Miss the San Francisco Bay Guardian? It’s Back for One Last Edition
You wouldn’t exactly call San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius a big fan of the left-of-left politics that are sometimes practiced in the city. But this weekend, even Nevius bemoaned the loss...
View ArticleVideo: Lone Protester Speaks Out at Bill Cosby Show in Turlock
According to the Modesto Bee, Bill Cosby got a standing ovation when he performed in Turlock Sunday. The show was the 77-year-old comedian’s first in California since multiple accusations of sexual...
View Article10 Stories You Should Know About Today: Friday, Jan. 23
Golden Gate Bridge barrier leads to rampant speeding, new rules (SF Chronicle) If you see the new safety barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge as a ticket to drive faster than ever, then a different sort...
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Berkeley Tells African-American Cannabis Collective to Shut Down
Even though more than 40 people testified about the importance of the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective to the black community, the Berkeley City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday night to...
View ArticleVideo of SFPD Officer Trying to Push Disabled Man Off Curb Prompts Investigation
The Internet is giving semi-viral treatment to two videos of a San Francisco police officer attempting to shove a man in a wheelchair off a sidewalk curb. The incident occurred last Sunday in the...
View ArticleCyclist Hurt, 5 Elevator Rescues in Berkeley Power Outage Tuesday
Update, 3:30 p.m. PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said Friday afternoon that the company has identified the cause of Tuesday’s power outage as an equipment failure during testing at an East Bay...
View ArticleCalifornia DMV Retracts Notice That UberX, Lyft Drivers Need Commercial Plates
The California Department of Motor Vehicles sent out a retraction Friday night of a memo it had issued earlier this month that vehicles even occasionally used for commercial purposes — like those...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Today: Monday, Jan. 26
Citing public health, Leno seeks more limits on e-cigarettes (SF Chronicle) A bill to regulate electronic cigarettes by defining them as tobacco products and barring their use at work, schools, on...
View ArticleICYMI: Watch Klay Thompson Score All 37 of His 3rd-Quarter Points Friday
I didn’t get a chance until now to watch Klay Thompson’s other-worldly performance at the Oracle Arena Friday night, when he set a record for most points in a single quarter with 37. I don’t know about...
View ArticleAs Brown and Napolitano Meet, a Look Back at UC’s Historic Autonomy
Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano have been butting heads over plans to increase tuition. In case you don’t know the back story, UC regents voted to raise tuition...
View ArticleMitt Romney Says He Won’t Run For President
After a three-week flirtation with another run for president, Mitt Romney said definitively on Friday that he will not seek the White House in 2016. The Republican Party’s 2012 nominee plans to tell...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Today: Friday, Jan. 30
Shrinking Sierra Snowpack Heightens Drought Worries (KQED Science) Manual surveys on Thursday confirmed concerns over the withering mountain snowpack — a critical source of water for millions of...
View ArticleHere’s the Ad For the Ad For Next Year’s Super Bowl in Santa Clara
The Super Bowl 50 (not Super Bowl L) host committee says its ad for next year’s big game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara will be “the most celebrity-packed ad in history.” We won’t ruin who that...
View ArticleIs Public Media Too White?
Last week, Chenjerai Kumanyika, an African-American professor, hip-hop artist and public media fan, wrote an essay on the public media site Transom about the lack of diversity he experienced in...
View ArticleJudge-Shopping Case: Read Search Warrant For Peevey Residence
Update Jan. 30: The San Diego Union-Tribune posted the search warrant and affidavit that allowed agents to seize property from the homes of former CPUC head Michael Peevey and former PG&E executive...
View ArticleTurboTax Temporarily Stops Processing State Tax Returns
TurboTax says it has temporarily stopped processing state tax returns due to an increase in fraudulent filings. Intuit Inc., the Mountain View-based company behind popular tax preparation software...
View Article9 Stories You Should Know About Today: Friday, Feb. 6
Bay Area Storm Updates (News Fix) News throughout the day on the anticipated storm, expected to produce flash floods and power outages. Full story Zuckerberg, wife give $75 million to S.F. hospital...
View ArticleTwitter Tries to Deal With People Hating On People
On Thursday, Twitter reported a loss of $125 million, or 20 cents per share, on revenue of $479 million. That’s up from $243 million a year ago. But the New York Times called the company’s top-line...
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Storm Spreads Throughout Bay Area; SFO Flights Impacted
Update, 5 p.m.: Wind and rain continues to hammer much of the Bay Area as the workday comes to a close. Google Traffic is showing several incidents snarling traffic on I-80, I-580 and 101 southbound. A...
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Taxi vs. Lyft: Come Along for the Ride (Video)
Here’s our “day in the life” video comparing the experiences of driving a taxi and driving for Lyft. You’ll see that the drivers comment on many of the issues in the ongoing battle between taxis and...
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