SF News Ask a Muni Driver Suppose I start at 11AM. When the bus that I take over arrives 15 minutes late, I have to play catch up. I am essentially doing my "follower's" (the bus after you) job.
SF News Second Fake Question Time As you can see, the pouring rain was wreaking havoc on Gavin Newsom's carefully-styled coif this morning at the Second Fake Question Time townhall meeting in District 10's Bayview district. We arrived at
SF News Driveway Parking What does this have to do with anything other than being one of our favorite stories? Well, there's been an influx of driveway parking, especially in the Richmond, and Supervisor Jake McG wants
SF News Norovirus Outbreak The bug is definitely not that dangerous, although it can be if found in the elderly. It has still led to one of the healthcare facilities, Bonnie Brae Terrace, to be quarantined and
SF News Gavin's New Date After vetoing Mirkarimi's foot patrol proposal on Friday, Gavin Newsom skipped on over to the Red Tie Gala at Neiman-Marcus, to benefit St. Anne's Home for the elderly poor in the Lake District,
SF News Bill O'Reilly Spreads the Love Last week, San Francisco's #1 fan, Bill O'Reilly finally told his elderly and half-senile audience just what "San Francisco Values" are. And what are they? Well, let's go to the transcript, shall we?
SF News Farewell Felipe Well, everybody knew it was coming, but now it's official, Felipe Alou is no longer the Giants manager. Remember, in sports it's never official unless the press conference and statements are released. Considering
SF News Driver Hitting Pedestrians The police caught a driver in a black Honda SUV in Laurel Heights, at Laurel and California Streets, where he'd hit two people (one who died). A child was also struck and suffered
SF News Bikes 1, Cars 0 The "Healthy Park's Initiative" (that title polled much better than "Traffic Congestion Saturday!") now goes before Gavin who gave this definitive response: "There's a chance of a veto. There's a chance I support
SF News Saturdays In the Park Yesterday, the Board of Supes approved by a 7-4 vote a measure to close off part of Kennedy Drive on Saturdays just as it is on Sundays. Well, for a "six-month" trial run
SF News Fighting Premature Evictulation The first measure called for those selling the condo to alert those possibly buying the condo that disabled and/or elderly people were evicted. The theory is that potential buyers would get with
misc Cares Cleans Out The Closet Just our luck, though, is that there are some good options for making better use of our no-longer-needed items. First, Buffalo Exchange is going to get our old mink and fox fur coats.
Arts & Entertainment I Think My Syphilis Is Clearing Right Up This Examiner article hits it on the nose -- with such a large population of people who escaped moved here from elsewhere, a lot of us spend Thanksgiving without the traditional family, stuffing,
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Portia, From Grateful Dogs A wonderful companion dog! Portia is a 50 lbs. bearded collie/terrier mix who was displaced recently when her elderly owner passed away. She is adjusting and would love to connect with another
Arts & Entertainment Recovering Yvesdropping Boy: "My mom taught me how to use a sewing machine when I was a kid. And I made lots of bags and pillows. They're pretty much the same thing. Except one has
SF News Falling Into The Fall For the last couple weeks the deciduous trees have bequeath their surroundings with fall-like leaves, and offer pleasant browns and appealing rustling sounds to passersby. Rain, or what would be better termed as
SF News Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord. The quality of San Francisco's eavesdropping has never really impressed us -- the character of our overhearings always seemed more like disembodied one-chuckle quotes from "Kids Say The Darndest Things" than anything having
SF News The Old Lady Who Lives in a Hospital The story began two years ago when Nome fell and couldn't get up, breaking her legs. Her legs were set and she was sent to a convalescent home and somewhere along the way,
Arts & Entertainment <i>Xin Nian Kuai Le</i> (Happy New Year) And a and/or Gong hay fat choi, depending on your dialect, to you! It's Chinese New Year's! Lunch is on your Asian-American friends, who should be flush with red envelope cash today.
SF News A Million for Tsunami Relief? By a 2-1 margin, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Finance Committee Ok-a-lee-do-keed a proposal to give one million dollars out of the San Francisco General Fund for tsunami relief. The two supervisors
SF News Political Junkie: Puttin' the F back in SF (We've been dying to use that title for weeks now!) All of you who make that trendy organic soap, sales should be skyrocketing through your thatched roofs with all the mouth-washing-out that's underway
misc Crazy About Cats, or Just Plain Crazy? SFist loves animals. But even we got a bit of an allergic sniffle when we read about the more than 80 cats taken from a home in San Carlos on Friday. Achoo! And,
SF News Last Day To Register to Vote Hey! You! Did you just turn 18? Did you just move? Are you 20,000 loud? Are you going to vote or die? Well, here's your chance -- today's the last day to
SF News Gettin Jiggy With It While drinking some beer and reading some of our favorite blogs, we stumbled across this Reuters item linked to from The Wit and Wisdom of Martin Van Buren, who generally has the ability
