Rave Awards Honest to goodness, we weren't even planning on going to the Wired Rave Awards, much less wandering in uninvited (we've been, it's not all that). We just dropped by to hand off some
Arts & Entertainment Backfence Moves Into Our Backyard A new neighbor has moved into an old house in the 'hood, renovated the place and promises to be part of the community -- going to PTA meetings, Little League games, community centers
Arts & Entertainment Hits From Hell Time on KFOG Welp, tomorrow is Friday the 13th which means it'll be "Hits from Hell" time on Dave Morey's 10 at 10. Or is it? On the KFOG site, Dave is asking for feedback and
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Take a Break from the Holidays at Magic Theatre Extended to New Year's Eve due to great reviews, The Hopper Collection is a world premiere by one of those young up-and-coming writers that makes the rest of us who
SF News SFist Reviews: <i>Carnival in Rio</i> In a word, it was awesome. We tried to figure out what our favorite part was, but it was just so hard to choose. Was it Arnie's attempt at speaking Portuguese? Was it
misc California Highways Still Safe for Porn Last week, the legislature defeated a bill by Assemblyman John Benoit (R-Palm Desert) that would have made it illegal to watch porn from the comfort of your car. The problem with watching porn
SF News Meet Your Newest Oakland Raider: Randy Moss Moss, an absolute phenom out of Marshall University in West Virginia (and a high school teammate of former Kings point guard Jason Williams), has been accused by Vikings fans of not being a
SF News Plot to Kill President <b>Not</b> by Bay Area Resident So apparently everyone was shocked -- shocked! -- to hear that someone wanted to kill our dearest President George W. Bush. Of course, SFist's first thought was to call most of our friends
