Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors? Are you now questioning all the journalism you read in the Weekly now, or did you just think it was a good joke? Matt Smith says Gavin Newsom is supporting a cult. No, not the cult of Gavin, though no doubt Gavin supports that too. Cover article: a family that's had two kids shot near the Sunnyvale housing project. It's a really interesting story! This weekend alone: Litquake, the Zine Fest, and Tease-O-Rama. It's good to live in SF! Meredith isn't so happy with an appetizer bar; SFist Ced isn't so happy with Meredith! Mercredi, C'est Ravioli will continue!!!! Yay! Recent disaster concerts in the Bay Area -- at least Lady Sovereign and Lauryn Hill showed up, unlike MF Doom. We liked Let's Get Killed's pensive mature tone about the tough times Rogue Wave's gone through, we really did. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and the Bouncer deconstructs the dive bar.

Next up, oh, let's say the Guardian. Gavin Newsom's interview with the Guardian sounds like it was a train wreck! You can download it here. Will Carmen Chu be a rubber stamp for Newsom? A cute picture of Robert Haaland (not online), and hey, congrats, Guardian writer G-Dub Schulz!! He won an award for his coverage of the Merc News buyout. Dennis Herrera hates barbecues. The problem with enforcing quality-of-life laws. Cover article: Oh shoot, it's the endorsements issue. The Guardian's endorsements issue always reminds us that we have to start paying attention to the upcoming election again. Shoot. We'd even forgotten Question Time is back on! A fake Meg White sex tape? Oh, that's sick. The lady has an anxiety disorder! Nepalese food on Div, and eating the chicken you raised, by L.E. Leone. And we don't think we'd watch this movie, but the title "I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With" is good.

After the jump: the East Bay Express and the San Jose Metro, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count.

The East Bay Express: Fighting over UC Berkeley's fire mitigation plan in the Claremont hills. Cover article: Does a guidebook to Indian lands in the East Bay help or hurt the Indians? The Berkeley Video and Film Fest. Girlstock Art and Music Festival this weekend, centered at Mama Buzz. The Oakland Opera lost its old home, but the new space is good for their performance. A rad-sounding deli in El Cerrito. The mysterious "vinted and bottled by" designation on wine. And the Cure are coming! Friday I'm in love!

And the San Jose Metro: San Jose gets upset about a no smoking in parks proposal, just like we did in SF a few years ago. Eh, it's okay. Does Santa Clara County hate cats? Yay public art in San Jose. The new Bionic Woman -- good for the feminists or bad for the feminists? Cover: There was a lynching in San Jose in the 1930s?? A documentary about the state of public education in the Bay Area today. Philip Glass is doing something with Leonard Cohen? And great South Indian food near Cisco.

Weekly of the Week: Well, there's certainly a lot of really cool stuff going on this weekend! We're a little torn -- we were really into the SF Weekly's piece about the family forced to move from the Sunnydale projects area, but we feel like a much better citizen for having read through all the endorsements in the Guardian and we're very pleased for G.W. Schulz! We also feel like we learned a lot about the South Bay in this week's Metro too, though. .......oh, it's a close one, but we'll give it to the Guardian, mostly because we'll actually have to save this issue as the election date gets closer. Also, this Gavin Newsom podcast sounds like it'll be fun to listen to (we haven't listened to it yet, though.)

YTD count: SF Weekly: 13; SFBG: 11; EBX: 8; Metro: 7.