SF News Your Commute: BART and Caltrain Isn't everyone glad the Bay Bridge is reopened? Well, maybe not BART -- they're reporting a 13% increase in ridership over Labor Day weekend, including 10,200 riders who used the overnight service.
SF News Muni Makes Us Drink (But This Time It's Free!) First, come out for the Richmond Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Newsom and Supervisor McGoldrick, this Saturday, July 29 from noon to 2 at Presidio Middle School (450 30th Ave between Geary and
misc Craigslist Encounters: Craigslist Review Board We were getting ready to write yet another post about using Craigslist as a scapegoat for the evil Internet while blatantly ignoring all the good it serves. So we began the arduous task
Arts & Entertainment How to Get the Guy: Fourth, Smell His Armpit Or DO we? Previously on "How to Get the Guy," "Party Girl" Kris needed to get more serious about her dating habits by going out with someone who talked about more than sour
SF News Political Junkie: Sanity Alert! We are very sad to report to you that Chris Daly is in the Chron today -- but not for hauling off and hitting anyone, or yelling at someone so loud that the
misc Unskinny Bop This is actually part of a long standing battle in the city over the private booths. Critics have called them exploitive as club owners make it so the women who work in the
misc Awesome New Feature! Just LOOK at how happy those lesbians outside City Hall are! (Despite the one on the right having what looks like a dislocated elbow.) They're celebrating SFist's brand new super fantastic orgasmotronic commenting
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Drop and Give Me $2500! For the record, we've now got our shiny new MacBook Pro dual-booting into OS X and Windows XP, and the process worked without a hitch. Once we bought another copy of XP, that
Arts & Entertainment SF Rising, Part Two Thanks for sending in more earthquake-related events, guys! There's so many that we're doing another post of upcoming events! Keep 'em coming in and we'll keep posting them. Don't forget, the big anniversary
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 Things Fall Apart Now that worrying about infrastructure is so 2002 Strokes hot, everyone's starting to worry about the state of SF's infrastructure. We know that our streets are a mess, but that's not the half
Arts & Entertainment Catch Lucky! And, hey, did you see the comment from Anshuman on how to hack NextBus to reflect your desired route? We tried it for all our favorite Muni lines, and it totally works! Anshuman,
misc This Just In -- Self-Heating Coffee! (Is Awful! Shocker.) So, while for the most part we're very into doing coffee the "right way" (grind just before brewing, etc etc), there's a part of us that's super susceptible to gimmickry. We always want
Arts & Entertainment Fire (Preparedness) In Noe Valley Ready, aim.... and look out for firebugs this Saturday at the Noe Valley Farmers Market, as the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) and the SF Fire Department highlight this month's safety theme, "Light
SF News Today In Police Brutality Turns out the SF Chron really meant it when they said they'd be doing a week-long special on the use of excessive force by the SFPD. Here's a summary for today. See that
SF News What's That Smell? 4 blocks in the Haight were closed this morning, due to a nicked gas line. A second leak reported at 6th and Mission was determined to be a false alarm. Though that block
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink How To Open Sparkling Wine With party season in full swing, we want to provide a reminder about the proper way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. Here's a hint: It's not about how far the cork
misc SFisting: Sex Machines Slideshow: The Squeaky Thing Gets the Grease With San Francisco as the home of Survival Research Laboratories, the birthplace of Combots and Robolympics, and the location of Fucking Machines secret lair, we have to wonder just what is in that
SF News Bay Bridge Shut Down Thomas Hawk shares this picture of a very, very quiet Bay Bridge from the Oakland side. According to the Mercury News, there were two closures during the day due to a suspicious package:
SF News Violence Erupts in Oakland According to the Oakland Tribune, last Wednesday, a number of men in black suits, white shirts and bow ties vandalized two liquor stores in West Oakland. Starting with San Pablo Market and Liquor,
SF News Your Commute: Train Meets Truck. Lying brochure: it went through with a big noise and a big thump at the impact which sent a sharp jolt through our herniated back. Then a cloud of sawdust, due to hitting
misc School District Employees to Strike This Week Last Thursday, teachers representing the United Educators of San Francisco met to hear from the SEIU as they consider plans to strike in solidarity with the custodians, cafeteria workers and secretaries. The teacher's
Arts & Entertainment Deadly Juice Squeeze Things got a little ugly on Fifth and Mission yesterday, as the World Can't Wait protestors struck a blow against George Bush by tossing Molotov cocktails at the right-wing bastion of the San
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Billy, From Grateful Dogs Hey! Grateful Dogs is having an adoption event this Saturday from 12-3 at the West Portal Starbucks. Overcome your knee-jerk contempt for corporate coffee long enough to come and see some of the
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: Tumbleweeds Howdy, folks! It's been a powerful slow week for tech news, so in honor of the Fry's in Palo Alto, we'll take the "roundup" in the title literally and rustle us up a