Last week's winner, the San Jose Metro: Google Earth gets sound. Free spay/neuter for pit bulls in the South Bay (females over 6 months pay a little extra.). Cover article: Profile of an improv cartoonist. Crosswording favorite Etta James in performance. The Three Sisters in Mountain View. Russian food and deli in Campbell. And a vegan wedding!

And next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond and the Guardian editorial board go in with both fists swinging about Newsom's latest two begging-from-the-rich schemes. Yeah! We love it!! Guess that banner about no condos on Valencia didn't work. Angry letter to Annalee Newitz from an no-animal-testing activist about anthropomorphizing animals. That mayoral candidate Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai was sentenced to 116 days in jail for "explosive outbursts of anger and paranoia?" Cover article: Stories you didn't hear about (it's all about how much Bush sucks). Also, local stories you didn't hear about, like (drumrolll....) public power. Gosh, you know what we need? A local paper that talks about public power all the fricken time! (We kid because we love, SFBG!) Steven Jones files a report from his very favoritest place on earth, the playa, about why Chicken John thinks it was cool that Paul Addis burned the man early. Cruisin' comes out on DVD -- good for the gays, or bad for the gays? Treasure Island Music Fest! Fun transplanted SoCal surf punkers. Dances about samurai obsessions. Eating in Cow Hollow and the Marina. And the new Johnnie To Macau mobster movie is good.

After the jump: the East Bay Express and the SF Weekly, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count. Also -- our favorite of the Matt Smith graphic art panels on Gavin Newsom, which we've borrowed from the SF Weekly (hope that's okay! let us know if not.)

The East Bay Express: A rash of crime in BART parking lots. Oakland's going to give up on ever getting any money back from Your Black Muslim Bakery. Cover article: Too $hort's doing it for the kids. SFist alum Cheshire Dave's theater group, Impact Theatre, starts its new season. The Wineau wins Best Food Column in the Food Journalist Association awards! This taste-off between 2 Buck and box wine is pretty brill. We love the box wine! Congrats, Wineau! And geek rocker Corbett Redford.

The SF Weekly: SFist Brock already mentioned the amaaaaaazing graphic arts talents of one Mr. Matt Smith, but we gotta link to it again because it's so crazy! Who knew he could draw like that??? We're completely speechless about it. Speechless!!! [moment of silence.] Okay, moving on. Lamer to sing Christmas carols in July on BART, or to have to get a free speech pass to do it? God rest ye, merry gentlemen. And the Gettys' butler tries to pull strings after a road rage incident ends with him getting hot coffee poured on his crotch, and gets an assistant DA in a lot of trouble. Cover articles: Fall arts preview -- we think that's the last of the weeklies to write 'em all up. John Adams v. Philip Glass, the tonally-complex battle of the season! Fringe Fest this weekend, along with a Yo-Yo Championship. Real estate inserts in the Weekly? Huh. Meredith eats at Farina (the new Italian place on 18th), just like us. And we like this week's post title, SFist Ced! (Hi back!) Ha ha ha, this Ted Rall is so true. We're going to confess that we don't really get Devendra Banhart. And this week's Savage Love about Sen. Craig is really pretty good.

Weekly of the Week: WHO KNEW MATT SMITH COULD DRAW LIKE THAT????? Is there any question who wins? (We did find the Guardian's Newsom attacks stirring, though, and Steven Jones's report from the playa was very interesting. Also, congratulations, Wineau!)

YTD: SF Weekly: 11; SFBG: 10; EBX: 8; Metro: 6.

Picture of Gavin Newsom and girls by Matt Smith, from the winning SF Weekly.