SF News Renowned Insurer Ranks The Worst Things That Could Happen To San Francisco Though a huge earthquake is often mentioned when discussing either San Francisco's utter destruction or the only way one might be able to afford property, it won't be the worst thing to happen
SF News Facebook, Other Tech Companies Step Up To Help Nepal, Matching Donations For Relief Effort A number of tech companies stepped up in the wake of the disastrous earthquake in Nepal over the weekend, but so far Facebook seems to have emerged with a surfeit of generosity, as
Arts & Entertainment New 'San Andreas' Trailer Does A Pretty Great Job Of Effing SF Right Up Now, you might look at the newest trailer for San Andreas, the earthquake-focused film shot in San Francisco (among other places) last summer and assume that it is the standard goofball disaster film,
SF News Great Shake Out Happening This Morning At 10:17 AM A friendly reminder: a massive earthquake is poised to hit the Bay Area (again), one that will surely cause millions of dollars worth of damage and, most likely, kill dozens of people, if
SF News Daisy Does The Niners: Total Meltdown in Seattle by Daisy Barringer Remember how, at the start of the season, I promised I would work on my football-watching behavior? Fewer F-bombs, less anger, an overall less dramatic disposition? All I can say
SF News BREAKING: Earthquake Shakes Whole East Coast [Updated] We're getting reports that an earthquake just shook a huge swath of the East Coast, from as far north as Boston south to North Carolina. Ooop - our cohorts at Gothamist HQ report
SF News Photo: Tsunami Makes Its Way To Emeryville Berkeley photographer Steven Winter (Dr Speed) sent Berkeleyside this astounding image of the tsunami making its way to Emeryville. Excellent work. Click to enlarge. [Berkeleyside]
SF News Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: Where Were You? Today, January 28, marks the 25th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. Back in 1986, the Challenger came apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew
SF News San Bruno Fire: What's PG&E Got to Do With It? Contrary to bumper sticker ideology, shit doesn't just happen -- at least when it comes to the San Bruno explosion fire, that is. Concern and confusion, sparked by the natural gas explosion that
SF News State Orders PG&E to Inspect All Gas Pipes The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered PG&E to check for leaks in of its gas lines. This, of course, comes on the heels of Thursday's San Bruno fire and explosion.
SF News Helping Disaster Victims in Pacific, Southeast Asia Bay Area communities are organizing efforts to help victims of the four disasters that struck the Samoan Islands, the Philippines, and Indonesia this week. Below are a few places to drop off donations.
SF News Earthquke Hits Bay Area, Centered in Morgan Hill Reports are coming in that there was a mild earthquake felt in San Francisco. We felt it too, but it could have been our the washing machine in the spin cycle. "I believe
Arts & Entertainment Help Us Find Ricky Reed! He was last seen somewhere in the Amazon's bamboo forest. We hope he doesn't meet up with a T-Rex. We've heard they're fierce. His drummer, Arjun Singh, is completely depressed and wants some