SFMTA Roundup: Bikes Lifted from Muni Racks, No More Credit Cards in Taxis, ¿Terrorismo?

Good (and Maybe Bad) Changes for Masonic May 13th is shaping up to be a big day. Not only is it a Friday the 13th…

SFMTA Roundup: Muni Crashes, Choking, And Stabbing

SFMTA Roundup: Muni Crashes, Choking, And Stabbing

Train Crash was Driver’s Fault You will no doubt be shocked to hear that the spectacular West Portal crash in 2009 was, in fact, the…

SFMTA Roundup: Muni Doors, Scabs, Bike Wrecks, AmCup Transit

SFMTA Roundup: Muni Doors, Scabs, Bike Wrecks, AmCup Transit

See What Being Nice Gets You? Muni drivers! Oh, sure, there’s some bad eggs, like The Rogue Texter. But they’re not all bad, and plenty…

SFMTA Roundup: Battle for Hayes, Parking App, Full Steam Ahead for Treasure Island

SFMTA Roundup: Battle for Hayes, Parking App, Full Steam Ahead for Treasure Island

Two-Way Hayes The city has some changes in store for Hayes Valley, but like everything in San Francisco, the only thing that we can agree…

SFMTA News Roundup: Treasure Island Traffic Jams, Cab Crime, “Indecent Proposal”

SFMTA News Roundup: Treasure Island Traffic Jams, Cab Crime, “Indecent Proposal”

Set Sail for Treasure Island Wouldn’t it be fun to make an adaptation of RLS’s “Treasure Island,” only set on modern-day Treasure Island in the…

Willie Brown: Get Murderous Cab Drivers Off Our Streets

Willie Brown: Get Murderous Cab Drivers Off Our Streets

Local comedy writer and hat model Willie Brown has penned a scathing rebuke of San Francisco’s homicidal cabbies, whom he depicts as homicidal maniacs hell-bent…

Muni Summons Bloggers to Boast About Central Subway

Muni Summons Bloggers to Boast About Central Subway

Hang on to your hats: Muni’s about to change everything. Decades in the making, the Central Subway is about to radically change the way San…

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part Three: Improving The Relationship With SFPD

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part Three: Improving The Relationship With SFPD

This is the third part of a three part series (parts one and two here) funded with the help of Spot.us. A POLICE FORCE THAT…

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part Two: Why Victims Might Be Reluctant To Report

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part Two: Why Victims Might Be Reluctant To Report

This is part two (see part one here) in a three part series funded with the help of Spot.us. INVISIBLE VICTIMS Tracking hook-up violence is…

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part One: Hook-Up Violence

Crime In And Against The LGBT Community Part One: Hook-Up Violence

Part one (read part two here) in a three part series funded with the help of Spot.us. On May 18th at 5:41am, someone robbed a…

The Mega-Guide to Everyone’s June 2010 Election Endorsements: The Candidates

The Mega-Guide to Everyone’s June 2010 Election Endorsements: The Candidates

As you already know from our prop endorsement guide, in collaboration with Spot.us, we surveyed 135 prominent local politicians and political organizations to find out…

The Mega-Guide to Everyone’s June 2010 Election Endorsements: The Propositions

The Mega-Guide to Everyone’s June 2010 Election Endorsements: The Propositions

The results are in! In collaboration with Spot.us, we surveyed 135 prominent local politicians and political organizations to find out how they want to you…

So, You Want To Freelance For The Bay Citizen? Here’s What You Should Know.

So, You Want To Freelance For The Bay Citizen? Here’s What You Should Know.

I felt a little nervous about returning to the Bay Citizen office Thursday afternoon. Just a few days earlier, I’d written a decidedly un-gentle analysis…

Is A Link More Valuable Than $25? The Bay Citizen’s “Deal” For Local Bloggers

Is A Link More Valuable Than $25? The Bay Citizen’s “Deal” For Local Bloggers

Boy oh boy, the Bay Citizen sure has put online writers in an interesting position. Here’s the abbreviated version: BC is a non-profit news startup,…

SFIFF: Garbo The Spy

You don’t typically think of a World War II documentary as being a date movie, but “Garbo the Spy” isn’t your typical film. Oh, sure,…

SFIFF: All About Evil

Fourteen hundred people packed the Castro Saturday night to cheer on Peaches Christ and her entourage of whatevers at the official premiere of “All About…

We’ll Be Seeing These Extreme Mammals In Our Dreams, Nightmares

“Anything extreme these days,” pronounced Dr. Greg Farrington, the absolutely delightful Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences, “is totally cool.” Dr. Farrington was…

New York Times Unaware That Muni Riders Are Permitted To Enter Restaurants

New York Times Unaware That Muni Riders Are Permitted To Enter Restaurants

What’s the one thing above all else that keeps you away from Sixth Street? The drugs, the violence, the dirt, the six lanes of pedestrian-antagonistic…

Appealing Events: Friends Of The SFPL/SF Botanical Garden Society Book And Plant Sale

What strange and interesting plants will you find at the free botanical sale March 26-28 at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park near…

Appealing Events: March Madness For The Mind Invention Showcase

An invention-competition for college-age innovators reaches its climax at a free exhibition on Saturday, March 27 at the Exploratorium: the amazing inventions will be unveiled…

New Ways To Improve Muni Safety Might Not Make It To Our Streets

New Ways To Improve Muni Safety Might Not Make It To Our Streets

As Muni’s collisions and accidents continue — the most recent involving a 19-year-old woman knocked beneath an M — cutting-edge research from the Federal Transit…

Muni Employees’ Salaries Consume Around 80% of Agency’s Expenses

Muni Employees’ Salaries Consume Around 80% of Agency’s Expenses

Nobody likes losing their job — especially Muni drivers, who have it pretty sweet. But times are tough, thanks largely to local and state leaders…

Muni Dead Pool: Will Your Line Be Cut Next?

Muni Dead Pool: Will Your Line Be Cut Next?

Numerous bus lines face further cutbacks and possible elimination later this year, according to the SF Appeal’s analysis of data recently supplied by Muni as…

Guerrilla Graffiti Temporarily Reveals Secret Bike Box

We can all recognize familiar traffic signals like a red light or a one-way sign; but what are you supposed to do with a green…

Party for Fashionable Nerds Cannot Compare With Harvey Milk Library Reception

There are plenty of worse ways to spend a Thursday evening than in the company of an open bar, nerds, and a brisket; and that’s…

SF’s Edgiest PR Firm to Hold Edgy Fashionable Geek Event for Contemporary Urban Affinities (Modern Immersive)

“Stylish Techies Beware!” warns the invitation to a party next Thursday near the baseball park. They’re calling it “Geek Chic, a monthly lifestyle event,” and…

James Franco and Carter Collaborate on Lactose-Intolerance Awareness Campaign: James Franco Erased

At the beginning of the film “James Franco Erased,” which had its SF premier this weekend at The Castro, James Franco is handed a glass…

Local Toiletier Helps Us Flush Away Waste

Local Toiletier Helps Us Flush Away Waste

It’s only natural to experience guilt and shame in the restroom. Look at what you’ve contributed to the planet — wasteful and revolting! But a…

The Appeal’s Guide to Everyone Else’s Guides: November 2009 Edition

Voting! Just like knocking on wood, rubbing a lucky penny, or wearing pants, it’s one of those superstitious acts that somehow makes us feel safer…

DocFest: Rabbit Fever

DocFest: Rabbit Fever

Photo of the audience at the film’s Roxie premier by Paul To. “It starts from a love of the cute and furry animals,” explained filmmaker…

Altruistic Techies Hacking Government’s Under-Developed Databases

Altruistic Techies Hacking Government’s Under-Developed Databases

Remember the yip-yip aliens from Sesame Street? In spite of their advanced technology, meaningful communication always seemed to elude them; so when they encountered a…

Review: Comic Books are Hidden Gems at the Zine Fest

It wasn’t really fair of us to go to last weekend’s Zine Fest looking for comics — they’re not really the same thing, are they?…

Uncannily Attractive Men at Brandon Norris’ “A Sobering Affect”

All photos by Matt Baume “A catalog of gay male beauty” is how photographer Brandon Norris described his exhibit, A Sobering Affect, to us. And…

Prop 8 Deja-vu: Early Alarm Bells Ringing in Maine’s Discriminatory Marriage Campaign

Anyone who thinks that we learned from our mistakes with Prop 8 needs to take a look at this TV ad that just started airing…

Interview: Tales of Mere Existence’s Lev Yilmaz

Feeling chipper? Well, we’ll soon take care of that! Local artist Lev Yilmaz has perfected the craft of gloom in his comics and videos; he…

Lower Haight Art Walk Draws Big Crowd — Now, How Soon Can We Do It Again?

Lower Haight Art Walk Draws Big Crowd — Now, How Soon Can We Do It Again?

All Photos By Matt Baume So what was that thing that happened Saturday in the Lower Haight? The Lower Haight Art Walk, which drew hundreds,…

Bike-Sharing Company Flirting with SF

This weekend Bixi, a Canadian bikesharing company, held a friendly meet-n-greet in Golden Gate Park. They’ve been up and running in Montreal for several months,…

How to Have Good Clean Fun at Up Your Alley

How to Have Good Clean Fun at Up Your Alley

Clean is the new filthy! This Sunday, menaced by the Newsom administration’s war on fun, Up Your Alley has had to clean up their act…

SF Cheer Will Give You Something To Be Proud Of

Despite the name, there’s not a lot of real pride at SF Pride — it was mostly dominated by listless stalls, thumpy music, and booth-food….

Photo Gallery: Pride Parade 2009

Created with flickr slideshow. Update: We just added the above slideshow from Rincon Hill SF‘s Jamie Whitaker. We think the One Rincon Hill image he…