Carson: San Pablo, 2 Cars
More vehicles were set ablaze in the recent string of car fire hitting the Bay Area. BCN reports, "The fires were reported at around 2:15 a.m. in the 2100 block of Vale Road near San Pablo Avenue, where two vehicles appear to have been set ablaze at the same location." No injuries were reported; no arrests. Over 20 cars have been torched in the last month.
Quote du Jour: Padma Lakshmi On Her Back
The phenomenal Dino-Ray Ramos met with Glitter star Padma Lakshmi, who visited Neiman Marcus SF recently, to talk about her new line of jewelry. The Top Chef hostess reveals -- at least! -- what the most beautiful part of a woman's body is. Discussing her new line of back necklaces, she informs Ramos, "The back is the most beautiful part of a women’s body, yet you never see it adorned." Until now! You can check out Lakshmi's pretty line of trinkets at www.padmalakshmi.com.
Carole Migden Not Running for District 10 Supervisor
The well of comedy gold will run a bit drier as Carole Midgen announces that she will not run for the supervisor seat in D10 (Bayview-Hunters Point, Potrero Hill) when Sophie Maxwell terms out. "I don't envision this as a fit for me in the New Year ... I like where I live ... I have a good life," Migden tells SF Weekly's Will Harper. Alas.
Bill & Melinda Gates Giving $335M to Education
The good news: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it's giving over $300 million to the cause of training good teachers and figuring out what makes a good teacher. The bad news: None of the money is coming to San Francisco. $290 million is being spread around to four testing ground school districts in Tampa, Pittsburgh, Memphis, and L.A., where it will be used for teacher training and new programs and incentives to encourage the best teachers and remove ineffective ones. Another $45 million will go toward research. The foundation purposely chose four diverse school districts in, well, three corners of the country, each with their own problems and successes. Vicki Phillips, who directs the foundation's K-12 education program, hopes the outcome of the grants will "rock" every school district in the nation.
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