Things are getting prickly over in the anonymous tips section -- which, as you all well know, should be reserved for delicious tidbits of info only -- so we moved the discussion over here. Someone, it seems. got all Cathy about having their pearls of wisdom removed over at SFGate on a story about yesterday's sudden retirement of San Francisco Zoo Director Manuel Mollinedo. Said someone posted a URL, which is fine and most......

Silicon Valley whores less than pleased with Viagra. [Valleywag]That Nina "Bad Wife" Reiser trial is still going on, and getting interesting. [SF Gate]The rules of PDA during dinnertime. [CHOW]California, it seems, is the 8th worst place to be black. Huh. [The Snitch]Sarah Hromack breaks down SFBG's article on living the homeless life. Heh. [Curbed]MC Hammer dines at Aqua, announces "it's Hammer time" as he sits down to eat. Awesome. [Tablehopper]Don't forget about tomorrow's Valentine's......

It was announced today that SF Chronicle's editor, Phil Bronstein, will be "shifting his role from running day-to-day operations in the newsroom to taking on broader strategic responsibilities at the paper and for its owner, Hearst Corporation." Whoa. What's more, you will get to read more of that Bronstein voice: In addition, Bronstein will write for The Chronicle and sfgate.com. "I got into this profession because of my great love for words and how......

The body of the TGI Friday's manager--whose was found earlier this week by an employee inside the restaurant, making this San Mateo's first homicide since 2006--was identified as Douglas Castello, 36, "a mild-mannered guy with an infectious laugh." Reports claim that he was bludgeoned to death by a "blunt force type object." He was reportedly heading down the road toward marriage just before his death, "shopping for a promise ring in two weeks and......

Merry Martin Luther King Jr. Day. [Examiner, Nature abhors a vacuum, SF Bay View, Beyond Chron]The TLDR spat between SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly continues at a steady, confusing pace. [SFBG, Weekly]Voter registration deadline is tomorrow, kids. [SF Gate]Metallica's Kirk Hammett's Divisadero Street manse is still for sale. [Examiner]Facebook will get an executive chef, but workers might have to pay for their meals. How devastating. [Valleyvag]Temperatures drop . As does some snow. [Mercury......

School buses to run on waste grease from local restaurants. [SF Sentinel] 2007, as Chrissy from Newport Harbor: the Real OC might say, is "o-v-e, but the 'r' is not there yet." Totes, dude. Totes. [SFoodie, SFBG, CHOW, Gridskipper, Yelp] "Subprime" is your word of the year, or so says the Gate. [SF Gate] Tiger stuff. (An aside: Big-Cat Expert is perhaps the best job title in the world, ever.) [Examiner, SFBG] New Jersey......

We just heart reading Two Cents to find out what people on the streets of the Bay Area think about a wide range of local, national, and international topics. The best comment of 2007, in our opinion, came from Rosey W. of Walnut Creek. The question was, "What do you want the next president to do about the federal law on marijuana use?" Rosey's reply: (Medical) marijuana use should be banned! Lives can be saved......

-- Fallout from yesterday's tiger-ian death of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. continues. [CBS 5, SFGate, Spotswood, FCJ, SF MetBlog, Peta (cuckoo!)] -- We simply refuse to believe that One Rincon Hill is anything less than perfect. But? Alas. [Curbed] -- Search for Alameda boater suspended. [ABC 7] -- West Oakland shooting victim identified. [Oakland Tribune] -- Buy! Buy! Buy! [SF Gate] -- Where to tango dance in SF. [Gridskipper] -- Did you know that Mark......

In an effort to tame the trolls, SFGate's site (as well as a few others like ThinkProgress) use software from an outside company that implements a unique "block user" function. This feature blocks all comments made by a user from view by anyone but themselves (upon login). That is to say, whenever the quasi-banned user logs in to the site, they see their comments intact; but to everyone else, the offending comment is simply......

In today's world of Xtube and the like, Dennis Saunders -- Healdsburg's very own convicted peeping Tom, whose stash was confiscated by the police -- now wants his pornographic material back. And as one commenter pointed out on SF Gate, "Who in their right mind will pay for porn this day and age?" Really, who would nowadays? And more to the point, who prefers videos and magazines to the clean and ease of blue......

Seeing as how the Summer of Love was the single most important event in the history of time and space, we thought it would be delightful of us to review a smattering of Summer of Love anniversary reviews for you. In no particular order, discover the music, elderly genitalia, and abundance of ATMs you missed. -- Beyond Chron: Goes into detail about that guy who sang that anti-Vietnam war song prefaced by a spelling lesson......

-- Whole Foods might be in a whole mess of trouble. Federal regulators look over seven years worth of (not-so) anonymous, ethically-questionable financial site postings made by chief executive John Mackey, who apparently has never heard of an IP address. Dumbass. [AP via SF Gate] -- Elderly man shoots garbage truck because of the union lockout. But probably more so because of the sundry of shitty smells, senility. [KTVU] -- Tim Goodman talks about......

Last night when we and a few of our more tolerably-alcoholic friends took a break over at the St. Regis (why not?) -- which included SFist emerita and SF Gate/Chron rescuer Eve Batey for a few, short seconds -- we were jarred to find former San Francisco Mayor Willie Lewis Brown kicking it right next to us. It should go without saying that insouciance was seeping out of William's ears, nose, and ass. What's......

-Bay Area not the only place that's had an up-tick in violent crime-- everywhere else has too. It's just a little worse here. -And crime is also heading to the suburbs. ...

This just in ... the Glen Park BART station was shut down approximately an hour ago due to police activity, according to SF Gate. Seriously, it was not the "police activity" as described in the link above, it was just another suspicious package. We're always intrigued when we hear the announcements about "police activity on the BART system," because it could mean so many things, though we are so often disappointed because it usually turns......

Wow, another year of SFist Reads seems to have whipped right by. Another year of online reserves checked out from the SF Public Library, another year of shopping at our fine local independent bookstores. As we here at SFist have eyes in the back of our heads, we happily look back over 2005 and ahead to 2006 for this year-end edition of SFist Reads. SFist Matt (an opportunity for wit will never pass this......

We just got a tip from Friend of SFist Jason that the jackbooted thugs professional federal law enforcement agents have harshed yet another buzz in The City. They've raided the home of Steve and Catherine Smith, who operate the club HopeNet at 223 9th, according to SF Gate. Reportedly agents are waiting for a warrant to search the club itself, which is next door to the headquarters of the California Marijuana Party. From the......

Wow, it wasn't even six months ago that the Chron exposed their ignorance about blogging, and they've already up and gotten themselves one! We were a little pissed at first, what with the blatant bite on our (hardly unique in the blogosphere, we admit) style ("We" much?), but, hey, we're on their links list, which is more recognition that they usually give to us. We're a little sad they don't list us as one......