SF News Powell-Hyde Street Cable Car Line Closed The Powell-Hyde Street cable car line shut down for the rest of the day today. The cable running beneath the car was "frayed," it seems. Frayed? That...sounds scary. We wonder if any
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist began the month with a new food series exploring the popular and unknown late night eats around town. If a Top Chef winner opened up a late night spot in Los Angeles,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: A380 Superjumbo Jet Flyby Today Do these words excite you? If so, details of today's Golden Gate Bridge flyby (low and slow - the way you like it) after the jump. Update: It came and went, photo on
misc Week Around the -Ists Chicagoist knows what it's like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman's out and Griese's in. Maybe all that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Commute Clot's 15th Anniversary Tonight A small goup of San Franciscans started an international trend about fifteen years ago when they participated in the first Commute Clot bike ride. Now it's called Critical Mass. What do you call
SF News Baby, You Can Charge My Car That idea of congestion pricing in San Francisco, meaning charging people to drive in certain places around the city, has moved from crazy pipe dream stage to crazy pipe dream planning stage. Recently,
SF News Day Around the Bay -- San Mateo Bridge shuts down, then opens. Ta-da. [Examiner] -- Dan Noyes on Jerry Lucas, the sanity-estranged man who followed a then-pregnant Jill Rabinowitz into her garage, severely beating her with a
SF News San Francisco Taxicabs vs. Limos This time the crankypants are concerned about limousines and towncars that illegally -- illegally? oh please -- pick up passengers at hotels, bars, clubs, or wherever to grab extra cash. Makes sense on
SF News Bay Bridge Approach Closed A big ol' sinkhole broke out today on First Street between Mission and Howard due to a water main rupture, resulting in the closure of a major artery out of SF and onto
SF News New Auto Shop Takes Green Pretty Seriously Wired Magazine has an interesting feature piece on what we believe to be one of those "only in San Francisco" kinda businesses: a mechanic who not only specializes in hybrids, but attempts to
SF News Shakedown 1979 h, 1979…"I Will Survive" topped the charts and Bette Midler gave us "the Rose" (love, it is a river, you know). ESPN came into existence, the kids were into "Captain Caveman," and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Is this a fair pricing scheme? After pumping she figured things out, calculating she lost about five bucks due to the car wash discount scheme. Then, after raising a fuss she was offered ... a further discount on a car
SF News Happy Birfday BART Tomorrow BART celebrates 35 years of hauling your asses around. Revenue service began on 9/11 in 1972. Since then, according to BART Board President Lynette Sweet, BART has continued to "carry the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Luxury Car Parking vs. Pedestrian Safety You're looking at Oak Street right before it meets with Octavia Boulevard. This intersection is, by far, the most dangerous for pedestrians in all of San Francisco, based on the high number of
SF News American Airlines Forces You To Purchase Crappy Airline Food Via Credit Or Debit American Airlines flights leaving the San Francisco area will soon be testing an in-flight program that eschews cash. From Sept. 10-Sept. 30, certain flights from the carrier will allow you to purchase cool
SF News Your Commute: The Bay Bridge Is Back! Was it just us, or did you also think, as soon as the Bay Bridge closed, that the only things you wanted to do over Labor Day Weekend were on the other side
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Tesla Motors' Roadster- the Electric Edsel? Are there any similarities here with this car? Some hyperbolic coverage from the MSM makes us wonder a bit. Here's an opinion from Washington Post-affiliated Slate - the author was "unbelievably stoked", even
SF News Your Commute: Did You Spare The Air? And for those of you commuting by car today, don't you you spared the air? A truck overturned right at the 92/101 S interchange (those ramps are pretty steeply banked) around 4
SF News Where We Whine About The Weather So it's going to be stiflingly hot for the next few days (yes, we know, it's not as bad as it is in every other part of the country, but ) -- but in
SF News Presidio: Still Dangerous We were running in the Presidio this morning, and after a few cars nearly creamed us it struck us that one of San Francisco's preeminent outdoor plagrounds is a very dangerous place in
SF News Now Boarding Group A.... Out Of SFO Southwest has gone a little nuts about the news themselves -- are you also getting emails where they're giving you triple Rapid Rewards credit if you book a ticket online out of any
