Millbrae

BART Station Closed After Person Found Dead Under Train (Update)

Update 12:46 p.m. The Colma BART station has finally reopened and no train delays are being reported. No word on what exactly happened to the victim. Luna Salavar, spokeswoman for BART, could not confirm whether or not this was a suicide. "I cannot confirm if a man jumped in front of a train beca ... More >>

Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain, Expect Major Delays

A pedestrian trespassing south of the Broadway Station in Burlingame was struck and killed by southbound Caltrain 314 at approximately early this morning. Caltrain officials ran a bus bridge in both directions between Millbrae and Burlingame stations until approximately 8:40 a.m. when the northbou ... More >>

BART Service Halted at Glen Park Station, Person Under Train (Update)

Update 4:30 p.m.: According to press reports, the person who was hit by the BART train has died. Trains are not stopping at the Glen Park Station. Original story 4:09 p.m.: BART just tweeted out the news that the evening commute has been disrupted after a person was found underneath a train at the ... More >>

Soon You'll Be Able to Get Tofu Burritos at Chipotle

In what we can only assume is a bid to take a bigger share of the fast-casual dining market, Chipotle has announced a tentative new vegetarian entree option. Beginning February 12, the chain will begin testing tofu "sofritas" burritos in seven of its Bay Area restaurants. The organic, GMO-free tofu ... More >>

BART: How Many Riders at End-of-Line Stations Were Asleep?

If you've ever boarded BART's pre-dawn stockbroker train and mixed among the slumbering financial titans, you may have overheard something curious. The driver announces East Bay stops -- MacArthur, West Oakland, etc. -- in barely a whisper. But, come Embarcadero, he or she will shout "EMBARCADERO! E ... More >>

Bay Area Poverty Is Growing Faster in Suburbia Than in Urban Areas

Suburban poverty is a relatively new phenomenon. For the past 60 or so years, the suburbs have traditionally represented the American Dream. Work hard, play by the rules, and it'll all be yours-- the crisp lawn, white fence, two-car garage, little league practice, backyard tree-house, etc -- and you ... More >>

Promising Punk Outfit Synthetic ID Wants to Make You Feel Alienated and Vulnerable

San Francisco's Synthetic ID plays straight-ahead punk charged with a distinctly urban sense of disorientation and tension. A controlled chaos is contained in the group's jagged instrumental tones. Each part threatens to teeter into a depressive abyss, but the songs trudge along, systematically inst ... More >>

Gonzalez Guzman, Drunk and Stranded Club-Goer, Off the Hook for Burglary

Now here's some good fodder for an anti-drinking campaign.A San Francisco jury acquitted a 20-year-old man today of burglary charges and instead convicted him of petty theft and receiving stolen property after he convinced jurors that he was just a drunk, not a crook. Gonzalez Guzman and his buddy, ... More >>

Major BART Delays After Man Dies on Train

(Update 4:30 p.m.): BART officials say the man riding on the train toward Millbrae died, however they could not say how the man died. He was seen slumped over in his seat.(Original Story 3:34 p.m.)If you are like us, you are probably counting the minutes until your 4th of July holiday begins. Sadly, ... More >>

Bay Area Man Sues Company Over Unwanted Flirting Tips

​A Bay Area man has insisted he doesn't need help picking up chicks. To prove this, Andrew Humble, a Millbrae resident,  filed a lawsuit in San Francisco this week, claiming a Georgia-based company sent him "flirting tips" via text message -- and then charged him for the dating advice without ... More >>

R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose, Bay Area Rock Guitarist, 1947-2012

Ronnie Montrose, the intense guitarist and songwriter who led the band Montrose and helped bring Sammy Hagar to the world's attention, died Saturday, March, 3, of complications from prostate cancer, according to a posting on his website. He was 64. Throughout a 40-year career, Montrose worked with ... More >>

The Doughnut Burger: Dining with the Devil

Carina OstLucifer melting​Here's some new burger lingo, courtesy of the new Civic Center-area restaurant Little Griddle: a Lucifer burger. You might think that means flames of hellfire or hot sauce, but gluttony will also get you to hell. In this case, the devil resides in a bacon cheeseburger ... More >>

Videogame Competition at S.F. Libarary Comes as Surprise to Librarian

​Of all the libraries in the city, you might think it odd that little old Bernal Heights would be the one tapped to host a national competition. So does the librarian there. On the American Library Association website, Bernal is listed as San Francisco's participating branch in Saturday's "Nationa ... More >>

BART Delays for City-Bound Riders

​It's going to be one of those Mondays for BART riders heading toward the city from San Francisco Airport and Millbrae. A "trackside problem" or "equipment problem" at SFO has led to delays of 20 to 30 minutes for trains headed toward the city. BART is still experiencing residual delays following ... More >>

S.F. is special, even when it comes to raw sewage

Bomb Scare Shuts Down Millbrae Station

Hiya Swanhuyser ​SF Weekly received calls from inconvenienced riders noting that a suspicious package has shut down the Millbrae station, curtailing all rail service (as you can see from the snap above taken at the Cal Trains station on Fourth and King). Naturally, you should alter your travel pla ... More >>

Sweet Beat: Charlotte's Confections' Peanut Butter Caramel Twists

These addictive chews were spotted at Faletti Foods (308 Broderick at Fell), a gourmet grocer with discerning aisles filled with local and organic products. Charlotte's Confections was an unfamiliar brand, but a little digging revealed that it's actually the wholesale end of Shaw's of Millbrae (1 ... More >>

An Honest Drunk: Inebriated S.F. Driver Waves Off Sobriety Test, Admits He's Plastered

Ya got me, officer...In a scene ripped straight from the Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash ditty "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Well I woke up Sunday morning/ With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt/ And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad/ So I had one more for dessert), cops from San Francisc ... More >>

Take the Rude Train

BART riders won't give up their seats for a pregnant woman.

Your Inappropriate Sexual Conduct With Minors Roundup

Chron Watch's #1 Star - Caltrans Director Bijan Sartipi

BART to Change Its Maps

Desperately Seeking Soup Dumplings: Bay Area Xiao Long Bao

Desperately Seeking Soup Dumplings: Bay Area Xiao Long Bao

LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

Fire Away!

A judge has overturned the ban on handguns passed by S.F. voters last November. Are you worried about firearms flooding our streets? Take this quiz and find out!

Sun Ra

Sun Ra Research CD Two

Festivals and Fairs

Of Love and Natalise

She dreams of being the next Janet Jackson, but she's just a Stanford grad who sings syrupy pop, looks absolutely fab, and makes local teens swoon.

Which, come to think of it, may be enough, for everyone involved.

To Sun Ra With Love

The Hinds brothers make art about -- and inspired by -- Saturn's most influential musician

Breath of Understanding

Pondering the questions raised by the international reach of the Ethnic Dance Festival

Dog Bites

Who Still Wants to Be a Millionaire?; Bush Leads Prop. L by 337 Votes; Readers’ Freeway Comments

A Killer Dies, a Mystery Lingers

Hashem Zayed's death in prison leaves his motive for a bizarre murder unresolved

Dog Bites

Planetary alignment, book proposals, and parking speculation

Night Crawler

Suspended Adulation

Break Science

What does DJ Marz do as a turntablist? Everything. All the time.

The Vintage People

Long before there was a swing-dancing fad, there were the vintagely correct, who live the 1940s all day, every day, everywhere

By Joel P. Engardio

Reviews

Ending Up on Top

Twenty-five years after its doors opened, SOMA dance club the Endup joyously (and not so joyously) remembers its past

Dog Bites

Fading Flower

A Short-Order Murder

The diner manager told the cook not to prepare the poached eggs a pretty woman had ordered. The next day, the cook shot the manager to death. They had worked together amicably for 20 years. The unanswerable why of it all will haunt family and friends fore

Letters

The Grid

The Grid

State and National Candidates

Dead Heat

Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

Other Worlds, Other Sounds

Korla Pandit and the secret museum of mankind

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?