A dear reader sent in photos of an unfortunate Muni mishap this morning: one of the 30-Stockton's antennae has popped loose to wreak havoc -- havoc! -- on the apartment window of some poor sap who already has the unfortunate experience of living both on the 30-Stockton line and above a liquor store. Hey, those curved panes of glass don't come cheap. A close-up shot of the shattering damage, after the jump. more ›

Some of you may recall the replica of a 17th Century Chinese war junk that toured through San Francisco last fall. It was called the Princess Taiping and its mission was to complete a round trip journey from Taiwan to prove that Chinese sailors may have reached North America before Columbus. Well, sadly (but also comically), in the waters just off Taiwan, the Princess Taiping was struck by a freighter and sunk just 30 miles from the end of its 14,000 mile journey. more ›