misc Teachers In E. Palo Alto School Dist. Going To Be Slightly Less Underpaid Ahh, teaching. That difficult, underpaid profession. We're totally behind those who are bringing future generations up to speed with the world being better compensated. Unfortunately, the salary typically given to this
SF News Now That's What We Call an "Undercover Mission" The cop in question is San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks. Munks and Undersheriff Carlos Bolanos were both caught up in a police sweep of a bunch of brothels right outside of Vegas.
SF News I Fought the Law and I Won Here comes the numbers: -San Francisco sent 436 people to prison in 2005, the same number as Sonoma County which has 300,000 fewer people. It is also 300 fewer than were sent
SF News Bad Day to Be Commuting While we were stuck in some really bad traffic this morning, we turned on the radio to get a traffic report and heard that we weren't the only ones having a
SF News Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign The artist in question, Michael McDonald, has been putting little art displays in front of his house for years but this one in question got the law involved. They not only paid him
SF News She Sells Sanctuary A recent wave of immigration sweeps (or, as Indy Bay calls it "Gestapo Immigration Raiders") is creating a bit of a fuss not only in San Francisco but throughout the Peninsula
SF News Sending Out an S.O.S. Estrella, however, refuses to take anything down, claiming first amendment rights and all that stuff. In a letter to the commission, she wrote that all of this is happening because she "discovered
SF News Rod! Todd! This is God! The women in question, Estrella Benavides, says she doesn't actually hear the voice of God telling her to do something, but instead just gets a feeling of what He wants her
SF News Your Commute: One Dollar More While the extra money will go to retrofitting, the new snazzy Bay Bridge suspension bridge redesign is what triggered the increase in the first place -- you may recall that when Schwarzenegger tried to
Arts & Entertainment Monopoly This whole thing started when the San Jose Mercury put itself up for sale, or it's overlords Knight Ridder did. In swept MediaNews, who bought it from McClatchy Newspapers who owned
SF News Norovirus Outbreak The bug is definitely not that dangerous, although it can be if found in the elderly. It has still led to one of the healthcare facilities, Bonnie Brae Terrace, to be quarantined and
Arts & Entertainment The Otters are Coming! A mother Southern sea otter and her pup attract attention frolicking in the Pacific Ocean near Monterey. California's sea otters were almost wiped out due to the Great Hunt that started
misc Wanted: Pissboy What, pray tell does it take to have the job of personal peon? Well, you have to live in San Mateo and have access to a car. Which is great because you'
SF News American Football Spectacular: Don't Drink & Drive; You May Die, Kill, Or Lose Your Chance To Be A Deep Threat Bryant had two catches for 21 yards in the game. And later, 'round midnight, Mr. Reformed Hothead was clocked above 100 mph in a 2005 Lamborghini between Redwood City and San Mateo.
Arts & Entertainment ChronicleWatch Watch: By The Numbers Total number of problems fixed: 139. Breakdown by region: San Francisco -- 70 (29 street repairs, 23 park fixes, 7 public transportation fixes, 11 signs). East Bay -- 44 (21 street, 14 park, 5 signs,
SF News The Great Outdoors: El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve First off, let's clarify the name. It may be El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (ECM) on the maps, but in the hearts and minds of locals, it's
SF News Your Commute: Friday Woes Officer Cakebread is all over the news today -- earlier, he came to our attention when he was reporting that a sideswiped moving van flipped over on the westbound lanes of Highway 92 right
SF News Blackout! We don't know much of the details as there doesn't seem to be a lot of news on it out there right now. We just know we were halfway
SF News The Political's Getting A Little Too Personal In Daly City Leah Berlanga claims that Frank had repeatedly threatened to run for office against her to embarrass her, and to use the public forum as an excuse to violate the restraining order she currently
Arts & Entertainment Dirty, Dirty Bloggers Q: Are you going to be trading up, a la One Red Paperclip? A: I wasn’t, but after pondering this question for the entirety of my morning commute, I decided that I
SF News What Happened With That? We know you're totally dying to find out what happened with some of the stories we told you about from San Mateo County a week or so ago. Dying! Who won
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Enough For Ya? What is it with geeks and spicy food? RSA, the computer security company, and Electronic Arts are engaged in a friendly eat-off competition at the Prince of Wales pub in San Mateo
SF News Leave No Child Behind You know what they need in Redwood City? The Redwood City Twirlers kids baton troupe (ages 9-14) has been told they will not be permitted to march in the city's
SF News Weird News Of The Day You know, some days you log onto SFGate.com and you think, wow, there's a lot of weird local news today. *A man carjacked, kidnapped, and raped a nun in the
SF News Gratefully Dead in San Mateo Foucrault, of course, denies the charges. The allegations matter even more because Foucrault is up for election as San Mateo County Coroner. Yes, for whatever reason, there is an actual election on who
