Just when we thought that the Violet Blue vs. Boing Boing altercation was the only good fight going, a tipster reports that in month's issue of California Lawyer, the following rant was in letters to the editor: I am accustomed to your glib political correctness, but you merit condemnation for your reprehensible selection of Kamala Harris for your Attorney of the Year award. She's a prosecutorial joke, a pandering foe of strong pursuit of... [continue]

Taken by Jim Herd at Saturday's Pink Triangle party (always celebrated the day before Queer Pride Parade), a "newly sober" Mayor Gavin Newsom rips into a bottle of bubbly. How adorable! Also, he might be packing heat. That is to say, his penis might be large. What say you?... [continue]

Photo by dspain/Flickr Some pig-- you heard us, pig! -- had the unmitigated gall to go against the express wishes of Google. The nerve! Driving a Prius (oh, of course it was a Prius), some poor Google Street View recording sap was busted by the fuzz for doing some illegal, doing something evil over in the Presidio. Wonder what it was? Wait until the Google mafia hears about this. We're heading over to the... [continue]

Public Displays of Musical Affection busts out into a (more or less) seamless choreographed routine to Bjork's screechy but sublime "It's Oh So Quiet" in Union Square. Wee!... [continue]

Photo by dspain/Flickr Please advise.... [continue]

Wow. We hope we're this feisty, and wildly insane, when we're sixty-four. It seems that sixty-four-years-young Diane Craig of Danville was arrested yesterday for attempting to burn down restrooms of an Arco station, a Chevron station, and... a Starbucks? Oh, and the best part: She used firelogs and lighter fluid to set the establishments ablaze. But is Craig another run-of-the-mill arsonist? Hell no. When the fuzz found her at a nearby fast food joint... [continue]

Park Chalet -- which, it seems, provides the hungry eater or thirsty drunk an "unmatched indoor/outdoor atmosphere" -- is hosting a singles event. For cougars. You know, women of-a-certain age? Ladies 35 or older who get damp over boyish jailbait? They're having some sort of mass gathering later this month. Sort of like a cast party for Dateline: to Catch a Predator, only socially acceptable. Check it: ... [continue]

Photo by bikelikeme/Flickr Worthy of your love or a tetanus shot?... [continue]

Carlos Sousa Jr.'s autopsy report has just been released to the public. According to ABC 7's Dan Noyes, the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office's report details the massive (and pretty graphic) injures Sousa suffered from Tatiana the tiger on Christmas Day 2007 at the San Francisco Zoo after a tiger escaped from her grotto. The report confirms the cause of death: “Blunt force injuries of the head and neck (predatory cat bite(s)).” The evidence... [continue]

Before entering a voguing competition (we can only assume) to the sounds of Seal at Saturday night's Black & White Ball, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced her endorsement for Assemblyman Mark Leno. Much to no one's surprise. Poor incumbent Migden. Won't someone please show her some love?! Anyway, it looks like Leno, for better or for worse, might be voted "most popular" after tomorrow's votes are finally counted. If you recall, this... [continue]

Congratulations to SFist Editor Brock Keeling for winning the Best Blogger title in SFWeekly's annual Best Of edition! It of course comes as no surprise to us that Brock is being honored along with the likes of Best Iconic Bay Area Newscaster Dennis Richmond and Best Mansion, Spreckels Mansion! Since its launch in 2004, SFist (part of the Gothamist family of blogs) has become a reliably eccentric source for local news and gossip. And,... [continue]

Frank Chu, 48, the Bay Ara;s favoritest pathological resident, has a Wikipedia page, naturally. It goes into much detail about his media whoring, numerous protest signs, and "performance art." It also mentions the following (and, of course, alleged) Chu-helmed hostage crisis: In early 1985, Chu, then 24 years old, took 11 members of his family hostage in his home in Oakland and was reported to have been beating some with his fists. Chu fired... [continue]

At the risk of sounding too gay--God forbid--the Gate has an article today about integrating cell mates. Or something critical about race relations. Or about ponies and sunshine. We're can't tell you for sure. The accompanying photos have diverted our attention away from the pesky text. (Seriously, institutionalized racism has never seemed this hot.) That said, where is our inmate readership? Print publications famously get loads and loads of love letters from the incarcerated?... [continue]

Photo by Steve Rhodes/Flickr Rent control: yes/no?... [continue]

(By Eyleen Tavy) Following a link on the always-excellent Eater SF's Board Wrap (they lurk so we don't have to), we came across this sterling remark: "A friend of mine who lives in the Financial District asked me not to call it FiDi." What? We didn't know this was bad. We feel like the well-meaning folks who try to engage us when we go back home to Delaware, all "So how's it in San... [continue]

Last week the Chicago City Council overturned its ban delicious, smooth, and flavorful foie gras. Rejoice, liver lovers! See, the process of making foie gras involves geese-fattening, which, more or less, means one has to shove food down the birds' throats. And some view the process as a bit cruel. Anyway, a pro-ife SFGate reader writes o Michael Bauer to, well, basically tell him how righteous he and his girlfriend are. Also, he asked... [continue]