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Cats

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Cat Whisperer Jackson Galaxy Coming to San Francisco

    ​It is no secret that cats are a nefarious species of mammal. Dirtier than the pig and more vicious than the wolverine, felis silvestris catus must be applauded for using its estimable wiles to colonize the homes of its comparatively guileless cohabitant, homo sapiens. The debate over whether love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Skin for Sale: SPCA's Laura Gretch to Let Auction Decide Her Next Tattoo

    When we think of pet adoption drives, we think of Saturday mornings in a Petco parking lot, not tattoos, cocktails, and auctions. But the latter is what you'll get Friday night, as Laura Gretch of the San Francisco SPCA will get a tattoo -- one that's chosen by the highest bidder on an eBay auction. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    San Franciscans to South Koreans: Stop Eating Dogs and Cats

    Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

  • News

    July 27, 2011

    List: What Have We Learned About Leland Yee?

    Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob Is Coming to Kill Your Dog

    Of the 989,372 times that this video has been played in its one and a half week long lifespan (as of this writing), I'm pretty sure somewhere between two hundred to four hundred of those plays have come from my laptop. In the past 24 hours. This song is a killer. The beat is heavy, heavy, heavy, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Today in Internet Cat Worship: Adopt a #BASED Cat Like Lil B's

    It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCartney does.) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Keke:​Lil B adopted this she-beast at least a year ago, but ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Maternal Gratitude

    It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCartney does.) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Keke:​Lil B adopted this she-beast at least a year ago, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCartney does.) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Keke:​Lil B adopted this she-beast at least a year ago, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCartney does.) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Keke:​Lil B adopted this she-beast at least a year ago, but ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2011

    S.F. Feral Cats Policy Good for Cats, Terrible for Birds

    It's never not a good day for cats on the Internet, but today is a particular boon for that post-cinco de Mayo hangover. (Also, we have a contractual obligation to report on everything Brandon McCartney does.) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Keke:​Lil B adopted this she-beast at least a year ago, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Calling All Cat People; Purina Wants You

    There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Artists Angry Over Replacement of "Kittenzilla" Mural

    There is no end in sight​Just when you thought cat people couldn't appear any more eccentric. Purina is holding a national contest for cat lovers alike to become the one person who will serve as the pet food brand's roving cat guru. Purina is on the hunt for the first ever Cat Chow correspondent; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Grand Lake, Ash Reiter, Sunbeam Rd. and Burrows at the Milk-Less Milk Bar

    Grand Lake​Grand LakeAsh ReiterSunbeam Rd.BurrowsSeptember 16, 2010@ Milk BarBetter than: Shows where there aren't pictures of kittens on the kick drum.Maybe it was the waves of dense fog soaking trees and buildings on Haight St. late last night -- making it feel like more the empty dead of winter ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    Funny or Die

    Grand Lake​Grand LakeAsh ReiterSunbeam Rd.BurrowsSeptember 16, 2010@ Milk BarBetter than: Shows where there aren't pictures of kittens on the kick drum.Maybe it was the waves of dense fog soaking trees and buildings on Haight St. late last night -- making it feel like more the empty dead of winter ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Easy Name to Make Bad Jokes About

    Grand Lake​Grand LakeAsh ReiterSunbeam Rd.BurrowsSeptember 16, 2010@ Milk BarBetter than: Shows where there aren't pictures of kittens on the kick drum.Maybe it was the waves of dense fog soaking trees and buildings on Haight St. late last night -- making it feel like more the empty dead of winter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Baylinks: Tiny Parks, Tiny Life Forms, & Wizards

    It's all fun and games 'til you hit the merry-go-round.​It's the end of the work day. Here are some kittens on a slide. [Laughing Squid]Tiny park springs up inside a Muni bus stop. [Muni Diaries]Does a bike bridge need a suicide net? [SFAppeal]A happy ending for feral cats living at SFPD evidence ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    OMG OMG OMG Mike Albo

    It's all fun and games 'til you hit the merry-go-round.​It's the end of the work day. Here are some kittens on a slide. [Laughing Squid]Tiny park springs up inside a Muni bus stop. [Muni Diaries]Does a bike bridge need a suicide net? [SFAppeal]A happy ending for feral cats living at SFPD evidence ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    Ché Bello Gatto

    It's all fun and games 'til you hit the merry-go-round.​It's the end of the work day. Here are some kittens on a slide. [Laughing Squid]Tiny park springs up inside a Muni bus stop. [Muni Diaries]Does a bike bridge need a suicide net? [SFAppeal]A happy ending for feral cats living at SFPD evidence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    City Mechanics' Beloved Feline Mascot, 19, Is Yet Another Vintage Model

    Joe EskenaziShops the cat, 19, is the benevolent monarch of the city's Central Shops maintenance yard​Dave Del Grande has been working at the city's Central Shops for nearly 25 years. He started as a mechanic and worked his way all the way up to operations director. Any dinged up city vehicle -- r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Owned!

    Joe EskenaziShops the cat, 19, is the benevolent monarch of the city's Central Shops maintenance yard​Dave Del Grande has been working at the city's Central Shops for nearly 25 years. He started as a mechanic and worked his way all the way up to operations director. Any dinged up city vehicle -- r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Meow, Wow: San Francisco Named a Top-10 Place to Own a Cat

    Locals are overjoyed at San Francisco being named one of the nation's cat-friendliest citiesWhenever San Francisco cracks another Top-10 list, locals ought to have two reactions: 1. "That's great! I knew there was a reason I'm paying so much rent," and;2. "Who's putting this list out?" So when our c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Urban Cat Hunting: Out Trapping Feral Felines For the SPCA

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    Congrats, Newlyweds!

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2008

    How Much for That Kitty in the Window?

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Cat Litter Cake And The Mechanics Of Feline Buttholes

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister tills rock's roots in the Head Cat

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Pet Store

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 11, 2004

    The Cost of Cool

    If you're really in-the-know, you order the mysterious Item No. 24 at Little Paris

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Mortuary

    Pacific Interment

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Brain Birds

    A thoughtful consideration of the smart and feathered friends at Mickaboo Cockatiel Rescue and Happy Birds

  • Music

    August 9, 2000

    Hear This

    The Brian Setzer Orchestra

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Animal experts say premium pet food makes domestic animals more violent

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Holistic Veterinarian

    Irving Street Veterinary Hospital

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Calendar

    March 17, 1999
  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Dog Bites

    Garbo's

  • Calendar

    October 29, 1997

    Night+Day

    Garbo's

  • Calendar

    August 20, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Garbo's

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Garbo's

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