The world wild web is the first media to be considered both print and broadcast, so we think it important to tell you that we are organized around the metro center best known globally as the San Francisco Bay Area. As a web guide we make extensive use of locally oriented web resources and we organize around the three metro centers and professional sports namesakes of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. The broadcast media of radio and TV does so as well. However, print media has a narrower agenda which seeks to create conflict by fanning the flames of regional conflict. With no regional government and plenty of State and federal funds to be disbursed there is much at stake. Just as Carnaval unites the world, we support the efforts of the three metro center Mayors to unite the Bay Area. It is a fascinating story you can only find here.

Northern California contains a bounty of world class destinations for travelers:  wine country, white water, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Gold Country, Redwoods, Pacific Ocean and so much more. We got started on our best of the best of the web but expect this section to expand significantly for your benefit over the course of time.
This is our ninth and final Carnaval City of the new millennium and our home town as well. Our home town is defined by the 94110 zip code; it is an artist-ethnic neighborhood called the Mission District which any traveler would not want to miss. Your best guide is here. 

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SFGate.com Chronicle || News || Sports || Traffic || Search || Index || Bay Area TRAVEL || Visitors' Guide || SF Neighborhoods || Maps || Transportation || Shopping || Entertainment

  Mercury News is operated by Knight-Ridder, one of the countries largest and most respected newspaper chains. The move of its HQ from Miami to San Jose in 1998 may have been more significant than Bank of America's much lamented move to the other East Coast would-be global city, Charlotte, that same year. The Mercury's growing campaign to build market share within the cultural and financial capital of the Bay Area, the City of San Francisco was launched in August of 2000. Our main complaint is no on-line archive access beyond 7 days.

SFweekly.com || Archive
A looker with flash and young smart-ass edge. On the hunt for any moving targets which refreshingly includes other media - especially arch rival Bay Guardian. Owned by NewTimes.com of LA & more.

Our Media Guide TV Radio & Print 
The Bay Area contains lots of creative energy, much of it connected to a thriving and diverse media scene.

news ||  Guides || extra ||  Nude Beaches || masthead || arts & entertainment ||  searchit || bestofthebay.com
The locally owned Bay Guardian is proud of sticking to its progressive (more liberal than thou) hell-raising principles. Publisher Bruce Brugman is solemnly unapologetic about emphasizing advocacy journalism, but few believe all they read anymore anyway. Search from 1995! Obsessively detailed lists. 

bayarea.citysearch.com || lasvegas || sacramento || fresno  (a&e only)
Great database of resources and events and continuing to expand to new communities as it becomes less editorial and more yellow page like.

SF Station
Independent voice doing an excellent job covering arts, culture, entertainment, food, and city happenings.  We love their logo, featuring the Mt. Sutro Tower-- the forgotten sacred center of the Bay Area and a meditation on threes up close.  

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The Rest
www.sfchamber.com 
travel.roughguides.com
"America's favorite city sits at the edge of the Western world, a location that lends even greater romance to its legend. Pastoral, cosmopolitan and surprisingly small, San Francisco is a ravishing city, conforming to every cliché the tourist board can throw at it and acting as a magnet for nearly three million visitors a year. Famous for its liberal attitudes, radical politics and eccentricity, it occupies a special place in the hearts of Americans and is considered the last bastion of civilization on the lunatic fringe that is California." 

Yahoo's list of San Francisco City Guides || SF Bay Area
Over 65 for the city, 230 for Bay Area as of June 2005.

Zpub.com San Francisco
Richard Petersen's much celebrated web guide.

Metropolitan by Boulevards || Best of the Bay Area for Santa Cruz, Sonoma & Silcon Valley || MetroActive.com || SFmetro || Silicon Valley ||  Sonoma || Metro Santa Cruz
Publishes 10 local papers and emphasizes 4 of the 12 Metro Area Counties.

SanFranciscoOnline.com
Their on-line directory is matched by their guide in most hotels

Bay Insider
Presented by KTVU News.

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Foreign Language

San Francisco Chaperon
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese  detailed maps, walks, excursions and practical information.

Mapwest.com Foreign Language Audio Tours
3.5 hour tours depart daily at 9:15am. Narration available in French, Italian, German, Korean, Spanish and Japanese.

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Silicon Valley/ San Jose/ South Bay
High Tech Capital of the World
Home to the San Jose Sharks hockey team and the Earthquakes soccer team. Just 45 minutes southeast of San Francisco and filled with casually dressed professionals focused on accelerating the rate of change in the information society. Still looking for a symbol for people to find their way to Northern California's largest city, and the apex of the triangle of metro centers which make up the 6.5 million Bay Area population.  

San Jose Mercury News
Knight relocated here in '98. After all, as San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzalez points out,  Silicon Valley is the engine around which the global info economy spins. The Mercury was one of the first dailies on the web and has many new web initiatives, including being the dominant print/on-line media in the Bay Area.
 

Official Information: SanJose.org- Convention & Visitor's Bureau
1-888-SAN-JOSE
333 W. San Carlos Suite 1000, San Jose, CA 95110

Visitor Links
A webguide like us from Boulevards.

San Jose by yahoo

JapantownSanJose.org

80% hotel occupancy makes booking well in advance a wise move.

San Francisco Hotels || San Jose Hotels || Oakland Hotels
Sort by SF Neighborhoods with reviews, price & phone. B&B websites by City & County.

Using the less common Amadeus database will give you fresh options if you desire. Nice visuals and printout, but the back button can run into expired pages that you still wish to consult. No links, but does list hotel phone/fax. Fast at non-peak times. Hit reload if you get server busy message.

HotelGuide.com || Extended Search
Use the extended search to get exactly what you want. This Swiss interface for the Pegusus/Sabre database is more capable than TravelNow's version but can sometimes be too slow. Check for in house specials, find the elusive hotel contact info here. Also nice job on foreign languages.