Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Tim Redmond wants.... Ques-tion TIME! Ques-tion TIME! Also -- impeach! And be nicer to pigeons. Chris Daly likes putting city propositions on the ballot. Ed Jew -- get to know him now, since he didn't get any coverage during the election. A tattoo artist shot in the head in East Oakland. Buy a San Francisco Values t-shirt from the Guardian. Cover articles: The Year In Music (why the Bay Area Rap Scenes awards went so badly, women, fund indie rock like the symphony, kids, anti-Bush, and much, much, much more) Roy's is okay. And Vanessa Getty and Trevor Traina's horoscope: Both of you should have an emotional yard sale (but not this week).

Next up, the Metro. Fun picture of dancing Democrats on the cover! Gary Singh walks down Stockton Avenue in San Jose. Annalee Newitz on spam. Do we want to draft people? Trying to remove CIA rendition sponsor Jeppesen from the San Jose downtown ice skating rink, and a new council person who lifts weights and has a big Grinch outside on his lawn. Cover: Questions for the Democrats to answer (1. Who lost Iraq? -- that's the level we're on here.) A chef recovers from having been terrorized as a witness to a domestic violence case and opens a new place in Campbell. Transformers the movie. And live music in downtown San Jose at Johnny V's.

After the jump: the SF Weekly, the EBX, and the Weekly of the Week!

The SF Weekly: Chronicle Two Cents editor Heidi Swillinger calls Matt Smith a hater. Matt Smith has moved on to allegations of date rape and administration hookups at the New College. No one wants a homeless shelter in Noe Valley. Bare breasts at Lucky 13. Cover article: Gang war in Potrero Hill leads to the shooting death of a 2-year-old. (A.C. Thompson calls this a "civil war," which of course is NOT what we have in Iraq.) Our yoga teacher's doing a CircusDragBurlesque fest this Friday! SFist Ced should win a prize -- as he mordantly predicted, Meredith's reviewing another restaurant in the Westfield Mall now. Joanna Newsom, winsome sprite (and other Nevada City musicians). And the Bouncer gives praise to the god Bacchus.

And the East Bay Express: Passionate letters on feeding animals raw food -- plus, getting married to Cap'n Crunch. A former Raiderette is confident you'll love her on the Real World this season. Cover article: a charter school principal bullies children and staff to higher scores. Mexican food in Emeryville, cheap French wine. Puppet punk and more on the Bay Area Rap Scene awards debacle.

And the Weekly of the Week goes to.... the Guardian! It was close between all four papers, but the extensive music coverage puts the SFBG over the top. Those guys are pretty good at making the year sound so much better than the way we experienced it -- we think the best song we heard all year might have been Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind." Also -- who knew Trevor Traina and Vanessa Getty are both Tauruses?