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T3 Line Ready To Roll

And sadly, we spent a long time trying to do some sort of pun between those two bridges and Fergie's "London Bridge" but couldn't come up with anything. Even worse, we now have

It's a Hard Knock Life in California

To determine all this stuff, the people behind the study, the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (got that?), factored in things like level of income, types of families, language and education.

Surf's Almost Up

Anyways, this Saturday there will be the official opening cermony even if it's not surf time yet. Attending will be all the surfers who hope to take part in the surf contest whenever

Arts & Entertainment

Miss the Fireworks?

Like thousands of other people, we headed down to the Embarcadero Sunday night to watch the fireworks. They were as they usual are-- pretty spectacular. They even impressed some of the jaded New

You Had To Be There

The problem was that before there was no way of tracking who was attending and who wasn't. Besides the fact nobody really saw the records as they sat in the commission offices, the

New Rules

The biggest one is an increase in the minimum wage, from $6.75 an hour to $7.50. Next year, it'll go up to $8. In San Francisco, however, the minimum wage is

Arts & Entertainment

Craftwork Talks to Lisa Congdon, Organizer of the Kim Family Auction.

San Francisco wasn't the only place moved by the Kim family tragedy. People around the world followed the tragic story with bated breath as the events unfolded. For most of us it's hard

Happy Days Are Here Again?

Now for those of you thinking "wha?" here are the reasons given: -My, look at how clean downtown looks -Look at all those happy, smiling shoppers shopping -Aren’t those fancy, schmany restaurants

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What's Up For the New Year

So with that in mind, what is there to do tomorrow night? Well, we don't know actually as it's looking like it'll be movie night, but for those of you looking to go

Jobs iNnocent

Not everyone, however, thinks that all of this settles the case. One guy interviewed for a story and who obviously doesn’t worship at the cult of Steve Jobs (blasphemer) thinks Jobs is

Don't Panic Yet

Actually, the scientists say that there's small earthquakes happening all the time and it's just that a few of these were more noticeable than others. The good news is it's not a harbinger

AC Transit Bus Crash

Right now, we're reading differing accounts of who was injured. The Chron is reporting it was the driver, a passenger, and the driver of the truck. Inside Bay Area, however, is saying there

Stars Almost Die In Fire!!!!!!

Apparently, they were among the dozen or so people who were staying at the lodge when it caught on fire. And, believe it or not, stars evacuate buildings when they're on fire too

Delays: Not Just For BART Anymore

The other MUNI rail-line to experience trouble was the J which this morning also went down. The trouble there was not wind related, but an issue with the "pantograph." The pantograph is not

SFist Leanne's 2006 Best Of

Best Live Shows This might be one of the best shows I've ever been to. The place was jam-packed with testosterone, walls of speakers and pot smoke. I felt like I was trippin'

Who Brought Back the Electric Car

The plan is to allow speeds of 25 on roads that up til now have a speed limit of 35. This will make it so people could get out and ride one of

Arts & Entertainment

A Kite Doesn't Run Through Fremont

No, we're just joking. It's not known why they're not filming in Fremont as they appear to be filming almost everywhere in the East Bay but Fremont. Scenes so far have been shot

The Worm? Oh, He is Turning

If proved true, none of this is any good. It could lead to civil and in some cases criminal penalties. In the blogging world, there's something called a "Keith Hernandez" moment. This refers

For Whom the Bridge Tolls

The toll increase won't affect some of you out there as people who have a FasTrak will get an amnesty as it were and won't see the toll increase until February. The reason

Your Commute: BART Gets Off the Good Foot

Anyways, the cause was actually a cover board, the metal that covers the third rail, came lose at the West Oakland station around 7:15 so they could only run one train at

Stormy Weather

But that's not the only repercussions from the storm. Sadly, a man was killed when a tree was knocked over into their home. For a few minutes, we saw that happening to us

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So Long, Godfather of Soul

To pay tribute to James Brown, we spent a few minutes looking through YouTube this morning to find a video clip that would do him justice. It wasn't easy. Not only are there

Not So Sweet Charity

To determine all of this, the people in the NewTithing Group measured everyone's income, including investments and all that stuff, and then measured it with the amount of money they gave to charity.

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Skyscraper

A bunch of developers have gotten together and proposed building some really fracking huge towers in the SOMA district at 1st and Mission We're talking taller than any other building in the city

Flying Out of Oakland?

The easiest way of getting to the Oakland airport is AirBart. AirBart is a bus service that runs from the Oakland Coliseum BART station to the airport. It's only two bucks (plus whatever