Crazy Boyfriend Has Headaches

Lance Farber, the 47 year old new age chiropractor boyfriend of our new city planning director John Rahaim, who last weekend set their bed on fire and smeared crushed tomatoes all over the historic landmark apartment the city had put them up in, had a brief appearance in court today, where his bail was set at $1 million. Farber would have been in court longer, except that his attorney, noted local criminal lawyer (and Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign treasurer) Randy Knox, said Farber's been suffering terrible migraines ever since he set the place on fire and fled the scene.

Making that splitting headache even worse, Farber was also formally presented with the paperwork for the second restraining order that Rahaim filed against him after Rahaim discovered the fire. (Farber violated the first restraining order when he tried to call Rahaim from jail.) Knox says it is an "accurate assessment" to describe this situation as a lovers' quarrel, and that Farber was having a hard time adjusting to life in a new city, having followed Rahaim from Seattle for Rahaim's new job.

In an attempt to keep the issues about our city and not just entertainingly-lurid soap opera blog fodder, the Chron also rushed out a piece about the city planning situation in SF (i.e., who wants more condos?). Also, the damages report show that the antique furniture that Farber toppled over is all okay, but the house will need about $30,000 of new carpeting and paint to repair the smoke damage. Guess that tomato stuff washes right off, huh?