SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy Part II And away we go... Why do the fare inspectors seem to cluster together in packs of 4 or more? Safety in numbers? Or because it's an easier way to check for passes/transfers?
SF News How's Carole Migden's Driving? Call 1-800-TELL-CHP Hey, remember last Friday when State Senator Carole Migden got in a fender bender in Fairfield? It was the same day that Ed Jew's office got raided, so you might have forgotten. So
SF News Third Sunday in May: Not The Best Day For An Emergency Room Visit There's never a good time to visit the emergency room, but being forced to do so on the same day as Bay to Breakers would have to be an even bigger bummer than
SF News Eyewitness Account of Muni Meekness I thought the head of Muni was very forthcoming when stating that things did not go so well with the launch of the T and it's ripple effects on the system. Unfortunately the
Arts & Entertainment Get Where You're Going Faster Compare these delightfully uniform navigation tools to the unformatted labyrinth that is Muni's new site, which has layers of differently-formatted menus and . Once again, we see that there is nothing Muni can do
SF News American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing the 2007 NFL Draft's First Round It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the 2007 NFL Draft. Adventure, excitement,! All hard information was culled from NFL.com's pretty excellent draft tracker site. Proceed. * Selection # / Team (trade info)
Arts & Entertainment Prom Dresses and Combat Boots in Union Square The organization Teens for Safe Cosmetics held a rally in San Francisco yesterday to raise awareness of carcinogens in personal care products and cosmetics. The invitation's recommended attrie? Prom dresses and combat boots.
SF News We're Only Average The survey, conducted by the City Services Auditor found that while the city's grades seem to be improving from the last survey in 2005, they still aren't that great. In fact, in the
SF News I Can't Drive 55 Here comes the numbers: while the number of collisions are down, the number of pedestrian fatalities are up. So, in other words, drivers don't hit other cars anymore, they hit pedestrians. The number
SF News Muni Drivers' Union Boss: "I feel the system works now." Fun fact: Muni is required to pay its drivers based on what the two highest-paying transit systems in the country offer. Right now, that works out to about $27 an hour, and amazingly,
SF News Ask a Muni Driver Suppose I start at 11AM. When the bus that I take over arrives 15 minutes late, I have to play catch up. I am essentially doing my "follower's" (the bus after you) job.
Arts & Entertainment Boulevard Octavia Revisited As requested, here is our (crudely) Photoshopped vision of some possible safety improvements at the now infamous intersection at Octavia and Market. Would making these changes help the cyclists? See you after the
SF News Doing Something About the Violence As a result, people in the neighborhood are in full "mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore" mode and organizing. Their request? Send cards, letters, and e-mails to Gavin,
Arts & Entertainment IndieFest: <em>Rolling</em> and <em>Mojave Phone Booth</em> Though the plot is fully scripted and cast with actors, Rolling is produced in the style of as a documentary. As such, the film alternates between talking head interview footage of each of
SF News Man Missing at Sea Gray, who has over ten years' experience sailing, set off on Sunday to scatter the ashes of his mother. When he didn't return, the Coast Guard started a search from Oregon to Monterey
SF News Driveway Parking What does this have to do with anything other than being one of our favorite stories? Well, there's been an influx of driveway parking, especially in the Richmond, and Supervisor Jake McG wants
SF News Travelling Riverside Blues On Friday, a judge ruled against the union but said that the city could redact or black out personal information as they see fit. If this was the Bush administration, that would mean
SF News American Football Spectacular: Baltimore vs Indianapolis vs Baltimore vs Cleveland * Indianapolis vs. Baltimore Saturday, January 13, 2007. 1:30 PM, PST. 2007 Divisional Playoffs The Battle Of The Stolen Much has been made of the Colts' exit from Charm City -- one of
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 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
SF News MUNI Wants to Know What Love Is Actually, the survey isn't as easy as you think, mainly because they want you to prioritize a few things or at least let them know what you consider the most important things to
SF News Saving Some Shoe Leather The old political shibboleth about releasing unpopular news on the afternoon of "take out the trash" Friday holds true again, as Gavin Newsom sneaks in a veto on Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's well-received proposal
SF News Mirkarimi's MUNI Meeting Does anyone else remember those awesome signs they used to have behind the driver on the old MUNI buses -- "Information Gladly Given But Safety Requires Avoiding Unnecessary Conversation"? Well, get some information
SF News Another Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain The rise in fatalities in recent years has caused people to call for better safety measures. The fact that most of the fatalities are due to suicide will probably call for other types
SF News Worst. Team. Ever? How bad is this team so far? They're 0-2 and have yet to score a TD, having only scored two field goals. The QB has been sacked 15 times, they've given up a
