Air Transportation

Meet Your Neighborhood Drones

Last week, a video surfaced on YouTube of what appeared to be a drone hovering over a residential neighborhood in West Oakland. Filmed by videographer Jacob Crawford, the eerie unmanned aircraft was held aloft by several mini helicopter-like blades with blinking red-and-green lights. Drones have b ... More >>

Another Unsavory Needle Found in Airplane Food

You can go ahead and add Air Canada to the list of airlines whose food you won't want to eat. The airline confirmed yesterday that a passenger found a sewing needle in his pre-packaged sandwich served aboard the Toronto-bound flight.We'd chalk this up to an anomaly probably not worth reporting if a ... More >>

Pilots Say Flying United Airlines Isn't That Safe

A flock of United Airlines pilots will stand post at the doors of San Francisco International Airport this weekend, but not to greet frequent flyers or to help you with your carry-on. They will be there to rail on the airlines, like every other frustrated flyer. Pilots have been in contract negoti ... More >>

S.F. Civil Liberties Group Wants Feds to Stop Being So Secretive about Drones

​The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation, claiming that the feds are withholding important details about drones -- the unmanned aircraft used in the military --  and under what circumstances public and private entities be allowed to use them. Accordin ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Airlines Accused of Price-Fixing in Class-Action Lawsuit

​A hangar-ful of airlines is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in San Francisco that alleges an "international conspiracy" to fix prices and bilk travelers.The suit was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court by San Francisco resident Caroline Joy, who is represented by the law firm Moscone Embli ... More >>

How airport officials let Hertz drive off with nearly $1 million

The SFO Cannonball Run

Horrified by a typical taxi trip from SFO? Thank a government program that pays cabbies to speed.

San Francisco Chihuahuas Go Bi-Coastal

photo via flickr by heatherEast Coast bound​Last week, SF Weekly described the Chihuahua epidemic at the San Francisco Animal Care & Control, where the yappy dogs have overpopulated the shelter. Animal Control was begging people to adopt the dogs.And while they didn't find a home locally, the ... More >>

You Know All Those Corks You're Saving? You Could Be Wearing Them Someday

Gare and Kitty/FlickrThe makings of a kickass pair of wedgies?​If you want another option for your used champagne and wine corks -- beyond using them in bad art projects -- there are fashion-forward options in the works. Cork is one material that's migrating from the recycling bin to the shoe ... More >>

Bay Links: Flowers, Mice & Castles

Photo by Toyota​Solar Flower Power! [Laughing Squid]Kick-ass castle for sale. [Curbed SF]Mouse infestation in Presidio. [SF Citizen]Maya Lin debuts a new piece at the Academy of Science Thursday. [Richmond District]You can find anything on the street in the Mission. [People Reading]Muni fare inspe ... More >>

New Direct Flights Between Gay Meccas San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale Dubbed 'A Rainbow Road in the Air'

San Francisco                               Fort Lauderdale​San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale are pretty much the two gayest cities in A ... More >>

Predators are free to move about the cabin

The girl flew as an unaccompanied minor, and she's still experiencing turbulence.

Preventive Medicine: How S.F. Politicos Saved The World

Now that Wall Street investments have collapsed in value, it's fair to credit Nancy Pelosi's lead in the 2005 battle against Social Security privatization for saving us all from spending old age in abject poverty."In this downturn in the financial -- the stock market, thank God we won that fight," ... More >>

Flipping the Bird: Local Airports' Methods of Repelling Winged Obstacles

If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body ... More >>

The Clickable Clit: "Working in a Real Office Makes Cybersex Difficult"

The Clickable Clit: Cybersex at 30,000 Feet

The Clickable Clit: Cybersex at 30,000 Feet

John Burton’s Murky Role in Perata Probe

SuperHustle

Jobs with smaller shuttle van companies may be flying out of the airport.

Southwest: It's Cheap for a Reason!

Bangalore to Be SF's New Sister City - Keeping IT in the Family

UAVs Over Sacto — Police Drones the Next Big Thing?

Our Money Flies Out of SFO

A new audit shows bureaucrats spent public money on a failed private business in Honduras

Mother’s Work

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

Powerful Advice

Leaders should ignore the temptation to over-regulate energy policy and let competition reign

Noir You See It, Noir You Don't

Naming one of the masterminds of the SFO Enterprises scandal as a "watchdog" over billions in public investment: city government or pulp fiction?

Tsunami Politics

Why will the city receive no money from the sale of SFO Enterprises?

The High Life

Breathing in sleaziness at the rarefied and urbane levels of San Francisco political life

You preach/We laugh

In which we come up with our own (slightly cynical) version of Muni's new ad campaign

Ticket to Read

Must airport bookstores be so lousy?

Uncle Sam Needs You to Be a Suspected Terrorist

Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.

Making Scents at SFO

Bad stuff's hitting the fan out at the airport. Can mayoral confidante Eleanor Johns help keep the smell down?

SFO My God

Airport officials have bungled their international business efforts so badly, the city attorney has to investigate

Urine a Bad Spot Because of Them

Why do our supervisors pass over substance in favor of trivia like the public peeing bill?

Pinocchio and SFO

Once upon a time, there were airport officials who wanted to spin tall tales, spend $745,000 on Honduran boondoggling, and not explain very much

Brownout at SFO

Mayor's attempt to end-run city voters on runways-in-bay reflects dimming of his political star

Foie Gras for the Soul

Restaurants react to last week's attacks

Earlier Warning

Hijacking on the East Coast. It was predicted.

Flight Capital

How SFO officials used city employees and money -- in apparent violation of state and federal law -- in a very odd attempt to privatize the airports of Honduras

Dog Bites

Take Out the Trash; Trouble in the 408?; Trouble in the 650; Even Fuzzier Math

Dog Bites

How Soon Is Now?; What He Did on His Vacation; A Cubicle of Her Own

San Francisco International Airpork

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

Letters

Checchi's Checkered Record

Megamillionaire Al Checchi thinks he piloted Northwest Airlines so well that you should elect him governor. Actually, he sucked in public subsidies, strong-armed unions, reneged on promises -- and still almost flew the firm into the ground.

Affirmative Action Derailed

With Prop. 209 looming, an airport contract battle shows how S.F. has failed to keep faith with minority business

Mulch

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World