BART is a core Bay Area experience. It unites all corners of the Bay except Marin (who needs Marin County anyway?). BART was built for the people and it belongs to the people, young and old, visitors and locals. The first time I rode by myself, I got lost. The

Written By: Ian Firstenberg Airports are Hell. Airlines are the Devil. To purge the evil, the government should use the same strategy it employed against the railroad: seize it. It’s unclear whether it’s the barrage of bright neon colored advertising, the prison cell sized workspaces, the perpetual delays or the

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, (lucky you if you have) you’ve probably heard about the controversy regarding the potential name charge at the Oakland International Airport. City leaders in Oakland want their proximity to San Francisco highlighted, and it’s no secret why – Oakland, especially the corridor near

While San Francisco continues to get beaten to death in the mainstream press, its neighbor across the Bay is considering changing the name of its airport to better represent their proximity to what some in the American media zeitgeist refer to as Hell on earth. Because no matter how bad

On May 31 a new candidate entered the San Francisco political disarray to help set things straight. Duke Ellington Morris joined SFO’s Wag Brigade, making him the first cat to work in those hallowed halls. The Wag Brigade, for those uninitiated, is a therapy animal outfit that patrols the airport

In August, a traveler from China had to abandon his six-month-old German Shepard at San Francisco International Airport. Now that puppy has a home. The pup’s original owner failed to provide his pet’s vaccination record. According to the CDC, the rule pertains to animals coming from nations where rabies infections

You think you know a lot about San Francisco? Well let’s see how many of these fun facts you already had stored in your noggin. You’re about to be so much better at SF trivia. 1. Alcatraz was the only federal prison to offer hot-water showers, supposedly to dissuade prisoners

About 1,000 fast food workers are on strike Monday morning at San Francisco International Airport, according to the union representing the workers. The workers, represented by Unite Here Local 2, started striking at 3:30 a.m. Workers want a substantial pay raise and fully funded healthcare because their current pay forces