added 2007 Wed Jun 6 2:11:30 by Deidre
When development teams submit their bids next month to build what could be San Francisco's tallest skyscraper, one key detail will be missing: the actual height of the building. The tower proposed for First and Mission streets is part of larger efforts to build a new terminal for buses and commuter trains on the same block.
When development teams submit their bids next month to build what could be San Francisco's tallest skyscraper, one key detail will be missing: the actual height of the building. The tower proposed for First and Mission streets is part of larger efforts to build a new terminal for buses and commuter trains on the same block.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 20:45:02 by Digidave
Many lament the decline of newspaper journalism in the soon to be editorially downsized San Francisco Chronicle. He puts forth some good examples of the types of investigative journalism that are at risk of being defunded.Here's an interesting: Should Google and other online companies should start subsidizing journalism?
Many lament the decline of newspaper journalism in the soon to be editorially downsized San Francisco Chronicle. He puts forth some good examples of the types of investigative journalism that are at risk of being defunded.Here's an interesting: Should Google and other online companies should start subsidizing journalism?
added 2007 Thu May 31 1:54:56 by TechnologyExpert
Researchers are optimistic that 2 humpback whales are back in the ocean today after an unusual 2-week stay in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The whales, spotted late Tuesday off Tiburon, could have made it out of the Golden Gate any time after dark.
Researchers are optimistic that 2 humpback whales are back in the ocean today after an unusual 2-week stay in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The whales, spotted late Tuesday off Tiburon, could have made it out of the Golden Gate any time after dark.
added 2007 Tue May 22 20:15:27 by TheVisionary
Nothing's perfect, even the widely acclaimed GTA series. There have even been a few games like Saint's Row that have tried to push up on its territory and for the first time GTA is starting to be really challenged. Here's a list of 10 things that GTA IV needs in order to stay ahead of the pack and blow gamers' minds.
Nothing's perfect, even the widely acclaimed GTA series. There have even been a few games like Saint's Row that have tried to push up on its territory and for the first time GTA is starting to be really challenged. Here's a list of 10 things that GTA IV needs in order to stay ahead of the pack and blow gamers' minds.
added 2007 Wed May 2 2:14:16 by Wil
If you've ever slummed around on 9-11 alternative reality sites, you'll feel right at home when you visit 429truth.com, a parody site set up by and Investigative Citizen Truth Defenderist, to spread the horrible truth behind the recent freeway collapse in San Francisco.
If you've ever slummed around on 9-11 alternative reality sites, you'll feel right at home when you visit 429truth.com, a parody site set up by and Investigative Citizen Truth Defenderist, to spread the horrible truth behind the recent freeway collapse in San Francisco.
added 2007 Tue Apr 24 3:32:16 by PsychoHosebeast
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was killed today in a fiery three-car accident in Menlo Park, authorities said.
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was killed today in a fiery three-car accident in Menlo Park, authorities said.
added 2007 Sun Apr 22 21:39:06 by Digidave
Which of the United State's 50 biggest cities is the greenest when it comes to using renewable energy? Portland, Oregon? San Francisco, perhaps? Seattle? Nope. The top spot goes to Oakland, the city across the Bay from San Francisco whose gritty reputation belies its crunchy environmental policies.
Which of the United State's 50 biggest cities is the greenest when it comes to using renewable energy? Portland, Oregon? San Francisco, perhaps? Seattle? Nope. The top spot goes to Oakland, the city across the Bay from San Francisco whose gritty reputation belies its crunchy environmental policies.
added 2007 Sat Apr 21 18:50:00 by Wil
Blackwater USA, which provides security personnel and training services to the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere, plans to set up an 800-acre training camp in a rural community east of San Diego, pending the San Diego County Board of Supervisors' approval. Local residents of Potrero where the facility is to be built are outraged.
Blackwater USA, which provides security personnel and training services to the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere, plans to set up an 800-acre training camp in a rural community east of San Diego, pending the San Diego County Board of Supervisors' approval. Local residents of Potrero where the facility is to be built are outraged.
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added 2007 Wed Mar 28 17:29:38 by SusanParrish
The law, passed by a 10-1 vote, requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only a choice among bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth.
The law, passed by a 10-1 vote, requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only a choice among bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth.
added 2007 Wed Mar 14 0:51:55 by catstevens
Meat-eating killer frogs have invaded a pond in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, leaving environmentalists wondering how to stop their deadly march before they move on to bigger waters.
Meat-eating killer frogs have invaded a pond in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, leaving environmentalists wondering how to stop their deadly march before they move on to bigger waters.
added 2007 Tue Mar 13 15:37:42 by SusanParrish
2lb block cheese. 2 boxes cereal. 2lbs rice. 3 cans OJ. 3 cans evap. milk. 2 cans apricots. 4 cans veggies. Can of beef. And a jar of PB. It's a rather modest monthly grocery list, but its uncertain fate has caused anxiety among thousands of low-income seniors who rely on the cardboard boxes filled with food they receive from the government.
2lb block cheese. 2 boxes cereal. 2lbs rice. 3 cans OJ. 3 cans evap. milk. 2 cans apricots. 4 cans veggies. Can of beef. And a jar of PB. It's a rather modest monthly grocery list, but its uncertain fate has caused anxiety among thousands of low-income seniors who rely on the cardboard boxes filled with food they receive from the government.
added 2007 Tue Feb 27 19:52:28 by cpruitt
A landslide of rocks and boulders tumbled down onto an apartment building early Tuesday, sending 150 residents of San Francisco's North Beach district into the streets.
A landslide of rocks and boulders tumbled down onto an apartment building early Tuesday, sending 150 residents of San Francisco's North Beach district into the streets.
added 2007 Sun Feb 25 4:32:45 by jeremytoday
What's it like to be rich in Silicon Valley? Visitors to a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibit can find out by watching candid videos of seven dot-com boom-and-bust survivors who share what money means to them.
What's it like to be rich in Silicon Valley? Visitors to a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibit can find out by watching candid videos of seven dot-com boom-and-bust survivors who share what money means to them.
added 2007 Mon Feb 19 23:12:54 by Neophile
Demand for bottled water is increasing -- producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. So what is the real cost of bottled water?
Demand for bottled water is increasing -- producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. So what is the real cost of bottled water?
added 2007 Thu Feb 15 14:21:32 by TimALoftis
In a crime prosecutors say showed "exceptional depravity," two San Francisco women stand accused of dousing a longtime homeless woman with gasoline and burning her alive in an apparent witness retaliation slaying.
In a crime prosecutors say showed "exceptional depravity," two San Francisco women stand accused of dousing a longtime homeless woman with gasoline and burning her alive in an apparent witness retaliation slaying.
added 2007 Thu Feb 8 1:45:00 by bhartzer
Ernest Rady, ex-co-owner of San Diego Padres, created $2.1 billion fortune. Armed man forces way into home; holds Rady's wife, housekeeper hostage. Robber attacks Rady with stun gun; he's hospitalized for minor injuries. Intruder leaves home 51/2 hours later with little cash, police say
Ernest Rady, ex-co-owner of San Diego Padres, created $2.1 billion fortune. Armed man forces way into home; holds Rady's wife, housekeeper hostage. Robber attacks Rady with stun gun; he's hospitalized for minor injuries. Intruder leaves home 51/2 hours later with little cash, police say
added 2007 Tue Feb 6 16:24:56 by moemebe
For Selina Picon, the sudden death of her son Nicholas from an undetected heart defect last fall was the first shock. The second blow came less than a month after his burial, when she learned that the San Mateo County coroner had kept her son's heart after his autopsy.
For Selina Picon, the sudden death of her son Nicholas from an undetected heart defect last fall was the first shock. The second blow came less than a month after his burial, when she learned that the San Mateo County coroner had kept her son's heart after his autopsy.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 18:01:26 by bhartzer
Embattled San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's first major public appearance Friday -- at a celebration of Black History Month in the City Hall rotunda -- couldn't have gone better. Hordes of children clutched at his suit and asked for autographs, and the mayor clearly relished the positive attention.
Embattled San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's first major public appearance Friday -- at a celebration of Black History Month in the City Hall rotunda -- couldn't have gone better. Hordes of children clutched at his suit and asked for autographs, and the mayor clearly relished the positive attention.
added 2007 Fri Feb 2 21:22:55 by STONERS
It takes a lot to make San Franciscans blush, but a video porn company has managed to do it.
It takes a lot to make San Franciscans blush, but a video porn company has managed to do it.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 10:23:27 by siddhu1983
An award-winning Microsoft researcher has been missing since he set off on a solo sail trip on Sunday. Jim Gray, who works in Microsoft's Research Center in San Francisco, left alone on his 40-foot sailing yacht Tenacious sometime on Sunday morning and was expected back in the evening that same day, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Monday.
An award-winning Microsoft researcher has been missing since he set off on a solo sail trip on Sunday. Jim Gray, who works in Microsoft's Research Center in San Francisco, left alone on his 40-foot sailing yacht Tenacious sometime on Sunday morning and was expected back in the evening that same day, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Monday.
added 2007 Sun Jan 21 3:36:23 by jeremytoday
The strangest vessel made its formal premiere Thursday on San Francisco Bay, and it was a sight to see: It looked like a spider, wiggled over the waves like a porpoise, and was fast as the wind.
The strangest vessel made its formal premiere Thursday on San Francisco Bay, and it was a sight to see: It looked like a spider, wiggled over the waves like a porpoise, and was fast as the wind.
added 2007 Fri Jan 12 17:20:41 by hemphill81
"House Republicans yesterday declared "something fishy" about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week."
"House Republicans yesterday declared "something fishy" about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week."
