SF News Your Commute: Down on the Upside First up is MUNI which is now using the 1 California to test out a new system to ensure busses are on time. Why the 1 California? Because Gavin got in a tiff
SF News Everybody Must Get Stoned Actually, it's not calling for decriminalizing but something almost along the lines-- declaring it "the lowest law enforcement priority." This would put it on the same level as other non-enforced crimes such public
SF News Gavin Gets Tough on Crime The measures will cost $3.7 million which means the Board of Supervisors have to weigh in on it. This is where the fun begins because the Board have been pretty cranky about
SF News Across The -ist Network Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a
SF News Where Have All the Fliers Gone? Where have all the fliers gone? Long time pasting. According to the story, there's some dude who has been taking it upon himself to clean up the neighborhood by going around and tearing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sometimes a Great Notion So far, the idea seems to be going over well, especially among people who own cafes/restaurants. Like us, they've been wondering why they haven't been able to do it. More tables, of
Arts & Entertainment DocFest: <i>Punk Like Me</i> This is such a brilliant idea. So the 36-year-old star (and writer) of this documentary, Rich Wilkes, had the genius idea to sneak his band onto a major national rock tour -- by
SF News Happy May Day It warms our red hearts to see workers marching here at home and around the world on International Workers' Day, otherwise known as May Day. Protests and demonstrations happened from Berlin to Indonesia,
misc How Green is Your Valley? Nancy Pelosi maybe the second most powerful Dem in the country, but that doesn't mean she's getting any love from us hometown folks. For some, it's because if it wasn't for the fact
SF News Congratulations, Michela Alioto-Pier! Now Get Back To Work. Michela Alioto-Pier and her family are proud to announce that the supervisor for District 2 gave birth to their third child, a healthy baby girl, last night. They don't have a name picked
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Cama Cama is not one of those bars. It on 16th near Guerrero – nearly next door to Kilowatt which is ground zero for this block of dog friendly bars. We love the soft, comfy
SF News Googling Gavin Go Chronicle! We were so pleased to see a piece of investigative local journalism on the front page of today's paper, as Verne Kopytoff digs into the relationship between Mayor Gavin Newsom and
SF News Holy Freaking Mother of Christ: More Fare Increases and Service Cuts Predicted for Muni Who, you may ask, is responsible for bumping the prices up and quality down? There's a bunch of names indicated by SPUR's report: there's the Geary Blvd Merchants' Association, helmed by David Heller;
SF News There Oughta Be A Contest State Senator Joe Simitian (pictured at left) has announced the finalists for his "There Oughta Be A Law" contest, where state citizens can submit their proposals for a law that California needs. You
SF News Rock and Roll Even the rich aren't immune from the laws of gravity -- the folks living in those multimillion dollar homes perched precariously on the edge of Telegraph Hill are all a little on edge
SF News City Releases TechConnect RFP Kimo Crossman over at Webnetic tipped us to the release of the new, final request for proposals from The City on the citywide wireless initiative. Strangely, just last week the Local Agency Formation
Arts & Entertainment Big Changes at Tribe.net The very definition of a 'chilling effect' on free speech is when legislation or enforcement of new laws are so potentially onerous that people and organization self-censor out of fear and potential liability.
misc Yes, We're Kind After months of debate, San Francisco finally can legally go to pot (only with doctor’s approval, of course)-- we have our first ever codified marijuana dispensaries laws. Yay!!! Yesterday, the Board
SF News Political Junkie: He's Just Not That Into You Dear Political Junkie: I'm a very attractive woman with a great job in New York and lots of dating prospects. The problem is my ex. I mean, he said it was over and
Arts & Entertainment Election 2005: Interview with Jose Cisneros How would you work with the assessor to make sure that property owners are paying their fair share of taxes? The Treasurer’s office will continue to work closely with the Assessor to
Arts & Entertainment Win Tickets to See Negativland The concept of mash-ups is all the rage with marketers and music bloggers these days, but Negativland has been appropriating sounds, images and text and re-arranging them into new works of art since
SF News Muni Wifi at Minna So Media Alliance managed to score Lawrence Lessig for a prezzo at the venerable tech-art speakeasy at 111 Minna. We bought soda and took it seriously, and checked out some of the phantasmagoric
misc Arnold Screws Fags The really big news, though, is that He Who Must Not Be Named decided that he would be vetoing AB 849, the gay marriage bill. After being approved by both the Assembly and
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Goes to the Stones Concert So you get a bunch of free Stones tickets and a luxury box to see them opening night at Fenway handed over to you by some company out of the kindness of their
misc It's Crept up on us Yet Again Blah blah blah, morality laws -- who cares? It's Dore Alley, the smaller, smuttier, queerer cousin of late-summer's Folsom Street Fair, and it's this Sunday. For one glorious, beautiful day, you can strut
