Do Alameda students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class?
Do public elementary school students in Alameda County still recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class? Is it up to different districts to determine whether to lead the class in the Pledge, or is it a...
View ArticleAre the spiders in my Berkeley home dangerous?
Flickr Recently there have been a startling amount of large brown spiders with black and white markings (about 1″ across) in and around my Berkeley home. I just moved here last winter, so I don’t know...
View ArticleIs it legal for businesses to advertise in the street?
Flickr The Friendly Parking lot puts their sign out in the traffic lane, not the parking lane but the actual traffic lane. This means when I pass it on my bike I have to go out further into traffic. I...
View ArticleWhen will the Great Highway re-open?
Flickr I was driving on the Great Highway and noticed it was closed at Sloat. When are people going to be able to drive further south again? Southbound traffic along the Great Highway between Sloat and...
View ArticleWhat’s the deal with the Herbst family?
Flickr Who is the Herbst seen on buildings, etc? What relevance does h/she have to San Francisco? The Herbst Theater — formerly called the Veterans Auditorium — reopened the night of June 21, 1978. In...
View ArticleCalifornia Lottery: Where does the money go?
Flickr Where does your Super Lotto Money go? Where does all the CA State Lottery money go? Someone told me they thought a percentage of ticket costs went towards public roads; is this true? The...
View ArticleWas ‘The Graduate’ really filmed at Caffe Mediterraneum?
<img alt="Was The Graduate really filmed at Caffe Med in Berkeley?” src=”http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/sleuth/2010/10/07/graduate24323x138.jpg” width=”323″ height=”138″ border=”0″ />...
View ArticleDid commercial airliners ever land at Half Moon Bay Airport?
PSA History An old timer once told me that commercial airliners would land at Half Moon Bay airport whenever SFO was fogged in. The airlines would charter buses and transport the passengers to SFO. Is...
View ArticleHow many Medal of Honor winners are buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery?
Peter Kaminski’s Flickr How many Medal of Honor winners are buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery? 15 Medal of Honor winners – from wars ranging from World Wars I and II to the Boxer Rebellion – are...
View ArticleWhat are the rules for bike lane width?
*clarity* I’ve got a question regarding if there are any standard specifications regarding bike lanes. There’s been some new lanes added on Kirkham St. spanning through the Inner and Outer Sunset and...
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