Source: the ever-brilliant Jim Herd at the Anime Costume Parade.......

There was a press conference today at 11am with the Mayor and the head of Muni -- no major revelations, but here's the condensed Cliff's Notes version from our guy at the event: Gavin: Nat is as frustrated as everybody else. We want change on the margins. Eliminating bus stops. The line I take down polk never has more than 10 people; It takes 10 minutes. We will eliminate bus stops. Nat: This journey......

Hey, which would you rather have: a bus that comes on time, or a bus that comes late but has a nifty antenna on top? Well who cares what you want! You're getting the antenna. A tipster advises us that there was a ConnectedBus event at the Fed Building today, at which Gavin and Nat Ford and Cisco announced that there'll soon be 800 wifi-enabled busses in San Francisco. You mean, sort of like......

Well, whaddya know. No sooner did we lavish praise upon the SF County Transportation Authority than Nat Ford, head of Muni, decided that he might be interested in committing a hostile takeover of the SFCTA... thereby making the TA as flawless as Muni. Good idea! If our agency was melting down, and there was another one making us look bad, we might want to buy it and run it into the ground, too! (That's......

If you took Coolidge Corner and moved it to San Francisco, you'd wind up with something very much like West Portal, a nicely-kept secret neighborhood with folksy shops and restaurants and a theater, about a 10-minute subway ride from the Castro. And get this: it's about to get even nicer, thanks to some sprucing-up by Muni. "Underinvestment in the Muni system has brought us to a point where we cannot postpone this work," says......

Last week's winner, the SF Weekly. Hey, someone spilled alcohol on our issue! Or at least we hope it's only alcohol.... We're now only gingerly turning the pages. Please don't be pee. Letters: Someone hates Chris Daly. You can't talk to MUNI head Nat Ford when he's in the john? (Cartoon at left.) Cover article: The Treasure Island Music Fest is gonna be awesome!!!!!!! (We have got to remember to pick up tickets for it......

There's probably no shortage of folks who'll claim that this is yet another polite platitude. But check out this leaked Muni memo from Nat Ford: "we need to take steps to ensure that unacceptable conduct does not continue and that people are accountable for their actions and understand the consequences." Okay, okay, it's only a memo, not some kind of shift in the Muni zeitgeist. And yet ... Well-placed sources in Muni tell us......

--It's San Francisco Cocktail Week! Drink specials galore. --One of the Google founders got married. In a swimsuit. At David Copperfield's house. --In other Google news, you may have noticed they've redesigned the search page. --Mission High sells pies. These look great! --Gavin tries on eyeglasses. --Angry T-Third commuters give Nat Ford a piece of their mind. We may be covering this more in depth later on the site. --Sunshine law gadfly Kimo Crossman......

Well this is going to be awkward: a public town-hall meeting with Muni Director Nat Ford. It's this Wednesday, May 16, at noon; at the Ferry Building in the Port Conference Room on the second floor. As is usually the case with anything Muni-related, we have no idea how to get to that location. If manage to figure out how to get there, take notes and pictures! We'd love to hear your feedback on......

UPDATE! Let's just pretend that our embarassingly mispelled hedline is a Lindsay Lohan joke. Yeah, sure, that's the ticket. Thanks for sending in pix and video of your own experiences with Muni's near-meltdown (and please, remember to not be jerks when using your cameras). Didja catch us complaining on NBC11's news last night? (The reporter is still seeking comments from riders, BTW -- so send her an email.) As expected, Muni's still staggering around,......

UPDATE! Since this post went up 45 minutes ago, Muni has removed the apology from its site. We expect a new statement to be issued any minute, declaring that Muni regrets nothing, would do it all over again, and you'll never get me alive, coppers. It's not as good as getting the trains running on time, but it's a start. Muni leaders have clearly been in over thier heads for the last few days,......