Airlines Tell Passengers that Oil Price Speculators are Responsible for High...
TweetAccording to the airlines, via that lapdog of the Air Transport Association of America known as Stop Oil Speculation Now, there is a: …force at work that, like gravity, is invisible yet powerful....
View ArticleContra Costa Pilot Chesley Sullenberger is Hero Pilot of Flight 1549
TweetAirline pilot and local Contra Costa County webmaster (www.safetyreliability.com!, that’s his URL, srsly) really pulled the fat out of the fire today by properly ditching his crippled Airbus 320...
View ArticleUngrateful Passengers of Flight 1549 Want More Money, Money, Money
TweetThe thing you’ve got to realize, is that sometimes things just happen. It’s not your fault, it’s not anyone else’s fault, it’s just, you know, things happen. Kind of like the time spokesmodel and...
View ArticleCaptain Sully Sullenberger to Appear at SFO for Book Signing on Tuesday,...
TweetEast Bay local Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is back flying for U.S. Airways, but he’s still had time to write a book and go on tour. Sully will be at SFO tomorrow, in case you want to drop...
View ArticleOur Captain Sullenberger is Getting Dissed from France – Was Sully’s French...
TweetI don’t know, it seems like writer William Langewiesche, currently residing in France, wants to have it both ways with his new book, Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson....
View ArticleSFO’s New Terminal Two Will Be “Sustainable?” Sign Up Now For the T2 Kick-Off...
TweetHere are the bus ads around town these days. See? “Terminal 2 has arrived. April, 2011“ Click to expand Now, is this something to get excited about? Well, as always, You Make The Call. Hey, why...
View ArticleOpening Night of the Musical HAIR a Huge Success at the Golden Gate Theatre –...
TweetThere’s A New Dawn for Hair don’t you know, and this is exactly what its ending looks like at our SHN Golden Gate Theatre. Yesterday’s official Opening Night for Hair got a standing ovation so you...
View ArticleOMG, It’s the HAIR Musical Bus Tour – Hippies Handing Out Free Tickets,...
Tweet[UPDATE: Oh, Andy Wright was on the scene today.] Here’s what you need to know about Hair right here, FYI. Now today, the cast just went on a City tour via The TeacherBus. See? At Haight and...
View ArticleProgress Report at SFO: Goofy New ATC Tower, Unsafe Old ATC Tower, Tower...
TweetAh, progress! You see, first the new air traffic control tower was all like this. But now it’s all like this: Click to expand “Pukao are the hats or topknots formerly placed on top of some moai...
View ArticleRecycling Dead Batteries is Surprisingly Easy in Frisco – One Simple Trick!
Tweet[UPDATE: Herb Caen eventually recanted re: the Frisco Issue – see Comments. Or here’s the short version:“Balderdash,” Caen wrote. “The toughest guys on the old S.F. waterfront, neither rubes nor...
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