Arts & Entertainment Enormous Mammal Makes Pier 39 Pitstop A gray whale headed south on its annual sex trip to Baja Mexico made a slight detour into the San Francisco Bay yesterday, reportedly stopping off near Pier 39 to look at the
SF News Tanker That Hit Bay Bridge Heads Back Out to Sea "Watch Out For the Golden Gate!" shouts the Appeal's headline. The tanker that sideswiped one of the towers of the Bay Bridge on Monday morning headed back out to see this morning with
SF News Tanker Hits Bay Bridge, Escapes 2007 Cosco Busan Horror On Monday afternoon, a tanker collided into the number four tower of the Bay Bridges. The tanker, an empty one called the Overseas Reymar, was moving north out of the Bay when it
Arts & Entertainment Today's Rainbow Over San Francisco But for a few minutes the sun came out during today's storm, prompting a brief appearance by a lovely rainbow. Aw.
SF News Watch Team Korea Capsize During America's Cup Training Oops. Team Korea capsized their boat on Saturday, August 18, while training for the America's Cup World Series in the San Francisco Bay. "We were in a little race with Energy Team and
SF News Boat Crash Near Richmond-San Rafael Bridge As many as four people were tossed into the water "and one person was clinging to a bridge" after boat collision near the Richmond bridge. The crash happened just after midnight. "So far,
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in China Basin... This happy stingray reminds us why it's a good idea never to swim in the China Basin Channel. Nature kills, folks. (Photo: Gerard Livernois)
misc Crash Course On The California Delta On this languid New Year's Eve week, here's some interesting, nerdy ecological stuff for you to gnaw on: an interactive timeline / crash course on everything you need to know about the California Delta.
SF News Man Pulled From Bay Pronounced Dead A man who was found wading in the Bay on Sunday was pronounced dead. The deceased, in his 40s or 50s, was located near Pier 41 at around 3:45 p.m. "Police
SF News Dead Whale Found In SF Bay Oh jeez. Another dead whale was found in the SF Bay, close to where another dead whale was discovered last month. CBS 5 reports that the creature was found "just East of the
misc SF Windsurfing Segment from Good Morning America, ca. 1981 Good morning! We came across this just-uploaded segment on San Francisco Bay windsurfing from Good Morning America in 1981 and thought we'd share. It was shot off of Fillmore Street, Redwood Shores Estates
SF News I'm Guilty, Says Cosco Busan Pilot Captain John Cota, who helped steer the Cosco Busan into the Oakland Bay Bridge, causing tons of gunk to spill into the San Francisco Bay, pleaded 'guilty' today to two environmental crimes: oil
SF News Angel Island Fire The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco/Marin firefighters are battling a blaze on the eastside of Angel Island, which was reported at 9 p.m. tonight. At about 9:50 p.
SF News Capsized Mariners Rescued By Coast Guard in SF Bay Four commercial fishermen were rescued today after their 35-foot commercial fishing boat, christened "Reward," capsized 50 yards off of Pier 45 today. Fortunately, as a response boat from the Coast Guard Station was
SF News UPDATE: Gas Spills Into SF Bay A "significant amount" of spilled into the San Francisco Bay after a tugboat collided with a refinery pipeline Tuesday night at Tesoro Petroleum's Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez. Reports claim that "it wasn't
SF News Sewage Spill Dumps 2.7 Million Gallons Into the Bay After an alert system SNAFU failed to notify workers at a Marin County treatment facility about a sewage overflow on Thursday night, the San Francisco Bay is now the proud recipient of 2.
SF News Day Around the Bay First eco-friendly homeless shelter opens its doors. Glamour, glitz, green. [Oakland Tribune] The Mayor uses Muni funds to pay his posse. [SFGate, N Judah Chronicles] Speaking of which, buy your "The N Is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Beatropolis: Oh joy! Beatropolis has returned! (Not that they really went anywhere, but it always feels like forever when they're not around.) Anyway, Beatropolis' special brand of dance rock, live drum 'n' bass,
SF News Day Around the Bay Merry Martin Luther King Jr. Day. [Examiner, Nature abhors a vacuum, SF Bay View, Beyond Chron] The TLDR spat between SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly continues at a steady, confusing pace. [SFBG,
misc Day Around the Bay Wanda Sabir gets a call from Michelle Obama. [SF Bay View] Where to take that special someone you like, but don't like-like. Like, you know? [Gridskipper] Hasbro can go straight to hell wants
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Cinewhores Present Midnight Cowboy (1970): Although tame by today's smut-filled standards -- oh, you heard right! -- Midnight Cowboy has the distinction of being the only X-rated film to have ever snagged
SF News Saturday, Saturday, Saturday: Migden vs. Leno Rematch For those of you somehow not tempted into becoming a part of Van Santian art -- or, you know, if you sport a vagina -- might we suggest catching round II of the
SF News Two Survivors Found Mounted on Plane Wreckage in the Bay This morning at around 11:30 a.m., two people were seen standing on top of a single-engine A35 plane that crashed into SF Bay. The plane went down near (and, thankfully, not
Arts & Entertainment Economics 101 with the SF Bay Guardian's Steven T. Jones This reading list is the result of a conversation that started innocently enough on the SFBG's blogs, in a post about homelessness in Golden Gate Park and, tangentially, the Spanish American War. When
