SF News Today in Transportation -The Chron discovers that there's plenty of fare-evading scofflaws out there in MUNI land. And not only that, it's one of the reasons for MUNI's budget deficit. Anyways, yadda… yadda… yadda… increasing the
SF News Your Commute: On Fire. Seriously There was an evacuation of trains on the Fremont and Dublin-Pleasanton BART lines after a fire at a substation knocked out power to part of the system. The fire started at about 10:
Arts & Entertainment The Adventures of the Superfisters: The Dramatic Conclusion I've had a lovely time hanging out at Isotope and writing comic book reviews for SFist for the last year and a half, and it's very fondly that I'll be devoting this last
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mangia, Mangia The Chron went around and asked a bunch of restaurants about how all of these fees are going to affect them. A lot of restaurants have said that the measures passed has already
SF News Today in <em>As the Gav Turns</em> As SFist Rita mentioned, Gavin has figured out that the best way to not have there being any sort of impropriety regarding Alex Tourk's severance using city coffers is by agreeing to pay
SF News The Meters Jam The Chron says that while the meter's don't take in enough money, tickets do. Or at least in relation to other cites. Here comes the numbers: last year people plunked in about $29.
SF News Today's Installment of <em>As the Gav Turns</em> ANYWAYS, let's take a look at all the big picture stuff out there, starting with the rumor that DiFi wanted Gavin to resign. This morning, the rumor was completly denied by DiFi's people.
SF News Today, On <i>As The Gav Turns</i>... First off. Alcoholism is a serious problem and we hope Gavin Newsom (.pdf) gets help and support. Second of all. Blue tie alert! (see picture from this afternoon at right.) We're tag-teaming in
SF News The Day After One day after Gavin's big My Bad moment, the big question is what does this all mean for him, the city, and his reelection bid. After all, as bad as this all sounds,
SF News Political Junkie: Thin Veneer Of Something Sulky, sulky -- Gavin Newsom was sober and mad after yesterday's Board of Supervisors inaugural ceremony, which the Chronicle tactfully described as having a "tone of political contentiousness running just beneath a veneer
SF News AC Transit Bus Crash Right now, we're reading differing accounts of who was injured. The Chron is reporting it was the driver, a passenger, and the driver of the truck. Inside Bay Area, however, is saying there
SF News Your Third (Third!) Berkeley Quake The Chron included a helpful link to a Google map of the area (why didn't think of that?), which shows that the epicenter was between Ashby Ave. and Highway 24, right off Claremont
misc When Sharks Attack The surfer, Royce Frailey of Guernville, only got minor wounds and was quickly released from the hospital. In fact, the whole thing is being kind of being pooh-poohed as no big deal, but
SF News Kati Kim And Daughters Found; James Kim Still Missing The weather was pretty mild up in the mountains today, around 50 degrees in the day and maybe dipping down to the low 30s tonight. The Chron offers tips for other road-trippers, and
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,
Arts & Entertainment Camp Playstation Yeah, yeah, everyone's talking about it -- hardcore gamers are camping out at the Metreon to buy a $600 Playstation, which goes on sale tonight at midnight. The first people showed up around
SF News SFist Book Report: The Chron's Homelessness Series Where we summarize reports written by actual media sources because they're really important but we don't feel like we're in any position to be able to comment on them! The Chron revived its
misc Week In SFist: Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair! "Gimme head with hair/ Long beautiful hair/Shining, gleaming/Streaming, flaxen, waxen..." In 1906, we had the Big One. In 1989, we had Loma Prieta. In 2004, we had the Winter of Love.
Arts & Entertainment The Chron Kicks Michelin's Michelin Ass. Point taken, we will scrupulous a lot more, indeed. Picture of former mayor Willie Brown with Bibendum, from SF environment, because where there's controversy, there's Willie
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Thomas Keller Kicks Alice Waters's Michelin Ass!* Every food critic is shocked, shocked!, to discover that a bunch of out-of-town restaurant reviewers disagree with their own taste. The Chron's Michael Bauer does not understand why the Michelin did not reprint
SF News Hit-and-Run Driver, Day 2 The police are continuing their investigation of Ohmeed Popal and his deadly series of hit-and-run accidents in Fremont and San Francisco yesterday. Here's the latest: The Chron's put together a chronology of events:
SF News Driver Hitting Pedestrians The police caught a driver in a black Honda SUV in Laurel Heights, at Laurel and California Streets, where he'd hit two people (one who died). A child was also struck and suffered
SF News The Chron Behind Bars If life were a Monopoly game, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada just rounded the Free Parking corner -- the next roll might put them in jail. Do not pass go, do not collect
SF News Former SF Supervisor Dies Bierman was 82 years old; she was first elected into office in 1992 at the age of 68. She had just been appointed by Newsom to the Port Commission two weeks ago. She
SF News Susan Polk Found Guilty Susan Polk, the Orinda woman accused of murdering her therapist husband, has been found guilty of second-degree murder, with an enhancement of use of a deadly weapon. Jurors began deliberations on the 2002
