SF News Heroic Cable Car Collides with Double Parked SUV Service was disrupted after a cable car rammed into a sports utility vehicle that was double parked. (Tsk, tsk.) The "accident," which happened yesterday afternoon a little before 5 p.m., occurred on
misc Chance Meeting on the Cable Car Turns into Ephron-ian Tale of Fate While it seems too sugary to be true - and we doubt it is - this story has touched our cold, selfish hearts. See, Muni Diaries has a story of fate and romance
SF News Cable Car Hits Pedestrian A little before 6 a.m. this morning a cable car struck a pedestrian on Mason Street near Broadway. the unidentified person was sent to a local hospital. According to the Muni Spokesperson
SF News Cable Car Collision Two cable cars smacked into each other at California and Drumm streets. (Oops.) The accident happened around 8 a.m. this morning, injuring two crew members.(Cha-ching!) Sadly, due to the accident, all
misc Late Night Cable Car Accident Injures Four Four people were hurt after a cable car derailed last night at Washington and Powell streets. (Check out this image of the car off its tracks. So wrong!) A little before midnight last
SF News Oats Bests Cobb During yesterday's hotly contested Muni Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, Leonard Oats beat frontrunners Ken Lunardi and Byron Cobb to snag the title of Best Bell Ringing MUNI Employee in the Universe. In
misc Gavin Newsom to Attend to Muni's Greatest Challenge: Banging Two Pieces of Metal Together Here at SFist, we are not impressed with percussive instruments. Calling a drum circle "music" is like calling crosswalk stripes "a painting." But there's something sort of impressive about an experienced cable car
SF News Day Around the Bay No. 25 is alive. Again. [WhatImSeeing] "OMGROFL" [Jameth] Breaking news: Danielle Steel's "glazed" Stinson Beach home for sale. [Curbed] Anti-gay marriage measure qualifies for November ballot. How creepy. [Sacbee] Perfect for all you
misc Follies In Cable Car Advertising Guess what we don't want to think about while riding San Francisco's whimsical, romantic, and downright gorgeous cable cars? Unkempt sphincters.
misc The Making of a San Francisco Cable Car Did you ever wonder just where or how cable cars were made? More to the point, did you know that cable cars didn't just fall from the sky? Well, we didn't. WhatImSeeing, allowed
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 California Street Cable Cars Out Of Order Today While crews repair a damaged cable, California Street cable cars will be down for the count today, but could return to service by early tomorrow. Sad, isn't it? According to Muni spokesman Alan
SF News Late-Night Pizza Ban? That's Crazy Talk! Noted Pizza-Roll fans, we're not one to patronize pizza establishments in order to stifle late-night sodium cravings brought on by binge drinking. (Really, with Pizza Rolls you transition from freezer to toaster oven
Arts & Entertainment The Day Of Stop Shopping Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, the day where big retail shoppers traditionally break even for the year! Traditionally considered the biggest shopping day of the year! Is it retail therapy? ....Or is
Arts & Entertainment Splat: Pie Fight Tonight Screw the cardboard tube battle, this sounds like something that needs to happen every night. This evening at 5 p.m. sharp, head on down to the tourist epicenter of San Francisco, the
misc Week Around the -Ists Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come
SF News Don't Forget to Tip Your Driver, or Brakeman When our relative from out of town just had to ride a cable car before his departure from our superior city, we decided to indulge him and follow some tracks until we caught
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Asian Americans vs. ABC Disney It all has to do with what lovely local Teri Hatcher said on a recent edition of ABC's . The offending line of dialogue from the show: “Okay, before we go any further, can
SF News Powell-Hyde Street Cable Car Line Closed The Powell-Hyde Street cable car line shut down for the rest of the day today. The cable running beneath the car was "frayed," it seems. Frayed? That...sounds scary. We wonder if any
SF News Day Around The Bay -- Cammerin Boyd killed by reasonable force, says jury. [Chron] -- Behold: the 54 million dollar SF home. Bow down before it, plebeians and renters! [CurbedSF] -- Argentina hosts the gay World Cup
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Seinfeld Was In Town? Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. Jerry Seinfeld was in town the other day, presumably to promote his upcoming film (why on a cable car, though? Is there an SF
Arts & Entertainment CalTrain of Thought Other local trains featured in the book include MUNI's F-line and the famous cable car, with a cameo appearance by your very own Golden Gate Bridge, of course. (Yay! The next generation of
SF News We're Never Going To Get Translink But no! A BART official working on the Translink project has said, while they've got the system running for AC Transit, Golden Gate ferries and buses, and MUNI trains, he doesn't think MUNI
SF News Shooting At Powell And Market You may know this area, as it's right by the cable car turnaround we send all the tourists to, right by the San Francisco Shopping Center, and right by the Powell Street BART
