SF News Australian Man Gets Two Months in Jail for San Mateo County Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Two A September 2023 head-on crash that killed two elderly people in San Mateo County has been attributed to an Australian motorist driving on the wrong side of the road, which would have been the correct side in Australia, so that motorist got a plea deal for just two months in jail.
SF News Uber Stymied In Australian State, Protests With 15,000 Printed Emails Delivered By Horse And Buggy After the Australian state of Queensland passed legislation to stamp out Uber last month with punishing fines to drivers using the app, the $50 billion valued company did what any imperious, overvalued child
Arts & Entertainment Prince Pays Tribute To Denise 'Vanity' Matthews Following Her Death In Bay Area Hospital Just moments after musician/actor/beautiful person Prince learned that his one-time protégé Denise "Vanity" Matthews had died at a Bay Area hospital, he had to take the stage in Melbourne, Australia. According
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Glow-In-The-Dark Night Surfing Like a clash between Tron and Endless Summer, these surfers zipped up electroluminescent wetsuits and hit some tasty waves in Bondi Beach in Australia this past November. According to Laughing Squid, the night
SF News Armistead Maupin Denied Restroom in Australia for Not Being a "Real" Man San Francisco-based writer Armistead Maupin, creator of the iconic Tales of the City series, was in Australia last week for a book tour when he visited Alice Springs with his husband Chris Turner.
misc Meanwhile, Down Under: Australian AG Backs a Law Allowing for Sexual Orientation-Based Expulsions We're not going to claim to know how Australia works, it being the land of theives and tax evaders and all, but their Attorney General is supporting a law that, "exempts private schools
SF News Australians, Hong Kong-ians Panic About Incoming Swine Flu From San Francisco The insane worldwide panic preceding a potential (though unlikely?) worldwide pandemic of swine flu reached new heights today, with Australian flights from California being screened before deplaning and a woman in Hong Kong
SF News Muni Feels Pretty Either you are the kind of person who feel giddy whenever a train passes, or you aren't. If you aren't, then there's simply no explaining the glee with which transit enthusiasts will receive
SF News RIP: Heath Ledger Found Dead Australia-born actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his NYC apartment today. It is reported that he allegedly died of either a drug overdose or hanging at Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment. More details as
