Arts & Entertainment Great America’s Land Sold to New Owners, It Will Close in Six Years or ‘Up to 11 Years' Santa Clara’s beloved amusement park Great America has been sold, and the new owners will allow it to remain the Great America you know for only another six years, or maybe as many as 11 years.
SF News Gang Of Over 100 Teens Terrorize Guests At Great America Halloween Event Things got super scary for guests of a Halloween event at California's Great America Saturday, but the fright didn't come from ghosts or goblins — instead, a large group of violent, larcenous teens was
SF News Two Injured In Roller Coaster Accident At Great America A worker at Great America suffered "traumatic" injuries after he was dragged about 10 feet by a roller coaster in the park. On Friday night, around 8:15 p.m., a maintenance worker
SF News It's Thursday -- Do You Know Where Your Amusement Park Is? The Niners' attempt to build themselves some spiffy new digs took quite a twist recently as the plans were temporarily kiboshed after neighbors of the purposed new stadium, the Great America theme park,
SF News Niners Still Not Sure If They're Moving To Santa Clara Offside! Penalty -- three months. Any talk of the Niners moving from San Francisco down to Santa Clara is before the snap (did we get our convoluted football metaphor right? SFist Jon's out
SF News If You Can't Beat 'Em: Change the Rules Thomas Hiltachk, a Sacramento lawyer with connections to the California Republican Party, is working on getting an initiative on the 2008 ballot that'll divvy up California's electoral votes by congressional districts. So the
SF News SFist Blotter A four-year-old boy drowned to death in the 2-foot deep section of the wave pool at Great America in Santa Clara yesterday. There were six lifeguards on duty at the time, but there
SF News It's Sunday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is? Let's start in Santa Clara where Matier & Ross remind us that there's been three attempts to move a team that way-- the Giants, the A's, and MLS's San Jose Earthquakes (hey, did
SF News It's Tuesday-- Do You Know Where Your Team Is? Okay, here's today’s team on a move recap: As for things in Oaktown, the repercussions of the A's possible move to Fremont has mainly been a shrug and a cry of "so
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Brendan Benson SFist liked Lost in Translation because it accurately captured how disorienting traveling can be. Singer Brendan Benson evoked a similar feeling when he spoke with us on Friday as he was preparing for
