Bay Area Blog Pulse

Summertime of Poverty pens a lyrical reflection on the modern world, but the title says it all. On that note, Ron Gonzalez gives a final state-of-San Jose speech, and San Jose Inside readers take the opportunity to lament his tenure. Up north, Michelle Slatalla plays with new real estate tool Zillow, but while intrigued, is not impressed by the inaccurate data.

Kim Knox at Left in SF goes over the details of Arlene Ackerman's $45,000 in expenses, points out that the money could have paid a new social worker for the district's child development program. Mike at the Civic Center witnesses the end of a high-speed chase, has pictures from the scene.

Shun Fish Lydon at KQED's Bay Area Bites blog writes about the recent foodie bloggers forum at the Commonwealth Club. Say Hey to Yoda and/or Peter Hartlaub at Wondercon this weekend. The Media Center's new 'Conversations' blog makes more sense to JD Lassica than it does to us, but still looks interesting. And Eric Meyerson disses on plagiarist blogger "Bytor," who not only copy-and-pasted from Eric, but from WULAD and Pepper, too.

Photo taken in Golden Gate Park by Herbert.