A female toll collector on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and another man were shot and killed at the Richmond Bridge Plaza in what police are saying was a domestic dispute.
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The Big Unit, Randy Johnson tossed two-hit ball over six innings, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader. In doing so, he joined the storied club of 300-game winners in major league baseball.
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Victor Little, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most lauded musical residents, is proud to announce his CD Release Party at Yoshi’s San Francisco, Monday, June 29th, at 8 p.m.
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Despite an uncommon heat spell, San Francisco's Bay to Breakers 2009 was its usual hit. Typically, the race is an oddball set of nude runners, runners in costumes, etc. but there is a serious race with prizes as well, and a record set today. Now the 2009 winner of the Bay To Breakers makes a course record.
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Just about 5 hours ago the mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom used his official Twitter account to announce that he is now running to be the next governor of California.
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San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is launching the nation’s first Green Rental Car program that rewards customers for renting "green" alternative-fueled vehicles and rental car companies for increasing rentals of high mileage and alternative-fuel vehicles. The innovative incentive program is expected to eliminate more than 4,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year.
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The city of San Francisco may have regained control of its own FiberWAN network, but it could well yet again face another Cyber attack.San Francisco prosecutors unintentionally leaked user names and passwords to the city's network during a hearing on Terry Childs, the network administrator who uncharacteristically locked users out of the FiberWAN network for nine days in July 2008.
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Just in time for the fall elections, the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe skewers a system which puts the actual needs of the voters last with a new musical comedy, RED STATE.
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Fifteen young actors from across the Bay Area join musicians from San Francisco's Bird School of Music for the world premiere of the A.C.T. Young Conservatory's I'm Still Standing: A Celebration of the Music of Elton John, created and directed by A.C.T. Young Conservatory (YC) director Craig Slaight. This dynamic musical tribute features hit songs popularized by the famed Grammy, Academy, and Tony Award winner and plays at Zeum Theater, located at Yerba Buena Gardens (Fourth and Howard streets), through June 21.
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Well, I am happy that Prop 98 is not looking good... and Prop 99 is. Prop 98 for those who do not know would eliminate rent control across California. For those of us who rent in San Francisco, California, this is a big deal!
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Over the last 160 years, industry and recreation have changed San Francisco’s northern waterfront. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park preserves one of the few authentic glimpses into the city’s development as an international port.
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The San Francisco Bay Area's BART system (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is in talks with WiFi Rail, Inc., to provide system-wide wi-fi service after a successful trial program. Phase three of the demonstration program recently completed, and in a small blurb on WiFi Rail's home page, the company said:
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