On September 2nd, 2009 Tisha Harvey lived a community member’s worst nightmare. On her way to pick up her daughter in the city’s Visitacion Valley…
In July of 2009, we took a look at the ShotSpotter, a piece of law enforcement technology which aids in the investigation of violent crimes…
Readers may remember when the Board of Supervisors, with the support of Gavin Newsom, voted into law one of the country’s most comprehensive mandatory composing…
Tis’ the season for shady hiring policies. CBS5’s Joe Vasquez recently ran an interesting story on how Banana Republic’s flagship store on Grant Avenue hired…
So you’re in the Salvation Army on the corner of Valencia and 26th, and you’re browsing for that perfectly grotesque wool-knit sweater, the one with…
On Tuesday October 27th, 2009, the the Obama administration announced 100 federal grants to support smart grid projects around the country. The stimulus funds would…
On September 10th, 2007, a transgender prostitute working in the Tenderloin was found naked and left for dead on a street across town. Two weeks…
On Friday, SFist had the details first (thanks to the quick fingered twittering of TimOfLegend.) about an incident early Friday morning in which an unnamed…
It hasn’t been that long since the impending BART strike threatened to overlap with the Labor Day closing of the Bridge of Doom, causing a…
They call parking in San Francisco a game of cat and mouse. They forget that with a little ingenuity, Jerry kicked Tom’s ass on the…
The “fact” that great white sharks reside mostly in deep waters has been the only thing that has allowed beach denizens to gradually reunite with…
After three long years of waiting, bikers and sustainable transportation enthusiasts will finally have their day in court. A hearing is scheduled for this morning…
Chances are, when you’ve tired of your 19th straight listen to Black Eyed Pea’s latest jam, or can no longer stand the banal, pre-fabricated opinions…
Treasure Island has become a little more soiled after a sewage line broke on the island Saturday, spewing 67,600 gallons of waste water across the…
As if the unemployed living in a state with the fourth highest unemployment rate need another worry, a recent security flaw in the CalJobs website…
In the wake of even more violence on Muni last weekend this time, on the 49, the SFPD and SFMTA are getting even more pressure…
First there was the violent and unprovoked stabbing of 11-year-old Hatim Mansori earlier this September. Then, the other day, there was the purported Norteno attack…
SFUSD: Charge! An analysis of the San Francisco school district’s financial records by the Chronicle reveals more bad news about the district’s continuing mismanagement of…
Cock rings, naked (spank inducing) Twister, nipple tweaking, queues outside of stocks, rooftop ejaculation. No, it’s not the latest Stockroom catalog, it’s the 2009 Folsom…
Tomorrow marks the start of San Francisco’s six week pilot program aimed at reducing eastbound traffic on Market Street. The plan will force private vehicles…
We received the following email this morning from that wily, little corporation who continues to escape the death throes of the recession at every turn:…
An independent panel urges congress to increase National Park spending by at least $700 million over the next seven years just days before a documentary…
To crassly bastardize Gil Scott-Heron, but, Sunday’s Oakland Raiders game against the Denver Broncos will not be televised. At least, not locally. Under the NFL’s…
San Franciscans have endured record high temperatures this last week. Allow me to rephrase. San Franciscans have endured cranking their space heaters up to record…
Photos from an earlier rally for Khourosh Zaim by Steve Rhodes “Super size me,” might have been the first words on activist Turaj Zaim lips…
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory alert for the entire San Francisco Bay area and Santa Cruz County up through Tuesday evening….
The Chronicle and ABC7 are reporting that a team of Los Angeles investigators brought in to assist with the investigation of Hugues de la Plaza’s…
From the man who’s looking to add additional taxes on cigarettes and took doughnuts away from city employees comes the latest in public health legislation–a…
They’re called The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but there’s nothing too painful about them (except perhaps turning their name into an acronym). Named…
Domestic violence prevention in California is in trouble. Six shelters have closed throughout the state since Governor Schwarzenegger eliminated the entire $20.4 million budget for…
The Department of Public Health has issued a report regarding San Francisco’s unique Healthy SF Program, and the results are largely positive. The results of…
In an effort to guarantee that University of California executive salaries will remain untouched in the event of further budgetary crises, UC President Mark “no…
You, the loyal BART customer, helped set a new ridership record for BART last weekend. Unfortunately you could not match the overall weekend ridership record…
The ultra rightist, San Francisco censuring, public enemy of Great Britain Michael Savage has been dropped from his longtime San Francisco home at KNEW-AM. His…
In San Francisco, peace activists will gather at Ocean Beach near Fulton Street from 7:30-8:30 PM for an environmentally friendly bonfire. The event is part…
Here’s an update on our outstanding SF Fixes issues: First, some good news: I first reported the squalid and lightless conditions on Plum Street to…
At 8:06 PM last night the Bay Area uttered a collective gulp as the Bay Bridge officially closed down for the long weekend. The closing…
Long ago, Marvel Entertainment Inc. told us that “with great power comes great responsibility.” I hope they’re ready to eat those words. On Monday, Disney…
Its official: Cash for Clunkers is a thing of the past. The federal auto scrappage program depleted its original funding almost three months sooner than…
You always suspected San Francisco was too good to be true. As a kid, when your mom gave you $10 dollars and sent you to…
