Getting from LA to SF

So my ex primary, Claymore, is going to be in the LA area (45 minute drive or so from LA) this new years. He was thinking of somehow hopping up to SF for a few days to visit me.

I've looked into greyhound, which will cost 65 or 80 +18-20 hours of his live in travel time. It looks "ok". Anyone know anyone who may be interested in carpooling/splitting gas up from that area to arrive on Jan 3, late evening, and leave Jan 6?

Alternatively, anyone have any wisdom on commercial travel between the cities--what airlines to look into, for instance?

Publications in SF

So I'm looking for companies that might have need of a technical writer with a background in C and Visual Basic Coding, or in Physics, or (preferably) might need a journalist or science writer.

So far I have found:
places with no job listings on their page:
Wired Magazine
Wired Online
Technology Review
MacAddict
BlowFish
places with job listings
Good Vibes
TechTV
Salon.com
Time Magazine
SF Bay Guardian
San Francisco Magazine
IDG.com (PCWorld and many others)
Academic Institutions
SFSU
Berkeley
Stanford
UCSF

Anyone have suggestions of places I'm missing?