SF News SF's Continuing Crime Fiesta: Bus Stabbing No signs of slowing down: Someone was stabbed on a MUNI bus at 16th and Mission today a little past 1 p.m. this afternoon. "One person was transported to a hospital with
SF News Yay for Buses and Oxygen! Boooo for Pretending that Hummers are "Low-Emission"! So, obviously, SFist can't even pretend to be neutral when it comes to Prop A. We've been covering its progress for months, and now it's evolved into a smart, fair compromise that has
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Next Year's 9/11 To-Do List From Lady_K via Contribute page, who found this note on Church Street in front of the Blockbuster near Market -- also, how on earth does that Blockbuster remain open for business? --
Arts & Entertainment East Bay Cheaper: Going Green and Saving Green However, when we found out that a coupon book specifically for East Bay eco-minded businesses, organic food, restaurants, sustainable living services, and entertainment was on its way to our little forgotten corner of
SF News MUNI Bus Smacks Pedestrian On 24th Street Last Night Last night -- according to fredsharples, who took these shots, found on SFist Contribute -- a pedestrian was (reportedly) hit by a MUNI bus at around 7 p.m. on 24th Street between
SF News If the Raiders Ain't Cheatin, They’re Not Trying A lot of it just comes from what kind of team they were; especially back in the Glory Days of the '70's. You have an owner who looks straight out of Goodfellas, a
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, a completely not soaked with alcohol East Bay Express: Hey, we just picked our issue up with the classifieds side up and you can go to LA on a Price Is
SF News The New Muni Hybrids: Hot or ... Hot? We've ridden Muni's new hybrids along both the 27 and 48 routes for a couple of weeks now, and our experience has been slightly mixed. The good aspects are that the buses are
SF News NextBus, NextMus-tache What we find especially amusing about this defaced photo is that when Selma Blair recently admitted her flaws to the public, she mentioned bleaching. Blair confessed the following to UK mag, Dazed and
SF News Day Around the Bay -- John O'Neill, the man killed last week by an N-Judah a J-Church train, died while saving his pup, Cappy. If there is a heaven, O'Neill is up there. [Chron] -- Spare the
SF News NextMuni's Leaking Data For Classified Diesel Lines A few weeks ago, observant Muniwatchers noticed that some diesel lines had been added to the official NextMuni site: the 38, for example. Yay! But some lines still lingered in offline purgatory: the
SF News Tenderloin Housing Clinic Update: Things Still Kind of Awkward and Uncomfortable Firings! Lies! Non-lies! It's so fucking exciting! A few hours after our post last week about Jeff's cameras in the THC's Seneca Hotel, we caught word of some firings. OMG did we get
SF News Homeless Kerfuffle, One Month In We were on the 7 a few days ago and four gutterpunk types were complaining about how the city had taken their stuff from camps in Golden Gate Park. One of them, a
SF News Old Map Mascot: Murray Found on Octoferret's Flickr account -- which also features a way boss lineup of old (and somewhat fury-inducing compared to today's) maps and buses -- is a long-forgotten mascot from the '70s, Murray.
Arts & Entertainment This Crow's Gotta Fly -- A Plan For Burning Man Hannah Watson's really into crows. In June 2000, surrounded by family, her mother passed away. Hannah tells us that right outside, just after her mom died, "the crows cawed, hollered at one another,
SF News August Muni Payout: $131,695.06 The biggest payout is $47,500 to a guy who broke his ankle when the bus lurched forward before he could sit. Ouch. The driver in question was Daniel Johnson, driver number 1324.
misc Week Around the -ists Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one
SF News SFist Blotter Yet another pedestrian hit by yet another MUNI bus in the Richmond -- this time, the 1 California at 22nd Ave. Plus, Caltrain hit a car this morning too. More murder counts for
SF News Bus Shelter Makes A Funny From the 22 shelter on Haight near Fillmore. We're not sure how we stand on anthropomorphizing your beverages, but that ad is pretty funny.
SF News Local Fire And Brimstone (If By Brimstone We Mean Generalized Trouble) Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14
SF News Ask a MUNI Driver This week's installment: Bus comfort, back door hard-ons, and -- surprise! -- no official MUNI policy. When do you decide to make an effort to try and affect things on the bus (telling
Arts & Entertainment Selections from <em>LA Times</em>' Critical Mass Article Too much ink has been spilled and too much bandwidth used to praise/bury Critical Mass in length. Now the LA Times gets in on the action. We'd love to break it down
SF News 511.org: Still Incompatible with San Francisco In their August newsletter (sent out after a third of August has already passed), 511 is pushing four bulletins, all of which are useless unless you use a car: - There's new FasTrak
SF News We Can't Wait for That Study to be Done so we can FINALLY Find Out Why Nobody Rides Muni So, is this a driver shortage or a NextMuni glitch? It's hard to know for sure. It's also hard to care -- after all, from a rider's perspective, does it really matter? When
