misc Muni Citations: Now Slightly Less Awful Attention criminals: as of this week, your swashbuckling days of villainy and misbegotten Muni rides have become easy and breezy. Muni has "decriminalized" citations, which means that you won't have to go to
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Asians! Muni has three disruptions on their radar this weekend: The Chinese Flower Market Fair on Saturday and Sunday, the San Francisco Half Marathon on Sunday, and the Tet Fesitval Celebration on Sunday. All
misc News Flash: Muni Not Without Some Problems The next installment of his long-running Muni investigation airs tonight at 6pm on ABC-7, and it sounds like it's going to be awesome: after spending months pouring through Muni's complaint records (while simultaneously
misc DANGER: Muni Cars Return to Claim More Victims Muni issued an alert yesterday afternoon that said simply, "Emergency - Powell line cable cars back in service." Oh no! Emergency! Cable cars unleashed on an unsuspecting public! Save yourselves! Run for the
misc Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BART (but You Aren't Allowed to Know About Muni) Muni declined to comment when we asked them why they weren't participating. So we'll have to assume it's because their engineers are already in way over their heads; and nobody there has any
Arts & Entertainment Is America Ready for a Black Hero? No? Well, How About a Black Antihero? Or maybe the movie isn't racist at all -- maybe it's just the trailer. It introduces us to Will Smith by showing him in tattered clothes, seemingly drunk, sleeping on a park bench.
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Let's Get Some Cars off the Roads Muni will be running extra trains to accommodate the Supercross crowd. The extra trains will stop running at 10pm, which is a shame because the event lets out at 11pm. Ha ha. Supercross
misc You Have Been Chosen to Recieve a Free Sony Vaio From Muni Okay, so why did we get an email from [email protected] that says "You've been chosen to recieve a free Sony Vaio" after signing up for Muni's mailing list? Well, unfortunately, it's
misc A Much-Needed Bath Reliable tipster Jerry Jarvis reports that things are a bit damp right now in Market Street's combat zone. Somewhere in that no-man's land between Powell and the Castro, a truck bumped into a
misc Remove Your Trousers, or We'll Have Them Removed for You When: Saturday, January 12 at 3:00 PM, Sharp! (Over by around 5:30) Where: I'm thinking we should meet across the street from Embarcadero station, but I'm open to ideas here. Bring:
misc But When is Spinster Appreciation Day? Anyway, next Sunday (the 13th) will see a bunch of museums and attractions offering free admission for kids who can prove that they live in SF. Some are pretty cool (the Musee Mechanique,
misc SFgo Still Going, Probably The idea behind SFgo is that all of the lights in the city should be monitored and controlled by a central hub, so they can deal more effectively with traffic woes. It's a
misc Muni Playing Catch-Up with West Portal Fix-Up "Underinvestment in the Muni system has brought us to a point where we cannot postpone this work," says Muni boss Nat Ford. Apparently, while they were replacing the decrepit wiring in the West
misc Give the Gift of Consumer Insight to 511 If you're done with your pagan tree-worship holiday, head on over to MeTransCo's 511 Survey, and let them know just how bad they suck. 'Tis the season! You could win an iPod, as
misc 511 Has News You Can Use! Or At Least, News That SOMEBODY Can Use, Hopefully But hey, this is 511 we're talking about! The most competent information service since Larry, Moe, and Curly's ill-fated map-selling venture! Maybe this new Embarcadero-based "InTransit Kiosk" is actually useful. Have you run
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Alleged "Celebration" Did you know that the "North of Market Holiday Celebration" is coming up? Neither did we! And neither did the rest of the internet, because there's no mention of the (possibly-fictitious) event anywhere
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Parolees on Parade Also: a football game, or whatever sport the 49ers are. Full details after the jump.
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Fervent Believers Everyone's behaving a little bit funny this weekend, and it's throwing the city's transit into a tizzy. An absolute tizzy! We haven't been this tizzied in MONTHS. First, there's Critical Mass. Lots of
Arts & Entertainment Art + Cake = Yum They're having a launch party where you can ooh and aah: Friday, the 7th, from 7 to 11pm at the Michelle O'Connor Gallery at 2111 Mission Street (near 17th), 4th floor. Will they
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Guide to the Holiday Weekend: Charity! Marathons! SHOPPING!!! Blah blah blah soup kitchens blah blah fun-runs blah holiday schedules. All that stuff's fascinating, of course, but here's what we really want to know: Muni, where can we find all the hottest
Arts & Entertainment Sail Away With Frau Blucher "What will Grandma say next?" the press releases asks, and "is she single?" WHAT? And then there is also a section entitled "GRANDPARENT INITIATION." We can't even begin to imagine what a "grandparent
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Guide to this Weekend: Baseball, New-Agey Contortionists This weekend's Muni news spans both ends of the Kinsey scale: for straight people, football; for the gays, Cirque du Soleil. Of course, gays are also allowed to like sports. (All those bulging
