SBC Services
Neighborhood: SOMA

666 Folsom Street
Lameville
San Francisco, CA 94107

Ed to the M. writes: I feel like I have to defend myself from the haters.  They PM me all kinds of wrong shit - I'm a horrible Chinese person for saying Chink all the time, I'm fat and ugly and a drunkard, I'm an internet loser with no real friends and no real life, I'm…

DPT Department of Parking and Traffic
Neighborhood: Hayes Valley, SOMA

1 South Van Ness Ave., 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103

Skunky G. writes: For just 70 cents a day, you can sponsor your very own starving San Francisco DPT meter maid. For the price of a cup of coffee (or a crackhit on 6th street), you can provide this meter maid the education, shelter, and clean water that he or she needs…

Compass Community Services
Neighborhood: SOMA

995 Market St. 5th fl.
111 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Aaron D. writes: account account account deadline deadline deadline...
fix self errors...
account account account...

I want a pet at work but I think I'd lose them in the file drawer or something.

But the food is great!

California Genealogical Society and Library
Neighborhood: Uptown

2201 Broadway
Ste LL2
Oakland, CA 94612

Kathryn D. writes: I am a member of CGS, so I am biased, but the library is an amazing resource.  If you are at all interested in genealogy or learning more about your famiy history, please check out our website or better yet, stop by.  The first Saturday of every…

United States Post Office
Neighborhood: Gourmet Ghetto, North Berkeley

1521 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709

Lucy L. writes: Ah, the post office, scene of everyday (and cliche) frustration.  Well, if you're lucky enough to have the North Berkeley office as your local branch, you're really in for it.  The clerks are inconsistent, rude, slow, and, buffered by their needless…

US Post Office
Neighborhood: Claremont, Elmwood

2705 Webster Street
Berkeley, CA 94705

Stacy M. writes: I think that this is a great post office. Of course it gets busy around lunch time but what post office doesn't? They are always great about helping me figure out the least expensive way to send stuff and offer alternatives to things like Delivery…

Main Street Postal & Business Center

1630 N. Main St
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Kartik G. writes: They've earned and are keeping my business. Why?

So it goes that I was returning my dish receiver and was running short on time. I stumbled across this place with my untaped Dish TV box in a hand and asked them if they did UPS pickup.

After confirming…

Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Neighborhood: Hayes Valley, Civic Center/Tenderloin

214 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

Carleigh K. writes: The Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a service agency that has been well-established and active in San Francisco and beyond since 1902. The Lighthouse is dedicated to providing solutions for living with vision loss. If you have a…

San Mateo Police Department

2000 S Delaware St
San Mateo, CA 94403

m e l i s s a A. writes: There are two things most people don't really think about until they are A) in trouble, B) in danger, C) need help ASAP.  

Those two things are God and the Police.

Friday (9/15/2007), I was faced with a very unusual circumstance that threatened my…

Oakland C.O.R.E.

Fire Dept. Office of Emergency Services
1605 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland, CA 94612

Victoria C. writes: This is a CERT program (Citizens Emergency Response Training) that's free to citizens of Oakland. The way it works is, you organize a neighborhood group and then you take the classes together. If you have a big group, they will sometimes come out to…