Like it or not, San Francisco is one of those places where your choice of neighborhood determines a lot about your image. If you live in the Marina, you’re apt to be stereotyped a yuppie. If you live in the Haight, you’re a hippie. But sometimes just saying you’re from, say, the Mission isn’t enough to really convey where you live and all it entails. Sometimes a more specific subneighborhood name is needed. Read More

A judge will likely have to decide the fate of an environmental impact report on major redevelopment plans for a former U.S. Navy base at Hunters Point, after discussions between activist groups and the developer, Lennar, bore no agreement. Read More

Six endurance swimmers attempting a relay course Thursday from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge didn’t quite make it, as they were plagued by difficult water conditions brought on by mountain snowmelt runoff. A GPS tracker on their boat shows they were pushed backwards for a time about halfway to the bridge, and attempts to swim against the current were eventually abandoned about 7:30 p.m. The group began the swim at 6:30 a.m. and had planned to arrive at the bridge around 7 p.m. Read More

Six endurance swimmers attempting a relay route today from the seaward Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge are nearly halfway there, according to an online GPS tracker at 12:45 p.m. South End Rowing Club members Vito Bialla, Darrin Connolly, Phil Cutti, David Holscher, Joe Locke and John Mathews, all Marin County residents, left in a boat at 6:30 this morning after spending the night docked at the Farallons. Read More

Giants fans polled outside of AT&T Park had two words for Wednesday’s verdict in the Barry Bonds trial: Over it. For many Giants fans, the conclusion of the trial didn’t justify the time and expense of the case, in which jurors convicted the 46-year-old former home run slugger on just one of four charges he was facing. “I’ve been a huge Bonds fan ever since he came in ’93, but it’s all in the past now,” said Bill Mullen, 32, of Elk Grove. “It was a huge waste of taxpayer money.” Read More

Tuesday’s announcement that the popular handheld Flip video camcorder will no longer be manufactured came as a surprise to many — not the least of whom were the 250 or so employees at Flip’s main office in China Basin.Facebook and Twitter messages from Flip on Monday asked users to suggest new color schemes for the rectangular digital recorders. But on Tuesday, that became moot as workers at the Berry Street office discovered they will find out in May whether they’ll be laid off with a severance package or receive alternative jobs within Cisco, Flip’s parent company. Read More