SF News Scene From a Guided Missile Cruiser in the Bay The USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and the Japanese and Russian navies are in town for the week. Jim Herd at SF Citizen snapped this shot of the Bunker Hill wading in the Bay.
misc Wide Loads, Sharp Turns, Union Square, Don't Mix If a double-decker bus crashes into (audio) a curb, it gets stuck. (We realize it didn't actually "crash" into the curb, but we'll go to great lengths to make a Smiths reference.) Friend
SF News Protesters Accuse Alcatraz Cruises of Being Anti-Gay and Anti-Union Protesters gathered at Pier 33 yesterday to draw attention to the firing of longtime Alcatraz Cruises employee Vincent Atos, who was suspended last year over a sexual harassment complaint for being "too gay.
SF News The Tenderloin Takes Center Stage in the <em>NYT</em> OK, this is awesome. We clicked on the New York Times yesterday and front and center on the front page was this story about how some people are trying to turn The Tenderloin
misc San Francisco Marina Hotel Ranks Filthiest Of All Scott Kleinberg with the Red Eye posted about the 10 dirtiest hotels in the nation as ranked by TripAdvisor, slamming San Francisco's Heritage Marina Hotel California as the filthiest of them all. In
SF News What's Going On Here, Fisherman's Wharf Fashion Statement? "Surrounded by so many boob and beer joke tee shirts that you could almost miss it," this classic-comedy (albeit hateful) t-shirt is for sale right now at Wharf T Shirts (on Jefferson between
SF News Gay.com Honor Thrills Mayor Newsom Gay.com named the winners of their annual Travel Awards. To no one's surprise, San Francisco was named Favorite Domestic Destination. Woo hoo! Gavin, of course, was equally elated. Because this means more
SF News San Francisco Wastewater Treatment Facility Becoming Popular Tourist Destination Last year's ballot measure to change the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility's name in honor of George W. Bush is undoubtedly partially responsible for the influx of tourists checking out the inner-workings of the
SF News Swine Flu Update: Mexico Cruise Ships Diverted to SF With the swine flu almost reaching pandemic levels, cruise ships that were scheduled to head down south to Mexico will instead dock at the Port of San Francisco, as well as Victoria, British
SF News Scenes from a Gavin Newsom Press Conference Featuring a Kangaroo and a Qantas A380 Casting a spell at a Qantas A380 Press Event today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom talked about Australians tourism, Summer Heights High, and Kylie Minogue. Or whatever. Needless to say, he looked smashing.
SF News 'Shop SF, Get More' Plan Announced to Boost Local Business Before rolling out budget cuts later this week, Mayor Newsom is helping out the local economy by asking you to do all of your holiday shopping here in San Francisco. To tempt you
misc Let's Dream of a Non-Wretched Fisherman's Wharf Oh, sure, you've seen all the coverage of Jan Gehl's plan to turn Fisherman's Wharf into something tolerable. But wouldn't you like to know more? The excellent SPUR is holding a forum TODAY
SF News Sydney Romp: Bevan Dufty Explains It All Yesterday we mentioned the delightful work trip/vacation San Francisco supervisor Bevan Dufty and city treasurer Jose Cisneros took to Australia for Sydney's Gay Mardi Gras. Trannyshack founder Heklina was there, too. And
SF News Clift Hotel Employee Sexually Assaults Guest Over at the five-star Clift Hotel, home to the (in)famous Redwood Room, hotel employee Christian Rojas was arrested after he allegedly raped a hotel guest in her room. According to officials, the
