Is there something about the Macarthur Maze that makes it easily flammable? There's a one to two hour delay basically in all directions after another fire closed down the onramps to the westbound Bay Bridge. Sounds like today's fire broke out in the joints of the bridge, though, so it's not another truck careening out of control and slamming into a pole, at least. No injuries reported either, which we're also glad to hear. more ›

Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the Bay Area through good times and bad...[w]e were there to keep the economy moving when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake knocked out the Bay Bridge, and most recently when the MacArthur Maze connector collapsed." But most important of all, BART has also... more ›

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--They took away the hazmat license of the company whose truck blew up the Macarthur Maze. We can't really disagree with that. more ›

. Russo says he was distracted by his sons as they were driving away (in his hybrid -- of course!) from Fenton's Ice Creamery and forgot. This is a class act apology, though -- "There's no excuse. I should have been wearing my seat belt. I will not fail to wear my seat belt in the future." Russo also got dinged for having a crack in his windshield and for having an outdated address on his driver's license. Ironically, the cop that ticketed him had been involved in a city lawsuit for kicking a perp in the groin in 1998. more ›

--They reopened the Macarthur Maze! And of course, now the bridge is backed up. more ›

Pssst! See that black strip on your BART card? Does that maybe remind you of anything? They are very similar to the black strip on all those hard little plastic cards you carry in your wallet right? Like credit cards. Debit cards. Some supermarket membership cards. And we know the implications of those things -- keep them away from magnetic stuff; keep them away from extreme heat, or the information may be compromised. So, back to your BART card -- ever occur to you that the same principles may apply? Geez, people! Think! more ›

--Meet Tapioca Ed's "consultant" friend. more ›

going to reopen the Macarthur Maze by Memorial Day weekend! That construction company totally deserves their $5 million bonus. more ›

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Guess who's back talking about MUNI for the ABC 7 I-Team?????? (4:33 on the video). Since Gavin hasn't done anything outrageous lately, Dan Noyes turns his attention to the perennial favorite of complaining about MUNI -- this time discovering the name of the driver who's gotten the most citizen complaints (for ignoring a beating at the back of the bus, refusing to call the police on pickpockets, and swearing at passengers, to name a few.) SFist MattyMatt is, awesomely, playing the role of expert MUNI rider activist in this clip. "It's up to the people who actually use Muni .... to come in and say, 'All right, well we expect more. We want Muni to be better than it is.'" Hear, hear!! (And we love your shirt, SFist MattyMatt!) more ›

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Gavin Newsom, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums tried to out-macho each other last night at the MacArthur Maze. more ›

To tell you the truth, we were hesitant to share this restaurant review with you, because we were worried that you would swarm our favorite neighborhood breakfast place and extend our wait for corned beef hash, but now, with the collapse of the 80/580 interchange, we have nothing to worry about. So here goes... more ›

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