SF News New Bike and Pedestrian Lane Opens on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge You can now bike or walk between Richmond and Marin County, as the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike/Pedestrian Path opens up to non-car traffic.
Arts & Entertainment Please Do Not Drive To America's Cup World Series If you plan on going to the America's Cup World Series, which starts today, please do not drive there. You won't find parking. You just won't. Instead, "walk, bus, bike or take a
Arts & Entertainment Friday: City Guides' Hitchcock Tour Those enjoying a relaxed holiday week should get out and learn about the Nob Hill and Union Square spots featured in Vertigo and other S.F.-based Hitchcock classics at San Francisco City
SF News San Francisco and Oakland (?) Both Rank in List of Top 10 Walkable Cities An annual ranking by this site called WalkScore, which provides detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood scores of various cities based on their walkability and access to public transit, has put San Francisco as the second most
misc Photos: First Sunday Streets of 2010 First off, we apologize for not giving you all a heads-up about the first Sunday Streets that happened yesterday at Embarcadero. It totally went under our radar. But according to Streetsblog, it was
Arts & Entertainment Sunday Streets to Become Permanent in 2010 This weekend's final Sunday Streets of the year was a big success despite the fog. On Friday, Streetsblog reported Mayor Newsom's announcement that Sunday Streets will become a permanent event starting in 2010
Arts & Entertainment Final Sunday Streets of the Summer This Sunday It's been a fun summer, with many successful Sunday Streets under our belts. This Sunday's event will be the last one of the summer and will go along the Great Highway Route, connecting
misc Photos: Sunday Streets in the Mission We hear today's Sunday Streets in the Mission was a success. Evidently lots of kids came out of the woodwork, too. The next one is July 19, also in the Mission. Keep the
SF News UPDATE: Teen Shot to Death Inside Metreon Megaplex Although almost every single one of you have fantasized about doing it at some point -- especially on 24th Street, where for some inexplicable reason people ooze down the street like lava --
Arts & Entertainment Sfist Reviews... The Hives Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn), the drummer, took the stage first. With his face, but mostly his eyes (Tyra Banks would be proud), Dangerous would look at different spots in the audience and give
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The Pipettes: This all-female, British, Phil-Spector-sounding band gains more and more popularity by the day. See them tonight so that by next year when they're too big for SF venues, you can
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: The Swell Season Walking up Sanchez Street on our way to the Noe Valley Ministry, we passed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglová (a.k.a. The Swell Season) strolling smilingly toward 24th Street, not a
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: These Boots Public singing commenter and Ed Jew fan Walter's back! That's his 40 second partisan rendition of "These Boots Were Made For Walking." Click here for the Nancy Sinatra original, and here for the
Arts & Entertainment Are You Out Of Your Half-Dome? Nature Getting Pricier Prices on everything, as always, are going up-up-up. National Park entrance fees appear to be no exception under the administration's current plan. Starting next January 1, for example, Yosemite's gate fee is set
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond Strollin' * Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond near Bosworth, San FranciscoCafes, little music stores, and families out for a stroll.The late afternoon light cut the hillside into squares.More like a small town than a
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Old Forms In The New City * Bay Area Wanderer: Sansome near California, San Francisco Walking north as dusk settled in, suddenly columns lined up beneath the taffy-pulled pyramid.
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Solid Luck We'll go somewhere, take a picture, and tell you a tale. Simple. We'll cover San Francisco, the North Bay, the East Bay, down peninsula way, and -- if we can swing it --
misc Photoshop Gavin Contest! Where was Gavin Newsom last week? a) On the playa at Burning Man; b) On a date with a barely-legal model; c) On a date with a C-list reality TV star; d) Trying
Arts & Entertainment The Superlative Adventures of the SuperFisters Kablammo! Oh excuse us. We were just reading some comic books. This week, courtesy of Isotope's guidance, we're checking out Harvey Pekar's new book, ; as well as Desolation Jones, a newish series inked
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: New and Reinvented This week we bring you a crucifixion, ghetto Shakespeare and mean people in love. Because why get vanilla ice cream when you can get, say, caramel ice cream with fudge chunks and cookie
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Michael Maxfield Color of America? Red, white, blue! Color of the Giants? Orange! Color of San Francisco? Hot Pink! Wearing a Unitard! Way back when SFist self-interviewed, we shared a special San Francisco moment that
SF News Interview: Pamela Cianci When she isn’t exploring other people’s property, Pamela Cianci stays out of trouble running a consulting business, baking company, and writing for the Examiner, oh and occasionally advising Gavin Newsom. How
SF News Remembering Robert Matsui Walking dejectedly back to the first day of work in 2005, we noticed that the flags in town are flying at half-mast in honor of Sacramento's Democratic congressman Robert Matsui. Matsui, who had
