SF News America's Cup Sailboat Technology Could Ferry You Around the Bay While we wouldn't recommend heading out on a boat in the bay right this minute, the Golden Gate Bridge transit district that operates ferry service from Larkspur and Sausalito to the city is
misc Morning Link Flotsam Keep your eyes on SFist's continuing Japan earthquake and tsunami coverage for the latest updates.. San Francisco's Tsunami Inundation Map shows us which neighborhoods would be underwater in the case of an extreme
SF News Temporary Mayor Ed Lee Gives Jerry Brown the Velvet Hammer on Redevelopment Over at the Chronicle, they're still reminding us of that stupid nickname given to temporary mayor Ed Lee by a middle aged woman from Nevada. What's worse is that it's hiding the story
misc What's Going on Here, Mr. Lew's Win-Win Bar & Grand Sazerac Emporium? Our friends on the Tenderloin Beat sent in this photo of what appears to be a new cocktail store in the same quaint style as say - Bourbon & Branch or one of
SF News Semi-Monthly Sit/Lie Update: Still Not Enforced in the Haight When we last checked in on the Upper Haight to see if the sidewalks were finally free from reclining nuisances, the Examiner made it seem like the idea of enforcing Proposition L was
SF News Heads Up: F-18's to Buzz San Francisco Any Minute Now Nope - not an early performance by the Blue Angels, but two similar, less blue F-18's will be pulling "practice military maneuvers between the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges from 2:30 to
misc An Alternative Solution to Vallejo's Hooker Problem Over at the national edition of Curbed they're taking a look at surprisingly nice homes for sale in bankrupt towns across America - and that includes our neighbor to the Northeast with the
misc Keith Olbermann Says Charlie Sheen is Acting Like Brian Wilson Or maybe Brian Wilson has been acting like Charlie Sheen all along? It's hard to tell where the actors end and where the baseball players begin in this post-World Series, post-Academy Award media
misc Adorable Thing for Today: The San Francisco Zoo's Baby Koala The Zoo's baby Koala has emerged! She's been hiding, as marsupials do, in her mother's pouch for the past six months. Use that fact to make yourself seem smart when you show this
misc Morning Links (for Regularity) Forecast says it might rain today. The weather looks nice from where we're sitting, but you know how these things go. [SFAppeal] Kill your Pandora account and just leave this on in the
SF News Breaking Guy Fieri Sports Car Updates: Celebrity Chef's Lamborghini Seen Joyriding Across Golden Gate Bridge An update on the Guy Fieri stolen Lamborghini story: SFPD Sergeant Michael Andraychak told Bay City News that his department has checked the traffic cameras and spotted the 2-door, bright yellow convertible travelling
misc We Read the Weeklies: March 9, 2011 This week we picked up two actual paper copies of the local alt-weeklies. They were perused over a cup of coffee. (The East Bay Express was not available at the liquor store near
SF News Contra Costa County Now Officially Full of Crooked Cops and Dirty Private Investigators From Danville comes this latest report of scandalous police activity: a Contra Costa Sheriff's deputy has admitted to being party to some of Private Investigator, Reality TV hopeful and Soccer Mom-employer Chris Butler's
SF News Afternoon BART Delays We hope you weren't on your way to the airport just now, BART is experiencing delays due to a disabled train at Powell Station around 12:30 p.m. The 45-minute delays are
SF News Board of Supervisors Weekly Power Rankings Our interest in the Board of Supervisors weekly meetings has been waning ever-so-slightly every week since the class of 2011 took their place in the People's Chambers. So, in order to bring a
SF News Muni Operators Bring the Lawsuit Pain on the City, Nat Ford The union of Muni operators (Transportation Workers Union Local 250-A, if you're hoping to identify them by their letter jackets) is suing the city, along with Muni Chief Nat Ford, to block the
misc Washed Up Morning Links Lisa Ling, a former member of The View's gaggle of opinionated ovaries, tries to figure out the "ex-gay" movement in an episode of her new show for Oprah's network. [Advocate] Be nice to
SF News Body Turns Up in the Water at Fort Mason According to Bay City News, a visitor spotted a body on the rocks near Fort Mason early yesterday evening around 4:30 of 4:45 p.m. The Chronicle says authorities were combing
misc Day Around the Bay More trashy celebrity news: Grub Street says Clive Owen can't get enough of Zuni, he's been back five times. What's more, Tablehopper hears he also popped in to Heirloom Cafe and had a
SF News Supervisor Campos Introduces Plan for Citywide Historic Sign Preservation While this is technically a late addition to our Board of Supervisors Agenda Items of Interest post, we thought this one was interesting enough to warrant it's own breakdown: Down in Bernal Heights
SF News Union Square Hilton, Hotel Workers Manage to Work Things Out Finally That 18-month standoff between the Union Square Hilton and the Local 2 Union that represents some 800 of the hotel's employees came to a close yesterday. From the description of the agreement, it
SF News What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for March 8, 2011 Two things happen every Tuesday in San Francisco: that air raid siren goes off when it's time to go to lunch and the Board of Supervisors meet in the People's Chambers at City
SF News SFSU Cheerleading Coach Admits to Embezzling Students' Cash, Running Off to Vegas Ashlee "Star" Haley, the SF State cheerleading coach on trial for embezzling some $20,000 of team funds has plead guilty to her charges, which officially makes her a felonious cheerleader, at least
Arts & Entertainment Urbane Studies Volume 10: Hedonism is Boring, Or: The More Things Change...Wait, They Don't Change This week in our recurring feature: Urbane Studies with the Tenderloin Geographic Society our friends at the Society offer up some historical perspective for the debauched month of Mardi Gras. Not that San
SF News Giants Beat Rangers in Cactus League Win, Pablo Sandoval's Physique Discussed Eloquently The headline on this McCovey Chronicles wrap-up post: "Giants beat Rangers, take commanding 5-1 lead" tells you pretty much all you need to know about a single spring game in March. But more
