It's been a rough go for Attorney General Eric Holder . Many thought Holder -- a Chicago buddy of President Barack Obama -- would be among the first Cabinet members to depart in Obama's second term, following the embarrassment of the Fast and Furiou...
Cretin stands in the middle of the street for unknown reasons at Outside Lands The annual Outside Lands festival arguably brings the best combo of bands to San Francisco. Just the same, the music fete also brings out the stupid in San Francisco....
Boys' bathroom gets a pink makeover Gov. Jerry Brown today signed a historic bill that ensures California's transgender youth can fully participate in school activities and use facilities that match their gender identity regardless of what their g...
It was mostly fights, both verbal and physical -- and a little marijuana -- that led to a slew of stabbings in San Francisco where five people were injured, one critically. On Friday, three people were stabbed over an eight-hour span in the city's ...
I want to thank whatever slapdick threw that banana towards my direction in CF in the last inning. Way to show ur class u jackass. -- Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) August 11, 2013 Update: Giants issue statement -- see end Update: Giants fan clai...
Probably not, if you were like us fast asleep, dreaming of a BART contract. But we're so thankful for those night owls who stargaze on our behalf then post photos on the Internet for the lazier population to enjoy. In case you didn't know, Perseid ...
Last night BART management and its unions were once again incapable of putting an end to the never-ending labor dispute that's created commuter chaos and anxiety the last few months. But don't worry, you'll still be able to hop a (delayed?) train to ...
A friendly mailman may soon be delivering your Corona's. It hasn't been a good year, or three, for the U.S. Postal Service. Some of us thought they were done for, considering they experience a whopping $16 billion dollar loss in revenue last y...
If you're a BART commuter, you have a governor -- and a judge -- to thank if you get to work on time Monday. With the Bay Area mere days away from the second BART strike in as many months, it was Gov. Jerry Brown who came to the rescue on Friday. ...
Even Feinstein won't cross em Labor's power in the United States is on the decline -- less than 12 percent of all workers are organized these days -- but unions still wield power in California. Labor is particularly strong in the Bay Area, where...
Chahal pictured at right at a TechCrunch event in New York in 2011. Once considered "America's most eligible bachelor ," Gurbaksh Chahal, an Internet advertising magnate worth millions, has pled not guilty to 47 charges including assault with a...
a class action in Chicago , where Boeing's corporate headquarters are located, and three in San Francisco district court. Burlingame attorney Frank Pitre, who represents the Bay Area plaintiffs, says he's teeing up a fourth suit today to spurn the co...
narrowly averted ? Uh, just kidding. Maybe. BART's unions renewed their strike threat Thursday, announcing that if they don't see progress at the bargaining table by this evening, they may issue yet another 48 hour notice. For commuters bedeviled by ...
Caught! The marmot who hitched a ride to Bernal Heights to fuel her antifreeze addiction is off the streets. She'll soon be on her way back to the mountains -- where she belongs. The captured marmot -- who goes by " Bernal Marmot " on her Twi...
Staying neutral... Pet Food Express is a great company that showers an inordinate amount of money and resources upon rescue animals and animal welfare organizations -- and Lombard Street is a disaster that could use the foot traffic. Pet Food ...
Updated, Friday, 11:51 a.m. : We just found out that Virgin America has been donating money to Animal Care and Control of San Francisco since 2010, which not only burnishes its image but also makes for some frighteningly adorable photos of flight at...
It's going to take a transit miracle to bridge the $100 million dollar gap between BART's management team and employees' union representatives before Monday. The startling figure came out during testimony yesterday by BART union reps and officials ...
Dr Sanjay Gupta has found he's OK with weed Conversions -- religious or otherwise -- can be hard-won. For Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the well-known medical correspondent for CNN, all it took was science -- hold the political ambition. In January 2009, whe...
Bike Share and Helmets While you're not legally obligated to wear a helmet while riding a bike in California unless under 18, both Bay Area Bike Share and the NHTSA recommend one. Bay Area Bike Share says: "We do recommend our customers wear he...
August 2, 2013 When the X-axis of our malevolent hopes for society meets the Y-axis of reality, a sort of nirvana is reached. In the primordial days, we used to clip schadenfreude-inducing news stories out of the paper and affix them to the fr...
Photograph and direction by Mike Koozmin. Design by Audrey Fukuman. Billy Sell was not, by any means, a sympathetic character. He'd earned a double life sentence for attempted first-degree… More >>
When six frustrated pot entrepreneurs got together to launch TheNug.com, an Oakland-based site dedicated to "weed, women, and other important stuff," they thought they'd stumbled on an Internet gold mine.… More >>
Not quite a year ago, a crippled 60-foot Muni articulated bus was hauled to Smith & Tobey 24-hour Towing. Muni buses break down all the time — but this was… More >>
A Muni operator's job entails driving the vehicle from Point A to Point B — but it's still a decent thing to thank him or her when you disembark. The Muni… More >>
Evidently, rideshare start-ups — or "Transportation Network Companies" per the new patois — aren't the only businesses to benefit from an impending BART strike. A Santa Monica parking directory service… More >>
The Bridge is Out, Then In The great news is that the new Bay Bridge will open on time. The bad news is that the Bay Bridge will be closed for… More >>
Picking Fruit Online Reading way into what the grocery store has come to represent: The grocery store is now only for the rich or those with food stamps, everyone else has… More >>
Illustration by Audrey Fukuman. Only a few hours ago, the strawberry was sitting on a vine at a family-owned farm in Watsonville, about 90 miles south of San Francisco. But,… More >>
At the corner of Townsend and The Embarcadero, outside AT&T; Park, an unusual sort of panhandler has appeared. They don't seek handouts; they seek autographs. Dylan Courier, 18, is on the… More >>
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a simple enough concept. And yet, applying it to on-the-ground situations often leads to profoundly unintended consequences — there's a reason… More >>