
-Police say they're taking a bite out of crime in the Western Addition.
-And today's minor earthquake was in Lafayette. We still think there has been way too many of these minor quakes lately.
-More California National Guard called up to go to Iraq
-In a new poll, most Bay Area residents believe Global Warming is a serious threat but nobody believes we should do anything about it.
-Bono will be in Oakland today to discuss AIDS, get hyphy.
-Judge dismisses a lawsuit against a San Francisco ordinance calling for the balls to be cut off of all pitbulls.
-The Chron has an excellent story today about the guys who are on those construction cranes on top of that huge Rincon Hill skyscraper. We've always wondered what it was like up there, mainly because we thought the people who held those jobs were stone cold nuts.



That fogcityjournal story is pretty much on the mark.
As I sit and watch the crack dealers crowd into the doorways at Hayes Valley, I can't help but agree. San Francisco is a beautiful city, but the government is an abject failure.