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The Segway's circuitous ascent to official Wonder Future Vehicle of Tomorrow suffered a blow when the company's owner rolled one off a cliff and died in 2010. That was a sad...
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In the days before cell phones, bored undergraduates in the restrooms of institutions of higher learning passed time by scrawling puns in the grouting between wall tiles: "The...
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Last year, SF Weekly reported that multiple nonprofits complained to the mayor's office that a PUC official warned against publicly questioning the CleanPowerSF program...
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A platoon of union workers in loud, matching outfits is nearly as regular a City Hall sight as bridal parties in loud, matching outfits. And, on a recent Monday, members...
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Anyone curious about the French take on the America's Cup fiasco is in for a lesson on the difficulties of translating colloquialisms, bureaucratic frustration, and...
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On June 27, 1986, a resolution named a street after Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, "who has unselflessly (sic) strived through his work and...
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In December, SF Weekly ran a story about the surreal rules builders exploit to blow up small homes into mansions, consuming San Francisco's dwindling affordable housing...
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Earlier this month, newly minted Supervisor Katy Tang was feted for targeting Muni switchbacks as one of her first moves. This was wise: There's little that infuriates...
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Last week, readers of the San Francisco Business Times on March 11 learned "America's Cup economic impact lowered to $780 million from $1.4 billion." Examiner readers on March...
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On the morning of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, Ross Ehlinger was a husband, father, and athlete. By the end of the day he was a statistic.
Ehlinger, a 46-year-old...
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The Planning Commission is not sexy. Phonebook-sized case summaries before the Planning Commission are not sexy. But a line unearthed from one 425-page case summary does hold...
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"Enclosed you will find what was at one time one of the treasures of my life — my Eagle Scout Medal," begins a letter from the Rev. Gene Huff of San Francisco to the...
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When news broke that the city is holding the bag for the tens of millions of dollars the America's Cup Organizing Committee hasn't raised, Supervisor John Avalos gave an...
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"Streamlining" and "pandering" are both terms that raise red flags when applied to local government. So it warrants mentioning that San Francisco has streamlined...
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Forty years after outfitting its trains with cushioned seats and carpeting, BART has announced it will finally begin taking steps against those who habitually befoul them. The...
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Amazing scenes were witnessed in a San Francisco courtroom last week, when failed nudist Richard Sierra wept in joy after being exonerated of charges that would have rendered...
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Photo illustration by Audrey Fukuman with photograph of Scott Wiener by Anna Latino
The wall thermometer says it's barely 55 degrees inside the Glen Canyon Recreation...
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Niners fans left in a daze after the team stalled out five yards from glory could be forgiven for thinking they'd hallucinated a Jell-O commercial at game's end in which a...
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Scott Wiener has proven he can often expedite a sluggish political process. But his attempts to smooth city policy do have some jagged edges.
•Wiener's restaurant...
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Every year around this time, San Franciscans rail against what passes for frigid weather here. This is done in spite of the fact that we bemoaned the weather at this time last...
