Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the East Bay Express: Letters about the bloggers fighting in small claims court. A Berkeley activist opposed to B-Town Dollar Stores, moves, says it's reverse racism. A fun-loving amputees' group called
SF News Fire And Mold At The Warming Hut More setbacks for those of you wanting souvenirs or a grilled cheese sandwich by the Golden Gate Bridge -- the Warming Hut's reopening after its devastating January 2007 fire has been delayed. The
misc No Whale News Is Good Whale News The authorities noted that a number of other dead whales have beached in the area recently, so it might not necessarily be our directionally-challenged cetacean friends -- and searches this morning have turned
SF News Day Around The Bay --Carnaval went well! --Jack Daly for mayor! Quote of the day: "Daddy, this party is no fun. Let's go to another party." Don't the progressives say that? Bonus tidbit: Sarah Daly says there
SF News Day Around The Bay --The Golden Gate Bridge opened 70 years ago today! The Golden Gate Bridge RULES. --Hilarious cartoons of vacations gone awry by Don Asmussen. (Even more in the print edition!) --M&R admit
Arts & Entertainment Don't Jump There's skeptics who don't think a barrier will help; but mental health pros, like The Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, are in favor of a barrier. We'll hear more this week, when the
SF News I Can't Drive 55 Here comes the numbers: while the number of collisions are down, the number of pedestrian fatalities are up. So, in other words, drivers don't hit other cars anymore, they hit pedestrians. The number
Arts & Entertainment Up on High, In the Mix Feeling quite adventurous, a few weeks ago we decided to test our legs on Mix Canyon Road a bicycle ride located just on the western side of Vacaville. We've heard amazing things from
SF News News Roundup Also, the grandmother of two children whose mother was killed when the tire of a cab came loose and struck the mother filed suit with the cab company, Luxor Cab. The lawsuit claims
SF News Your Commute: One Dollar More While the extra money will go to retrofitting, the new snazzy Bay Bridge suspension bridge redesign is what triggered the increase in the first place -- you may recall that when Schwarzenegger tried
Arts & Entertainment The Otters are Coming! A mother Southern sea otter and her pup attract attention frolicking in the Pacific Ocean near Monterey. California's sea otters were almost wiped out due to the Great Hunt that started in 1742.
SF News Name That Bridge! Okay, before we all start screaming and shouting, it's more for the Golden Gate District than it is for the bridge as the district is about $87 million in debt. And even they
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Monologue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Never underestimate the power of silly. Besides, not all theater has to be Theater. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford mix Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's existential
SF News Another Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain The rise in fatalities in recent years has caused people to call for better safety measures. The fact that most of the fatalities are due to suicide will probably call for other types
SF News Pink Jam Because nothing says potent political protest like causing traffic, the gals at Code Pink marched along the Golden Gate Bridge today disrupting traffic. Of course, this is one of those things that turn
Arts & Entertainment Dirty, Dirty Bloggers Q: Are you going to be trading up, a la One Red Paperclip? A: I wasn’t, but after pondering this question for the entirety of my morning commute, I decided that I
SF News Terrorize This Luckily, reports have been coming out saying that yes indeed, the Bad Guys have been looking our way and plotting some terror. A new report that was released by the California Department of
SF News SFist Rita's 2005 Well, I already told you my favorite news posts of the year -- but what about the other stuff? So here goes: Best movie I saw for free for SFist Reviews: It's so
SF News Wetter Than a [Fill In Tasteless Reference to Aroused Female Genitalia] SFist Rita (always looking out for the staff) was worried about flooding in North Beach earlier this week, and now we can report the corners of Powell and Columbus on Union are now
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: the Abduction from the Seraglio. While some of the singers sounded better than others, the leading roles impressed us. The tiny theater does not require the stronger pipes to fill a larger space, the same way we sound
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gets Its Hopes Up Again Too bad they weren't able to get it up, as it were, back when NBC was actually worth watching! Oh, but we kid. We're looking forward to "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" as much
SF News A Day at the Races Yesterday was a big day for race fans of both the four-wheeled variety and the two-legged variety. First, the Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose finished up a wild weekend with Sebastien