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New Suspects in Bryan Stow Case Identified, Have an Abusive History
The LA Times has confirmed the identity of the two men arrested yesterday in connection with the Bryan Stow assault as Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood of Rialto, California.
Obama Ends 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
As a friend succulently pointed out just now, "Obama just ended 'don't ask don't tell.' So much for staying in tonight." Indeed. President Barack Obama today signed a certification of Congress' repeal of the United States' antiquated ban on gay men and women from serving openly in the military. The 18-year-old Clinton-era law will officially be squashed on September 20
Central Market Watch: A Look at Developments Coming to 10th and Market
10th and Market, credit: Esther Reyes While it's still a couple months before Twitter moves in to their new headquarters at 10th and Market, it's never too early to check in on how that
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- Day Around the Bay 5:30 PM0
"Star Market with Art" by Erik Wilson Run Ed Run lobbyists now pushing for support from the supes for an Ed Lee mayoral run. Meanwhile, three out of the former supes responsible for putting Lee in room 200 are running their own campaigns for...
- New Suspects in Bryan Stow Case Identified, Have an Abusive History 3:40 PM1
Previously released suspect sketches. The LA Times has confirmed the identity of the two men arrested yesterday in connection with the Bryan Stow assault. The suspects, Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood were arrested yesterday morning in Inland Empire. Although police have not yet released...
- Obama Ends 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 2:30 PM8 President Barack Obama during a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Friday, July 22, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) As a friend succulently pointed out just now, "Obama just ended 'don't ask don't tell.' So much for staying...
- Next Thursday: World Hepatitis Day 2:25 PM0
And in some The-More-You-Know news: next Thursday, July 28th is World Hepatitis Day. And with that, the San Francisco Task Force on Hepatitis will organize its first educational outreach campaign, sponsored by [pharmaceutical company name redacted]. Volunteers from Bay Area organizations including the Oasis...
- Central Market Watch: A Look at Developments Coming to 10th and Market 1:55 PM0 10th and Market, credit: Esther Reyes While it's still a couple months before Twitter moves in to their new headquarters at 10th and Market, it's never too early to check in on how that whole neighborhood revitalization thing is going. In the news this...
- Someone Please Get the Winklevoss Twins a PR Agent12:50 PM8
Perhaps because of their ongoing litigious efforts in a Massachusetts federal court, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss simply could not stay silent about some recent public remarks by former Harvard president Larry Summers in which he referred to the twins as "assholes." Summers was speaking...
- Schwarzenegger Not Pumped Up About Alimony12:30 PM0
(AP Photo/Wally Fong) After California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a child with a member of his household staff, his wife Maria Shriver filed for divorce. Adding insult to injury, Schwarzenegger doesn't want to pay spousal support according to a court filings. (Though,...
- Arrest Made in Shocking Succulent Thievery in Bernal Heights11:50 AM0
Over in Bernal Heights, though people still sometimes get robbed while walking home from Glen Park BART, the crimes that have been on everyone's minds lately in the 'hood are a recent spate of succulent and plant thefts from residents' yards. Well, probably not...
- Castro Valley Has So Many Gays Their Pride March Has Become a Rally11:20 AM0
We really hope this guy makes it over there. (via @SFMOMA) Quiet little East Bay burg Castro Valley was scheduled to host their first ever Pride march tomorrow afternoon, but greater-than-anticipated interest in the event -- at least 300 (!) people have said they're...
- 31-Balboa Strikes Pedestrian on Market Street Muni Median10:55 AM7
credit: Octoferret Last night after the evening commute, an inbound 31 bus hit a pedestrian standing on the shelter median at Market and New Montgomery Streets. According to the Examiner, the injured pedestrian was leaning off the platform with their back turned when they...
- Friday Morning Constitutional 8:43 AM0
"nest" by Esther Reyes The sultry Carlos Club will re-open, just without the booze. [Previously] [MissionLocal] Local alt-weekly writer spots man masturbating on Muni. Writes about it. Uses puns. [TheSnitch] After fatal incident, UCSF installing seat belts on their shuttle buses. [Chron] Are you...
- Giovanni Ramirez Cleared of Bryan Stow Assault, Two New Suspects Arrested 7:15 PM3
AP Photo The LA Times reports this evening that Giovanni Ramirez, the chief suspect in the assault on Bryan Stow outside of Dodger Stadium on opening day, will be cleared of the charges. The LAPD's case against Ramirez was largely based on eyewitness reports...
- BART PD Releases Footage of Civic Center Station Shooting [Video] 6:15 PM18
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At a press conference this afternoon, BART Police released surveillance footage from the Civic Center BART station showing the July 3rd incident in which BART PD officers fired on and killed "wobbly drunk" Charles Hill. The footage, embedded below [Warning: could be graphic to...
- Day Around the Bay 5:45 PM1
untitled by Mike N. Ed Lee still won't rule out the possibility that he'll run for mayor. (Because he kind of, maybe, sort of wants to run for mayor, probably). Bevan Dufty, who cast the swing vote to put Lee in Room 200, still...
- Police Now Claim Kenneth Harding Shot, Killed Himself 5:00 PM62
Photo Credit: D-Kuru/Wikimedia Commons What authorities initially claimed as a justifiable self-defense killing, SFPD now says that Kenneth Harding died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "Police had originally said Harding had turned and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally struck him,"...
- Pentagon to Say OK to Gays In Military Tomorrow 4:20 PM1
Speaking of gay things, the breaking news this afternoon is that defense department officials are planning to certify, on Friday, the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. The WSJ reports that they'll be making the announcement tomorrow, ending over a year of hemming and...
- San Francisco Prepares For 700 New Prisoners Unloaded From State Prisons 3:30 PM6
Assembly Bill 109, the Jerry Brown-backed bill that relieves prison overcrowding and shifts responsibility of public safety services from the state to county level will begin unloading 700 prisoners on San Francisco County jails when it takes effect in October. Since there aren't enough...
- The Chinese Are Totally Building Knock-Off Apple Stores Now 2:15 PM7
This would be a fake Apple Store in downtown Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AP This seems totally inevitable, but the country that brought you many millions of knockoff Louis Vuitton purses and fake Rolex watches now features multiple fake Apple Stores....
- Video: Revitalizing Hunters Point Shipyard12:38 PM1
Center for Creative Land Recycling, a nonprofit based out of San Francisco that's focused on "creating sustainable communities and encouraging environmentally conscious and socially responsible development" via land recycling, recently produced this video to help spread the word about the Hunter’s Point redevelopment project. Ever...
- Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Would Prefer Another Bridge Over the Bay Than Seeing High-Speed Rail on the Peninsula [Updated]12:15 PM17
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As we've discussed earlier, wealthy Peninsula communities like Palo Alto and Menlo Park have been seething for years about the plan to bring the LA-SF high-speed rail line through their pristine environs. They've filed some lawsuits that would require the CA Rail Authority to...
- DPW Director Ed Reiskin Gets Top Job at SFMTA12:00 PM7
Ed Reiskin with Mayor Ed Lee in June, 2011. Credit: SFPUC Well that was quick. The Chronicle reports today that the current director of the Department of Public Works has gotten the nod from the Municipal Transit Agency to fill the void left by...
- Board of Supervisors Weekly Power Rankings for Thursday, July 21, 201110:40 AM2
file photo, sfbos.org Tuesday's meeting was all over the board (pun intended?). So, appropriately enough, current points co-leader in these Weekly Power Rankings Sean Elsbernd was all over the chambers. The outerlands supe was probably just getting himself fired up to deliver his big...
- Cyclist Hurt In Collision With Truck Dies 9:50 AM11
Nancy Ho, the 25-year-old helmetless cyclist who was crashed into a truck at Fremont and Mission on Tuesday morning, succumbed to her injuries and died. If you recall, "Nancy Ho, of San Francisco, was traveling east on Mission Street when she was struck by...
- Thursday Morning Roundup 9:25 AM0
"Hyde Street Pier at Dawn" by Esther Reyes At the ballpark, Tim Lincecum only gave up one run to the Dodgers last night, but that was one run more than Giants managed to score. [MLB.com] Citizens for a Sustainable Treasure Island have filed suit...
- Police Chief Greg Suhr Tries, Fails to Calm Angry Bayview Residents 8:50 AM44
On Wednesday night, Police Chief Greg Suhr headed back to his old neighborhood to discuss Saturday's justifiable shooting death of 19-year-old parolee Kenneth Harding. Instead of answering questions, Suhr received a chilly reception and was eventually booed off stage. The Chronicle reports: More than...
- 3-Alarm Residential Fire Burns in the Lower Haight
7:20 PM0
Sirens and choppers around the Lower Haight this evening as we are getting reports of a 3-alarm fire on the 400 block of Waller Street. Neighbors have spotted 8 fire trucks on the scene between Fillmore and Steiner and adjacent residents have been evacuated....
- Day Around the Bay 5:10 PM3
untitled by Justin Beck Shocker: 18 of the 35 protesters arrested last night don't actually live in San Francisco, confirming all our fears about protest tourism. [SFEx] Congratulations are in order: Chronicle Culture Blogger, SFist pal and web video hostess Beth Spotswood landed herself...
- Three Hikers Swept Over Yosemite's Vernal Falls 4:40 PM10
credit: hharryus on flickr Record snowmelt has made Yosemite National Park especially treacherous this summer. As KTVU reports, three hikers from the Modesto area were swept over the edge of the park's famous 317-foot Vernal Falls this morning after ignoring warnings posted on barricades...
- We Read the Weeklies: July 20, 2011 (Slightly NSFW Edition) 3:40 PM1
It's so sunny out. Why would you want newsprint all over your fingers when you have sunblock to apply? Please accept, as a token of our love for you, this roundup of links to the web versions of this week's alt-weekly stories worth reading....
- Castro Won't Be Flying New York Flag for Gay Marriage Speak Out Session 3:10 PM10
credit: AgentAkit Trouble is on the wind in Harvey Milk Plaza this week: Noted LGBT activist Michael Petrelis brings word that the Merchants of Upper Market/Castro group won't be flying the Empire State's flag during a demonstration scheduled to honor that state's gay marriage...
- Prepare Yourselves for AT&T; Cable TV Service, New Obstacles on the Sidewalk12:45 PM14
A similar box in Oakland, via sfbeautiful.org After taking years to approve an alternative to Comcast's monopoly on crap cable TV and Internet service, the Board of Supervisors finally approved AT&T;'s Lightspeed network expansion yesterday. Meaning we'll soon have a new choice when selecting...
- Two Men Arrested in Oakland in Connection With Burning Body12:10 PM1
Last week's disturbing case of a burning female body that was dumped in the middle of a quiet Rockridge Street early one morning appears to be heading somewhere. First, the victim was identified as 21-year-old Monica Rodas-Alfaro, a mother of one. And police arrested...
- Cops Bust Deplorable Teens Who Pistol-Whipped Cabbie10:35 AM9
SFPD officers cracked another case with the help of surveillance footage last weekend, but instead of art thieves this time it was some unruly teens accused of pistol-whipping a 66-year-old cabbie and making off with $120 of cash. After reviewing the in-taxi footage Cops...
- San Francisco and Oakland (?) Both Rank in List of Top 10 Walkable Cities10:10 AM16
An annual ranking by this site called WalkScore, which provides detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood scores of various cities based on their walkability and access to public transit, has put San Francisco as the second most walkable city in the nation (behind New York). Surprisingly, Oakland makes...
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KillsSeriously Injures Cyclist Near the Embarcadero [UPDATED] 9:40 AM12![Truck <s>Kills</s> Seriously Injures Cyclist Near the Embarcadero [UPDATED]](/Code-https-web.archive.org/web/20110723212227im_/http://sfist.com/assets_c/2011/07/bikewheelpedstory-thumb-105x105-643043.jpg)
Photo: potential past / Flickr A cyclist was killed injured this morning after colliding with a truck at the intersection of Fremont and Mission. The incident happened a little after 8 a.m. SF Appeal reports: "Paramedics were performing CPR on the unconscious victim, the...
- Wednesday Morning Link Dump 9:30 AM0
untitled by Alex Hong The Giants toppled the bankrupt Dodgers again last night. Brandon Belt knocked brought in two on a 9th inning double (video) and Brian Wilson takes credit for save number 29. [MLB.com] Board of Supes President David Chiu likes him some...
- 35 Arrested Following (Misguided) Protest In Dolores Park 8:31 AM99
Photo: Ariel Dovas "They can't shoot us all -- fuck the police," reads a banner carried by a smattering of people following yesterday's protest in Dolores Park. The protest was over the unfortunate yet justifiable shooting death of Kenneth Harding, 19, who was killed...
- Day Around the Bay 5:20 PM1
Untitled image by Justin Beck. Anna Conda headed to a seat on the Entertainment Commission. [SF Appeal] Brunch-only food truck coming to Valencia Street this weekend. [Mission Mission] Gunshot residue on slain murder suspect's hand. [Chron] How green is your pot? [East Bay Express]...
- Apple Announces Best Profit Quarter Ever, Draws Closer to World Domination 3:55 PM11
Apple Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs stands under images of the iPad 2, left, and the iPad at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) As the once-scrappy...
- Possible Roofie Rapist/Kidnapper on Loose in the Mission? 1:10 PM6
The van might have looked like this. Today we get the disturbing tale of a 19-year-old woman who narrowly escaped getting kidnapped and roofied on Sunday while walking along Mission Street. She was walking near the corner of Mission and 19th at 1 a.m....
- Online Tour Site Hawking 'Homeless for a Day' Tour in S.F., Led By Homeless Man12:00 PM0
Milton, Vayable's real-life homeless guide, with what looks like a fresh haircut. Remember how the NYT told us the Tenderloin was becoming a tourist attraction? New online activity and tour purveyors Vayable.com has a terrific idea! They want to give tourists to San Francisco...
- False Alarm: BART Directors Don't Want Nat Ford Either11:40 AM2
Nope! (Credit: Dave Dugan) Yesterday's rumor from the generally reliable Matier & Ross speculating that Nat Ford was in the running for BART's top spot was apparently way off base. According to a couple members of BART's Board of Directors, the commuter rail agency...
- Protest Planned Today Against SFPD for Bayview Self-Defense Shooting Death10:50 AM64
Altered-image credit: Uptown Almanac Oh dear. A protest is planned today in Dolores Park over the shooting death of murder suspect Kenneth Harding, 19, who was killed by SFPD officers in Bayview on Saturday after evading fare and using a firearm. Even the more...
- Photos: Rupert Murdoch Attacked With Shaving Cream Pie During Hearing 9:50 AM12
During this morning's session featuring News Corp. CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch, who are testifying in front of a British Parliamentary committee about the the scandalous phone-hacking scandal his now-closed tabloid, The News of the World, someone tried smacking the...
- Tuesday Morning Roundup 9:30 AM0
untitled, by Matthew Wade Davis The Giants shut out the Dodgers in a clean showing from Ryan Vogelsong on the mound. Pablo homered and Cody Ross tossed up a two-run double. [CBS5] The San Francisco Hell's Angels Website is a delightful, if noisy, way...
- Urine-Scented McCoppin Hub to Be Reborn as Lush, Off Ramp-Adjacent Food Court 8:55 AM10
Credit: Boor Bridges Architecture/SFDPW The awkward nexus of Valencia Street, Market Street and McCoppin Street, in what is technically Western SoMa, is about due for a renaissance. The Department of Public Works had planned to revamp the area's dank corners and brighten up the...
- Two Ladies Bring 4-Month-Old Along During East Bay Crime Spree 8:25 AM9
Image: Fox Reno Raven Stewart, 26, and Lache Rodriguez, 24, were arrested on Friday in connection with a series of car burglaries in Emeryville and Berkeley. They are suspected in at least five smash and grabs, and they even brought along a 4-month-old infant...
- Day Around the Bay 5:00 PM5
"Dennis Richmond in the Mission" by Erik Wilson. Scoring one for young, smart college students all over the world, this email landed on Stanford student a major job at Foursquare. [Business Insider] 20 eighties artists invade Bay Area this summer. [Feast] Is Netflix killing...
- What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for July 19th, 2011 4:38 PM0
No Ed Lee cameos this week, but Pension Reform and the Charter Amendment that will allow the board to amend or repeal ballot measures both get a public hearing. And there's a tiny sliver of hope that the AT&T; Lightspeed Network upgrade issue will...
- Phil Bronstein: Penis Fan 3:40 PM4
A bit saddened and surprised that Phil Bronstein failed to contact us immediately to get few choice quotes and some penetrative views on the human penis, we can forgive the Chronicle's Editor-at-Large since he penned a downright spectacular piece on the male piece. Specifically,...
- Ex-Muni Chief Nat Ford Could Be Ruining BART Next 2:00 PM19
Where else could Nat Ford be popping up? (Original photo credit: Kieran Seán Fitzpatrick) Nat Ford might be out at Muni, but as Chronicle super sleuths Matier and Ross report this morning, the much-loathed golden parachutist could be in the running to fill a...
- Who Poisoned Sutro Heights Park? 1:00 PM0
Foliage out at Sutro Heights, shot by Sandy Lynn Davis Over the weekend, neighborhood blog RichmondSF received word from patrons and dog owners out enjoying Sutro Heights park that someone had spread rat poison around the grass in the park putting kids, pets and...
- Week Around the Ists12:20 PM0
Acrobat doing death-defying stunt on Williamsburg Bridge. (Credit: Sam Horine) Seattlest notes that Mayor McGinn’s agenda is the continuing battle over child prostitution with local Village Voice Media paper, the Seattle Weekly, at week’s end, neither party has budged, with McGinn threatening to go...
- SFist Blotter: More Richmond Shooting, More Oakland Shooting, Suspect In Burning Body Case12:00 PM1
Richmond / Shootings: A turf/gang war appears to have reignited in Richmond with two more consecutive shootings Sunday night that left two dead and two injured. [CBS] Richmond / Drug Bust: After a traffic chase and a pair of house raids, Richmond authorities seized...
- Video Shows Graphic Scene Moments After SFPD-Involved Bayview Shooting Death11:35 AM15
With shouts of "fuck the police" filling the background, the following (very graphic) video shows SFPD officers just moments after they shot and killed armed 19-year-old Kenneth Harding on Saturday. You can see Harding try to move several times, bob his head up and...
- Saggy Pants Saga Continues With Protest at SFO Today11:05 AM6
Although the San Mateo County prosecutor dropped the battery and resisting arresst charges against Deshon Marman last week, U.S. Airways has yet to issue an apology to Marman or his family for the incident. And now that missing apology has the local chapter of...
- Blame the Board of Supervisors for Fatal Octavia Street Crash?10:40 AM36
Photo: Wikipedia We thought it a little odd that the day after the tragic accident at Octavia and Oak that took the life of a UCSF professor Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi made sure to praise Octavia Street as "a fabulous Boulevard." Mirkarimi may have been...
- After Casey Anthony Acquittal, California Introduces Caylee's Law10:20 AM11
Casey Anthony, right, climbs into an SUV with her lawyer Jose Baez, left, after her release from the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday, July 17, 2011. Anthony was acquitted last week of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. (AP...
- Prop 8 Play Coming to Broadway 9:50 AM0
Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Milk and a board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, will bring California's same-sex marriage brouhaha to the Great White Way. His new Prop 8 drama will hit the Broadway stage later this year with...
- Monday Morning Roundup 9:20 AM0
"Ground to control to Major Tom" by Bhautik Joshi Your weekend Giants-Padres series scores in brief: Lincecum took the 6-1 win over the Padres in PetCo Park on Friday, Barry Zito didn't fare quite as well on the mound on Saturday, giving up 11...
- Muni Fare Evader Killed by SFPD Was Washington Murder Suspect 8:55 AM7
SFPD has identified the man shot and killed by officers after a Muni fare inspection turned in to a shootout Saturday afternoon. According to the Chronicle this morning, SFPD identified the victim as 19-year-old Kenneth Harding a parolee from Washington State who was also...
- The Public Reacts to Yesterday's Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting in Bayview [Updated]11:45 AM20
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Indy Bay posted a link to the below YouTube video of the crowd at the scene (updated link, via SFist commenter snapshotist) immediately after yesterday's fatal shooting of a 19-year-old, allegedly armed fare-evader by SFPD officers in Bayview. This was the second such incident in...
- Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting in Bayview [Updated] 9:00 PM3 Photo Credit: D-Kuru/Wikimedia Commons A 19-year-old allegedly armed man was fatally shot in Bayview at about 4:40 p.m. this evening after he ran from police conducting a Muni fare inspection along the T-Third line on the platform at Third and Oakdale. The officers approached...
credit: Orange Photography Willie Brown had another busy week this week. The former mayor can seem a little delusional as it is, so the satire pieces that popped up about him this week can't be helping his mental state. But first, there's the food...
Muni Diaries alerts us to this very important video: three women doing interpretive dance on a Richmond bound BART train. Fun! And fluid! But... would a little Michael Bennett now and then kill anyone? We think not. We really think not. Anyway, enjoy. In...
MUSIC: Yes, you read the headline correctly -- the infamous 2 Live Crew will be performing an exclusive live show at the big Moustache Bash, along with Cosmo Baker, Hottub, and a huge line-up of DJs. Be sure to sport a mustache, real or...
"And It All Went Downhill From There" by Bob Horowitz....
The folks at Contemporary Jewish Museum are pretty smart cookies when it comes to putting out fires. In response to the controversy that SFist wrote about earlier this week regarding a security guard who told a lesbian couple that they couldn't hold hands while...
FILM: Diva, a French thriller that ushered in the 1980s Cinéma du Look movement, features a postman with a passion for opera, who makes a bootleg of a performance by his favorite diva, a celebrated African American soprano who refuses to make recordings. A...
Sanford University (via Wikicommons} In a highly scientific study released by GQ, noted Palo Alto community college Stanford came in as the 4th douchiest college in the country. Notable douchbag alums include: Herbert Hoover, Mike Mussina, John Elway, William Rehnquist, and Tiger Woods. (Notable...
"This Is How We Roll" by Erik Wilson....
Photo by SFHaps LovEvolution, née LoveFest, has found a new home after the city grew weary of the thumping bass and rolling crowds of brightly colored teensters descending on Civic Center every year. Growing concerns about the free event's surging popularity and recent cases...
MUSIC: Barn Owl, who SFist Erick described as having a "melodic brand of loud, space filling, melodic stonerish metal that the untrained ear may not even consider metal," are at the Elbo Room tonight, along with another local fave, Sean Smith, who "conjures fire...
An outtake from the “Tenderloin USA” photo journal of San Francisco-based rap pioneer Hugh-EMC on Turk and Leavenworth streets in the Tenderloin. (Photo: Travis Jensen) Over the last year, photographer Travis Jensen and fellow All-City photographer Brad Evans worked on a remarkable photo documentary...
"Love" by analogskirt. (At least two decades old, found at Greenwich near Roach Alley.)...
Poor little fella. Or poor little spoiled brat. Depending on how you want to look at it. See, at last night's Giants-Dodgers game, this kid was left with zilch after failing to catch a foul ball. We've been there. It's devastating. Such hope. Such...
Dolores Park's Truffle Guy has delivered his special brand of magic to jonesing park denizens for quite some time. Now you can get a t-shirt featuring the noted drug dealer, making you the envy of your stoner pals. Made out of 50% cotton and...
Put down the mouse and stop trolling Etsy.com for handmade accoutrements, San Francisco's original twee craft fair, hip goods bazaar and excuse to order bloody marys while shopping will return to Wisconsin Street in Potrero Hill this Sunday after a lengthy eight-month break. In...
This week, the Tenderloin Geographic Society investigates the first time a mayor who didn't really want to job ended up in office and how a Steamboat captain spent two terms presiding over the city. By: The Tenderloin Geographic Society San Francisco, you lack vision. This...
(Credit: Erik Wilson) John Avalos, Michela Alioto-Pier and Phil Ting: The occasional DJ and the guy with the big Reset Button will be appearing together with lady candidate Michela Alioto-Pier forthe San Francisco Women's Political Committee's happy hour meet-n-greet at Noble Bar on Polk...
Photo by Crackerfarm MUSIC: Punkgrass band, The Avett Brothers, a high-flying ensemble that "tears through tunes with unbridled energy, popping banjo and guitar strings right and left," are at Fox Theater in Oakland tonight and tomorrow night as part of their nonstop tour through...
There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday or Wednesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does the same thing, which we found too inspiring to resist.)...
Denise Hale at the S.F. Chanel store with designer/architect/probably a dom/vers bartender at The Lone Star, Peter Marino. (Photo: ) Skullcap-shatteringly brilliant blogger Diane Dorrans Saeks just posted what could possibly be the most important lifestyle piece you will ever read. Why? Because it's...
"New Dodgers Logo" by Erik Wilson. (In case you didn't know, the Dodgers, a San Francisco Giants fan's archenemy, are bankrupt.)...
Gertrude and Alice This morning's grab bag of delights from Chuck Nevius includes the amusing story of a lesbian couple who were holding hands while browsing the Gertrude Stein exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum recently when a guard told them they had to...
FILM: Castro Theatre celebrates Billy Elliot the Musical with a special screening of Billy Elliot the Movie, and featuring the cast of the musical in person before the show. Wear your tutu, and take part in the trivia contest for a chance to win...
Beach Blanket Babylon welcomes visitors at SFO. Photo by Jay Barmann....
FILM: SF-based musician Goh Nakamura will be performing before both of tonight's screenings of Surrogate Valentine, starring Nakamura playing himself. There's also a Q&A; with director Dave Boyle after the film. (5 and 7 p.m., Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street) MUSIC: Iranian born vocalist...
Credit: John Andri/Flickr (via cc) For those in the Civic Center area, stop through the Plaza and take a gander at the Women's World Cup final game -- USA versus Japan -- on the big jumbotron screen, happening as we speak. (SFist wrote about...
"Doll Revolution" by Erik Wilson....
"Woman Loses Control Of Her Bad-Ass Mutant Powers" by Bob Horowitz....
FILM: Bundle up and bring a chair to Union Square for Film Night in the Park's screening of the Billy Crystal/Meg Ryan classic, When Harry Met Sally. If you bring the kids, get ready for some awkwardness during that one scene. (8 p.m., Union...
Photo: Kevin Berne CalShakes continues their season exploring another of Shakespeare's earliest works, Two Gentlemen of Verona, which is thought to be the first play Shakespeare wrote, around 1590. (See also our review of Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, which was the first production...
Photo: David Gallagher During demolition to expand the Bayview library on Third Street, a 1920s sign for Boss of the Road work clothes was exposed. "The sign dates from before 1921, based on San Francisco Assessor's records for the demolished building," reports photographer David...
It seems like just yesterday we were lamenting the death of Blockbuster. Now that everyone is suddenly OVER Netflix and their fascist rate hike, here's a brief list of neighborhood video stores where you can walk in, talk to someone, leisurely peruse their aisles...
What's Disney commercialization of a beloved local landmark and why does it -- what's that word again? Suck. Yeah, anyway, we're a bit late getting around to this Anaheim-based copycat of local treasure Palace of Fine Arts. Local blogger (and SFist commenter) MrEricSir noted...
Photo: Justin Beck Billed as the key reason why romance novelist Danielle Steel skipped town, the city has no sense of high style. In fact, GQ just declared San Francisco the 20th Worst-Dressed U.S. city. Which...fine. We get it. We do. We're a bit...
ART: The group art show, When We Were Kids, explores children in play, power and poverty, vividly capturing "childhood imagination, struggles, and innocence loss from the perspective of growing up as a Filipino in the Philippines and United States." (6 to 9 p.m., 1:AM...
Photo by Burns!/Flickr (via cc) The English Beat and My First Earthquake at Stern Grove: The Stern Grove Festival presents yet another stellar show on Sunday. Check out SFist's interview with the English Beat's Dave Wakeling from earlier this year. Phono del Sol Music...
"Yerba Buena Gardens Festival" by Demetrios Lyras....
Fancy this: Contagion, that flick Steven Soderbergh was in town filming just a few short months ago got a trailer already. What we know already: Contagion stars pretty much every actor who has made a successful movie in the past 10 years and has...
Photo by Andrei Riskin Most savvy photographers about town probably already know about the fabulous, decades-old Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott Street), which is nestled at the top of Duboce Park and housed within the equally fabulous Harvey Milk Arts Center. The building...
via: Elia Varela Serra For those who like a little lowbrow visual stimulation while they tipple their highbrow cocktails, the tenderloin bar with the lengthy name has started regular Wednesday night movie screenings. Via the bar's Facebook page, we learn we've already missed a...
FILM: YBCA kicks off its series, Smut Capital of America, which features Michael Stabile’s in-progress documentary that chronicles San Francisco's reign as the center of porn production in the U.S. during the early 70s. Stabile will be present tonight to give an illustrated overview...
The American Conservatory Theater's world premiere production of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, the musical we reviewed last month, has turned out to be a great success for the theater and has smashed the previous records for highest grossing show and biggest advance...
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The ESPY Awards (the Oscars of sports) are underway right now in Los Angeles. This is what beloved Giants closer Brian Wilson wore to the formal affair. Brilliant. As always, our love for Wilson continues unabated. PREVIOUSLY: Brian Wilson Loves Gary Danko...
Sex advice columnist and It Gets Better founder Dan Savage stopped by The Cobert Report last night to discuss monogamy in marriage. Profiled in the New York Times recently, he "argued that sometimes monogamy is what dooms a marriage." Some foes of gay marriage have...
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 Times Style section," and "whose only wealth is his own humanity...
Consider this your last reminder: Tonight at 10 p.m. the proper season premiere of The Franchise, the docu-series about the San Francisco Giants that we previewed a couple months back, airs on Showtime. So check your local listings, set your DVRs, call your friend...
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There must be something in the air between artists and cafes these days. SFist spotted this flyer the other day, which was plastered on every block in the Tenderloin/Tendernob area. Apparently, a 3 x 4-foot painting was stolen from an art exhibit at Cafe...
We've already checked out the Food Lineup and the Night Shows, now for anyone hoping to go to next month's Outside Lands festival without that pesky 3-day commitment, festival organizers have announced (via festival mascot Ranger Dave) that a limited number of single-day tickets...
Credit: Michael Gallacher/Flickr (cc, commercial) MUSIC: Feeling down? Then get your dose of "musical Prozac" tonight, as Jonathan Richman kicks off his three-day stint at the intimate Make-Out Room, along with Tommy Larkins on drums. (7 p.m., Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street) TECH:...
Remember that time the mayor wanted to do away with San Francisco's Cable Cars? Of course you don't, it was in the 1940s. Here now, the Tenderloin Geographic Society adds historical perspective to the city's transit and fiscal woes by revisiting the tenue of Mayor...
There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday or Wednesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does the same thing, which we found too inspiring to resist.)...
Well, this looks like fun. The folks at Asian Week are looking for "enthusiastic and passionate" Asian American models for the 2012 Hepatitis B Awareness calendar. Used to encourage the public to "be a hero and see a doctor who tests for hepatitis b,"...
"Balls" by Bob Horowitz....
Photo via Grub Street You may have heard about this vaguely (but not explicitly) Muppet-themed bar that just opened in Mission, in the old Baobab space at 19th. It's called Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. They have late-night, drunk-friendly food options, Fernet on...
Prosciutto di Parma (Photo: Sun Taro) As part of the upcoming SF Chefs 2011 (think of it as homecoming week for San Francisco food culture and all the nonsense that comes with it, featuring a prom night-ish bash in Union Square), Foodie Chap and...
The now-safe, but comically larger Loco Moco. credit: Yelper Fried Rice B. After we noted the local Hawaiian joint's Heath Department problems and some recent heaving Yelp reviews yesterday, Hukilau's owner followed up with the folks over at EaterSF to clarify the Health Code...
You've heard of the woman trying to drink at every bar in San Francisco. You've heard of the guy trying to stomach every Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. Now meet the man trying to eat at every single San Francisco restaurant, period. Jason Bennett...
Photo: Chris R./Yelp It's been quite some time since Chronicle food critic of note Michael Bauer yanked the star from a ho-hum restaurant. Updating his initial two-star review of the Presidio-based food joint La Terrasse, Bauer left displeased compared to his 2007 visit. He...
The remarkable and remarkably talented Joyce Slaton of CHOW complied a list of the 78 most annoying words to read in a restaurant review. Among them? "Gastro pub," "sustainable," "toothsome," "meltingly tender," "slurp," "most unique," "redolent," "redolent," "died and gone to heaven," "local," "mouthfeel,"...
credit: Brandon Doran Hukilau, the local Hawaiian joint known for yearly spam musubi eating contests and smothering pretty much anything in gravy, has a problem keeping things clean apparently. A tipster over at EaterSF explains the patio-blessed spot at Masonic and Geary has been...
Esteemed Manresa pastry chef Belinda Leong will head over to the Mission on August 7 to host a "pastry pop up” at Flour + Water. During a breakfast serving, Leong will introduce her new line of pastries to sugar-addicted guests. Guests will be able...
credit: Adrionni Ribo The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, generally known in these northern parts as the drinkable coffee joint that will do in a pinch if there is no Peet's around, is expanding eastward. As our sister site in New York notes, the...
Lively Tumblr Bi Curios Dad came across a sight at the Metreon complex at Fourth and Mission, one that they've seen several times. Specifically, a man who comes in regularly and eats store brand vanilla ice cream with a plastic spoon while crouched in...
The Sightglass buildout, credit: Tablehopper After a year spent operating as a humble coffee kiosk and roastery, Sightglass Coffee is finally ready to unveil their Folsom Street warehouse coffee bar and jittery hangout spot tomorrow. Like Coffee Bar and The Summit before it, the...
Photo via Bacon Bacon Facebook page. Founded by a Cole Valley guy who " originally moved to SF to manage his brother's rock band," the Bacon Bacon Truck will head out to SOMA today for the first time to help whet the smokey- and...
Some of the best drinks are the simplest, and while the artisanal cocktail thing has tended to leave vodka drinking to the amateurs, the fact remains that it's an easy way to to turn a few fresh ingredients into a cocktail, without the addition...
United States' Alex Morgan traps a pass during a training session in preparation for the final match against Japan during the Women's Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) This Sunday is the Women's World Cup Finals...
Over the past year, the San Francisco Health Department has tirelessly worked to shutdown the scourge known as hookah lounges. For those not in the know, hookah lounges are a rite of passage for anyone new to the Bay Area. At these cesspools of...
credit: Peter B. on Yelp In SoMa, where AT&T; Park has driven more than its fair share of development in the past ten years, residents of the hermetic South Beach high rises around Third and King Streets aren't happy about an enterprising man with...
If we may Brown-block Andrew Dalton's excellent Friday feature on former SF Mayor Willie Brown, the noted power player-cum-freebie king just published yet another seamless post at Inside Scoop. It's genius. Sheer genius. The best thing we've read all day. He sums up much-ballyhooed...
Pizza Hut, noted purveyors of the Personal Pan Pizza (do they still carry those?), sits in hot water this morning after 86ing a male customer for wearing drag. Vishon Murphy was apparently asked to leave the fine dining establishment for sporting a summer dress...
Gary Danko, you are one lucky man. Noted Giants closer and all-around meaty stud Brian Wilson sang your titular restaurant praises on Monday night. Which, well... it doesn't get much better than that, Gary. That's love. In case you didn't hear, Wilson quipped the...
In a cruel twist of fate, the Chronicle's venerable food critic has been "felled by food poisoning." And right after he wrote about the many loopholes in California's food handling law, even. Bauer, who can only recall one other instance of food poisoning during...
After closing the Mission locale over nine years ago -- has it really been nine years?! -- Charles Phan recently told Tamara Palmer what he plans on doing with the old Slanted Door space at 584 Valencia space. While teaching a cooking class for...
Today, Monday July 11, you'll be able to pick up a free Slurpee in celebration of the company's 84th anniversary. A 7-11 VP says in a press release that "July is the biggest month of the year for Slurpee sales," and they'll be dishing...
Brand new North Beach eatery Bottle Cap (1707 Powell Street), with food from a former chef at Sens and a former chef at Blue Plate and drinks from Bourbon & Branch alum Pete Gowdy, just opened its doors last night. Already Gowdy sees a...
Zach Rogue (Photo: Scott Dudelson / Wikicommons) On Monday, July 11, noted musicians will guest DJ at flour + water in the Mission. Let's see: Starting off on the decks next week will be Tim Carr. Screenings of his videos "Shake Your Caboose" and...
Artist's rendition of the forthcoming Armory Club. (Andrew Dalton/SFist) With all the theme bars popping up around here, we're about due for one with a little less childhood nostalgia and a little more adult sensibility. This morning, Grubstreet reports the Kink.com-owned former home of...
On the Food and Cocktails beat today, the latest news from the Mission is the arrival of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem a new bar and pub-food joint from the guys responsible for Tonic, Rebel and Bullitt - another possibly trademark-infringing drinking hole....
(via @A16) Tablehopper strutted her stuff on Folsom this week, checking out Sightglass Coffee Bar & Roastery. (We initially read that as a coffee and roasted chicken mashup, which for us sounds pretty damn divine.) She coos: "Brothers Jerad and Justin Morrison have been...
Welcome to Corner Store Food Critic, where we select an item typically found at any number of corner stores in San Francisco, bring said item home in a carefully wrapped bag, and then taste it in private. Seeing as how that, in a pinch, many...
Inside Scoop's masterful Paolo Lucchesi brings us crucial entertainment this afternoon: James Brown's two long-lost Cup-O-Noodle commercials. They're beautiful. Lucchesi notes: "Sometimes there are no words. This is not one of those times. There is just one word here: Amazingness. This is guaranteed to brighten...
Thomas McNaughton (Photo: Eric Wolfinger) HIGH: Noted ginger/chef wunderkind Thomas McNaughton will host a series of Wild Boar dinners at flour + water. Thomas' menus will focus on using the whole animal and "a connection to the most fundamental of old world practices." Deep....
"Case, 2010" by Varese Layzer. In what could be seen as the continued Starbucks-ification of Valencia Street, brick-and-mortar coffee purveyors Ritual Coffee Roasters recently pulled the work of photographer Varese Layzer. It was considered "too serious" for the cafe's walls. While neither visually offensive...
And the winner for Best Happy Hour in Oakland goes to... Adesso. Secret's out. [Bay Area Bites] In yet another show aimed at men who grill cook, Chris Cosentino's unaired television show, called Chef Unleashed, looks like an honest (yet violent) viewing experience. Inside...
Just open this week at 1 Yerba Buena Lane (that alleyway next to the Four Season between 3rd and 4th, on Market) is Bluestem Brasserie. It's a big, airy space with a great upstairs terrace, overlooking Market Street. In addition to their lunch and...
"Versace SO SEXY! Love, David Chang. Thanks" credit: Andrew Dalton/SFist David Chang, the New York pork aficionado and fig-slamming celebrichef, was in town this week to celebrate the release of Lucky Peach his new food journal published by San Francisco's most adorable publishing house,...
As the Giants drop (ever so slightly and briefly!) to second place, we have something to cheer up irked fans. And Buster Posey too! Cartoonist Andy George created this mural in honor of our very own Rookie of the Year, now on the disabled...
The Tamale Lady, noted purveyor of savory foods for the drunken sect, celebrates her birthday tonight. And you're invited! FunCheapSF has the important details: "It’s free to enjoy a live performance by the Goat Family Jug Band and a screening of the rockumentary Our...
(Image credit: Grub) Grub Street picked up the latest issue of Gentlemen's Quarterly only to discover that Alan Richman, the most awarded food writer in history (14 James Beard Awards!), put his esteemed foot down in the SF vs. NYC restaurant war. It seems...
Angry housewives have come unglued in the South Bay as San Jose continues to allow nearly-nude coffee shops to operate in full glory. Shameless! One particular coffee joint, Café Quyen, boasts "scantily clad women" serving lattes, dancing, and so much more. CBS 5 reports:...
'Top Chef' ay Justin Herman Plaza. (Photo: Nimmi Solomon) 7x7 picks up on what SFist has been saying for years. Restaurant bars soar above and beyond restaurant dining rooms. Yes, they do. Yes they do! And with that, here are a few that you...
Photo: Brian Smeets The newest cocktail bar in the Mission is at Delfina's Roman offshoot, Locanda (577 Valencia), where bar manager Michael Sager is mixing up a bunch of fun drinks, often under the auspices of "bartender's choice." (In general, San Franciscans are pretty...
You have no reason to toss shade at Alice Waters. You don't. And if you do, you're probably a jealous virgin who can't drive. (Unless of course, Waters continues to refuse to answer your question about her favorite junk food. Sob.) During this My...
The restaurant's brick fire pit and 22-seat patio make for some swingin' good times outdoors. Photo credit: Yelper Mark W. In the Sunday Paper this week, Michael Bauer brings back the ol' Mikey Two Stars routine and bestows two shiny ones of Sausalito's Bar...
Traci des Jardins, center; Gary Danko, upper left (photo credit: Michael Grassia) A few days before this season's finale of Top Chef Masters airs, Traci Des Jardins will serve some of the dishes that landed her in the final three. Made under pressure and...
Former Doggie Diner in the Outer Sunset is set for demolition. Alas. [Ocean Beach Bulletin] Breaking news: Mario Batali enjoys an occasional ice cube in his rosé. Vindication? We feel you. And naysayers? Bow down. Because there's noting breezier, nothing smooth-jazzier, and nothing Southern...
A mural of Marlon Brando at Rebel. Have you been to Rebel yet? It's fun. It's the new motorcycle-themed bar that took over the Triple Crown space, once upon a time the Octavia Lounge, and with an already pretty active gay fan base, the...
The following post is from our advertiser, Pisco Portón™. 1. Do you order the same cocktail time after time, night after night? 2. Do bartenders ask you if you want your "usual" drink? 3. Does even your favorite cocktail leave you wanting something new? Answering...
Just in time for San Francisco Gay Pride, Absolut Vodka has introduced a "limited" SF edition. Following on the heels of New Orleans, Loas Angeles, Boston, and (oddly enough) Brooklyn flavors, San Francisco is the fifth city to receive the company's boozy bottle honor....
Betty from Betty's Kitchen Guess what we stayed up all night doing? Come on, guess. Wrong. We watched hours of Betty's Kitchen, that's what. (Hat tip: Fauxjob.) We soaked up around, oh, say, 30+ episodes -- without irony's gaze, we might add, so save...
Louis' in 2008, credit: Kathryn in SF Louis' diner, the Sutro Baths-adjacent greasy spoon and a scenic spot to eat one's way out of a hangover, has been closed since late last year for renovations. After almost losing the location they've held for the...
Nojo's black sesame ice cream and peanut thunder crackers, which every food critic in town seemed to enjoy, shot by Yelper Manabu M. Last week, we noticed both the Guardian Examiner and SFWeekly published reviews of Nojo - a new farm fresh, Japanifornian joint...
In an effort to help raise funds for Barack Obama reelection campaign -- which: let's face it, he's a shoo-in for four more years -- First Lady Michelle Obama and delicate-masher-of-garlic-so-as-not-to-bruise-the-clove's-oil maven, Alice Waters, will help host at least two breakfast fundraisers on June...
Altered image credit: DavityDave Given the control PR ilk try to exert over food writing in the Bay Area, we're shocked (and a bit tickled) to see this story go live. See, several people fell ill at last month's SF OysterFest at Fort Mason...
Matthew Accarrino After SFist editor declared Matthew Accarrino the best chef in San Francisco, the SPQR wunderkind nabbed top honors at Sunday's Cochon 555. Coincidence? Probably. We couldn't make it to the pork party. But we heard the meaty affair was delicious, frenzied. [Grub]...
This year's annual bacchanalia of pork and wine, Cochon 555, rears its savory head on Sunday, June 5. Will you be there? Well, you should. "Officially, the event is all about promoting heritage pig breeds and blah blah blah, but clearly for most, it's...
Today, June 3, is National Doughnut Day. If pressed, one can get a free sweet treat at your nearest Dunkin Donut or Krispy Kreme. Or, better yet, you can get a free donut at Dynamo Donuts, the city's finest purveyors of circular treats, which...
The city's happening -- yes, happening -- Divis/NOPA/Western Addition arrondissement must wait to get their hands on artisan Bi-Rite products. Why? Because they're delaying their Divisaadero store's opening date to 2012, that's why. Haighteration has the scoop: "Bi-Rite, which first announced plans to open...
Against the wishes of some knee-jerk conservatives, the USDA food pyramid is now a thing of the past. Good riddance. That construct was a terror on our nation. With that, First Lady Michelle Obama today revealed the USDA's update on America's visual guide --...
Did your hardcopies of the weekly papers get soggy on your way to work this morning? Go ahead and toss those in the blue bin, because here's our Wednesday roundup of what's up in free news: SFWeekly: On the cover this week, Lauren Smiley...
Flip Camera creator Jonathan Kaplan, along with the gastronomic prowess of Michael Mina, plans to launch a chain of 500 grilled cheese shops called The Melt. (Yikes. We do not like that name. Not at all.) "The whole concept comes out of the idea...
Since it's now, surprisingly, already Memorial Day weekend, you might as well celebrate the passage of time and the dawn of summer with this twist on a traditional English country summer refresher: the Pimm's Cup. The version at Range, created by bar manager Jeff...
