For this special Christmas open thread, we want to know how (and where) you're spending the day today.

Lots of local bars and restaurants will be closing for the holidays, but some are staying open. Here's our neighborhood roundup.

An Italian immersion school with 130 students will be opening a new campus on Fell Street next year.

You've got about 48 hours to get your fill of sandwiches and salads at the Grind, as the restaurant plans to close this week for renovations.

Some food and booze news, an annual contest, and a neighborhood eyesore possibly getting demolished - all in a special Thursday leftovers.

A new cafe and micro-brewery called Black Sands has just inked a lease at 701 Haight, at the corner of Pierce.

A sea of Santas washed up at Duboce Park this afternoon for a giant snowball fight, part of SantaCon 2014.

Continuing her series of backyard explorations, Genevieve Brennan finds a hidden world of trumpet vines and palm trees on Oak Street.

A half-dozen local events are vying for your company on Saturday, from art shows to live music to competitive eating to a snowball fight for the ages.

And now, three anecdotes of unsavory, unneighborly, and downright bizarre behavior from the Haighteration mailbag.

Terrible news, readers. Bob Kantor, the beloved founder of Memphis Minnie's, has passed away.

Biking in SF can be intimidating. Learn to take the fear out of two-wheeled transit, tonight at the Peacock Lounge.

Wing Wings is looking for a few hungry folks to battle for chicken wing eating supremacy.