Matt Baume

Supervisor Sean Elsbernd triumphantly delivered eighteen Bankers Boxes full of signatures to the Department of Elections on Thursday, signifying the successful completion of the first phase of a Muni reform campaign that many had claimed was politically impossible.

San Francisco's urban forest may look bushy and green, but below ground it's suffering.

Want to see an unprecedented outpouring of public support for a government agency? Look no further than your nearest sewer.

Muni may be having trouble acquiring cash these days, but there's one thing that's never in short supply for the transit agency: advice.

During the heavy rainfall season, San Francisco faces some daunting challenges: Draining the water, keeping the roads from getting slippery, and containing and treating the runoff. Some storms are so severe that the city can't keep pace. That's when we see flooding in the Muni tunnels and sewage discharges into the bay.

(Editor's note: This is Part 3 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed. In Part 1, we examined a radical new daylighting proposal in Berkeley; and in Part 2, we looked at the changes that SF streets may face under a bold plan by the Public Utilities Commission.)

(Editor's note: This is Part 2 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed.)

(Editor's note: This is Part 1 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed)

Roughly two dozen attendees came out to the inaugural meeting of the San Francisco Transit Riders Union (SFTRU) on Thursday evening and had a spirited -- at times heated -- debate about how to make the fledgling organization a vocal constituency representing the diverse interests of Muni riders. Billed as an opportunity for the public to become familiar with the new riders union, the meeting functioned largely as a two-hour brainstorming on the group's potential scope and agenda.