You've gotta admire SFCityscape's Steve Boland for putting his money where his Muni-griping mouth is. While lesser sites (like SFist, we freely admit) are content just to bitch and moan about Muni, SF Cityscape wants to buy you a drink at Trad'r Sam. First, come out for the Richmond Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Newsom and Supervisor McGoldrick, this Saturday, July 29 from noon to 2 at Presidio Middle School (450 30th Ave between Geary......

If you're not outraged yet about Muni -- the fare increases, the service cuts, the refusal to abide by legally mandated schedules, the f**king DEATHS -- just feast your eyes on the early-distribution copy of a new report by the SF Planning and Urban Research Association (PDF). Not only could Muni face a $1,000,000,000 (BILLION! BILLION! BILLLLLLLLION!) shortfall in the coming years, but guess what: those $1.50 fare increases and service cuts they forced......

In the past decade, the closing of many of the small, single-screen movie theaters has been a serious blow to SF's neighborhoods--not to mention those folks who feel nauseous at the thought of the multiplex. It's not all bad news, though: In May, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to make the New Mission Theatre - once the largest movie theater on the West Coast - a city landmark; its new owner, Gus Murad & Associates, has indicated a willingness to preserve the theater as part of the redevelopment plans....