Train Travel

Muni Money: Caltrain Connection Could Fund Central Subway

Saroo Brierley, Indian Orphan, Uses Google Earth to Find His Family

​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

In Transit: From S.F. to L.A. via Public Transportation

​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

"A Perfect Ganesh": Theater Review

​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

Around the Muni in 80 Days: Man Plans S.F. Transit Odyssey

Bryan Dempler'Man vs. Muni' dude Bryan Dempler has a long road ahead...​Every Day, Bryan Dempler takes a train downtown for work. Then he take a train home. Then he takes a train back downtown for night school. And then he takes a train home. Now he's come up with a novel new way to spend his days ... More >>

Overproduced Noel Coward adaptation Brief Encounter proves that sometimes less is more

Bryan Dempler'Man vs. Muni' dude Bryan Dempler has a long road ahead...​Every Day, Bryan Dempler takes a train downtown for work. Then he take a train home. Then he takes a train back downtown for night school. And then he takes a train home. Now he's come up with a novel new way to spend his days ... More >>

All Town, No Gown

Bryan Dempler'Man vs. Muni' dude Bryan Dempler has a long road ahead...​Every Day, Bryan Dempler takes a train downtown for work. Then he take a train home. Then he takes a train back downtown for night school. And then he takes a train home. Now he's come up with a novel new way to spend his days ... More >>

Somers Town gets at the heart of working-class London

Bryan Dempler'Man vs. Muni' dude Bryan Dempler has a long road ahead...​Every Day, Bryan Dempler takes a train downtown for work. Then he take a train home. Then he takes a train back downtown for night school. And then he takes a train home. Now he's come up with a novel new way to spend his days ... More >>

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 >>

SF Weekly Letters

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 >>

"19th Avenue: I Know, I Know, I Know." - Gavin Newsom's Message on Transit

By Benjamin Wachs I have to admit something before I begin: Gavin's ability to be boring is stronger than my ability to be funny. I'm slipping. I think I can hold the line for seven-and-a-half hours, but if he posts a sequel (perhaps "State of the City: Revolutions," or "State of the City: Attac ... More >>

Last Night: The Notwist at Bimbo's

By Benjamin Wachs I have to admit something before I begin: Gavin's ability to be boring is stronger than my ability to be funny. I'm slipping. I think I can hold the line for seven-and-a-half hours, but if he posts a sequel (perhaps "State of the City: Revolutions," or "State of the City: Attac ... More >>

More Than Kitsch

By Benjamin Wachs I have to admit something before I begin: Gavin's ability to be boring is stronger than my ability to be funny. I'm slipping. I think I can hold the line for seven-and-a-half hours, but if he posts a sequel (perhaps "State of the City: Revolutions," or "State of the City: Attac ... More >>

Porkmistress Pelosi

Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders. Takes one to know one.

Best Scrolling View

Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders. Takes one to know one.

Speak to Me

You don't need to know Chinese to enjoy a tasty chive dumpling

Stereo Total

Do the Bambi

Off the Rails

Even with the radiant Gong Li, Zhou Yu's Train's a wreck

This Train Is Your Train

There's a romance to railroad travel, especially when the destination is a special, spirited mountain town called Truckee.

City Limits

If you're young and female, New York Minute is your movie

A Black and White Issue

A lawsuit alleging racism at Amtrak's Oakland yard has made it to the Supreme Court -- and could affect discrimination cases nationwide

Visionary Thinking

The "X Plan," a draft of Muni's hopes for the future, offers a glimpse of transit utopia

Three Best Launching Pads

The "X Plan," a draft of Muni's hopes for the future, offers a glimpse of transit utopia

The Riddle of Japan

A new film by documentarian Trinh Minh-ha is timeless and apolitical -- much to our disappointment

Down on Brown

Many blacks in Bayview/Hunters Point say they feel ignored by the mayor. In this election, they are returning the favor.

All Aboard

Santa Fe Bar & Grill

The Grid

Santa Fe Bar & Grill

The Straight Poop

Human excrement in the parks -- dangerous or just dirty?