SF News SF-LA High Speed Rail Encounters Another Speed Bump Opponents of the proposed high speed rail, which would extend from the Bay Area to Los Angeles have brandished their latest weapon: a tree. It seems that Stanford’s iconic Redwood, “El Palo
SF News Prop Talk: Mayor Newsom Wants You to Vote No on Prop 23 by Andrew Dalton Despite his perma-slick hair, Mayor Newsom isn't exactly making friends in petroleum industry on his run for Lieutenant Governor by speaking out against Proposition 23 which will be put in
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 Target Dumping Hazardous Waste In Bay Area? First, Target came under fire for making an ill-advised contribution to an anti-gay politician. Now, according to SF Appeal, the retailer has been getting rid of hazardous waste in the Bay Area. SF
SF News Spare the Air, Please The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Day today because it's going to be hot. Very hot. Hot for San Francisco, anyway. AP reports, "On Monday the
SF News Homeowners and Tree Advocates Battle Over New Zealand Christmas Trees You'll likely recognize this species of tree, with the pretty, fuzzy red flowers, of which there are apparently almost 5,000 across the city. It's called a New Zealand Christmas tree, or Metrosideros
SF News Newsom Announces City's Toyota Prius Partnership With Wild Gesticulation In front of City Hall at a "green vehicle showcase," Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced a partnership between San Francisco and Toyota to advertise their Prius plug-in hybrids. And, as with anything carrying
SF News First Spare-The-Air Alert Issued for Monday Morning Put that firewood away (although there is no wood-burning ban in place), Monday is the first official Spare-The-Air Day of the season. Now that the warmer weather is upon us -- highs on
SF News City Launches Eco-Friendly Products Site San Francisco launched a green product site, SFApproved.org, which recommends eco-holy cosmetics, hand sanitizers, computers, office supplies, batteries and other items. According to AP, "The recommendations are based on a review of
SF News S.F. Might Expand Plastic Bag Ban After San Francisco banned plastic bags in supermarkets and retail chain stores, it now may "expand that ban to all retailers, including hardware stores, bookshops, clothing boutiques and department stores." Which is fine
misc Never Fear, You CAN Recycle Mr. Potato Head Recycling technology sure has come a long way, and it looks like San Francisco's Recology might be leading the charge. After noticing the forlorn Mr. Potato Head pictured on the "Recyclable" label of
SF News SF's Bottled Water Ban Tanks Raise your Perriers and Dasanis in a toast to the city's purported water bottle ban slipping down the drain to certain death. According to The Chronicle, last night's Environment Commission policy subcommittee meeting
SF News Ban Watch: Bottled Water Another day, another proposed ban in San Francisco. This week the city mulls over banning bottled water at all any and all events held on city property. The city's environmental commission will meet
SF News San Francisco Helps With BP Oil Spill While Karl Rove calls it Obama's Katrina, more reasonable minds are actually doing something about the hellacious BP oil spill. Take, for example, San Francisco and more than 180 California-based Coast Guard personnel
SF News Anti-Mountain Bike Advocate Allegedly Attacks Cyclists With Handsaw [Updated] And that right there, readers, is the most bizarre headline we've ever typed. Noted -- noted! -- anti-mountain bike crusader Mike Vandeman was "arrested yesterday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon
SF News National Protest Tomorrow, Outrage Over BP Oil Spill Citizens across the country are taking to the streets tomorrow night with a Critical Mass style procession entitled the "Krewe of Dead Pelicans." The protest will serve as a voice for the country's
SF News Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Bigger Than Bay Area The Deepwater Horizon spill is a "a massive ongoing oil spill stemming from a sea floor oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that started with a suspicious oil well blowout on April
misc Schwarzenegger Stops Offshore Oil Project After Massive Oil Spill Sacramento Bee reports that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger "withdrew his support Monday for a controversial new offshore oil drilling project off the Santa Barbara coast in the wake of a massive oil spill in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bring Your Travel Mug to Starbucks, Get Free Brewed Coffee Tomorrow Get up to 20 ounces of free brewed Starbucks coffee tomorrow when you bring in your travel mug. Starbucks is encouraging people to switch from the wasteful paper cups to reusable ones, for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Approves of Growing Food on Toxic Sewage Sludge? Food fight! At noon today tomorrow, the Organic Consumers Association (an online grassroots effort dealing with "crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade") will protest
misc Earth Hour Tomorrow Night at 8:30 p.m. It's that time of year again when lots of people across the world participate in Earth Hour by turning their lights off at 8:30 p.m. PST, sending "a clear message that
SF News Don't Have Your I.D.? You Can't Vote on a Regular Ballot, Says Initiative 80 initiatives and referenda and are out and about around the state with advocates trying to collect enough signatures so they can qualify for an upcoming election ballot. You might see people at
misc SFist Out and About We were one of about three people snapping photos of this peachy electric vehicle with our phones today, which was spotted at Sutter and Leavenworth. After doing a little research, we found out
misc Goats Doing Their Part Got lots of dry grass in hard to reach places? Call Goats R Us, [update] City Grazing, or Living Systems! It's always a treat to see these "kids" out doing what they enjoy
SF News Sarah Palin Calls Global Warming Studies 'Snake Oil Science' During a rare Northern California appearance on Monday, the increasingly bizarre and camera-whorish Sarah Palin opened her mouth, with self-consciously controversial results. It all happened at a media-banned logging conference in Redding, a
