Santa Clara County shook (again) this morning after two small earthquakes hit the area, one with a magnitude of 3.3 and the other boasting a mild 2.1. "According to the USGS, at 6:28 a.m. the 3.3 magnitude quake rattled an area north of Henry W. Coe State Park in the foothills about 20 miles east of San Jose," SF Appeal reports. "The tremor had a depth of 3.8 miles, and is the third and largest quake in the region in the past nine hours, according to the USGS." [Appeal] more ›

A gentle 2.0 earthquake nudged Santa Clara County last night. Bay City News (via SF Appeal) notes: "According to the USGS, at 10:23 p.m. a quake centered about Joseph D. Grant County Park rattled the foothills east of San Jose." Small, yes, but a good reminder to get prepared. more ›

In what will probably become one of the new fun regional rivalry games of the future, today we can all gloat and throw taunts in the direction of Santa Clara County who, despite this being a pretty goddamn wet year, are still being asked to take shorter showers and let their lawns dry up. They actually got 114% of normal rainfall this year, but the water district down south still voted to maintain their stance of conservation in order to avoid, like, another shortage next year? Anyway, we're pretty sure no one's listening. [KCBS] more ›

Happy Meals are about to get a lot less happy. That is, unless the fast food chains that peddle them can change their ways. For the toys and other promotional items that accompany those highly-caloric kid's meals are soon to be banned in parts of Santa Clara county. more ›

Alas, it was not a good weekend for cyclists of the Bay Area. more ›

Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount Hamilton, and (any minute now) Mount Tam. It's also blanketing the eerie Santa Cruz Mountains, resulting in the closure of Highway 9. It looks like many of you will have to take Highway 17. If you dare. more ›

According Eric Thomas from ABC 7, who went into mighty graphic detail about what happened, a suspect was arrested today for the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old Palo Alto teen. A press conference is scheduled at noon (now!), where even more details, names will surely unfold. This past Wednesday a teen was kidnapped in Palo Alto, taken to Sunnyvale (on the 500 block of Fair Oaks Avenue), and then sexually assaulted. She survived... more ›

Be careful walking your dogs, folks -- there was a triple shooting last night at Fort Funston. A man described as a thin, bearded, 5'8" man acting strangely, approached two people who looked like they'd just finished hang gliding, started up a conversation, and then shot them before shooting himself. The shooter is dead, and the two hang gliders were critically injured. As one witness, there walking his dog, said, "When my dog took off, that's when I realized I should too." more ›

We've had a few weeks to digest the news that there's a better than 50/50 chance of home prices falling in the next year, and today's news from the Wall Street Journal only piles on more of the same: housing inventories are rising pretty sharply in some markets. more ›

Well, we'd reported on kerfuffle between Apple Computer and a few punk bloggers (AKA Apple v. Does) before, but now there have actually been some legal developments in the case. And while it doesn't look good, it's not entirely hopeless yet, either. more ›

When SFist hears that Beastie Boys song, we automatically think about checking out reserved books from the San Francisco Public Library. We wish there were a song that reminded us of our great local independent bookstores, if you can think of one, tell us about it in the comments! more ›

Hey! You! Did you just turn 18? Did you just move? Are you 20,000 loud? Are you going to vote or die? Well, here's your chance -- today's the last day to register for the November 2 election. Embrace your elderly, non-Urban-Outfitters-cool status and exercise your franchise rights! more ›

South Bay residents are seeing significantly larger numbers of coyotes moving into their residential areas. more ›

Where SFist seeks to unsettle and dismay its loyal readers by relaying news of woe, randomly collected from a variety of news sources for the period of this week. more ›