people behaving badly

Hippie's Bite Worse Than Dog's Bark

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

KRON's resident voice actor and all around wonderful human hater Stanley Roberts received his inevitable assault this week.  However, it wasn't from his vilified rabble-rousing Wiggle cyclists, but instead from a crusty pair of dreaded Telegraph Ave. gutterpunks.

After they harassed him for a few minutes during the filming of one of his beloved and helium-pitched “People Behaving Badly” segments, one of them attacked him from behind. From the Oakland Tribune:

“I never saw it coming,” he said.

When the first man attacked, Roberts said he turned around, grabbed him by the throat and pushed him up against a wall, telling him to not touch him before he let him go. Roberts then said he tried to walk away but that the men followed him and attacked again.

”Sleeping Bear” Stanley Roberts then woke up from hibernation and fought back, but the resulting brawl left $6,000 in equipment broken, his press pass stolen, and his back sprained.  The condition of the dog is not known at this time.

And, of course, this isn't the first time a subject of his creepshot journalism lashed out at the noted vlogger, as old school fans will recall this rather brilliant verbal assault from 2011:

(Thanks Patrick and Amanda for the tips!)

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

World's Most Amazing Voice Covers Cyclists Running Stop Signs on the Wiggle

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Oh here we go again: the notoriously anti-bike and generally stodgy Stanley Roberts was out again filming “People Behaving Badly.”  This time? The two-wheeled locusts bombing through the Wiggle's stop signs, displaying a general disregard for law and order as they aim to plow over dogs and other helpless pedestrians.

Stanley boasts the number of $300 tickets SFPD issues to these miscreants as the victims of a broke police force point out SFPD probably has better things to do.

As you may remember, SFPD bicycle officers have a troubled relationship with stop sign laws, often treating them as yield signs themselves.

Towards the end of the video, around the 1:20 mark, Stanley goes on to interview an 'angry' pedestrian who rails against the recklessness of cyclists while numerous automobiles run the stop sign in the background.

SFPD did not pull any of those vehicles over.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

San Francisco Streets Surprisingly Clean After Bay to Breakers

— By Alissa |

Bay to Breakers was yesterday. People attended. Here are some pictures of what went down.

An unfortunate outfit choice

Here is a man defiling Fell st with stomach bile.

If you go to Bay to Breakers for the costumes, you will not be disappointed!

Jk! There were some pretty cool costumes, like these Tetris pieces

and the Golden Gate Bridge

Man in tiger pants enjoys a mid-afternoon nap on the urine-drenched grass of the Panhandle

No bro left behind! Bay to Breakers inspires a strong sense of loyalty among participants

Running: it's really more of a spectator sport!

I live on Fell street and after seeing all this shit go down, I figured that my neighborhood would be a total disaster this morning. Much to my surprise, when I left the house at 7 am, there was just about no trash in the streets or in the Panhandle, no weird lingering scent of urine, and no errant costume remnants. Everything seemed to be business as usual. Some people may take the angle that this event needs to “cleaned up,” but Public Works and the race promoters seemed to be doing an excellent job of that already. For an event where participants seem to have trouble keeping themselves under control, it's nice to see that the city can handle the clean-up like professionals.

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