misc Caltrain Delay Three weeks ago, a Caltrain conductor told the San Jose Mercury News that "Trains stay on tracks and if you stay off the tracks, it's very easy not to get hit by a
SF News Palo Alto Teen Rapist Was Just Cranky, Okay? Todd David Burpee, the man who kidnapped and raped a Palo Alto teen last week, just busted out a heavy confession detailing the hour-plus moments he spent with his victim. It seems that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink But of Course: Falafels = Terrorism According to CQ Politics, the FBI combed through customer data collected by SF and Bay Area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006. Why? To see what amount of Middle Eastern food products were
SF News Cry of the Fishmonger: Oh yeah, the Season Started. Somebody Tell the Team After getting bounced last spring by the Detroit Red Wings for another second round playoff collapse, the refrain from the Sharks brass, coaches, and players during the off- and pre-season has been: consistency
SF News 3.7 Aftershock Wendy Tokuda looked mighty concerned and had the gall to interrupt Judge Judy just now, so: A 3.7 aftershock in San Jose just shook the ground of Silicon Valley. According to our
SF News Where Was SFist During the Great Quake of '07 Readers responded with light speed and razor-sharp accuracy (more or less) when it came to detailing last night's devastating -- body-wash-plummeting-to-the-earth devastating! -- 5.6 quake. We will all look back on October
SF News Your Earthquake Review Either under the table for protection or hiding from someone sporting a fiendish fannypack-khakis combo, Catherine Kilkenny of San Jose's Willow Glen looks scared as all hell, doesn't she? Many people were. Last
SF News Whew, That Was Fun 9:30 Update: Things seem to be settling down. We're going to move the bulk of this post behind a jump. The only really big news at the moment is that there's a
SF News Two Bombs Found in SJ, Fremont Good Lord, people. It seems that we had not one, but two bomb scares yesterday. First, bomb no. 1: after stopping a car for a routine traffic violation in San Jose, police found
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Ross Mirkarimi, sole supe against Clear Channel. [SFBG] -- Out-of-town drug dealers bring their goofballs and china white to SF. [Examiner] -- Stupid TV can't ever get us right, or so says
SF News Sany San Slaying Suspect Commits Suicide Luis Alvarado, 18 -- one of the two men charged with kidnapping, raping, and stabbing to death Sany San -- committed suicide in his jail cell using a bedsheet today. San, a Cambodian
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors?
SF News Another Shooting on Highway 101 The 101 Whackers are still at large! Eeps! Although police claim that there are no connections between the shootings over the past four days, another bout of gunfire happened today on (the) 101,
SF News ...In A Material World Newsflash! It costs a lot of money to live here in the Bay Area -- 40% above the national average. Fortunately, salaries are generally higher here to cover at least some of the
misc We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the San Jose Metro. Alas! They haven't updated their site for this week yet, and we didn't manage to snag a hard copy of the paper, so they'll have to
SF News Weekend Blotter You know we usually try to hoard up all the crime-type news for the Tuesday and Friday blotters, but there was enough vaguely unsettling news this weekend to warrant a post a little
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: You know we love Tim Redmond, but we had kind of a hard time following his non-market-based argument about the SF housing market. Can't we get the Freakonomics
SF News Cry of the Fishmonger Special Report: Sartorial Splendor The new kits are part of an NHL-wide switch to Rbk's (nee Reebok, for you old timers who love vowels) Edge "uniform system". Compared to the old sweaters and pants, the new ones
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, a completely not soaked with alcohol East Bay Express: Hey, we just picked our issue up with the classifieds side up and you can go to LA on a Price Is
SF News Day Around the Bay -- 9/11 felt around the Bay. [CBS5, Chron, Examiner, SFBG] -- Come get your soy-based ice creams and kombucha tea, Potrero Hill! [SFMetBlog] -- Grand Prix moves out of San Jose. For
SF News SFist Blotter Do you have any information? A Fremont family is trying to get some answers about the circumstances of their father's mysterious death. The father suffered a heart attack at Van Ness and Market
Arts & Entertainment Brandi Carlile Plays the Fillmore Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile came through town over the weekend to entertain a sold out house at the Fillmore. A little bit country/folky, a little bit rock and roll - something for both
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Did you call your district supervisor to halt the Blue Angels today? Neither did we. [IndyBay] -- Obama was here, or something. [BeyondChron, Oakland Tribune] -- San Francisco's Next Top Transbay Terminal.
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies And next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond and the Guardian editorial board go in with both fists swinging about Newsom's latest two begging-from-the-rich schemes. Yeah! We love it!! Guess that banner about
SF News Day Around the Bay [NSFW] -- Crank (prank?) calls to 911. [Chron] -- Wildfire still wild -- 7,000+ acres wild. [CBS5, San Jose Merc] -- Death, death, death, death... [Chron, Examiner] -- Fines to go up
