Was it 18 years ago today that we went running out into the streets with the ground rolling under our feet? 18 years ago today since the Giants and the A's duked it out in the Battle of the Bay? 18 years ago since people in the city came together to help each other out? My, how big and scary you've grown LP EQ! Get yourself a gift on this very special day by......

World's largest and newest passenger jet to buzz our skies at 2:30 PM today...

Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist's decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one of their staffers found a popular local brewpub to be a great place to bring a kid. They also think that an unlikely activist for immigration rights should just take......

Apparently, the bottled water industry is ticked off at Gavin Newsom for banning bottled water at City Hall. Many believe that what it takes to produce, distribute, and recycle water bottles is wasteful when you think about all that fine drinking water that’s there for the taking from Hetch Hetchy. Joe Doss of the International Bottled Water Association argues, “The amount of resin needed to make the bottled water containers has been reduced by......

You’ve been paying $1.25 for bottled tap water…sucker! Reuters reports that PepsiCo Inc. will now actually inform consumers what they’re shelling out their health-conscious and ever-hydrated bucks for -- bottled tap water, or, according to PepsiCo, stuff from a "Public Water Source." Now, this gets us thinking about gas prices and how much we bitch and moan about $3.31/gallon down at the Chevron station. We‘re Talking Barbie when it comes to math, and I......

It's been awhile since we had some Ed Jew news! Lying low, huh? So we stopped by edjew.net today to check out the reports about the District 4 supervisor's legal defense fund. Sure enough, there it is! You'll be pleased to hear that even if you maxed out your contributions to Ed during the District 4 race, you can still donate up to $100 more for "post-election legal proceedings," and if you've never given......

SFist Jim stopped by today's rally to support Gavin Newsom's crusade against bottled water, and reported turnout was a little low. They handed out some promotional material about why tap water is better for everyone, which you can read here.......

--Hey! Did you ever do coke with Gavin? [Fog City Journal.] --Chris Daly explains himself. [SFGov.org.] --What's fun doing for Pride Weekend? [SFPartyParty, Bay Area Reporter, SF Weekly's All Shook Down.] --They busted JT Leroy. [Chron, via the AP.] --No more bottled water for the City and County of SF. [CBS 5.] --That local kid who tried to blow up the UC Riverside graduation? It was so he wouldn't have to tell his mom......

The scene: everyone is standing around the bar, taking sips from wine glasses. One of the attendees comments that she can't believe that a room of (mostly) journalists, even after being offered free booze, is predominately drinking water. We were fortunate last night to attend what was basically a book launching party to celebrate "Fine Waters: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Most Distinctive Bottled Waters." Appropriately, the event centered around tasting bottled water, many different types of it. The event was co-sponsored by Quirk Books, the publisher, and Chow. ...

So in light of yesterday's tiny "micro quake" the question is still out there: to panic or not to panic. Scientists are still saying there's nothing going on but they would say that. When was the last time you heard a scientist say "holy sh--, we're going to die!" Sometimes, in reading these stories, we think it would be better not to read the words they say, but instead, just check out to see if they do anything they normally wouldn't do. Like buy an earthquake preparedness kit. Or start hitting the bottle. Or move. ...

Ho' boy. Somebody better call FEMA. Fire up the buses and make sure that the Oracle has plenty of cots and bottled water, because there could be a CAT5 disaster looming in the Warriors future.

Last night at the Oracle, the team was able to withstand the Sacramento Kings, 126-113, in a game that the hometown hoopsters controlled from the opening minutes, but there's storm clouds brewing. Ironically, last year's killer storm, Hurricane Artest, was in the house to remind the Warriors about decision making. It was ironic, because the Warriors again find themselves toying with the idea of voluntarily welcoming an NBA bad boy into the fold even as their team chemistry seems to be taking on a little water.

SFist Rita is kind of right - it should be easier to find an emergency kit. Target does sell them, if your politics allow you to pick one up there. If not, maybe it'll be helped by knowing that $10 from each purchase (they sell for $29.99) goes to the Red Cross. That's not a bad place to start, but you're probably better off spending some time really putting together something that works for......