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Fire Chief Uncomfortable Getting Strip Clubs' Holiday Money at Fire Station Ceremony

Not in my fire house!​Update (4:53 p.m.): Firefighters will be picking up the check from strip clubs at the union's distribution center today, followed by a reception at the Gold Club.Original Story ( 3 p.m.)Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White h ... More >>

Warren Hellman, Founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Dies

RIP Warren Hellman ​The indelible Warren Hellman, founder of the popular Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and the Bay Citizen, has died. His family told reporters that the 77-year-old San Francisco icon died Sunday from complications of leukemia. Public services are planned for Wednesday at Cong ... More >>

Warren Hellman "Stunned and Thrilled" City Named Meadow After Him

Joyce GoldschmidThe namesake for "Hellman Hollow"​The wheels of government tend to turn slowly. So the rapidity with which the notion of renaming Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow after Warren Hellman became a reality -- two weeks from conception to Board of Supervisors-approved, effective-immedi ... More >>

R.I.P. Warren Hellman, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Founder and Eccentric Banjo Player

Jay BlakesbergWarren Hellman at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass​ Warren Hellman, the billionaire banjo-picker and eccentric who founded the free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival, lost his battle with leukemia on Sunday. He was 77. Hellman was a successful investment banker a beloved philant ... More >>

Donate a Toy for Christmas, Get a Beer or a Lap Dance

Let the reindeer games begin. ​In San Francisco, we are apparently more charitable when we are a little drunk. Hell, we would even donate a toy or two to a needy kid if we're promised a lap dance in exchange. C'mon. Like the kids will know the difference.We've gone out before to the Hustler C ... More >>

Filling in the Blanks

Let the reindeer games begin. ​In San Francisco, we are apparently more charitable when we are a little drunk. Hell, we would even donate a toy or two to a needy kid if we're promised a lap dance in exchange. C'mon. Like the kids will know the difference.We've gone out before to the Hustler C ... More >>

Here Is Video of Arcade Fire's Entire Set from the Bridge School Benefit

Arcade Fire's Win Butler at Bridge School yesterday.​ Missed Bridge School? We did, too. But now, instead of sighing deeply and conjuring overly rosy daydreams of what we missed by skipping the trek down to Mountain View this past weekend, we have YouTube to actually show it to us. After the j ... More >>

Gross Profit: Money Given to Clipboard Kids Rarely Makes It to Nonprofits

Arcade Fire's Win Butler at Bridge School yesterday.​ Missed Bridge School? We did, too. But now, instead of sighing deeply and conjuring overly rosy daydreams of what we missed by skipping the trek down to Mountain View this past weekend, we have YouTube to actually show it to us. After the j ... More >>

SFoodie Readers Get 35% Off Posh Street Eats Event

Nagashi somen from Ame restaurant​Street Eats Benefit Gala Where: Ferry Plaza When: Sept. 18, 6-10 p.m. Cost: $125 to $225, with 35% discount for SFoodie readers A couple weeks ago, I mocked the Street Eats Benefit Gala, an all-you-can nosh event to benefit the charity OneVietnam. I called O ... More >>

NFL Players Marshawn Lynch and Josh Johnson Create Nonprofit for Youth

Good ... on and off the field​Though they may be NFL players, cousins Marshawn Lynch and Josh Johnson didn't always live the dream. Born and raised in Oakland, their mothers worked three jobs while their grandmothers took care of them.Now that Lynch is a running back for the Seattle Seahawks and J ... More >>

Outside India: Recurring Street-Food Party Returns This Weekend

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely​The ninth installment of the Outside In street-food and music parties has been dubbed Outside India: not only Indian-inspired cooking, but beats from DJs Amar, Jimmy Love, and Suresh from popular monthly club Non-Stop Bhangra. Body movements courtesy of ... More >>

Customized Culture

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely​The ninth installment of the Outside In street-food and music parties has been dubbed Outside India: not only Indian-inspired cooking, but beats from DJs Amar, Jimmy Love, and Suresh from popular monthly club Non-Stop Bhangra. Body movements courtesy of ... More >>

Cash for Clothes

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely​The ninth installment of the Outside In street-food and music parties has been dubbed Outside India: not only Indian-inspired cooking, but beats from DJs Amar, Jimmy Love, and Suresh from popular monthly club Non-Stop Bhangra. Body movements courtesy of ... More >>

Put it in Park

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely​The ninth installment of the Outside In street-food and music parties has been dubbed Outside India: not only Indian-inspired cooking, but beats from DJs Amar, Jimmy Love, and Suresh from popular monthly club Non-Stop Bhangra. Body movements courtesy of ... More >>