Brian Devine will match all No on Prop. 8 contributions up to $1,000 through Sunday. Whoa. [Calitics]Internets of 2007. [The Time Masheen]Tommy Lasorda out as grand marshal of SF Spaghetti and Meatball Parade. [SFGate]Did you know that tomorrow is Fire Station Open House Day? It is. [RinconHillSF]Cool shots from inside the Hibernia Bank. [Curbed]Since most of us are broke, why not learn how to make your own cardboard furniture? [Apartment Therapy] Image: tingley...

A bit suspicious since tomorrow calls for clear skies and 10-20mph winds. But according to the U.S.Navy: "The Parade of Fleet Week Ships that was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008, has been cancelled. Due to unfavorable water conditions, the U.S. Navy regretfully advises that the ships will instead arrive on the morning of Sunday, October 12, 2008. "The flight schedule for Fleet Week 2008 will remain the same, including the Blue...

Golden Gate Bridge District board of directors voted this morning to build a catch net to help prevent suicides on the famed bridge. According to the Gate: The decision was greeted with applause from an audience of about 50 people, many of whom had fought for years to get a barrier built. The only "no" vote was that of bridge district Director James Eddie of Mendocino, who said that people in his county did...

Oh gosh, we almost forgot! Today and every Friday this month is Gas-Free Fridays, which not only promotes using your two-wheeled mechanisms to get around the city, but features energizer stations where do-gooding cyclists can fill up on fair-trade coffee, high-fives, fist pumps, snacks, and other goodies. Here are your station locations for October: Oct. 10th: Valencia and 17th Streets Oct. 17th: Embarcadero (between the Ferry Building and Justin Herman Plaza Oct. 24th: City...

Castro Halloween fears, so 2007? [BAR]Blue Angels go ka-boom. [SFBG]Send in your layoff memos to Valleywag, and they post them. You know, for fun. [Valleywag]Don't forget about tonight's Mission Street Food, happening every Thursday. PB & J (Pork Belly & Jicama) = yum. [Mission Street Food]Facing layoffs? Time to get help studying for the general GRE. [Daily Clog]Iraq war vet and Cal senior, Elijah Warren, kills himself. [EBX]...

While many of us are flipping kittens over the $700 billion bailout, some of it will help you cyclists out there who use their wheels as a primary mode of transportation. According to the Gate: Starting in January, workers who use two-wheelers as their primary transportation mode to get to and from work will be eligible for a $20-a-month, tax-free reimbursement from their employers for bicycle-related expenses. In return, employers will be able to...

(pink = red flag warning) Red Flags will fly throughout the California today and into the weekend, ending on Saturday night. Why? Well, due to a "strong cold front entering Northern California tonight bringing very dry gusty winds." The mixture of said winds and low humidities, it seems, will "create critical fire conditions in the Northern California Valleys and Foothills" on Friday and Saturday. A red flad warning means that fire conditions are "either...

As insurance companies ask taxpayers to help them out with bad mortgage bets, American International Group (AIG), who received a $85 billion loan bailout yesterday, still continue the posh life. (Jealous!) Take, for example, the trip they have planned next week, which happens to be down in Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, "an elite golf and spa resort" south of San Francisco. According to David Lazarus at the LA Times: [A] spokesman for American International...

Andy Blue (Reverend Billy) has demanded we show you this Yes on H: The Clean Energy Act ad, which, yes, is actually a bit clever. (Oh, and if H passes, it seems, 51% of our energy will be clean energy by 2017, 75% by 2030, and 100% by 2040! All of the energy used to power your hovercrafts, space TVs, and space hairdryers will be clean! Of course, all of that is debatable. But...

Melanie Morgan, hardcore Palinista. [MM, SFWeekly]C-Big reports from Artist Ball 7. [7x7]San Francisco Bay City Bombers = roller derby magic. [SFBG]Muni of the now: 47-Van Ness inbound. [Jameth]More on the Great North Beach Dry Out of '08. [Eater] Oakland International Film Festival starts tomorrow. [Oakland Tribune]Palin's (way hot) email hacker pleads not guilty. [Valleywag]...