SF News Your Commute: Oracle Open World, Oracle Closed Streets Also, all the crosswalk lights have been extended an extra 10 seconds in all directions. Who knew you could pay the city to do that? We're going to take up a collection and
SF News Baby Guilfency -- Confirmed! Fans of the Newsom category of SFist posts will also note that October 4 is also the day that we first heard Gavin had gone gel-free. They should make October 4 the Official
misc Week in -Ist Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They also seem to be concerned about which subterranean
Arts & Entertainment Opening Day At The Mall We're thinking there is no one in the Chronicle offices this afternoon, as they all seem to have raced over to the grand opening of the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall. Check out
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Goes Green Yesterday, on Treasure Island, the Governator pretty much gave an example of just why he's crushing Phil Angelides in the polls. With San Francisco in the background, Gavin Newsom and Speaker of the
SF News SFist Editorial: Edward Champion on Muni But this Wednesday morning was a different routine with a different set of rules. I should note from the onset that I've found most MUNI drivers to be kind and helpful. Even when
Arts & Entertainment Fun On Public Transit It's so much fun to complain about public transportation that we sometimes forget it's almost just as fun to take it (well, sometimes, anyways.) Here's two events that'll bring a bright ding-ding to
Arts & Entertainment A (Diaper) Change For The Better: Local Mom/Inventor Grace Welch It's the kind of success story many dream about, having a simple idea and turning it into a successful venture. Grace Welch, local inventor, businesswoman, and first and foremost, mom, did just that.
SF News Your BART Breakdown of the Week As a result, twenty-four out of fifty-five trains ran late. There was no train service from Richmond into San Francisco or down to Daly City and everything but the Dublin-Pleasanton line was turned
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Fishing on Craigslist Walk around the corner, and you'll be at Market and 14th. You'd imagine the hustle and bustle to propagate half a block away. But it's almost like the video rental place with the
SF News Your Commute: AC Transit No. 1 Well, now we feel guilty for taking BART to get to Oakland: the good drivers of the AC Transit won first place at the American Public Transportation Association "Bus Roadeo" event. AC Transit
SF News San Francisco is Being Invaded! You may have already noticied the surprising tactical move to seize local public transportation, or the advance battalions who've landed on the Embarcadero, sending skirmishers down Market street. Word is that their supported
SF News Your Commute: Are We SFist Jon Today? Are we SFist Jon today or what? Not only do we feel slightly cranky about this new Bonds on Bonds TV show (it should at least be Barry Bonds talking about low-risk investment
SF News Guess What? Peeing in Public is ILLEGAL It's all rooted in the case of David McDonald, who was arrested and searched by Oakland police while urinating in a Berkeley parking lot. At the time, the office charged McDonald with littering
SF News Cab Fare Increases Are the New MUNI Fare Increases The reason for all this is due to the standard reasons: increases in gas rates and cost of living expenses. We would have a measure of sympathy about this, but as we all
SF News Undercover Gavin While his going undercover is eminently snark-worthy, it is the typical politician who gets dinged for living too much in the bubble and not with the public. Would His Willieness ever feign riding
SF News Thinking Outside the Boxer, Ha Ha Ha Bet She Never Heard That One Before Whether or not you enjoy Barbara Boxer's senatorial antics, there's no denying she's a master of making grandiose gestures without actually committing to any specific action. Fer instance, she sent out some emails
misc SFist Rants: A Modest Public Transportation Proposal While having to go through all the rigmarole of hopping on Caltrains and being at the least fifteen minutes late kind of sucks, what really chaps our hide is that we have a
SF News Muni Union Gnawing Off Own Leg? But what happens when the union starts turning on itself? Being Stallone fans, we know where this can end up. Given the fearful power of our Local 250, could this schism be a
SF News Your Commute: Bad Day For The VTA Man, today's not the VTA's day. The San Jose light rail was shut down for about an hour and a half to clear out the carcass of a truck making an illegal left
SF News SFist Wants A Pony For Christmas Known as "the holidays", this is the time of year when we have to quit blowing all our expendable income on candy and pr0n, and must use it instead to buy what they
SF News SFist Votes Folks who voted before work were smiling and nodding at each other on public transportation today (in part because -- really, these red "I Voted! Ya Vote!" stickers they're giving out in SF
SF News We're Number Two! Man, New York wins everything! According to a study by Runzheimer International and reported on today by CNN, San Francisco is the second-most expensive place to live in the US, second only to
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Myleen Hollero And yet, Myleen, for various reasons has moved to the -ist down south, LA! Understandably, we begin our questioning of her there: What has been the hardest thing about moving to LA from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares ... About Sporty Types For many commuters, running after public transportation doesn't sound like sport, it sounds like Monday morning. But, for some, it's a fun way to spend a Sunday. The Cable Car Chase is on
