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September 23, 2011
Anonymous Discrimination? Wearing Masks at Protests Illegal in New York City
Wear this to a protest in New York? Fugetaboutit.Over the last month, masked Anonymous protesters have made a weekly date out of organizing demonstrations at BART stations in San Francisco. When the cops have moved to arrest some, it's usually been for refusing to obey an officers' orders, delayi ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Pandora Goes Public for $3 Billion. Happy Face?
Ninety million users, zero profits.First, a word of congratulations to Pandora, the Oakland-based Internet radio service whose initial public stock offering today resulted in a nearly $235 million windfall to its investors. The company is now valued at $3 billion. You can buy its stock on the New ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Unpacking Pandora's 'Risk Factors'
Every time a company offers stock to the public, it must submit a form called an S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form must provide a prospectus, which includes financial information as well as the risks potential investors would face in buying shares. Because lawyers and accoun ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Baylinks: Sutro, Tetris, & Underage Visitors
New views on the Sutro Tower. [Burrito Justice]Hip to be square: Tetris tournament tomorrow. [Mission Mission]Muni rider sketches his fellow passengers. [Muni Diaries]
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Julio Mestre, Charged With Molesting Invalids in Contra Costa, Did Same Here in S.F.
San Pablo Police DepartmentFormer Muni Driver Julio Mestre molested an incapacitated San Francisco hospital patient -- purportedly while wearing his Muni uniformJulio Mestre, the 56-year-old charter bus driver charged with molesting elderly invalids at a San Pablo convalescent home, did the same ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2010
Muni Drivers' Union Agrees to Givebacks. Will Union Members Approve?
N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionIs there a light at the end of Muni's tunnel? Or is that another train? The Transit Workers Union Local 250 -- truly the pinata of both progressives, moderates, and everyone else -- has reached a tentative agreement for givebacks, reports th ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2010
Muni Riders Walk Out of Tunnel Following Malfunction
Alexia Aubault EskenaziMuni passegers wandered up out of the Metro Tunnel after a long delayScores of Muni riders, blinking after nearly an hour trapped underground, straggled out of the Duboce and Church tunnel moments ago. The walkers followed the emergence of an eye-catching six-car train, whi ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2010
Baylinks: Pot, Cybermemos, & Fake Taxis
Plans to give Sunset District its very own pot club approved. [SFAppeal]The strange new world of the Internet! [Boing Boing]Did you read my cybermemo yet? [Sex Pigeon]Muni driver helps rider out with those awkward bike racks. [Muni Diaries]Can you tell a real taxi from an impostor? [Akit's Compla ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Baylinks: BMX Bikes, Birdman, & Drunk Smurfs
McLaren park may become a haven for BMX bikers. [Uptown Almanac]Hayes Valley Farm is having a film night. [Haighteration]Mysterious birdman of Civic Center feeds, helps pigeons. [EPA and Around the Bay]Shots of the Columbarium, San Francisco's prettiest place to be dead. [Richmond SF]You know it' ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Baylinks: Tiny Parks, Tiny Life Forms, & Wizards
It's all fun and games 'til you hit the merry-go-round.It's the end of the work day. Here are some kittens on a slide. [Laughing Squid]Tiny park springs up inside a Muni bus stop. [Muni Diaries]Does a bike bridge need a suicide net? [SFAppeal]A happy ending for feral cats living at SFPD evidence ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2010
Cost of Muni Fast Pass Going Up in May (For Some)
If you are young, old, or disabled, a Muni Fast Pass will cost you an extra $5 starting tomorrow. The Municipal Transportation Agency is raising the price of its discounted passes from $15 to $20. The fare hikes will raise an extra $1.25 million annually for MTA. Very fast scofflaws who can outru ... More >>
News
April 28, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
If you are young, old, or disabled, a Muni Fast Pass will cost you an extra $5 starting tomorrow. The Municipal Transportation Agency is raising the price of its discounted passes from $15 to $20. The fare hikes will raise an extra $1.25 million annually for MTA. Very fast scofflaws who can outru ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2010
Vandal Busts 30 Windows on Muni Train. How Many Windows Do Trains Have?
Well, here's one you can't blame Leonel Jarquin for...The San Francisco Police Department last week trumpeted the arrest of one Leonel Jarquin -- who, if guilty of the crimes with which he is charged, is one of the most comprehensive vandals in our fair city. The 18-year-old is charged with busti ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2010
Has Muni CEO Nat Ford Even Read SF Weekly Cover on Muni?
We reported earlier how Muni CEO Nat Ford called a mandatory meeting for the transit agency's top brass in the wake of SF Weekly's cover story, "The Muni Death Spiral." Ford purportedly handed all of his top lieutenants a copy of the paper, gave them 20 minutes to read it, and then railed against ... More >>
News
April 21, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
We reported earlier how Muni CEO Nat Ford called a mandatory meeting for the transit agency's top brass in the wake of SF Weekly's cover story, "The Muni Death Spiral." Ford purportedly handed all of his top lieutenants a copy of the paper, gave them 20 minutes to read it, and then railed against ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Hidden Joys of Proposed Muni Budget
Ready or not, here it comes...Yesterday, the Municipal Transportation Agency reluctantly passed a two-year budget for Muni. We're notifying you today as a symbolic nod to the overriding feature of that budget -- its 10 percent service cuts. Much like the buses and trains themselves, you had to wa ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Safety Czar's Hasty Departure May Not Be Slam on Muni
This looks like a job for Jim Dougherty...Jim Dougherty is the latest Muni official to sing Groucho's Captain Spalding song: "Hello, I must be going. ... I'm glad I came, but just the same, I must be going!" After barely a year on the job as Muni's chief safety officer, Dougherty is headed to fil ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Baylinks: Cat Cargo, Neighborhood Names, & Coastal Rivalries
How to take your cat on BART. [Pawsome]S.F. vs. N.Y. via Lonely Planet writer. [Spots Unknown]"Units departed from the site of the reprehensible atrocity." [The Underbelly]How to keep your iPad from getting snatched on Muni. [Muni Diaries]Watching the seasons change via fashion: Sunny days ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government
Pride of the cityOver the weekend Your Correspondent was lucky enough to have one of those reality-check conversations with a reasonable layperson -- these sorts of chats come far too seldom for us poor hacks, who spend a lot of our time talking to the wonkish caste that includes legislative aide ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Another Muni Rider Slapped Around
Why can't we all just get along on the bus?Okay, seriously. What is it with Bay Area bus rides triggering interracial fisticuffs?First there was the Chinatown Muni bus fight between a Chinese woman and a black woman back in October. Then came Epic Beard Man vs. the black guy in February on an AC ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2010
S.F. New Media Admits It Can't Quit Chronicle
OMG! Like, stuff blew up! Last night, the Commonwealth Club asked a panel of new media start-ups to imagine a San Francisco media landscape without a daily newspaper. The panel was boldly titled, "If Not the Chronicle, Then What?" Turns out, none of the panelists could imagine doing their jobs wi ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
Baylinks: Schnapps, Hovercat, & Sexual Harrassment
He schnapped me!The Man is not into your schnapps on Ocean Beach. [SFAppeal]It's Friday. Here's a hovercat catfight. [Laughing Squid]Medjool is "hipster kryptonite." LOL. [SFist]City employee accused of sexual harassment fired a city employee for sexual harassment. [Sweet Melissa] Homesick for Mu ... More >>
News
March 10, 2010
List: The S.F. subway to nowhere
He schnapped me!The Man is not into your schnapps on Ocean Beach. [SFAppeal]It's Friday. Here's a hovercat catfight. [Laughing Squid]Medjool is "hipster kryptonite." LOL. [SFist]City employee accused of sexual harassment fired a city employee for sexual harassment. [Sweet Melissa] Homesick for Mu ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Baylinks: Mid-Market Trouble, Tibet, & Rainbows
Kevin Bacon: Not riding Muni.Is more biking an unintended outcome of poor Muni service and high fares? [Streetsblog]Susie Cagle takes a look at the problems facing Mid-Market and possible solutions. [SFAppeal]Tibet demonstrators march down Market. [SFist]Vintage Muni complaint letter. Because som ... More >>
News
March 3, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Kevin Bacon: Not riding Muni.Is more biking an unintended outcome of poor Muni service and high fares? [Streetsblog]Susie Cagle takes a look at the problems facing Mid-Market and possible solutions. [SFAppeal]Tibet demonstrators march down Market. [SFist]Vintage Muni complaint letter. Because som ... More >>
News
March 3, 2010
Muni Fail
Federal scrutiny could threaten funding for the Central Subway boondoggle.
Blogs
February 23, 2010
Baylinks: Urban Iditarod, Tour de Taco, & the Beast Bay
Like this, but with less actual dogs. And snow.Ready your husky costume: the Urban Iditarod returns to S.F. [Laughing Squid]Shots from last weekend's Tour de Taco in Oakland. [Oakland North]San Francsico, the Beast Bay is coming for you. [Uptown Almanac]What's up with the mysterious fliers on the ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2010
Muni Union Boss Says He'll Ask Drivers to Reconsider Spurning Concessions
Jim HerdYou may have figured out that this is the image we use whenever Muni drops the ball. It gets used a lot. If you're a Muni passenger, this has been the winter of your discontent. And, according to Irwin Lum, president of the Muni drivers' union, many of you have been taking out your frustr ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Supe Hints at Ballot Measure to Wrest Muni Board Appointments From Mayor
Jim HerdMayor Gavin Newsom has never been particularly subtle about attempting to dictate marching orders to the Municipal Transportation Authority Board. Now, the mayor's progressive critics, particularly members of the Board of Supervisors, are being equally unsubtle in their criticism. Last mo ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Silver Linings of Muni's Pending Service Cuts and Fare Hikes
EarthnikNo, no -- this is for the best! On Friday, Muni wheeled out a cavalcade of proposed service cuts and fare hikes, all of which were met with about as much enthusiasm as, say, a proposal to economize by storing the dead in public school classrooms. Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Baylinks: Mysterious Disappearances, Patty Hearst, & Love Bandit
The Appeal's Beth Spotswood and SFist's Brock Keeling investigate the mysterious disappearance of women in Point Reyes. (VIDEO) [SFAppeal]Is Plumpjack Winery the next stop for Newsom? Mayor is coy about his next step. [City Insider]Patty Hearst rides amok through San Francisco. [SF Citizen]San Fr ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2010
Another Reason Not To Get That Tattoo
A press release issued today by the San Francisco Police Department kind of reads like a guide of Things Not To Do If You're Planning on Entering a Life of Crime. Gang Task Force Inspectors took one Monzell Harding, age 18, into custody this afternoon under suspicion of robbing a passenger on the ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
Baylinks: Summer School, Guns, & Weird Cargo
No more teacher's dirty looks: Is this the untimely end of Summer School? [City Insider]Shots from the weekend's very rainy anti-abortion Walk for Life. [SFist]Ready your water gun, Street Wars is back! [Laughing Squid]Huzzah! A secret 24-hour public Valencia Street bathroom revealed! [Mission Mi ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2010
Supe Hopes Audit of Muni Management Will Be Factor in Budget Battle
Jim HerdWith the Municipal Transportation Agency preparing to send hundreds of workers packing and MTA staff advocating for fare hikes and service cuts, Supervisor David Campos has a different idea. Earlier this week, he requested the city's budget analyst undertake a full audit of the city's tra ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Baylinks: Frogs, Roids, & Signage
Fore!Bay Area lawyer defends endangered frogs and snakes that live on city-owned golf course. [Public Press]New Muni iPhone app in town. [Muni Diaries]Free ride: File under incredible photographs. [Spots Unknown]Signs of the times. What's going on with this storefront?!?! [Mission Mission]Local s ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2010
SF Gov InAction: Hearing About Muni Is No More Disturbing Than it Needs to Be
Dear Alleged Readers: I'm burned out on politics. The meetings, the hearings, the the petty egos ... and that's just Bevan Dufty's schedule last week. I need to take a break. So over the next several weeks I'll be asking some of my favorite local analysts, writers, bloggers, and perso ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Bay Links: Bike Polo, Curry Boyzz, & Burning Man (Already)
Polo shirts, yes, bike polo no?Bike polo crackdown in Dolores Park. [Mission Mission]Oh, dang. Burning Man 2010 tickets on sale now. Wasn't it just yesterday you were washing dust out of your furry underwear? [Laughing Squid]Fear not, those who fear change: Stow Lake Boat House to remain ba ... More >>
Calendar
January 13, 2010
Appropriate Behavior
Polo shirts, yes, bike polo no?Bike polo crackdown in Dolores Park. [Mission Mission]Oh, dang. Burning Man 2010 tickets on sale now. Wasn't it just yesterday you were washing dust out of your furry underwear? [Laughing Squid]Fear not, those who fear change: Stow Lake Boat House to remain ba ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
Baylinks: Body Armor, Helpless Tourists, & Dangling Beds
Not sure if you can wear body armor or not? Read this primer. [Sweet Melissa]Muni Manners rule No. 42: Instead of mocking them, help lost tourists. [Muni Manners]Kill joys warn pantsless BART riders not to shock grannies. [SFAppeal]Facebook group promotes mowing down cyclists. [Streetsblog]Leogla ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2010
Who Will Be Thrown Under the Bus? Supe, Muni Union Up Ante in Duel.
Lo, what's this on my seat? Ah, a polemic! Muni riders yesterday may have discovered something unexpected on their seats -- no, not that. Thousands of pamphlets penned by Transportation Workers Union president Irwin Lum decrying Supervisor Sean Elsbernd and a recent article written about him in t ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2010
Muni Video of Bus-Truck Crash Offers 'Plague O' Both Your Houses' Moment
Muni today released video -- from no fewer than seven different angles -- of the Jan. 5, early morning accident between the 19 Polk bus and a pickup truck. The takeaway: Muni screwed up. But the driver of the white pickup truck screwed up worse. Way worse. The camera angles pictured above don' ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
If It Quacks Like a Duck: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner
Liana L./YelpIndoor fireworks: Organic duck sausage with pasilla BBQ sauceThursday, Dec. 17, 2009 We'd send you to Ferry Plaza for the Thursday street-food market, but you'd spend half your lunch hour in the queue for one of those 4505 dogs, and then have to eat it at a picnic table in the c ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Bay Links: F-bombs, Trailer Parties, & Young Romance
Bombs away!Chris Daly drops the F-bomb at supes meeting. [City Insider]And speaking of supes, no more Yom Kippur break for the Board. [Sweet Melissa]Bloggers get their groove on at the SF Appeal Holiday Party. (Check out video of SF Weekly Web Editor Alexia Tsotsis busting a move) [SF Appeal]Love ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
All that Glitters: Foster City Woman Slapped with SEC Suit Over Alleged Gold Mine Stock Scam
Don't buy itAll you underpaid and unemployed folks trying to get by in today's bad economy can file this one away in the "Why Didn't I Think of That?" category. Don't worry -- most of us wouldn't believe we could successfully sell loads of fake stock in a non-existent Filipino gold-mining corporatio ... More >>
News
July 19, 2006
This Is Your Sport Off Drugs
If only baseball would deal with the drug problem instead of cowering in fear
News
October 22, 2003
Rolling in War Bucks
How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense
Music
November 27, 1996
Suspicious Minds
How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense
News
July 17, 1996
Dog Bites
How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense
News
April 10, 1996
Fish Story
Red Herring Editor Tony Perkins is a self-described maverick, a stylish fast-talker with a knack for making friends and influencing people in the high-tech world. Not bad traits for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, but are they what it takes to publish a "m
News
March 20, 1996
The Burton Money Machine
John Burton's 1040s reveal that politics doesn't pay
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