SFist Blotter

Watch out, commenters -- a federal jury found a San Francisco woman guilty of posting death threats against Terri Schiavo's husband on an AOL chat board. The post in question said, "If she dies I will kill Michael Schiavo and the judge. This for real!" The defendant now claims she was just kidding. Aw, come on, everyone knows it's totally a joke if you leave out the verb!

San Jose mayor Ron Gonzales is taking out some trash of his own, now that an independent investigation has completely refuted his version of events concerning his role in a sweetheart deal over garbage collection services, profusely apologizing to anyone who'll listen. The City Council will debate whether to censure him, and the Merc News and one council member have called for Gonzales to resign as well. He says he won't.

And -- aw, man. A San Jose man has taken to the media to plead with the 15-year-old boy who broke into his house to return the remains of his cremated wife to him. The man has written off the autographed Willie Mays baseballs that were stolen and other property damage: "I don't care about the other stuff. I just would like to get my wife back." This is breaking our heart.