Coit Tower

Why Is San Francisco on the Cover of the New Boards of Canada Album?

Sorry, but we found the scavenger hunt/nerd labyrinth/Fibonacci sequence or whatever it was that would reveal news about the much-anticipated new Boards of Canada album too tedious to follow. Details of the Scottish electronic duo's first record in eight years arrived online today in a much less ard ... More >>

Shadowy PAC Underreported Donations Promoting Mike Garcia

We recently wrote about how District 7 supervisor candidate Mike Garcia and his campaign consultant were befuddled by the large amounts of money spent on their behalf by a shadowy independent expenditure committee. It turns out, however, the Golden State Leadership Fund Political Action Committee wa ... More >>

Chevron Hosts Fiery Town Hall Meeting

As expected, hundreds of pissed-off Richmond residents flooded a Town Hall meeting last night where they were reportedly more raging than the black plumes of toxic smoke that blanketed the community Monday night. Residents have every right to be furious, and Chevron officials will be the first to ad ... More >>

Chevron Fire: Massive Refinery Blaze Might Mean Higher Gas Prices for Us

The good news is the Chevron fire is out and the order for East Bay folks to remain indoors has been lifted. The bad news is, there's a good chance gasoline prices are probably going to make us gag today.Chevron's 240,000-barrel-a-day refinery has reportedly closed down production units after the fi ... More >>

World's Largest Penis: Jonah Falcon's Dong Visits San Francisco, Dick Jokes Ensue

This week it was revealed that the world's largest penis and the nebbishy, 41-year-old man it's attached to visited our fair city. In the ostensibly newsworthy portion of this development, he was asked by airport security personnel if he had the world's largest penis in his pocket or was just happy ... More >>

L.A. Rocker Hanni El Khatib on Why Karaoke Terrifies Him More Than Performing

Los Angeles rocker Hanni El Khatib comes off like a badass. Car crashes adorn his release covers, his songs are inspired by '50s blues and '60s garage, and in at least one tune ("You Rascal You," a cover), the song's narrator stalks an adulterer with murderous intent. Khatib's image -- that of a my ... More >>

TV Noir Festival: Atomic-Age Paranoia Par Excellence at Roxie

Ten Years Gone

Ignoring the '10 Famous Dishes' List at Yuet Lee

W. Blake GrayYuet Lee's shrimp with scrambled egg rice plate, $6.50​Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvas Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entrée price: $10. (Thanks to Caroline Chen for additional reporting.) Anyone unfa ... More >>

Bouncer Holds Forth at the Wal-Mart of S.F. Breweries

Lloyd Fishback, San Francisco Nudist, Stars as Congressman Anthony Weiner on Jay Leno

By Francisco BarradasLloyd Fishback, right, has been getting attention in San Francisco for awhile. ​Lloyd Fishback is a must-see San Francisco tourist attraction that's as impressive as Coit Tower -- just much more phallic. On many afternoons, Fishback will strip down to nothing but a cock ring a ... More >>

International Peloton Skips S.F. for First Time in Decade

No Shaven-legged, 2-percent-body-fat Europeans allowed!​For the first time in 10 years, the international professional bicycle-racing circuit will bypass San Francisco, while today's stage three of America's biggest cycling event, the Tour of California, is skipping the city with a jaunt from Aubu ... More >>

Grand Tree Lighting, Teenage Dance Craze, Sassy!!!, deYoung Finale, and More

Jesse Vasquez photographyDead Western plays Kitsch Gallery's Evening with Friends this Friday ​Stuffed, satiated and sleepy: Now that the first of many major holidays meals is over, it's time to whip yourself back into shape with some active moshing or thunderous booty shaking. Here's our list of ... More >>

Jim Nisbet's noir detective knows why the book biz is fading

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Can you answer Question No. 1? It's Chris Daly's world and the rest of us are just paying rent (you think we can buy in San Francisco?) It was another fabulous week in the city -- or did you black out and miss it, Muni-style? Let's see if you were paying attention: 1. Supervisor Chris Daly, cha ... More >>

SF Receives Dubious Accolade from Dude Bro Web Site

Ah, askmen.com. The Web site that boasts articles in their Dating and Sex section like "Why Being Nice Doesn't Work & More" and "Popping the Question to Her Father" (because everyone knows women are just chattel that get shuffled from Daddy to hubby!) Making fun of a Web site so unapologetically ... More >>

Gatorade Confirms What We All Knew: Bulk of its Drinkers Are Nursing Hangovers

Rest assured, whatever tinkering the Gatorade folks have done, they haven't altered the familiar piss colorA long time ago, in a county far, far away -- well, Alameda -- your humble narrator read the entire Associated Press style guide in one sitting. I laughed out loud once and only once -- at the ... More >>

Best friends and coke fiends at Noe's Bar

100 years at John's Grill

By John Geluardi San Franciscans donned their hats and spats last night to honor the anniversary of John’s Grill, which has been serving up steaks, martinis and literary intrigue for 100 years. Outside the restaurant a jazz band played period tunes while San Franciso’s A-listers arrived t ... More >>

Prop Yourself Up

SF Gov InAction: Special "Budget Week" Edition! DO: Tip Your Skycap! DON'T: Pay Any Fees

Fall Into the Cash

Let's hope the Fishers use it to clean up the messes they've created.

BetterKnowanSFBlog: Gridskipper, Tonsil Hockey, and Gentrification

Shake-down Tour

Is this what you get when a rapacious American capitalist takes U.S. bike racing for a spin?

Useless Resolve

The Board of Supes likes to tell the world what to do. The world could care less.

Five Best Pre-Quake Structures

Best Heart Attack-Inducing Stairs

Resolved: To Enjoy San Francisco

Some ways to make the best of the best city in the world, year-round

Omnivorous

A New Argentine steakhouse offers something for everyone, including vegetarians

Deco Dreams

An art show's lingering effects take us on a tour of deco restaurants

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Hidden Treasure

Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

More At 11:00

An Exclusive Look at Secret Plans for Revolutionary Change in San Francisco Television News

Return to Chinatown

You don't have to be a tourist to be entranced by a tour of old Chinatown's alleys

Two Heads Are Better Than One

An hour of dick tricks and other "genital gesticulations" with Puppetry of the Penis

Art of the Scare

How two Bay Area animators hope to revolutionize Saturday-morning TV

Go Nuts

You don't have to be crazy to play the Go Game, but it might improve your chances of winning

Pop Philosophy

Pearl Jam overdose

Bliss Side of Paradise

Returning for a few careless hours to the elegant '20s of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby

Preserved to Death

Could a fight to save a beloved building leave its nonprofit owner in ruins?

Dog Bites

Yawn2K, Hair Today, Gone ... Or Is It?, Wishin' and Hopin'

Night Crawler

Dog Craze

Reviews

Rico Bell & the Snake Handlers' Dark Side of the Mersey, The Mekons' Where Were You?, and Stefon Harris' BlackActionFigure

Blowing Their Horn

The organizers of the North Beach Jazz Festival take pride in revitalizing their musical neighborhood and in not being like that other local jazz fest

Night Crawler

Boob Tube

No one's watching CNET's high-tech television shows, and for good reason

Night Crawler

Slap Shots

Samples