Entries from SFist tagged with 'baymeadows'
May 3, 2007
March 24, 2007
-Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey and Maxine Waters get standing ovation from Congress for not voting for House resolution against the war. It'll make sense if you read it. -Gavin says restaurant shutdown ain't gonna happen. -DeAnza College rape case gets sent to the DA. -Rudy G. visits Oakland city. -What will become of Bay Meadows? -Cockfighting ring broken up in Oakley. Little Jerry is okay. -Berkeley City Hall finally named after Maudelle Shirek despite complaints......
Continue Reading "Day Around the Bay"March 23, 2007
January 31, 2006
So much bike-on-bike violence -- a 64-year-old woman pedaling her bike off the sidewalk on Oak and Scott was broadsided by another biker going 25-35 mph down Oak. The woman (who wasn't wearing a helmet) is in the hospital with serious injuries. The other biker was found not at fault and won't be cited.
The first murder of a paraplegic man in Foster City in almost 10 years, from last week, just got a little more complicated: the authorities think the murder might be linked to another weird incident llast week in the South Bay, where a man went to a gun shop in San Carlos, asked to see a gun, and then ran outside and shot himself. Turns out that man and the victim, Brandon Hepponstall, had recently been introduced to one another. Hepponstall was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident 11 years ago, was an avid horse gambler, and had a criminal record involving an incident where he brought an obviously-fake bomb to the Bay Meadows race track.
And a couple who visited San Mateo from New Mexico for a church retreat back in June were sentenced in absentia to three years probation for child endangerment, after authorities found one of their eight children sleeping on the sidewalk behind the tailpipe of their SUV, with the car still running, at 4:30 a.m. No one seems to know why only seven of the kids made it inside the house, or why the car was still running. ...
November 9, 2005
We've got a crapload to cover. We'll try to keep it short... Just when the media coverage is focused on the election, Om Malik says San Francisco is moving ahead with citywide wifi. Meanwhile, down on the peninsula, Yahoo fires a battery of snark over Google's bow, while Eric Schmidt's colleague compares him to Darth Vader. Niall Kennedy lists his favorite podcasts, including tech, media and music offerings. And an enterprising Oaklander is driving......
Continue Reading "Bay Area Blog Pulse"June 9, 2005
We follow the steps of the Opinionated Loudmouth to Gellert Bvd., so we can now officially proclaim Daly City Food Week at SFist. Because we truly care about The City’s little adjoining communities in general, and anything named after Daly in particular. Especially the ones with a Krispy Kreme outlet where you can cheer your donut, while it swims across the frying pool. Just like Bay Meadows. We admit not knowing where the Loudmouth’s......
Continue Reading "Gastronomique: C'est quoi, Koi?"April 22, 2005
Like Yoga? Like Cycling? Want to support a good cause? Do all three by dropping in on Friend of SFist Tony Eason's benefit classes at Satori Yoga Studio. An expert on yoga for cyclists, and a LifeCycle veteran, Tony will be holding session from 6:30 to 8:00 tonight, with donations going to support his pledge for the AIDS LifeCycle ride. If you can't do it this Friday, drop by next Friday for a special......
Continue Reading "Stuff To Do If You're Bored"