San Francisco

Easily one of the most recognizable drag stars on the national scene today -- could it be that green hair -- is Hedda Lettuce. After a seven-year absence she returns to San Francisco for a two-day engagement in the intimate Rrazz Room. EDGE's BeBe Sweetbriar spoke to Hedda about how she moved from activism to drag, her television appearances and what she plans on doing in SF.  

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As sources confirmed that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom plans to officially announce his run for lieutenant governor of California sometime Friday, on Thursday night that decision was not sitting well with some residents of the city by the bay.  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday fined a Hong Kong-based company $10 million after the cargo ship it operated caused a massive oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 2007. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston also ordered Fleet Management Inc. to better train its officers in navigation and safety. Court documents showed the company acknowledging its crew was poorly trained and the master failed to stop...  

A controversial sit-lie ordinance proposed in San Francisco received a public airing once again Wednesday night as the city's Police Commission debated the issue of enforcement and who would be targeted. The ordinance, proposed by Police Chief George Gascon and introduced last week at the Board of Supervisors by Mayor Gavin Newsom, would make it unlawful to sit or lie on a public sidewalk between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.  

The day before Mayor Gavin Newsom announced he would run for lieutenant governor, he spent hours with the city's labor leaders discussing how to bridge the deficit. Saturday, he took a few hours to dial up the homes of truant kids. The point Newsom likes to make is that even though he announced Friday he's running for lieutenant governor, he plans to be as involved and hands-on as possible in running the city."This city is in my blood," Newsom...  

Mommy and daddy, we wish you'd stop fighting. Is it because we're bad? Do you hate us? We promise to be good if you stop hating each other. Because when we read this: The Bay Guardian's total disregard of SF Weekly's lenders' senior lien rights have led those banks to ask a Delaware court to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction that would end Bruce Brugmann's increasingly frantic efforts to bleed money from the Weekly. The...  

So many of us are sealed up in the NYC media bubble that we forget that there's an entire world out there—complete with struggles, intrigue, emotions and money—that has nothing to do with Manhattan. Or even Brooklyn! That's right, the San Francisco newspaper battle has been raging for years. Yesterday, we received an email from Bruce Brugman, editor and co-owner of the Bay Guardian, updating his fellow independent newspaper colleague  

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"With new multimedia tours, inventive collaborations with local and international artists and, most significantly, ambitious new expansion plans, the museum is intent on looking ahead. Two weeks ago, officials said they had raised $250 million in just six months, letting the museum double its endowment and put $150 million toward the building of a new wing and other development."...  

Filipino-American Tim Lincecum became the highest-paid pitcher in his first year of eligibility in Major League Baseball (MLB) after signing a $23 million two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants. According to a report by SFGate.com, the 25-year-old Lincecum will earn $8 million this season, aside from getting a $1 million signing bonus. He will also [...]  

San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito gets out of his car while arriving for spring training baseball at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The first workout for Giants pitchers and catchers is on Thursday.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Making a case for the Giants' Barry Zito. [SF Weekly] SF's planning department blamed for blight of unrenovated Alexandria Theater. [Appeal] Democrats mean to suburbanites...  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Friday said he is running for lieutenant governor of California so he can fix "what's wrong in Sacramento." "I'm also convinced that those of us who love this state have both an obligation and the capacity now to reform it and make it better. To do that, we need to embrace a new way of doing things in Sacramento and we need new leaders who are willing to stand up and change...  

After restoring power to thousands of customers along the Peninsula following an outage this evening, PG&E crews were working to restore another outage in San Francisco that briefly knocked out lights on the Bay Bridge, a utility spokesman said.  

Despite advocates marching on San Francisco a month ago to raise awareness of issues affecting the homeless, the City by the Bay is currently considering a measure to outlaw sitting and/or lying on the famed Haight Street sidewalks. Or, possibly, any and all sidewalks citywide. In an unfortunate development, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that he will personally introduce an ordinance to the Board of Supervisors this week. Proponents...