SF News Power Outage at San Luis Obispo Sewage Plant Sends 10,000 Gallons of the Stuff Into the Ocean The beaches around Cambria on the central coast are a lot more like the beaches of northwest Mexico these days with 10,000 gallons of fresh sewage having just been spilled out of
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Beach... Optical illusions, fluffy canines, and sunlight drenched Bay Area beaches over the weekend during our unusually warm December. Or rather, what was our unusually warm December.
SF News Great Highway, Beaches Closed After Tsunami Waves Hit California Today's massive earthquake in Japan released a tsunami wave that, among other things, closed most California beaches and the Great Highway today. As of 8:00 a.m., the Chronicle reports: "The tide
SF News Photos: Dead Whale Washes Ashore at Bean Hollow State Beach Troy Holden of Caliber snapped these shots of a dead pregnant whale that washed ashore two weeks ago near Bean Hollow Beach in Pesacadero. Holden told SFist that, after arriving at the beach,
SF News Malibu Mirkarimi Marks Historic Surf Spot by Andrew Dalton From the District 5 Newsletter comes a nice pat on the back for the smiley supe, seen here on a recent trip to Uruguay. In addition to being really excited
SF News Annual Bay Area Nude Beach Guide Unsheathed Time to trim that bramble you call public hair (protip: careful grooming makes your shaft look bigger, fellas) and pull out the SPF 50. San Francisco Bay Guardian's 36th annual guide to Bay
SF News Gargantuan Waves Expected Tuesday Night Oh fun. The National Weather Service has issued a totally tubular high surf advisory, which starts Tuesday night "due to an incoming swell that is expected to create waves up to 20 feet
SF News High Surf Advisory Issued for Bay Area Although this image looks tempting, NorCal surfers/sailors, the National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory today for Bay Area beaches. The advisory goes into effect from 10 a.m. to to
SF News High Surf Advisory In Effect Today Between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. today, a high surf advisory is in effect for the Bay Area coast. This, according to Appeal/BCN, is "due to a forecast of swells
misc SFBG Nude Beaches Guide Arrives! More than any other issue of any print publication in town, we most look forward to 's Nude Beaches Guide. Why? Because, well, naked pics. This year marks the issue's 35th anniversary of
misc Ha! Sucks To Be You, Los Angeles! Sure, our water is colder and we've spilled a ton of oil and garbage around here but despite this all we have the cleanest beaches in California. What the hell is LA doing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Warm Weather = Best Beaches to Play Hooky Post Ok, let's see. You all have a little less than an hour or so to fake early symptoms of bubonic plague, whopping cough, or fibromyalgia. See, start now so when you call in
Arts & Entertainment Nothing Says "Guilt" Like "Earth Day" Cleanup Events: Ocean Beach Mount Tamalpais Angel Island Contra Loma Regional Park Less cleanup, more celebratory events: Earth Day on the Bay 2008, Marine Science Institute John Muir Earth Day Festival, Home of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: "Oil Spills Are Not Sexy!" Cosco Busan oil spill workers checked out a makeshift photo shoot in front of one of San Francisco's closed beaches last week. Flickr's Messtiza holds out hope that it was for a "keep
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Bonds' final, fatal backlash continues. (I wonder how he spent his day today? That would make a good dramatic play.) [SFGate, SF Examiner, FCJ , SFBG, The Snitch, CBS 5, NBC3] -- Kicking
SF News Surf's Up! Beaches Reopen The sands of Marin and San Mateo have officially reopened to the public. (We recommend hitting the beach in the fall. There's something luxurious about walking on the beach, bundled up in winter
SF News Horrors: Newsom's Hawaiian Weekend Getaway “I was shocked,” said Board of Supervisors Prez Aaron Peskin after being asked about Gavin Newsom's whereabouts this past weekend. Same here. Word is that Gavin was in Hawaii this past weekend, kicking
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Oil Spill = Death at Fisherman's Wharf See what we are dealing with on the closed beaches of S.F., after the jump.
SF News Ew: 58,000 Gallons of Spilled Fuel Close SF Beaches After yesterday's fog-induced Cosco Busan/Bay Bridge crash -- resulting in 58,000 gallons of fuel and 8,000 gallons of "heavy-duty bunker fuel oil" spilling into the Bay -- Baker Beach, Crissy
misc (Clean) Up the Beach Anyone who wants to go, just show up at Crissy Field (603 Mason and Halleck Street in the Presidio) by 9 and they will assign your task and place to do such task.
SF News Nothing More Appreciated Than a San Francisco Summer What we want to point out is that even our traditional calendar summer was much more temperate than average. There's something about human societal relationship with the weather that causes people to complain
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Let’s Get This Picnic Started Insider Tips: steer clear of melty items like chocolate, candy, and frosted cakes. Don’t bug out, either; store food in airtight containers to avoid ants taking over. Seeing ants swarm all over
misc SFist Barks and Whines: Smiley’s Schooner Salon and Hotel Online dog resources are hardly new to the Bay Area. For years we’ve had the San Francisco Dog Owners Group and a canine focused page at citysearch.com. We have two problems
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>ABDUCTION The Megumi Yokota Story</i> is a documentary about the 1977 kidnapping of 13-year-old Japanese school girl, Megumi Yokota and the decades-long odyssey her parents go through to get to the bottom of her disappearance. Chris Sheridan and
SF News Sometimes We Have To Wait Until November To Get Our September Summer The only thing missing from this full-blown summer are the extra hours we lost to Daylight Takings Away a couple weeks back. (Did you know the federal government has already legislated extending Daylight
