Obviously, this isn't local (though we did get a small East Bay "jiggle" this morning) but definitely of local interest: it seems, according to KRON 4, a 8.0 earthquake hit "90 miles southeast" of Lima, Peru this afternoon, just off of the coast. Major power outages are reported. But from what we hear, they're deep quakes -- about 20-30 miles or more down. And a tsunami warning/watch is in effect for the coast of South... more ›

We're hitting the Main branch of the SF Public Library (100 Larkin Street) for Central America on a Shoestring, a talk by Lonely Planet's commissioning editor Greg Benchwick. more ›

So all this crazy weather recently-- the heat followed by fog, rain followed by sun, wind popping up out of nowhere-- Global Warming? Nope, it's El Nino. It looks like we're in the beginnings of another El Nino Winter. more ›

Come celebrate the recently relocated Cal Academy of Science museum, now on Howard between 4th and 5th Streets and the rejuvenation of their exhibit on ants. (We would have used the picture of the big ant colony [scroll down] to illustrate this posting but -- well, it freaked us out. Sorry.) more ›