When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
According to Indian thought, we have seven centers of spiritual power on our bodies called chakras, starting from our reproductive organs all the way up to the top of our heads.
The world nearly stopped last year when rumors that this well-graffitied, deeply historied Market Street rock 'n' roll bar would be knocked down and turned into condos started circulating.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM
If you were standing at the corner of Hyde and Golden Gate at 5:04 a.m. on July 28 -- and there must be some of you -- then the San Francisco Police are begging for your help.
At around that time, a relatively new, silver four-door vehicle believed to possibly be an Oldsmobile barreled through the crosswalk, running down a man in his early 30s walking to work. The victim remains in San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The partial plate recovered from the vehicle is 6AQ.
PostedByAlex Wolens
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM
No, Bret Favre isn't suing. But a sideline's worth of other gridiron players are.
Electronic Arts Inc. is facing yet another lawsuit faulting the videogame company for ripping off the players depicted in the football game Madden NFL.
Tony Davis, former halfback for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, claims that the Redwood City-based company has been simulating the likeness of him and thousands of other retired NFL players without paying them a cent. Several teams worth of players from the college ranks have brought similar charges. The lawsuit cites damages exceeding $5 million.
PostedByLauren Smiley
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:59 PM
You can trust Google, right? Right?
Two more plaintiffs have filed yet another class action lawsuit against Google for collecting private data as its cars drove around photographing every corner in the country -- and several other countries as well -- for Google Street View.
Cheaper female condoms! Come get yer cheaper female condoms!
Yeah. That's really what's up. A newer, cheaper female condom, FC2, as in, Female Condom 2 (wildly creative, right?) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009. It costs about 65 percent less than its unpopular and awkward predecessor, which made public health advocates wonder if these things might now fly off the shelves to protect people from HIV/AIDS.
Here's where the plot really thickens -- no pun intended. The San Francisco Department of Public Health seems less interested in stuffing vaginas with FC2 than gay men's anuses. "Female condoms have long been sought after by some gay men," said San Francicsco's DPH spokeswoman, Eileen Shields. "So I believe it's more about that than teaching and encouraging women to use them."
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Anna Werner and KPIX are no longer a team
Calls to KPIX-TV's investigative tips line still reach Anna Werner's voice mail -- but the station's top investigative journalist is no longer there.
KPIX confirmed to SF Weekly that Werner and the station have parted ways as of today, a development first reported by Bay Area media blogger Rich Lieberman. The exact manner of Werner's departure has not been disclosed, though Lieberman quotes an unnamed source that it was "financial." That's a good bet, as KPIX has, for the past several years, been tossing high-priced talent overboard in a desperate attempt to right its sinking ship.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Does San Francisco have a headache?
A survey released today by the folks at Trojan condoms claims San Franciscans are behind in the bedroom department, getting out-shagged by denizens of 9 of 10 large American cities hit up by pollsters.
But before you get up in arms about the supposed indomitable sexual tendencies of our fair city, heed the words of one of the city's foremost experts on all things sexual. Ted McIlvenna took one look at Trojans' survey and uttered a word not associated with sex but excretion: "Bullshit."
PostedByMatt Smith
on Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Matt Smith illustration
... and I'm not going to take it anymore.
San Franciscans have many reasons to be angry at City Hall, what with service cutbacks, fee hikes, and daily tales of inefficiency and incompetence. But The Snitch's Angriest San Francisco City Hall Petitioner Ever directs his venom at an unlikely target: supposedly sub-standard palm-reading.
"You provide an imaginary service that should be shut down," writes Tim Giangiobbe in a recent letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors describing his feelings about the supposed shortcomings of a local palm reader. "You have gone beyond the bounds of human decency. You are lower than sub-scum. The slimy stuff you find under scum. There is not a scum category for you. I will now make one up especially for you. The super slimy sub-scum bovine queen liar thief of the decade. Still too nice. I'll work on it."
She was arrested in Martinez where she drives a shuttle bus on Thursday, and charged with three bank robberies -- two in the city and one in Daly City. Lieutenant Jay Morena of the Daly City Police Department told SF Weekly that Jones drove her shuttle bus to the Peninsula on July 21 where she used it as the getaway vehicle after robbing the Provident Credit Union on Serra Boulevard.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
