Bay Area Storm Update: Yes, We Just Got Soaked
Update, 10:15 a.m. Wednesday: Just catching up on our December Deluge. Overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, the storm performed as forecast, hitting the North Bay particularly hard. Novato, in northern...
View ArticleUber Gets Restraining Order After Alleged Threat to Kalanick and Other Execs
A San Francisco Superior Court judge has granted a temporary retraining order against a man whom Uber says has threatened its CEO, Travis Kalanick. Robert Scott Dervaes Jr., who was suspended from...
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From Tarantino at Cannes to Collector in El Cerrito, Film Diehards Say...
When I write about movies, I like to substitute “film” or “cinema,” in ascending order of pretentiousness. Occasionally I’ll even use “pictures,” though that makes me feel like Louis B. Mayer. The...
View ArticleWhere to See ‘The Interview’ Online and in San Francisco Bay Area Movie Theaters
Who would have thought there would actually be a picture that could advertise with the tagline “See this movie or the terrorists win” — and it’s actually sorta true? This morning, Sony Pictures made...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Monday
State’s ballot initiative process remade, and both parties agree (SF Chronicle) After more than a century in California’s political spotlight, the state’s initiative process will be getting a major...
View ArticleSan Francisco Bay Area to End Year Very Cold, Very Windy
Leave it to California to simultaneously suffer widespread flooding and a drought. State water woes aside, those who still feel saturated from the relentless rain that hit the Bay Area earlier this...
View Article49ers Catch Heat For Letting Go of Harbaugh
As you have no doubt heard by now, Jim Harbaugh has thrown his last tantrum as coach of the 49ers. Word is he’s going back to school, headed to the University of Michigan to coach its football team....
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Tuesday
Uber, Lyft vs. taxis in New Year’s Eve fare war (SF Chronicle) New Year’s Eve is a night of parties, revelry and drinks. That makes it a prime business opportunity for taxicabs and app-based ride...
View ArticleHeavy Winds Slow Bay Area Travel
We’re hearing it’s a lousy commute out there as the Bay Area grapples with heavy winds. Here’s a report from CBS SF Bay Area on where the strongest winds will hit and when. Check out the SFMTA, BART...
View Article8 Stories You Should Know About Wednesday
Amid flakes, snow levels don’t jettison drought worries (SF Chronicle) Snow levels that didn’t quite measure up turned a snowshoe party in the Sierra into an exercise in hand-wringing on Tuesday as it...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Friday
Oakland: Homicides decline for second straight year (Oakland Tribune) Nine months into the year, it seemed Oakland was finally seeing the dramatic drop in homicides that officials had long sought....
View ArticleDid Stu Miller Really Get Blown Off The Mound at Candlestick Park?
Anyone who is a student of our national pastime, San Francisco or meteorology knows that a gust of wind blew scrawny yet effective junkball pitcher Stu Miller off the mound during the 1961 All-Star...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Today: Friday, Jan. 9
S.F.’s Olympic dreams dashed: Boston beats out Bay Area for bid (SF Chronicle) The temptation of a new stadium in Oakland apparently wasn’t enough to win the Bay Area its first Olympics, as Boston was...
View ArticleDon’t Forget: No Golden Gate Bridge This Weekend!
The Golden Gate Bridge is going to be closed this weekend for the first time since 1987, and no amount of pleading that you totally forgot is going to gain you access, so start making alternate plans....
View Article8 Stories You Should Know About Today: Friday, Jan. 16
BART Intermittently Closes Downtown Stations Due to Protest (News Fix) BART trains are now stopping at all stations and service is recovering from disruptions caused by anti-police brutality...
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BART Service Returns to Normal After Anti-Police Brutality Protest
BART says trains are now stopping at all stations and that service is recovering from disruptions caused this morning by anti-police brutality protests. KQED reporter Isabel Angell, who was last at...
View ArticleLive Bomb Was Found Along PG&E Pipeline Near ‘Erin Brockovich’ Site
In San Bernardino County, California, authorities found a live pipe bomb along a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. pipeline last month, near the site of one of the state’s most highly publicized...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Today: Monday, Jan. 19
Protesters outside Oakland mayor’s house (SF Chronicle) Protesters gathered outside the home of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf before dawn Monday, saying they were giving her a “people’s inauguration” on...
View ArticleKing Tides Hit California — Where and When
Ya gotta love an alert from the National Weather Service that includes the phrase, “The sun, moon and the earth are in proper alignment. …” It has nothing to do with astrology, of course. The NWS is...
View ArticleMLK Day Parking Enforcement in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose
Here’s the parking enforcement situation in each city. Watch out for those meters in San Francisco — ya still gotta feed ‘em. San Francisco Not enforced Residential permit M-F daytime street sweeping...
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