Entries from SFist tagged with 'sanandreas'
November 19, 2006
Okay, this is kind of genius -- it's a video for "If You're Going to San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie, with graphics from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. (No killings.) By YouTube user BlueDevil969.......
Continue Reading "If You're Going To San Fierro...."October 19, 2006
Less than an hour north of the City, a lonely wedge of land juts out into the teeth of the Pacific swell. Almost completely separated from the Marin mainland by the grinding force of the San Andreas Fault (SAF), the Point Reyes Peninsula is a focal point for all kinds of natural forces.
... Continue Reading "The Great Outdoors: Point Reyes Peninsula"January 25, 2005
If it seems like it's a shinier, happier world out there, it's because this week is "No Name-Calling Week." All week Middle Schools taking part in the program will teach kids that calling each other names is bad…mmmm…kay? Participating schools will receive a resource guide that includes lesson plans, a video for classroom use and other promotional materials. At the end of the week, an essay and poetry contest will be held. We're sure the......
Continue Reading "I'm Rubber, You're Glue..."October 22, 2004
SFist is about to bring the election week coverage. That's right - wall-to-wall interviews, ballot measure commentary, late-breaking news. Stay tuned to us here on the internets for the latest and greatest! While everyone's concerned about national results, we're more concerned with a bag of fajitas, a rather uninhinbited mayoral wife, and propositions, propositions, propositions (it's like a beat in the Tenderloin). Most of us will of course be home watching it all on......
Continue Reading "Week in SFist"October 21, 2004
Grand Theft Auto jacked....
Continue Reading "Grand Theft Auto Stolen"October 19, 2004
There are video games that are popular with gamers - Counter Strike, Half-Life, Halo - and then there are video games that become cultural phenomena. The audience is drawn not so much by the game itself as to the world or story that the game describes. Who can forget the comic carnage of Mortal Kombat? The crossing of the gender gap by Ms. Pac-Man and Ladybug? The legions of fans of all ages who would......
Continue Reading "The Soundtrack Alone is Worth Fitty Bones!"September 28, 2004
Did you feel that? At 10:15 this morning, the Paso Robles/Parkfield area, about 150 miles south of San Jose, was at the epicenter of a 5.8 quake on the San Andreas, and 4.0-5.0 aftershocks a few minutes later. ...
Continue Reading "5.9 Earthquake"