Arts & Entertainment The 21 Best Socially Distant Hikes to Take in the Bay Area With the Bay Area now firmly in summer's grip — and still very much held hostage by the pandemic, as well — taking some time to go on a walk on the wild side is one of the safest, least risky activities one can partake in currently.
SF News One Person Killed After Cliff Collapse In Point Reyes A hiker was killed and another injured after a cliff collapsed in Point Reyes National Seashore. The Arch Rock overlook, popular with hikers, crumbled into the sea sometime before 6 p.m. on
misc Bickering Kills Some Coastal Trail Upgrades by Matt Baume Well, it would have been nice, but it's not going to happen. A delightful upgrade to a waterfront trail in the Presidio has officially been given the gong. Back in
SF News Marin Headlands Hiker Falls to Her Death While taking in the (allegedly) gorgeous weather yesterday, a 20-year-old Marin hiker fell from the cliffs above Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, and died. The unidentified woman, while walking with her hiking
Arts & Entertainment Eat it, Portland! San Francisco Most "Walkable" City Everybody get and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas here in .pdf. But why are we talking about Portland? And what about
Arts & Entertainment Three Questions For The Burritoeater We enjoy visiting Charles Hodgkins' Web site, Burritoeater. Not necessarily for the opinions within his numerous reviews of taquerias (which can be a valuable resource), more because we just like his writing. He's
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big
SF News The Great Outdoors: El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve First off, let's clarify the name. It may be El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (ECM) on the maps, but in the hearts and minds of locals, it's known as Skeggs, which
misc Justice for Strippers According to plaintiff's attorney Greg Walston, this hourly minimum (derived from the rate at the worker-owned and operated Lusty Lady), is meant to protect dancers from having to resort to prostitution or face
SF News Sometimes We Have To Wait Until November To Get Our September Summer The only thing missing from this full-blown summer are the extra hours we lost to Daylight Takings Away a couple weeks back. (Did you know the federal government has already legislated extending Daylight
misc SFist Cares ... About Public Land It's a total no-duh that the Bay Area is filled with natural beauty. The hills and the bay and the bridges and the ocean - all of it stunning and fabulous. And plenty
SF News This Weather Blows And It's Not Even Windy What in the name of Sam Francisco is going on here? We paid our dues. We holed up in our homes for the winter storms. We crawled along in Bay Area traffic thanks
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Weekend Getaway - Point Reyes National Seashore Not everyone at SFist had Columbus Day off, but that did not stop us from taking advantage of a beautiful, cloud free Saturday to head up to Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes
SF News Getting The Shakes Earthquakes of magnitude 2-2.8 are nothing by San Francisco standards, but when Mount St. Helens starts feeling 10 of them in a 24-hour period, we here at SFist know that's not where
