Last week, Gavin introduced plans to close down parts of the Embarcadero from the Bay View to Chinatown between from 9 AM to 1 PM on Aug. 31 and September 14 for some sort of car-free free free-for-all.

Published by SFist on July 18, 2008.

The main people howling against the idea is the business community at Fisherman's Wharf who are concerned that they'd lose money because people would be unable to drive down the Embarcadero to buy their "Alcatraz Swim Team" sweatshirts.

Published by SFist on July 18, 2008.

San Francisco scored an 86 out of 100, besting New York's 83 and Boston's 79. Seventeen of San Francisco's neighborhoods ranked 90 or above - considered a "walker's paradise" - including Chinatown, the Mission, Nob Hill and Haight-Ashbury.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 17, 2008.

Pigeons expire with a fair amount of regularity in the Bay Area, but this bird happened to have met its fate off the second-story ledge of a financial-services building, from where its body is dangling in the air by what looks like a wire. The building is located between Market and Mission streets, where thousands of people pass daily on their way to and from jobs in the Financial District.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 16, 2008.

The Azzollini family enterprise began as a coffee bean roaster and coffeehouse on Columbus Avenue in San Francisco in 1973. The family later moved it down the street to 526 Columbus Ave. (near Stockton); they opened a second location 13 years ago at 885 Bryant St. (near Seventh Street), across the street from the San Francisco Hall of Justice.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 16, 2008.