SF News August Muni Payout: $131,695.06 The biggest payout is $47,500 to a guy who broke his ankle when the bus lurched forward before he could sit. Ouch. The driver in question was Daniel Johnson, driver number 1324.
SF News June Muni Payout Part 2: $157,736.31 Some of the cases are pretty standard -- personal injury, property damage, etc etc etc. (We winced upon reading of one plaintiff who was whacked in the face when they grabbed for a
Arts & Entertainment Things Get Scrappy at the Cable Car Museum Yesterday we mentioned a book by Dr. Walter Rice and Emiliano Echeverria about transit that isn't sold at the museum. And in fact, the CCM has flat-out refused to sell any of their
misc Week Around The -Ists The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview
SF News Insert Bad Beatles Pun Here This whole thing started way back in the '80's when Beatles Corp got a little pissy about the trademark infringement on the use of Apple's apple logo. A deal was struck allowing Apple
SF News There is Unrest in the Forest, There is Trouble With the Trees The cops are saying that the encampment had become a public safety concern. Protestors, however, said that they weren't camping out, they were just there 24 hours a day. Ever since UC Berkeley
SF News We Got a Ticket to Ride This is actually the second time it's been tested. The first time they tried, in 2004, they had problems finding a way of synching up to all the various transit systems. Not to
SF News You're My Blue Sky, You're My Sunny Day See, according to Global Change Research Act of 1990, the Government is supposed to produce a report on Global Warming every four years. The last one was due in November 2004 meaning that
SF News Up the Judicial Branch The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is where the hearing will be held to determine if Walker was right in deciding what he decided. Another hearing is to be scheduled this
SF News The Totally Obvious Title Of: iSettle But you know who all be winners? Apple and Creative Labs, who claim to have come to an "amicable" $100 million settlement of Creative Labs' claims of patent infringement against the iPod's technique
Arts & Entertainment Happy Birthday to the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived We are speaking, of course, of television, and tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of its inventor, Philo T. Farnsworth. Few know his name, and he never got the credit he
SF News All Together Now The case becomes even more intriguing because Walker, who as far as we can tell is not now nor has ever been a Texas Ranger, has already told the Feds that they can
SF News Back to the Future 'Stick For those wondering just what the city process would be in something like this, here it is: measure is proposed, community meetings are held and held some more to get feedback and the
SF News Voices of Dissent are Bickering at KPFA Well, if you were looking for material to parody lefty activists, look no further than the recent strife over at KPFA's offices in Berkeley. Want your lawsuits, your conspiracy theories, your anonymous mudslinging
SF News Better Luck Next Time, Joe Believe it or not, the comments made during the last hearing totally backfired on Joe as there was such an outcry made against them that it totally overwhelmed the debate over who was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pull My Finger Things just keep getting worse and worse for Ms. Anna Ayala, the woman who purportedly bit into a fingertip in her Wendy's chili last month. So not only was her house raided, it
SF News Gimme a Break Although it’s been awhile since we’ve had non-cubicle related jobs, we often occasionally look back not so fondly at our manual labor type jobs. One of the things we remember was
SF News Proposition It II - Election Boogaloo As Lionel Richie would say “Karamu, fiesta, forever/Come on and sing along." Proposition 63- Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes Above $1 Million. This measure basically calls for funding
SF News One Ball to Rule Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them shocker- the man who “caught” Barry Bonds’ home run ball #700, Steve Williams, is now being sued over possession of said ball. Remember in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory how whenever one
misc We Only Work When We Need the Money! The roll out of the new Fair Labor Standards Act seems to have everyone confused. All that seems clear now is that no one really knows how many people will be impacted by
