Hey, remember the Wikipedia scanner that tells you who's edited what page on the ol' Wikepedia? Well, we decided to have a little fun with it and see who's been playing with the entry for our beloved mayor. There's lots of fun to be seen: - Someone with an AT&T account deleted a Michael Moore reference because "[Moore] is not an SF voter. - A probable Republican (other edits to Reagan's funeral and the......

We love documentaries -- they're like reality TV, with a popcorn stand! So you know we're totally psyched for SF Indiefest's sixth annual Docfest, which starts up tomorrow and goes through next week! Friday's big opening movie is "What Would Jesus Buy?", about the much-beloved street activist Reverend Billy and his Church Of Stop Shopping. Rev. Billy will be there in person with his message against overconsumption -- which we're sure is well worth spending......

Now, you could either watch the trailer for Michael Moore's new movie Sicko (about HMOs and universal health care) here on your computer (above)... OR, you could go outside and watch it projected onto the side of buildings in downtown SF and Oakland tonight! Michael Moore has arranged for the Sicko trailer (with full sound and subtitles) to screen at the corner of Broadway and Montgomery from sundown to 1 a.m. tonight. That'll be......

--Michael Moore loves Gavin Newsom. --SFMike reports back on yesterday's Newsom rally. So does Beyond Chron and the Examiner. --Grizzly bears get a new home at the zoo. --Meet the new SF school board superintendant. --A provocative name for a gay party on June 1 draws complaints. --BART doesn't have the money to increase service times after all. (Update! They're going to do it anyways!) Meanwhile, lower gas prices can't last. Picture by SFist......

It wasn't just that shooting in Western Addition this morning -- it's been kind of a violent 24 hours there and in the Mission. At around 5:40 p.m. yesterday, there was a stabbing at Capp and 17th -- a guy was stabbed with an ice pick after getting out of a car. The stabber then jumped into another car and tried to run the victim down, and then jumped out of the car and stabbed......

Yeah, pretty much the only thing everyone's talking about is Ed Jew's arrest. But here's some other news! --The SF Dept. of Elections tossed out the Recall Peskin papers for procedural defects. As we probably could have guessed after seeing the plethora of signs at their rally the other day, they listed too many different reasons why he should be recalled. Stick with one, guys! We LOVE this "Peskin doesn't care about your pets" platform.......

Now hating the war isn't just the domain of tree hugging hippies and the Defeatocrats-- it's the entire state of California. Today, State Senator Don Perata announced that he wants the entire state to vote on a referendum on pulling troops out of Iraq. Perata might be announcing it, but we see the evil workings of Barbara Streisand behind all this, probably in cahoots with David Geffen and Michael Moore. And even if Rosie lives on the East Coast, she probably has something to do with all of this too...

Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place. SFist Tourist......

Here at SFist HQ, we were excited when we heard that Friend of SFist Eddie was going to go ahead with his plan (first rumored at SXSW) to give WebZine a kick start. In the last few months we've gotten drunk at many meetings, put together a panel, traded buttloads of email and spent most of our time thinking about the parties (that's how we roll). Well, the fun just got a lot more......

We'll use this week's post to highlight the project of one enterprising Bay Blogger, Eddie Codel, who is leading the charge to produce an awesome event this September: Webzine 2005! The Webzine fabulousness started back in 1998, amidst the golden age of overpaid business development jerks, when alt-media cats who'd had a few glasses of the punch called "The Internet" were given $1500 by Adobe to throw a party. The kept it going all......

Invaded Country: Iraq. I'm not saying that it's going to be another Ira_ country in 2005 but I wouldn't die of shock if we start talking about pre-emptive strikes against nuclear capacities either. Sigh. Hot (Hiltonian "That's Hot", not climatologically. Because... you know...) Country: Canada. I hope it remains hot in 2005 because that passport about the only cred I've got these days. Political Hanger-on/deadweight: Michael Moore. You want to love him, you really......

We must have missed this in the midst of all the Apprentice hoopla, but last week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors did what they do best- passed a sweeping, half-baked but well-intentioned measure to put on the ballot. The legislation this time? Handgun ban. And we’re not just talking about the sale of handguns, but the owning of handguns. In something right of the fevered dreams of the NRA, the legislation calls for......

We do love our protests here in the Bay Area. We love them so much that we follow protests in other cities like some folks follow football. Except it's always the same two teams: the protesters versus the cops. You can guess who EssEffist is rooting for. Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, led a delegation in the massive march on Sunday that some estimates placed at half a million people. The march was led by local boy made good Danny Glover, among others. He walked arm in arm with Michael Moore, who was invoked to jeers and laughter by John McCain during his address to the delegates yesterday evening. Speaking of delegates, the California delegation, led by Regent Parsky, Chairman of the UC Board of Regents (what on earth did he and Dolores Huerta talk about?), is definitely looking forward to tonights speech by the Governator. Look for the recap in tomorrow's Chron. While we've yet to hear 'The Miami Model' used, protest suppression seems to be running along similar tactics. Police have used mopeds and vespas to bring down bicyclists from Critical Mass and the Bike Bloc. Apparently bicyclists are especially dangerous - some estimates have put the number of confiscated bikes near 1,000, including the hi-tech graffiti bike from Bikes Against Bush. After demonstrating the technology to an MSNBC crew, he was arrested for vandlism, even after demonstrating that a water-soluble chalk was used to officers. Other tacticts have included mass arrests by officers without badges or other ID; protesters penned by riot police and orange plastic netting, and then arrested one by one; protestors being chased down by officers on motorbikes who are snaring them in nets; and reports of beatings by both riot squad and plainclothes police. Another tactic, which we've seen here in SF, is cops videotaping the proceedings as well as the protestors. Protest tactics have involved small demonstrations all over the city in order to spread the police forces. Union, Herald, Times and Madison Square have all seen action today. San Francisco political punk legend Jello Biafra was spotted at "The Man in Black Bloc" demonstration singing along with other protesters to "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue." We know what Wonkette means when she says New Yorkers must feel like they've all been moved to San Francisco. For the latest in reports from the street, check out NYC Indymedia (which the Secret Service has reportedly been harassing), Indybay or listen in to Critical Mass (89.1 FM) or Pacifica Radio (94.1 FM). Boing Boing is on the geek-tech angle, and of course Gothamist is bringing it with the local coverage....