When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
For someone who lives in the downtown corridor — all right, the Tenderloin — the idea of going to Ocean Beach for pizza is rife with potential pratfalls: high Uber fares, lengthy Muni trips, ever-present fog, jet lag.
A retaining wall collapsed this afternoon and pinned a worker beneath sand material in San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood, according to news reports.
The fire department responded to the incident at 38 West Clay and began digging the man out from under the sand, Fire Department Spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge told the media. After the collapse, the worker was partially buried during a backyard construction project.
PostedByMatt Smith
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Program's implosion leaves San Francisco with millions to spend and nothing to buy.
That was
fast...
As City Hall struggles to close a $483 million budget gap, bureaucrats a block away at the San Francisco Department of the Environment are faced with the opposite quandary: They must figure out how to spend $2.6 million in federal stimulus money due the city, but which they have no immediate use for.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Yes, take the poison apple ... only $20 million per bite!
The Board of Supervisors had a fun decision to make today: Whether to suck on or spit out an ingenious little poison pill. Buried within the Memorandums of Understanding the mayor's office hammered out with public safety unions -- in which cops and firefighters agree to $11.2 million and $8.7 million in concessions, respectively, for this fiscal year -- is a clause noting that any state or local measure lowering cops' or firefighters' salaries would render those give-backs null and void.
So, yes, if Jeff Adachi's "Smart Reform" pension measure makes the ballot and then passes, it would suddenly blow a $20 million hole in the city's balanced budget. Unless that's not the case -- which is based on a few very pressing legal questions.
PostedByPeter Jamison
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:01 PM
It's no secret that newspapers have a long tradition of deception and obfuscation when it comes to correcting their own errors. From shifty corrections disguised as "clarifications" to that hallowed method of error non-correction known as the "rowback," reporters and editors have always made it difficult for their readers to judge what they got wrong, and how wrong they got it -- when they acknowledge the errors at all.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:15 PM
In a world of viral marketing where everyone with a computer and an opinion is potentially a widely read critic, Consumer Reports' message to hold off on purchasing an iPhone 4 was like something out of the way-back machine.
While there have been class-action lawsuits claiming Apple's new gizmo has a chronically janky antenna, and countless Web scribes have complained thusly, the vote of no-confidence from Consumer Reportshas resounded like a canon-shot. In an era of a million little fish on the Web attacking a company like Apple,Consumer Reports is one very big fish. Its game-changing article perhaps shows that "Old Media" is not yet ready for burial.
SF Weeklyfirst reported on this situation back in 2009. Rahaim was in search of a home because his partner set fire to the Dennis T. Sullivan Memorial Fire Chief's Home in '08. At that time, planner Kelley Amdur offered him rent-free digs in a condo owned by her father. The director accepted and lived there for several months. Amdur, incidentally, was later promoted to Director of Neighborhood Planning -- a move Rahaim told SF Weekly had nothing to do with the violation of conflict-of-interest laws that the Ethics Commission has now dinged him for.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Stealer's remorse?
The San Francisco Police Department is seeking a contrite thief who asked nicely for a woman's phone, then demanded it at gunpoint -- and then apologized and handed it back to her.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:15 AM
The window for the owner of the pair of dogs seized following a July 1 early morning bite-a-thon in Golden Gate Park has closed -- with one and perhaps both facing a date with the needle.
The dogs, which may be owned by homeless people, bit at least three people and were fired upon by police. Not surprisingly, after the attacks became a well-circulated local story, no one showed up to claim the un-neutered male pit bull and its mixed-breed female companion. (It'd take a special sort to show up to claim dogs justly vilified in the press that the police actually felt compelled to shoot at.)
This is the second fatal shooting at the Mission Bay waterfront club in two years; 34-year-old Clarence Corbin was killed there in 2008. Police arrested a suspect, but charges were never filed.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
