Daniela Kirshenbaum of Fog City Journal raises a question that's bugged us for years, mainly why is it everytime it rains we get instantly flooded? For those of you who lived in any part of the country that wasn't San Francisco (or California for that matter), you can attest that when it rains, there's minimal flooding (except, of course, for when it rains a lot and you get actual flooding). What we mean is that any normal rainstorm doesn't cause huge puddles of rain that flood up streets and sidewalks. It seems that it doesn't take much for any sort of rainstorm to cause the flooding. more ›

We initially passed this press release from the Author's Guild along to Gothamist Jen so that she could get the scoop on Gawker and FishbowlNY. Why? Because it looks like the Author's Guild along with the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, have come through with an $18 million dollar settlement for copyright infringement by companies like Time, Inc., The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal for republishing freelancer's content online without their permission. more ›

So apparently everyone was shocked -- shocked! -- to hear that someone wanted to kill our dearest President George W. Bush. Of course, SFist's first thought was to call most of our friends to make sure it wasn't them. After all, George Bush probably doesn't come here very often (ever?) for a reason. Heck, if we got close enough, we might even take one for the team. We say 'might' because we don't want the Alien and Sedition Acts thrown in our face. more ›

Canada College celebrates European Americans. more ›