Nevada, America's one stop shop for all sorts of bad ideas, has issued a license to an autonomous vehicle that is most definitely not a human being. One of Google's driverless Priuses that we've been keeping a wary eye on for some time now recently passed road tests in Carson City and on the Las Vegas strip, earning itself the first autonomous vehicle license. This comes about a year after Nevada was the first state to pass legislation allowing self-driving vehicles on public roads, possibly in an attempt to obliterate that state's profitable limousine industry. more ›

* San Francisco vs. St. Louis
Sunday, December 21, 2008. 10:00 AM, PST.
Week 16
The Interim Battle

Remember when battles between the 49ers and Rams would be cataclysmic offensive showdowns to determine ownership of the NFC West?

Yeah, those days are gone for now. more ›

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? more ›

Now that worrying about infrastructure is so 2002 Strokes hot, everyone's starting to worry about the state of SF's infrastructure. We know that our streets are a mess, but that's not the half of it. Last week, a report from the Port Comission came out which said that the Port is basically falling apart and if something isn't done soon, at least seven piers could be closed due to safety concerns. And the historic buildings at Pier 70 might have to be closed too because of concerns to those buildings. more ›

SFist was having trouble getting to sleep last night, and we figured that short of the narcotics available down the street, actually reading the MTA's recently approved Fiscal Year 2006 budget would probably do the trick. We figured maybe an insomniac blogger could find something juicy that would really piss people off, like the two-dollar hike for cable car fares. Will the remaining locals who ride the cable car please step away from the platform. more ›