If you're thinking about a casual, bucolic Sunday drive up to Sonoma this weekend, please be advised that the now annual Father's Day installment of NASCAR will be descending on Infineon Raceway, complete with a legion of loyal male fans and a possible repeat appearance by Tom Cruise and his son. That intersection of Routes 121 and 37, therefore, will be all snarled up and crazy by late afternoon/early evening, and you will be kicking yourself for not keeping track of such things as you sit, buzzed and tired, in your car trying to get back to the city. [SF Citizen] more ›

SF Citizen illustrates that many San Francisco residents evidently opted for staying on their couches or attending the rained-delayed Giants game, anywhere but Sunday Streets. (It looks like SFist's bold declaration that rain wouldn't stop the fun was incorrect!). Lots of folks might have also been tired out by the countless festivals that took place yesterday. more ›

Good news for motorists and cyclists alike: Bike NOPA reports that a plan has been hashed out for a designated curbside queue lane for the ever-popular and cheap ARCO station at Fell and Divisidero that makes traffic around there so effing miserable (not to mention dangerous) during commute hours. The plan also includes a yellow bike lane to the right of the gas lane. The only objectors here will be the locals who'll be losing street parking spots, so prepare for that griping. [via SF Citizen, who is quick to note the Porsche 944 parked in the foreground.] more ›

The Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth packed into Marines Memorial Hall today to discuss their "latest" findings in the conspiracy theories — now supported, they say, by a legion of architects and engineers 1,000 people strong — surrounding the alleged planned demolition of the World Trade Center towers nine years ago. Organization head Richard Gage (pictured) spoke about the eyewitness and forensic evidence he's assembled -- "evidence" which isn't so much new, because we've heard it all before, lo these many years now, but which he feels compelled to deliver before a captive audience from time to time. more ›

Hollywood gossip columnist and sometime crazy person Nikke Finke has marked Trauma as next in line for cancellation, following on the axing of NBC's Southland, and citing the $3 million-per-episode price tag. As she writes, "When I screened the show, I was rooting for the helicopter to kill off every character..." Sorry guys, we may have to save our live-blogging for something else. more ›

This photo comes to us via SF Citizen, along with the missive, "You know that Autumn has come to San Francisco when you see a crescent moon inside of the nine red stars that make up the Sutro Constellation." OK, laugh if you want, but despite the blog's linking to a post about the Sutro Tower, we still didn't get it and spent five minutes searching around to see if there was such a constellation, and wondering how you could get a photo of nine red stars without touching it up. But yes, folks, we have our blonde moments just like you... more ›

San Francisco -- being like that pretty girl who sits by herself in the lunchroom and doesn't get a ton of attention outside her AP classes -- gets excited when she's given a chance to shine in the prime time limelight. But NBC's Trauma which premieres in two weeks and which we've all watched in the making here in SF all summer long, may not be long for this world. SF Citizen points us to this blurb by a NY Daily News critic who's had a sneak peak at the show and writes it off saying "we've all seen this before." There's also this poll on HubDub in which people have placed Trauma second only to Accidentally on Purpose as being one of the first new shows likely to get canceled this season. (SF Citizen also points to the irony of our city being one of the only ones without a hospital helipad or medical helicopter trauma unit largely due to the efforts of these rich NIMBYs.) more ›