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May 12, 2009
MTA Budget Showdown Leads To ... Wait For It ... A COMPROMISE!
Jim HerdThat sound you heard earlier today was every City Hall journalist in San Francisco slapping his palm on the table when the Board of Supervisors vote over the controversial Muni budget was continued. And continued again. And more time went by. And now ... after several hours of behind-the-sce ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Just What You Always Wanted: A Webcam Capturing the Nonstop Action at -- the Farallones?
Jim HerdWebcam, ahoy!Longtime listeners to San Francisco Giants broadcasts will be familiar with KNBR radio's ubiquitous catchphrase touting its broadcasting might: "From the Farallones to the Rockies..." Many a fan has probably stopped to wonder who, exactly, is catching those ballgames out on the ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
City's Restroom Taskforce Wants You To -- Ahem -- Sit Down And Offer Your Input
Jim HerdAs noted before, this public restroom in the Panhandle cost as much as a 16,200-square-foot mansion in the midwestDoes this city have a taskforce on taskforces? It doesn't appear to -- but just you wait, now someone will bring it up. In any event, all excretory humor aside, we do have a rest ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Confessions of a Composting Bandit
Jim Herd'Scuse me ladies, I've got to slip this bag of rotting vegetables in your green bin -- and run!I'll admit it. I've been running a quasi-legal operation out of my kitchen. You can tell something ain't right from the smell. But I'm not producing meth. I'm making methane. Yes, I'm a composting ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
Media War: Blogger Criticizes Mainstream Media Worker's Bicycle. Ahhhh -- It's On!
Jim HerdYes that is Matt Smith tuning up his bicycle built for four...We mainstream media workers have suffered incessant pelting from bloggers, citizen journalists, pamphleteers, and others who seem delighted by the meltdown of the industry that employs us. Up until now, however, the critical onsla ... More >>
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July 28, 2009
Muni Tax Shelter Deal Could Lead to More S.F. Rail Carnage
Jim HerdDid promised millions froma shady tax shelter deal blur Muni's judgment?A month before investigators began to sift through train wreckage to determine the cause of last week's Muni light rail crash, officials examining deadly transit accident in Washington D.C. discovered a defect th ... More >>
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August 13, 2009
The Clogged Bus-Only Lane Theory of Policing: Cite More Motorists and the Rest of the Public Safety Picture Will Fall Into Place
Jim HerdHere's another way of keeping drivers out of bus lanesIn Mexico, a visitor will quickly get the sense that society isn't working quite right when she's asked for a bribe by police. In Saudi Arabia, the same conclusion becomes obvious when a woman is arrested for prostitution simply becaus ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Morning Muni Delays Don't Bode Well For BART Strike
Jim HerdNot so fastWhile Muni spokesman Judson True was in and out of meetings this morning regarding the looming BART strike, a bevy of delayed Muni trains were making a helluva lot of passengers late for work. True explained that there was a problem with the control system at Mo ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
The Day Culture Rolled Into Bernal Heights: Novel Concept for Yellow City Buses -- Riders!
Jim HerdYou saw it: The last two foreign tourists to be bewildered by the Culture Bus (and not get on). It turns out there are more efficient ways to rob tourists than charge them five times the going rate to ride on the bus. That's what the Municipal Transportation Agency found out via its ill-f ... More >>
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September 14, 2009
Asked to Change His Name Tag, San Francisco Cop Instead Changed His Name
Jim HerdSergeant Carl T -- reallyIf you click on the above shot recently snapped by ace photographer Jim Herd, you'll observe that the policeman's name tag actually reads "Carl T." While first-name, last-initial is par for the course with restaurant servers, Sigmund Freud case studies, or Rollerb ... More >>
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October 5, 2009
Just In Time For Monday's Commute: The Muni Pain-O-Meter
Jim HerdPain Level: 0.5 -- Train or bus you run like hell to reach goes out of service. 0.7 -- Muni time arrival readout arbitrarily jumps from "2 minutes" to "19 minutes".1.5 -- Disruptive "service animals" on vehicle. 1.9 -- "Service animals" fight each other on Muni vehicle.2.3 -- "Service ani ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Few Show For California Redwoods' Football Opener -- But Fans Still Manage to Have Fun (Legally and Illegally)
Jim HerdThere is grandeur in this view of life...Text by Joe Eskenazi. Gorgeous photos by Jim Herd. In the many months between when we first reported the inception of the San Francisco-based United Football League up to the moment we wandered into a largely abandoned AT&T Park for the Saturda ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Autopsy Forthcoming For 37-Year-Old Man Found Dead on Muni Bus
Jim HerdThe San Francisco Medical Examiner's office moments ago told SF Weekly that the autopsy for the man discovered dead on a bus in a Muni yard is scheduled for today or tomorrow. Christopher Feasel, a 37-year-old San Franciscan with no fixed address, was found lifeless in the back of a No. 5 ... More >>
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November 16, 2009
Cement Contractors Baffled By Muni's Delays on N-Judah Line Fix
Jim HerdAmong San Francisco neighborhoods, the Outer Sunset is high on the list of places you could conceivably land a spaceship with no one noticing. And yet denizens of the area certainly noticed that Muni's weekend repairs to the N-Judah rails were not confined to the weekend -- hence they wer ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
United Football League Wants YOU to Vote For League MVP. If You Haven't Heard -- UFL Exists.
Jim HerdIt's not too late for locals to catch the UFL action...okay it is. But you can still vote on what you likely didn't see. Readers may remember when we dropped by the United Football League home opener for the California Redwoods at a 90-percent empty AT&T Park. Overall, the football wa ... More >>
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November 27, 2009
Beige. I Think I'll Paint the Streets Beige.
Jim HerdPaint the town red, paint the streets beigeAfter years of waiting, San Francisco can finally tell its roadway-focused version of the world's most played-out dirty joke.(Ergo: The difference between girlfriends ["Ooohh! DON'T STOP! DON'T STOP!"], prostitutes [a passive "Oh baby baby. ... More >>
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January 15, 2010
Court-Appointed Expert Finds Muni Stabbing Suspect Bobby Brown Competent To Stand Trial
Jim HerdBobby Brown, the 30-year-old homeless man charged with 18 felonies stemming from five alleged stabbing incidents, was today found competent to stand trial. Psychologist Dr. Amy Watt came to that conclusion in a detailed nine-page report delivered today in court. The contents of that repor ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
Toilet Economics: Why Has Cost Per Restroom Jumped $53K Since '08?
Jim HerdThe price tag for this john in the Panhandle exceeded $531,000Last week, via a series of toilet-related double-entendres, the Chronicle announced that the city's restroom commission -- yes, such a thing exists -- was ready to begin spending $7.2 million to renovate or replace 19 of the ci ... More >>
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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 >>
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February 23, 2010
Muni May Lay Off 170 Operators on Friday
Jim HerdMuni spokesman Judson True has confirmed a rumor disseminated by the Muni Drivers' union: 170 operators -- and 230 Muni employees -- will be facing layoffs after Friday's Municipal Transportation Agency Board meeting. "At the Friday meeting, service reductions will be voted on. If the boa ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Zip Line Across Justin Herman Plaza -- What Could Go Wrong?
Jim HerdHere comes trouble...On Thursday, folks who'd like to see your tourism dollars directed British Columbia's way, intuitively, erected a zip line on the Embarcadero, across Justin Herman Plaza. On the one hand, a zip line can't be a worse idea than adjacent Vaillancourt Fountain, another "g ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
Cheerleader Caught Looking
Jim HerdI spy with my little eye...On Saturday at Kezar Stadium, Stanford played its annual Cardinal and White preseason scrimmage. While it was, by all accounts, a fine afternoon, most San Franciscans found other ways to pass the time. It seems this Stanford cheerleader did, too. To be fair, it' ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
The Demon Dog's Demon Master
Jim Herd Last week we brought you the Demon Dog of Coffee Mate, whose owner's cruel choice to dress it as her adorable twinsie backfired and turned the dog into a vengeful Hell-beast. SF Citizen notes that her dread attempt at cuteness has further backfired, and the owner has become a Hell-beast ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Your Dream of Being Injured Playing Pro Football May Not Be Dead
Jim HerdCould this be you? San Francisco's participation in the fledgling United Football League was brief -- three home games and some surreal memories of a 90-percent empty AT&T Park populated by fans wearing highlighter-green uniforms. But that's no reason that San Francisco-area old farts ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Wishful Thinking: Bay to Breakers Runners Urged Not to Litter, Get Drunk, Pee
Jim HerdPer the cops and DPW, as long as she doesn't pee in the corner or litter, she's kosherOn the eve of San Francisco's yearly Bacchanalia in running shoes known as the Bay to Breakers, city officials are urging race participants to behave themselves and not make a mess. Well, that ought to d ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
San Francisco Celebrates 'National Public Works Week' -- By Dumping Tons of Crap on Streets
Jim HerdPost-race detritus in Golden Gate ParkYou wouldn't waltz home on Mother's Day, toss Ma a steak, and demand she cook it up for you. Would you? You wouldn't clog up the toilet on Father's Day, hand Dear Old Dad the plunger, and put him to work? And yet, on the first day of National Public W ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Being a San Francisco Wild Parrot Ain't Easy
San Francisco's famous colony of wild parrots has never been bigger -- or harder-up -- according to a much-circulated A.P. article. The personable, striking birds made famous by the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and its birdman subject Mark Bittner's book of the same title are thrivin ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
San Francisco Man Models Worst Haircut Yet
Jim HerdBefore he left home, you know he glanced in a mirror and said, 'Perfect!' Glancing at the above photo captured by ace photographer Jim Herd at Stockton and Sacramento, your humble narrator couldn't help but feel a bit of nostalgia. Years ago, an old friend and his girlfriend were idling i ... More >>
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July 20, 2010
Baylinks: Baby Newsom, Rat Brains, & The Loin
Jim HerdCute baby. The kid's nice, too. Drivers, mind those pedestrians, or police will mind you. [SFAppeal]Beth Spotswood extends her Newsom love by a generation. [cbs5 Eye on Blogs]Will you call the Tenderloin "The Ten"? [Tenderblog]
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September 22, 2010
Werewolf, Leland Yee, Join Forces to Protest Prop. B
Jim HerdLeland Yee, right, and a werewolf would like to talk to you about the upcoming electionSen. Leland Yee and what appeared to be a werewolf who just stepped out of the shower were on hand today in the Inner Sunset to protest against mandating San Francisco workers pay more toward their pens ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Missing From this Year's Bluegrass Festival: Hundreds of Bikes Hanging From Trees
This year, no pick-your-own bike farm The San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks has taken steps to prevent a repeat of one of the most distinctive features of the 2009 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival: Tree branches festooned with hundreds and hundreds of bicycles left by concertgoin ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Warren Hellman's Hebrew Jacket Explained
Jim HerdDefinitely not last year's model...When Elvis Costello's in town, people can be forgiven for missing some peripheral details and focusing on the artist formerly known as Declan McManus. That being said, it was hard to miss Hardly Strictly Bluegrass impresario Warren Hellman's Semitic Serg ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
So What Did Warren Hellman's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Jacket Say?
Jim HerdIt ain't last year's model...Maybe you saw the rather wild, sequined jacket that the free-music-festival-wearing Warren Hellman was wearing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this weekend.Maybe you thought it looked cool, and wondered what exactly the Hebrew writing on the back meant.Maybe you' ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Yahoo! Maps Invents Silly San Francisco Place Names: 'Inset,' 'Outset'
Click map for larger versionOh, if only I made enough to afford a flat in the Inset! As first noticed by Jim Herd over at SF Citizen, locals using Yahoo! Maps may find themselves doing a double-take -- right at the outset of their experience. For reasons yet unknown, the service has labeled the I ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Leland Yee's Mayoral Announcement Covered By Media Dogpile
Jim HerdLeland! Leland! Over here! Over here!Proving once again that you can get media coverage if you tell them where to show up and when, Sen. Leland Yee was this morning documented signing a few papers at the Department of Elections by an absolute scrum of reporters. No disrespect to Yee -- he ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Newsom Baby No. 2: The 25 Worst/Least Likely Names
Jim HerdThis one's mine. Get your own.It seems Mayor Gavin Newsom will soon have something else to distract him from elected office: Another kid on the way! It's impossible to guess the naming propensities of a couple who saw fit to christen their first child "Montana." But we offered the 25 wors ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Muni Pain-O-Meter V. 3.0
Jim HerdOh happy day...Muni Pain-O-Meter V. 1.0Muni Pain-O-Meter V. 2.0Pain Level: 0.5 -- A lady boards the bus and serenades everyone with a delusional spiel about becoming mayor. I think her name is Joanna Rees. 1.5 -- 15-year-old berates his newly ex-girlfriend on the train, gesticulatin ... More >>
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