SF News FBI Files Reveal San Francisco Plot to Assassinate Queen Elizabeth During 1983 Visit Newly released but heavily redacted FBI files reveal that Irish Republican Army members or sympathizers had plans to try to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to California with Prince Philip in 1983.
SF News The Queen Is Dead, and SF Media Now Fondly Recalls Her Visit to the City 40 Years Ago The event of the queen's death, even though it's far removed from the U.S. and will have no impact on global politics, feels inescapably historic. And San Francisco only has one royal visit to commemorate on this day, from 1983.
SF News Swells by the Numbers SFist Rita is out of town for work, so we are donning our tiara and gown for this weeks Swells analysis. Tra-la-la! Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column:
SF News The Flu Boat The trip over didn't quite set a course for adventure, however, as several days after setting out to sea, an outbreak of the norovirus hit the boat. The norovirus is a nasty little