-- Dublin-Pleasanton BART station closure times, dates. (Our apologies for posting this unforgivably late.) [BART, Chron]

-- Pirates beat Giants. Arrr, indeed. [Examiner]

-- Fish sandwiches and bean pies: what could have been but never was. [Chron]

-- 12 shootings in 24 hours in the city of Richmond. [ABC 7]

-- Friday's gunfire in SF threatens the lives of two. [Chron]

-- Mill Valley pooches poisoned by strychnine-infused gopher bait. RIP, little fellas. [ABC 7]

-- U.S. on (illegal) workers and false Social Security numbers -- now harsher than ever before! Ugh. [SJ Merc]

Chicken John image: Lane Hartwell