Why did the cop cross the road? To nab a hasty motorist. Okay, it's not that funny -- but who among us can resist the opportunity to pen a variation on the classic chicken joke?Negligent drivers beware: Your reckless ways won't be tolerated today. An Ingleside Police Station newsletter penned by Captain David Lazar states that "pedestrian stings" will be taking place at Mission and Highland, Alemany and San Juan, Bosworth and Arlington, Geneva and London and the Cortland corridor.The sting will
http://www.old-cans.com/en/carmageddon/Yesterday, SF Weekly noted that the police at San Francisco's Ingleside Station were planning a sting aimed at busting motorists who don't stop for pedestrians -- and the cops were even generous enough to list the intersections and times of day they'd be out stinging and busting. Apparently, at least 123 San Franciscans do not read this Web page. Police -- who sent plainclothes officers waddling into the streets to act as pedestrians -- yesterday cited that
I say high, you say low. You say why, and I say I don't know. Oh, no -- you say 'pedestrian sting' and I say 'Operation Safe Crossing.'In what appears to be an adoption of less menacing nomenclature, the San Francisco Police Department has ceased undertaking "pedestrian stings." Instead, the cops have started holding the occasional "'Operation Safe Crossing' operation." (The repetition is the SFPD's, not ours). Whether it's a "Pedestrian Sting" sting or "Operation Safe Crossing" operation, th
Wednesday (and Thursday) Night OutThe SpitsThough they hail from opposite ends of the American Empire -- rainy Seattle, Washington, and sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, respectively -- The Spits and Davila 666 share a love of raucous punk rock'n'roll and the wild time it often inspires.
Last month Davila 666 took over Thee Parkside for a Wednesday blowout that was as packed and sweaty as any weekend rager: "Pure unadulturated fun of the sloppiest kind" is how SF Weekly music editor Jennifer Mae