SF News Our Kingdom For a Bus We stumbled out of the park around 2 in the afternoon, full of that dread that comes from being tired, sun fried, and a little drunk and knowing that there was no easy
SF News Shipwreck'd At Ocean Beach Every now and then, when the sand moves, you can see the remnants of shipwrecks on the shore of Ocean Beach -- and yesterday, folks enjoying the warm weather at low tide caught
SF News Fire Down Below After a competition featuring thirty entries, various organizations in support of keeping bonfires on Ocean Beach have selected five winning entries. The contest was held after park authorities were convinced by the Ocean
misc Red Rover, Red Rover, Let the Snowy Plover Come Over Our story begins in 1979 when the park service said that dogs could be off-leash as long as they responded to voice commands. Since then, the beach has been full of responsible dog
SF News And It Burns, Burns, Burns, the Ring of Fire, the Ring of Fire The fire rings would be designated places where bonfires could happen. There would be signs letting everyone know what the deal is with the hope that people would only build bon fires in
SF News Enter Sandman A man was found buried to death by sand on Ocean Beach this morning. Apparently, he was sleeping on the beach and, well, we actually have no idea how this happened, it's all
Arts & Entertainment Beach + Politics = San Francisco This Sunday (the 10th) at 10:30am on Ocean Beach, Brad's going to get a bunch of volunteers (maximum capacity: 1200) to lie down in the shape of the word "IMPEACH!" and then
SF News Catch A Wave and You're Sitting On Top of the World How this thing would work is that the turbine put near Ocean Beach would convert the energy given off by waves into electricity. The other one would go somewhere under the Bay Bridge
SF News We Won't Let The Fire Be Started Just in time for Summer Solstice, there's a new No Fun fracas going on. See, there's this tradition where people go to Ocean Beach and do the bonfire thing. It's like Burning Man
SF News Outside Art Wind, rain and even high tide apparently wasn't keeping some people from going all Andy Goldsworthy on Ocean Beach. SFist took advantage of Saturday's brief sunshine for some beachcombing and came across this
SF News Missing Person At Sutro Baths The police are still piecing together the story, but they know Attaie must have fallen in some time after 11 a.m., because his friend has a digital photo of Attaie from around
Arts & Entertainment Surf's Waaaaay Up Forget the four-foot rollers at Ocean Beach, the stylish left-break splendor of Fort Point, or even the creepy minefield of Potato Patch, when it comes to surfing, there is one place in the
Arts & Entertainment The New de Young Building The original museum was built as the Fine Arts building for the California Midwinter International Exposition. The exposition made a profit, and the building and money were donated to The City and named
SF News They Come From All Over To Party In The Sunset? Today's Examiner somewhat sensationally announces that "Sunset District neighbors say they are paying the price for out-of-control weekend bonfires at Ocean Beach, complaining that the rowdy parties have spilled out onto local streets
SF News SFist Raves: Ocean Beach Many readers took issue with our rave about the N Judah, all of whom making points we acknowledge as valid. However, we'll brook no such argument when it comes to Ocean Beach, this
misc Resting in Peace with the Essefficist Good news, Everyone! The Essefficist is back! Actually, we've just returned from Denver and our heads are still a little woozy from all that thin air up there. But we're here for you
Arts & Entertainment Light a Candle, Go to the Beach We'd like to take a moment to remind you that tomorrow will be officially one month since the Tsunami disaster. Friend of SFist HiMY SYeD is asking that folks drop by the site
Arts & Entertainment Hope On a chilly but still night on Ocean Beach, SFist and HiMY SYeD joined interested passerby in sending a message of hope to the victims of the Tsunami, assembling HiMY's message in luminaria
SF News Take Action for Tsunami Relief Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay
SF News Calling All Libertarians SFist loves the healthy California lifestyle like anyone else. We love being outdoors, eating healthy foods, getting our exercise. But we also love drinking and smoking. Is that a crime? That seems to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fine Dining Returns to the Golden Gate Last weekend we got in touch with our inner tourist and took part in the rebirth of a San Francisco legend - the Cliff House. Since January of 2003 it has been largely
SF News Don't Go Into the Water Stinson Beach reopened today, after the sighting of a great white shark forced a beach closing for swimmers. (Click here for shots from the Stinson Beach shark cam.) The beach had just reopened
SF News From the 1 California to the 108 Treasure Island If your weekend was anything like our weekend, you spent three days mewling like a kitten about the heat and canceling all plans to go anywhere at all. Not these four SFSU students
SF News Baghdad By the Bay While we've been working on SFist for a few weeks now, today we opened our (virtual) doors to you, the general public. This week will be your chance to tell us exactly what
