General Information Arrival Information Transportation Live Pictures of San Francisco

The following web pages will give you a lot of information about San Francisco. You may also want to look for books on San Francisco and read up about the City before you come.



General Information

• San Francisco Visitor Information Center
• TimeOut San Francisco
• San Francisco Chronicle (daily newspaper)
• San Francisco Examiner (newspaper)
• San Francisco Bay Guardian (free weekly paper)
• SF Weekly (free weekly paper)

Arrival Information

• San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 14 miles south of San Francisco, and is reached by car from US 101 or US 280. Shuttle busses, door-to-door vans, rental cars, and long term parking are available 24 hours a day (www.quickaid.com/airports/sfo). Airport pickup from SFO to student housing is also available.

• MUNI (SF Buses, streetcars, cable cars)
• BART (Bay Area Transit)
• SamTrans (San Mateo County Buses)
• CALTrain (Peninsula Train)
• Golden Gate Transit (Marin County, Buses, Ferries)
• Others

Live Pictures of San Francisco

• Exploratorium Camera
• CBS Channel 5 Cameras