SF News Thirtysomething Strassner thinks that if we just implemented the BRT plan in Chinatown, the 30 Stockton will move much faster and thus alleviate all the complaints that have been fueling the calls for the
SF News Airline Passengers' Rights Group Taking Off It's the middle of July, and many of us have summer travel ahead of us. It's a good time to check out the state of the airline industry. The Napa Valley-based Coalition for
SF News UPDATED: Twin Peaks Fire Updated with picture from SFist reader Oscar. Thanks, Oscar. Here's the Google Street View picture of the house. This is an SFist News Flash: a tipster reports that there's a house fire going
SF News Incommunicado: Noyes Uncovers Botched Rescue Tapes Anyway, our point with this old item? It seems Wyrsch turned his radio off -- possibly in an attempt not to scare said jumper -- which effectively cut off all possibly effective communication
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy Do you guys have to be at full staff for big events? And is part of your job to be tour guides? At major events - yes. (i.e., New Years Eve, Halloween
misc Blocker: 1400 Montgomery Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. Blocker, No. 7: Montgomery St.
SF News Your Commute: Slowest Drives Bless the Chron's heart, they know kvetching about traffic is going to move a lot of papers on the newsstand -- so they go above the fold with their article about the twenty
misc Josh Wolf's 10-Point Plan For The City The rumblings from a week ago have been confirmed: Josh Wolf, on his blog, has declared his intent to run for mayor. [Thank you to the reader that posted this in the Tips
misc Week Around The Ists What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly,
SF News Surprise: Parking Garage Company Wants to Build LA-Style Garages in SF More room for cars means less room to house people -- and less room for housing means rent's going to get even higher. Not to mention: more cars means more traffic; slower Muni;
SF News Transit Picnic, Yum! You probably want to know more about this amazing vision, don't you? Yes, you do. Luckily, there's a picnic happening TODAY, hosted by SPUR (the always-correct urban planning group) as thanks to Jake
SF News Day Around The Bay --They're laying people off at the Merc News too? [SFBG Politics Blog]. --A blogger gets sued for defamation in small claims court by a journalist who didn't like, among other things, being called
SF News SFist Blotter Police chase last night in the Mission: around 7 p.m., the SFPD started chasing one or two guys in a blue Cherokee at around 26th and Harrison. The Cherokee got on 101
SF News Your Commute: Oh No, Ed Jew's Commute! Why are all the roads collapsing around here? A newly-installed piece of pavement on came loose at around 5 a.m. this morning, necessitating the closure of three lanes of traffic near Burlingame.
SF News Your Commute: Yet Another Truck Overturns The most memorable Bay Area overturns we recall, off the top of our heads: The truck with the ostrich on the Golden Gate, and the truck spilling 500 gallons of a septic tank
SF News Something Going Down in the Mission Right Now We just got an SMS that traffic (including Muni) is blocked on Potrero between 20th and 22nd, and that everyone is advised to avoid the area. What's going on? Anyone nearby? We can't
SF News SFist Blotter A lot of weird car accidents in the news yesterday: an impatient guy trying to pass around congestion on the road killed a pedestrian on 19th Avenue in San Francisco, a drunk off-duty
SF News Your Commute: 880 Sucks The Most The results are in! What local highway is the worst to commute on, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Committee? Congratulations, 880! You win! I-880 between Fremont and Oakland won the coveted "Most Unreliable
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Bikes, Cars, SFPD, Enforcement Actions As has been discussed recently, it's seems the S.F.P.D. has some stepped-up traffic safety enforcement actions going on these days. SFist Reader Kate told us about what she saw yesterday
SF News Day Around The Bay --Does architecture critic John King ever like ? --Sad! The San Franciscan speller in the National Bee got the dreaded misspelling bell of death this afternoon in the quarter finals, on the word "ursigram.
SF News SFist Blotter One person is dead after a dramatic shooting in the Sunset early Monday morning -- the shots were fired at a moving car, which then flipped over and crashed. The Chron has some
SF News Day Around The Bay --They reopened the Macarthur Maze! And of course, now the bridge is backed up. --TiVo is getting a lot of angry emails after the triumphant conclusion of American Idol was cut off by
Arts & Entertainment Park in the Park Parking won't be free -- but then, it never is. The city hasn't worked out the exact prices yet, but between the rent they'll pay to the state's DMV and the fees paid
SF News Your Commute: Huge Accident on 101 One report said that the cab of the big rig exploded with the driver trapped inside, and a rock from the debris flew up and shattered the windshield of another driver. The previous
